Intro from Jay Allison: This piece comes from the Transom Story Workshop Spring 2014. The students came from all over to spend two months with us on Cape Cod. Rob Rosenthal and Audrey Quinn led the class and were joined by all of us at Transom, plus Robert Krulwich, Nancy Updike, and a lot of…
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Intro from Jay Allison: If you like sophisticated sound design with your stories, you’re living at a good moment. Digital tools and obsessive artists have converged. To reveal more secrets of this world, Transom presents another in our series on using music in radio stories. This one is by Brendan Baker of the strange and…
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Intro from Jay Allison: Up now at Transom, in a new piece for our “In Conversation” series, Zak Rosen talks to Jonathan Goldstein of Gimlet’s “Heavyweight” about making personal stories — turning the lens back on yourself in the podcast realm. Jonathan’s been doing that for a while, but Zak recently started a podcast with…
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Allston, Massachusetts: August 7 – August 13, 2017 The PRX Podcast Garage is hosting a week-long Transom Traveling Workshop in audio storytelling. Ten beginning-level students will get seven days of intensive training. Apply Class and Cost The fee for the week is $1,806 and includes: Training by Rob Rosenthal, lead instructor for the Transom Story Workshop,…
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Intro from Jay Allison: Cathy FitzGerald understands that sound is entrancing, and that it is capable of more than stories; our work can contain magic. Cathy’s manifesto is a lovely reminder that we should sometimes just STOP explaining, telling, expounding–and remember to weave a bit of wonder. If you’re stuck in the usual narrative modes…
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