Sound School Podcast

Salt at 50!

Revisiting: Dead Mom Talking

So You STILL Want to Start a Podcast, Eh?

Going Behind the Mic On Climate Change Reporting

Revisiting: Sound Art Meets Poetry Meets Cicadas

Next-level Scoring

Effective podcast scoring requires music that underscores rather than creates emotion, maintaining a balance that avoids distraction while providing structural "paragraph indents" for narrative transitions. Beyond standard library tracks, innovative scoring techniques include "scoring to tape," where composers play mus...

Lean In and Listen Like It’s Music

Revisiting: Avoiding Pesky Sound Problems

The Best Audio Storytelling According to Pushkin

The Best Audio Storytelling 2022 anthology, curated by Pushkin Industries, challenges traditional boundaries between podcasts and audiobooks by treating audio narratives as a serious, literary craft. Executive Editor Julia Barton explains that the collection documents the year’s most compelling non-fiction audio, rangi...

Happy 15th Sound School!

What's Grabbed Antonia's Ears?

The Fingerprint of Chris Brookes

Producing a Non-narrated Obituary

What’s Next for Munira?

Still More Darts and Laurels

Think of a Radio Station (or Podcast) as a Musical Instrument

Dear Birth Mother

Studs Terkel Meets Brian Eno in the Woods

This is Good, But I Have a Question

Recording Sound Design in the Field