Maker Sessions
Dive into scores of talks, workshops, and audio manifestos offering wisdom on everything from production skills to journalistic ethics from the best audio producers and makers on the planet.
Depth Perception: Techniques for two ears
Just as our eyes work together to create a sense of depth perception, so too do our ears....
- 2024
- 01:03:17
Dark & Funny, Like Your Life: Sound Design With Feeling
You know about reading between the lines, right? Well good sound design can make you dance between the lines. And when you’re talking about big, uncomfortable ideas — sound can be a super powerful tool to have on hand.
- 2024
- 01:27:57
Digging In: Investigative Documentary Radio
Radio is an excellent medium for investigative reporting, so why do we hear so little of it on the air?
- 2001
- 01:06:16
Documenter and Documentee -- Part One
Documenting somebody else's life is one of the hardest challenges producers face in their work. Over an extended period of time relationships intensify, stories often change drastically, and the line between personal and too personal blurs easily.
- 2007
- 01:24:59
Documenter and Documentee -- Part Two
Documenting somebody else's life is one of the hardest challenges producers face in their work. Over an extended period of time relationships intensify, stories often change drastically, and the line between personal and too personal blurs easily.
- 2007
- 01:26:45
Deadline Radio
Most producers and reporters spend their days "feeding the machine" -- cranking out short-form work on a daily, sometimes hourly deadline, with no time for second guesses. However, a lot of news coverage is formulaic and, frankly, dull.
- 2004
- 01:18:25
D.I.Y. Radio
Do it yourself! This session is geared toward non-professionals and young people who want to learn more about telling stories for radio.
- 2001
- 01:03:27
Die, Mediocrity, Die!
Do your own radio scripts ever bore you? Or frustrate, confuse, and deflate you?
- 2006
- 01:15:26