• The D-Word

    The D-Word

    At Transom, we are steady advocates of Slow Radio, un-rushed humanity-filled storytelling. In that spirit we present "The D-Word" by Ed Prosser. Yes, it's about Death. And about people who make their livings from death. The pace is slow. There is plenty of time, after all. When you feel like changing your rhythm, come listen.

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  • This American Life Tic Tock

    This American Life Tic Tock

    Dan Grech with a behind-the-scenes account of a quick turnaround piece he recently produced for This American Life.

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  • Accidental Podcaster

    Accidental Podcaster

    Producer Hillary Frank didn't plan on becoming a podcaster but she did. She shares her story along with her vision for podcasting's future.

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Distinguished Sounds

December 29th, 2011

Producer Jesse Hardman on the distinctive sounds of some far away places.


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Transom Story Workshop – Class of Fall 2011

December 7th, 2011

For seven weeks this fall, students from all over the US (plus Canada and Australia) came to Woods Hole to immerse themselves in radio. Come read about their experiences and listen to some of their work.


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PRX the Lion-Hearted

January 10th, 2012

Transom’s Barrett Golding has started creating basic Web Guides, useful to radio producers, journalists, and storytellers: How-To Features on presenting your multimedia work online. Up now, Barrett dissects the just released, lightning-fast PRX Converter for Mac Lion. A new world needs new tools. Gear up.


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Radiolab: An Appreciation by Ira Glass

November 8th, 2011

We’ve compiled Ira’s revealing analysis of Radiolab along with the following discussion into our current issue of The Transom Review. As ever, there’s a downloadable PDF for your offline pleasure.


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Random Tape

January 4th, 2012

Public radio is good at giving us understandable, digestible bits of information and occasionally great stories. But it doesn’t provide many of the elliptical, mysterious, and poetic fragments of life as we actually experience it. Producer David Weinberg is drawn to those uncoded audio moments. He’s drawn to “random tape.”


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