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Radio Luck And The Gift Of Character Change – Transom

June 12, 2017

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Podcasting Basics, Part 2: Software – Transom

June 11, 2017

[Editor’s Note: This piece is part of our series on Podcasting Basics. You can find the the rest of the pieces in the series here.] In our first column about podcasting, we discussed microphones, and the other accessories required to record voices for a podcast. The next crucial technical element is software: for recording into,…

Death, Sex And Money With Anna Sale – Transom

June 11, 2017

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Revisiting Criminal – Transom

June 11, 2017

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Chenjerai Kumanyika – Transom

June 10, 2017

Intro from Jay Allison: Chenjerai took our Transom Traveling Workshop on Catalina and suddenly had to reckon with his own voice, his own identity, in the role of a public radio reporter. In his manifesto, Chenjerai confronts this question of how we sound, how we want ourselves to sound, and what’s permitted. I remember Tavis…

Here I Am And Here Be Danger – Transom

June 10, 2017

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Strangers – Transom

June 10, 2017

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HowSound Live! – Transom

June 9, 2017

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The Business of Podcasts – Transom

June 9, 2017

At PRX, we love listening to podcasts. We also know that great shows have support – an enterprise and infrastructure (both small and large) that supports production, distribution and monetization. In February of 2014 we launched PRX’s Radiotopia to serve as a podcasting laboratory to grow audience and revenue. The lessons we have learned continue…

How To Be A Girl – Transom

June 9, 2017

Intro from Jay Allison: Marlo Mack is starting a new podcast. On Transom, she writes “When my son was three years old, he informed me that he… was actually a she. ‘Something went wrong in your tummy,’ my child told me, ‘that made me come out as a boy instead of a girl.’” One…

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