I’ve taken a buyout. Feel privileged to work at NPR (since 2001). Proud of my stories, their impact. Grateful for the best audience. Tomorrow, NPR will lay off colleagues. Talented journalists will lose jobs. But fewer laid off, we’re told, for each who takes buyout. 1/2

“Growth” in audio is getting the green light to do a podcast episode about “How to talk to aliens” and then asking yourself, “Did I really do that?” Apple Podcast science category trolling me aside, happy to be in such great company as @radiolab.bsky.social and @hiddenbrain.bsky.social. Top 25!

Been hanging out with the fab Unexplainable team @vox.com for a bit. Listen to me be amazed by secret twins from @byrdest.bsky.social 🫂, animal transplant organs from Mandy Nguyen 🫁, and 1-way tickets to Mars from @nhassenfeld.bsky.social 🚀! Link in thread. Oh, PS: Send me science stories/ideas! 🔬

Billie Eilish’s NPR Tiny Desk premieres tomorrow at 12 pm EST:

Sound Fields is packed with original thought and essential commentary on the state and craft of audio doc. In their Transom manifesto, @kallipearl.bsky.social and @audiosand.bsky.social offer hope, reflection AND tidbits about (super) exciting projects in the pipeline! transom.org/2024/sound-f...

A Sound Fields Manifesto - Transom

A Sound Fields Manifesto - Transom

transom.org

Friends of Tribeca Audio! With twitter x’d, I need your help spreading the word abt TA and sharing the news that submissions are open! It’s just 20 bucks to submit but if you’re an indie creator deterred by the fee, DM me! 🤙 Q’s? See the website or email entries (at) tribecafilm (dot) com!

Together with my fellow audio makers and a devoted global audience, I urge the BBC to reconsider their cancellation of BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts. It is irreplaceable. Sign our open letter: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4

Short Cuts has been a platform for many, many producers and sound artists to do their absolute best work. What is the function of a public broadcaster, if not to nurture this kind of program, this kind of talent?

Falling Tree Productions@fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 2y ago

After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

this is so sad. the way they have so many driveway moments of tape 😭

Falling Tree Productions@fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 2y ago

After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

and here's a broader public radio starter pack from @micahloewinger.bsky.social go.bsky.app/MWHaGo5

oh hey @ericm.cd made a starter pack of our NPR pals go.bsky.app/Ma3zc7T

👀 @soundfieldsjournal.bsky.social … this thread … something here for your next issue? 👀

Alex Lewis@alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm curious about how other radio producers think about their archive of work. I've made hundreds of audio stories over the past 15 years. Some pieces were given some attention in their time, some won "big awards", but the work fades into the past quickly even if the ideas are "evergreen".

We're always looking for interesting writing about radio documentaries and podcasting - tell us the things you love to read! Slowly building a list... go.bsky.app/UYaCtHu

Weird Noise is a print zine for audio documentaries. The print edition of Issue 1 was published in September 2022 as a hand-stamped box of unbound essays, illustrations and photographs. It's now available for free online at weirdnoise.xyz

Weird Noise

A print zine for audio documentaries.

weirdnoise.xyz

Some really good, important reporting on RFK Jr. and the impact of his disinfo and dangerous denial of established science: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa

He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.

motherjones.com

Here's a gift link version wapo.st/3UQwPBY

How to get started on Bluesky, the app some X users are defecting to

After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.

wapo.st

Eric de Souza@edesouza.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now someone should offer this article as a gift

Annnd it’s back! :)

casey morell@caseym.org · 2y ago

so what is everybody up to this weekend

A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside. @wpln.bsky.social & @propublica.org report on the disproportionate # of kids with disabilities being arrested in one Tennessee county under new school threats law wpln.org/post/a-13-ye...

A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.

Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilit...

wpln.org

I can't wait for this:

Wesley Morris to Host New Culture Podcast For The New York Times (Exclusive)

"This is not a show where people who are making a thing come on to promote the thing they're making," Morris says of the new program.

hollywoodreporter.com