The Sound School Podcast launched 15 years ago this month. But it was called Saltcast back then. And for the... more

Antonia Cereijido has her ear to the ground. It's her job as Executive Producer at LAist to listen to what... more

A light went out recently. The bright light of Chris Brookes — a sorcerer of audio documentary and sound art.... more

What's the value of a non-narrated story for the listener? "It's direct," says NPR's Quil Lawrence. The characters in the... more

Munira Kaoneka first started as a blogger in Tanzania. But she says sometimes you need to shout so she started... more

Rob takes a hard listen to three podcasts -- You Didn't See Nothin', Lights Out, and Noble Champions. He then... more

Steve Junker says he thinks of a radio station as a musical instrument -- a pipe organ, to be specific.... more

In this episode, Rob turns the mic on himself to mark the 10th anniversary of meeting his birth mother for the first time.... more

It's good to look beyond your borders for inspiration. That's what this episode is about. Brian Harnetty is a sound... more

Three great new podcasts raised production questions for Rob. Why use sound effects in All There Is With Anderson Cooper?... more

John Scott Dryden takes a very unique approach to sound design for the fiction podcasts he produces -- he records... more

The vast majority of stories are told by one narrator. But not at NPR's Planet Money. They regularly have co-narrators.... more

What's the best way for reporters to break out of their boxes and think creatively? Give them an unusual assignment... more

Rarely do reporters turn the mic on themselves to divulge the challenges in their own lives. So, when they do,... more

The opening to a story, especially a long series, requires a dance. How much do you give away? How much... more

When you limit language, you limit thinking. When you limit thinking, you limit creativity. When you limit creativity, audio storytellers wind... more

Reporter David Weinberg knows the rule: don't pay sources. For fifteen years, he never did – until he reported on Phoenix... more

Typically, what happens between an editor and a producer is private. In this archive episode of the Sound School Podcast... more

In another installment of Sound School’s occasional episodes offering darts and laurels for exceptional and not-so-exceptional work, Rob is offering nothing... more

This is the first episode of the Sound School Podcast (formerly HowSound). It's still from PRX and Transom. Rob's still... more