Image from Science Channel This week on The Upgrade we talk with Hector Monsegur, Director of Assessment Services at Rhino Labs. Hector Monsegur is a former black-hat hacker. Under the alias Sabu, Hector hacked corporations, news outlets, and Middle Eastern governments. After he was caught, Hector became an informant for the FBI. He now makes…
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/newcdn.transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Narrating-to-An-Audience.mp3DownloadListen to “Narrating To An Audience” I recently stumbled across another excellent example of a radio station producing a podcast. The station is New Hampshire Public Radio. The podcast, Outside/In. What’s so great about it? Good stories, well told, about the environment. A host who writes and narrates well. And, a willingness to experiment. It’s…
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Live Events Radio listening may have started out as a communal activity, with the family gathered around the HiFi, listening to radio drama and variety shows. But in recent years, listening to the radio, or podcasts, has tended to be a more private activity, a solo experience during a commute, sequestered from others by earbuds,…
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/newcdn.transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sound-Matters.mp3DownloadListen to “Sound Matters” So much of what we hear on public radio in the United States is intended to be informative and edifying. It sounds as though the people talking are sitting up straight, projecting their voices. The tone is didactic. Including HowSound. And this isn’t a critique. It’s just an observation. British/Danish producer…
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/newcdn.transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Radio-Silence.mp3DownloadListen to “Radio Silence” “If you think about it, the leaves grow in silence. Grass grows in silence. Flowers grow in silence. The stars come out in silence. . . ” Virginia Phillips lists those silent things at the beginning of Silence Among Friends. It’s a story about silence at Quaker meetings produced by Joni…
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/newcdn.transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Short-is-Beautiful.mp3DownloadListen to “Short Is Beautiful” One of the benefits of podcasting is freedom from time constraints. A podcast doesn’t have to fit into the strict time limits of the public radio clock. Invariably, podcasters produce stories that tend to be much longer than stories heard on much of public radio. A lot longer. Too long,…
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Intro from Jay Allison: The thing about “Serial” is that it seemed so easy. That first season had such a simple narrative elegance in its tone and structure that it felt almost inevitable. It made you think: Hey, I could do that. I should produce a podcast like “Serial”! Then, if you did, you found out:…
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This article evolved from an email to the AIR listserv back in March. Questions around levels for podcasts and radio kept coming up, so I sat down one night in the midst of preparing for a move from Minneapolis to Washington, DC, to hammer something out to address them. I ended up with a quick-and-dirty…
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Anil Bokil, a mechanical engineer by training, had a plan for demonetization. He presented it to now Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2013. Chhavi Sachdev /NPR hide caption toggle caption Chhavi Sachdev /NPR Anil Bokil, a mechanical engineer by training, had a plan for demonetization. He presented it to now Prime Minister Narendra Modi in…
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