In “Field Recording,” audio engineer Rob Byers @robbyers1.bsky.social will walk through techniques for recording sounds outside the studio. Online, Nov 17, 6:30-8:30 pm EST. Sign up here! And peek at these snapshots from some of Rob's recording sessions: radiobootcamp.org/classes/fiel...

On the latest episode of @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social, the best little documentary you've (probably) never heard. It's so good, @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social plays it twice. For 20 years, Rob has used this story to start his audio workshops - that's how good it is. transom.org/2026/old-sch...

LAST CALL: Voting for the Signal Awards Listener's Choice Award closes tomorrow! If @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social has ever helped you make better radio, now's your chance to say thanks by voting for @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social: bit.ly/3Tsjsu9 @prx.org

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

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Look at this poll number from Gallup: 67% of U.S. adults are dissatisfied w/ the quality of education. Perhaps, the way learning takes place at The Met offers a glimpse of what might work. Ep 2 of The Advisory out now. @samanthabroun.bsky.social @nathardy.bsky.social www.classof2006.org/episode2

Big news: Sound School is a @signalawards.bsky.social finalist in Education! 🎉 For years, @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social has been teaching all of us how to make better audio. Now you can help @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social win the Listener's Choice Award. Vote by Oct. 15: bit.ly/3Tsjsu9 @prx.org

When did Stanley Kubrick start on down his path to becoming STANLEY? Was it when his dad gave him a camera? Was it when he sold his first photo to Look magazine? Or was it... See where *you* think it all began. First ep of "Stanley" out today (!!) from @tcmtv.bsky.social and @criterion.bsky.social.

The Bronx Kid

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A story SO big it needs three separate trailers! "Stanley" (as in Kubrick) on The Plot Thickens. As story editor, maybe I'm not supposed to have a fav but I really like #3. The actor Sterling Hayden delivers tape! @tcmtv.bsky.social

Season 7 Trailer 3: Stanley

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Imagine: Your high school calls you up 20 years after you graduated and asks "Did it work? Are you leading a life of your own design, a life you love?" That's just what The Met High School in Providence, RI did. The answers will make you rethink education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox8g...

The Advisory: A New Podcast from Big Picture Learning (Trailer)

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"Wait. What? How does this school work?!" The Met in PVD, RI is that unconventional. And they're asking an important question: 20 years later, did your education at The Met matter? Hear the compelling story the graduates of 2006 have to tell. @samanthabroun.bsky.social @nathardy.bsky.social

The Advisory: Class of 2006

Education Podcast · Twenty years after graduation, nine former classmates and their advisor reunite to ask a simple question: How - if at all - did their unconventional high school change their lives?...

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Pssst..... Stanley's comin'! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Season 7 Trailer: Stanley

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Duck and cover, people. "Stanley." Comin' soon.

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In the DOJ’s botched Epstein release, confusion may be the goal. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

In the DOJ’s botched Epstein release, confusion may be the goal.

‘There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred.’

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Pinching myself! I'm teaching a workshop for Radio Slovenia w/ @samanthabroun.bsky.social. Monday, I'll intrvw Sam at Radio Slovenia's annual Avdio Festival about her project "Small True Things" for an episode of @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social. In Ljubljana? Come see us! olaii.com/event/7830/a...

Question: What's your favorite audio essay? Something memoir-like. Maybe there's some sound in it. Maybe there are other voices. But, mostly, it's one person telling a story. Ideally, it's a story written by someone who doesn't typically make radio. Thoughts? Thanks!

“There is a completely other way to think about the structure of a story. You’re not staging the story as an argument, but as a sequence of events.” Hear more of Ira’s tips here: transom.org/2024/tips-to... @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social @prx.org

Tips to Elevate Your Reporting and Storytelling from Ira Glass

Tips to Elevate Your Reporting and Storytelling from Ira Glass - Transom

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Years ago, Bianca Giaever listened to 546 audio tapes from the deceased poet Franz Wright. Her organization process was a bit all over the place. “It’s all a disaster,” Bianca told @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social on a past Sound School episode. Hear how Bianca made sense of hours and hours of tape:

Making Sense Of A Pile Of Tape

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Listen to the latest @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social episode to learn about alternatives to being too direct with your sound design. @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social brings up a past conversation with Jad Abumrad, formerly of Radiolab, to get some insight.

"I was down in the hold of this ship shoveling coal like a son of a bitch." - Joe Mankiewicz, writer/director "Cleopatra." A new season of "The Plot Thickens" from @tcmtv.bsky.social dropped today. A true "what-could-go-wrong-did-go-wrong" story. Hats off to the delightful team I worked with!

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Film History Podcast · Weekly Series · Our sixth season is Cleopatra, a six-episode series about one of the most expensive and infamous movies ever made. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring ...

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I am evangelical about scenes in stories. Come hear me preach at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social We'll listen to a lot of examples. Zoom in on what makes them tick. Discuss recording scenes. Brainstorm scenes for *your* stories, too. Sign up soon!

The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp

Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

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This is happening! You're ears won't believe it. "Cleopatra," the next season of "The Plot Thickens" from @tcmtv.bsky.social . So chuffed to have worked with such a splendid team! (Also, LOVE the Sex Pistols reference in the graphic!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

True story: I asked an @npr.org Morning Edition host at a local station if he missed reporting in the field. He said "No!" "Why?" "Because ANYTHING can happen!" What? That's the point! Join me for a workshop at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social that's all about getting the heck out of the studio.

The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp

Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

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Within days, the Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. Call your Senators now and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia

Urge Your Senators: Remove the Proposal to Cut Public Media Funding

The Senate will soon consider a rescissions package that would take back approved public media funding. Call your Senators now!

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Within days, the US Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. Call your Senators now and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia

You will yell out loud "I can't believe that happened!" when you listen to "Cleopatra," the new season of "The Plot Thickens" from ‪@tcmtv.bsky.social‬. It's a wild ride and I had a wild time making it with the team at TPT.

Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra

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Insane. The Resonate podcast festival is ALREADY sold out about 30 minutes after tics went on sale. Damn. Somehow, I managed to get a ticket. Woot! Hope to see y'all there! www.resonatepodfest.com

RESONATE 2025

November 7–8, 2025 Tickets are SOLD OUT! Enter the ticket lottery below.

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"Oh wait, what?! Rob's doing that thing again for Radio Boot Camp? I better sign up!" @radiobootcamp.bsky.social, @sherships.bsky.social radiobootcamp.org/classes/the-...

The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp

Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

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I'm evangelical about scenes in audio stories! Join me at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social to hear gospel! And, we'll talk about scenes in your next story. Sign up quickly. They often sell out! radiobootcamp.org/classes/the-...

The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp

Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

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A behind-the-scenes look at how the most recent season of Embedded by @npr.org was made?! Sign me up! In fact, I just did at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social. @sherships.bsky.social. @zachmack.bsky.social

How’d you do that? We talk Alternate Realities with Zach Mack - Radio Boot Camp

Reporting longform narrative can be challenging. How should you best handle sensitive interviews? What's the right structure? And, after spending months

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Friends.... Do you have a fav application for capturing streaming videos on a desktop?

Coming up on The Sound School Podcast: "Amen, Chenjerai." The standing-room-only audience at On Air Fest hung on Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika's every word as he offered a kind-of sermon on how he dug deep and found his voice for "Empire City." @chenjerai.bsky.social @prx.org.