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2024-12-17

  Dissection - Daniel Alarcón's Writing Maneuvers

Let's state the obvious: Daniel Alarcón is a gifted writer. It's evident from the writing in "The Good Whale," the latest series from Serial that Daniel wrote and hosted. Rob put his writing under the microscope and heard a lot of satisfying maneuvers ...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-12-03

  Fingers Crossed, Twice

Nothing seems guaranteed these days for creative audio makers. "Short Cuts" was recently cancelled and "Pretendians" is seeking funding for a second season, two shows on this episode of Sound School that are high on Rob's must-listen list because they ...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-11-19

  Please Keep WCAI Right Where It Is

WCAI, the public radio station for Cape Cod, has been told it needs to move -- to leave the home it broadcasts from. An actual home. A former captain's house. News that the house had been sold startled the station staff and the community. In this episo...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-11-05

  Keep the Universal in Mind for Local Stories

The story from Slovenia on this episode of Sound School is hyper-local -- so local, you might not catch all the cultural references. But, the reporter, Ajda Kus, says that's okay. The key to telling a great local story is to give weight to universal th...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-10-22

  Revisiting: A Stranger With a Microphone

When should a reporter turn around a leave? At what point do should they say "I won't report on these people. They need their space, not a stranger with a microphone." Jay Nathan faced that exact situation some years ago reporting on a man who was dyin...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-10-08

  Revisiting: Who Are You As a Storyteller?

Robert Krulwich, formerly of Radiolab, once said "how you write is basically who you are." It's a profound statement, a kind-of koan. It requires a little bit of thought. Krulwich can be that way. But, it leads to an essential question for anyone who w...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-09-24

  Retreat! And Make Stories with Friends

"To play and to fail and to get to know each other and to celebrate the craft of making audio... What's better than that," Jasmin Bauomy asks. When inspiration struck, Jasmin put together a four-day audio retreat for about a dozen producers from Berlin...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-09-10

  We Do It For the Ears, Right?

We tell stories in sound for many, many reasons. For our listener's hearts and minds. For community. For self-expression. For the democracy. For listener's ears. Yes. Their ears. On this episode of The Sound School Podcast, Rob relishes the ear catchin...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-08-27

  To Swear or Not to Swear in Narration

Say you're listening to a great narrative podcast. The host has really grabbed your attention and you're pulled in. Then, out of nowhere, the narrator swears. Not once. Not twice. But three times. Including f-bombs. Is that a turn off for listeners? Sh...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author
2024-08-13

  Gaining Access While Preserving Anonymity in Medical Settings

Patient privacy in medical settings is essential. So, how does a reporter convince a facility to let them in with a microphone and assure anonymity of the patient? Selena Simmons-Duffin has answers. She is a health policy reporter at NPR who recently r...
  Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org author