r 99% Invisible is my new favorite podcast. A little bit RadioLab, a touch of This American Life, and a lot of Roman Mars, the producer. There's everything to like about the podcast. Each episode makes visible some "in-broad-daylight-but-you-never-notic

r Hillary Frank launched a decade-long career in radio with an answering machine as a tape recorder. In college, Hillary was dead-set on getting a story on This American Life. The fact that she had no radio experience what-so-ever didn't matter. She jus

r Imagine this:  You've met a total character. She's kind of eccentric. She has forty-one animals in her backyard and it's not a farm. And, just about every time she talks, she says something amazing. In radio parlance, she 'spits tape.' But, there's n

r http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUlWpqLsOVs   Listen to the audio in this video. It's perfect for radio. With some clever editing, narration, and other content such as interviews with survivors of the crash, you could easily turn this into a radio

Andy Mills won "Best New Artist" at the 2011 Third Coast Filmless Festival. Well deserved. Have a listen.

Tobacco warehouse, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1918. r Keys to good storytelling: strong, simple writing; solid voicing; professional recording and mixing; compelling characters; a seductive narrative; visuals..... What else? John Biewen says "sure-handedn

r The Third Coast International Audio Festival is three days of ear candy. Producers from around the world travel to Chicago to share work, talk shop, and, most importantly, listen. Unfortunately, Third Coast only happens every other year. So, 2012 is a

Natural gas well. Photo by Long Haul Productions. r A little bit of criticism is okay. It's good to hear constructive (and, sometimes, not-so-constructive) feedback. However, a LOT of criticism, especially if it's pointed, well.... that's just plain hard

Katie Davis reports from her porch.* r Katie Davis doesn't look very far for the stories she produces. In fact, they often come to her.... on her front porch. For many years, Katie has reported stories for public radio direct from her home, the Adams Morg

The amount of effort Sally Herships put into her first investigative journalism piece..... well, it's enough to drive you to smoke! "The Five Percent Rule" is Sally's 10-month-long foray into investigative reporting, a story on the under-pricing of tobac