Transom

Well, I'll be damned. Gold! For Sound School!! The little podcast that could. A zillion thanks to the folks at @prx.org and @transom.bsky.social who've had my back for oh-so-many-years. And to the judges at @signalawards.bsky.social. But mostly to the show's listeners! I'm raising a mug of tea!

I am certain your ears are gonna dig the story on this episode. "Rabbit Hunt" by Matt Ozug. If you teach audio storytelling and reporting, you're going to like it even more. Matt's story has been my teaching secret weapon for years. @npr.org @transom.bsky.social @prx.org transom.org/2026/old-sch...

GOLD! 🏆 @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social just won a 2026 Signal Award in Education. Congrats to host + producer @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social! Thank you for listening, voting and cheering Rob on. And don't forget to subscribe to Sound School wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧

October’s All Hear is out! 🎧 Highlights: the Radio Diaries-Seidel Fellowship ($12K stipend, due Oct 26), the Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship for Australian makers (closes Nov 1), and Wave Farm’s 2027 residencies for radio + transmission artists. Read it all: allhear.substack.com/p/all-hear-o...

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

What did you take away from Transom 25? Karen Given took home five lessons, from scrappy funding to why stories still matter, and shared them in her newsletter, Narrative Beat. 💛 Read Karen's full story at narrativebeat.com/transom-25

Tick, tick, tick... 10/15 is the deadline! Please, head on over to @signalawards.bsky.social and vote for Sound School as the best "education" podcast. Thanking you in advance! @prx.org , @transom.bsky.social #podcast #podcasting vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

Sherre DeLys says she sometimes thinks of her doc "If" as her "hit single" - the piece she's best known for. I think of it as one of the most ear-catching docs of the last 30 years & it's the latest in my "Old School Sound School" series. @prx.org @transom.bsky.social transom.org/2026/sound-s...

One week left to vote for Sound School! bit.ly/3Tsjsu9

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

A bonfire listening party, a morning spent immersed in the sound of the ocean, and a lot of phenomenal talks and workshops. Executive director Sophie Crane's notes on Transom 25 are in the new Over the Transom. Read it and subscribe for free: transom.substack.com/p/over-the-transom-092526

Great report by @sophiecrane.bsky.social on @transom.bsky.social Festival in Woods Hole, with photos by Amanda Kowalski and words from @alletson.bsky.social and others. transom.substack.com/p/over-the-t...

I feel like a documentary DJ spinnin' classic audio docs for my series "Old School Sound School." The latest: "Concerning Breakfast" by Annie Cheney. It aired on @thisamericanlife.org & @jayall.bsky.social's "Life Stories" series in the 90s. @prx.org @transom.bsky.social transom.org/2026/old-sch...

That's a wrap on Transom 25. 🧡 25 yrs, 1 unforgettable wknd in Woods Hole — the talks, the reunions, and a big tribute to our founder, Jay Allison. 📻 Thank you to everyone who came out. The next 25 yrs happen because this community makes them happen transom.org/donate

At his @transom.bsky.social 25 session Sean Cole said “Tell people when you like what they do.” It’s such a small act that makes creators feel so good. Didja read, hear or see something you loved? You should tell the person! Going to re-up this regularly to remind us, myself very much included

📻 We built a micro-radio station for Transom 25, and it's officially on the air. Woods Hole, set your dial to 99.3 FM. The festival starts Thursday. 🎙️✨

Greetings from Interlochen, MI! 🎙️ Our latest Traveling Workshop is underway w/ David Weinberg. Students work on stories about an eerily popular haunted house, a convent caretaker who wasn't cut out to be a nun, and a video-game composer — and gather tape in Traverse City. 📷: Daniel Wanschura

The @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social is launching a new series, Old School Sound School, featuring classic and rare documentaries 20-plus years old. The series begins by marking the 25th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center.

@rhersher.bsky.social was ahead of the story, reporting on the danger of melting glaciers and flash floods in Nepal for @npr.org's Climate Desk back in 2023. Hear the backstory to her reporting in the Sound School archive. @prx.org @transom.bsky.social

Another month, another list of audio opportunities! The All Hear newsletter collects opportunities for radio journalists, podcast creators, sound artists, and all things audio across the world--and our August edition is out! allhear.substack.com/p/all-hear-a...

A breath may seem like the most insignificant detail in an audio story. But, actually, the opposite is true. For proof, all you have to do is listen to stories where the breaths are cut out. On today's episode of Sound School, a primer on editing breaths. transom.org/2026/revisit...

We're proud not only to partner on the latest Audio Flux circuit, but also put on a listening event at #Transom25! Folks can listen to finalists & have the chance to vote on your top 4. The Transom25 votes will contribute to the final selection of fall winners. Did we mention there'll be chocolate?

Latest edition of All Hear just dropped! It’s a monthly newsletter highlighting exciting opportunities in audio. This July we have lots of art residencies for the sound artists! And large scale funding for folks in the EU and UK. allhear.substack.com/p/all-hear-j...

In her recent obituary, NPR's Elizabeth Arnold is remembered as an "unstoppable, one-of-a-kind reporter." That's evident in the stories that took her around the world with a microphone. Today on Sound School, hear her piece about an excursion to the North Pole: transom.org/2026/elizabe...

Tiny radio documentarians, celebrating slowness, and Chill Beefs on our newsletter, Over the Transom: transom.substack.com/p/over-the-t...

Nocturnal Worlds is a unique mix of science, nature, meditation, & lush soundscapes from Audiocraft, an Australian production company. Why mix science education & meditation? Host & producer Olivia O'Flynn explains on today's episode of @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social transom.org/2026/meditat...

Transom director Sophie Crane worked with talented producers across the country to capture the voices of everyday Americans reflecting on the nation at 250, for the New Yorker Radio Hour, hosted by historian Jill Lepore. The Transom version debuts today! transom.org/2026/the-lis...

Our amazing #Transom25 presenters train keeps rolling! Audrey Quinn has edited for Stolen, ESPN's 30 for 30, and more while her reporting has featured on Planet Money, 99% Invisible, and more. A Pulizter winner, these days she teaches at NYU, and before that, was a TA at Transom!

It’s @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social's 100th episode! For this milestone, Rob talks about one of his fav audio documentaries–a piece so powerful that when he played it at a workshop, listeners stood up & waved their arms to yell “Turn it off! Turn it off!” Listen here: transom.org/2026/witness...