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Instead of "Last time on (insert name of podcast)", try something else. On the latest Sound School Podcast, Rob spotlights the way writer and reporter Basia Cummings avoided the "last time" trope in "Pig Iron." Tortoise PRX transom.org/2025/writing-p…

Our friends at audio mag Signal Hill are making cool work under a novel premise. In their Transom Manifesto, indie co-founders jackson & Liza Yeager offer up new ways of approaching audio production: transom.org/2025/climbing-…

Huge congrats to Transom teacher David Weinberg who was recognized today at #Tribeca2025 for his new show "American Explorer" -- an #TribecaAudio official selection! What a great event (hosted by Transom alum Chenjerai.bsky.social)!

Congratulations to David! Ten years ago this week he taught me, "just do the work." He has a special radioheart.

Leila Fadel's stories from Syria after the fall of Assad are essential listening. And, as Rob notes in this episode of The Sound School Podcast, the way Leila effortlessly braids together scenes, stand ups, and narration is top notch: transom.org/2025/writing-p…

Next month, Transom’s lead teacher David Weinberg, along with guest speaker Sarah Koenig from Serial Productions, will teach a one-of-a-kind workshop with the Berlin School of Podcasting. If you’re interested, reach out to [email protected]

We had an amazing time with all the scientist-storytellers at our "Making Waves" 3-day workshop in Woods Hole and can't wait for tonight's SOLD OUT onstage storytelling slam hosted by Jay Allison with music by Carla Kihlstedt!

In our series “Audio Ancestors,” Julia Barton has profiled radio folks who helped create formats we use all the time now...and not everyone shows up on the mic. Erik Barnouw's approach to writing is up next: transom.org/2025/audio-anc…

Our inaugural Science Storytelling Slam was huge success! A joyful way to combat misinformation and distrust of science. capenews.net/falmouth/news/…

How is a radio station like a musical instrument? Steve Junker has the answer on the latest Sound School Podcast and it's not what you think: bit.ly/44Qtrez

“My radio friends think of poetry as something I do on the side. My poet friends think of radio as how I make a living.” Sometimes the two sides obstruct each other. Often they mirror each other. Read about how Sean Cole is navigating that complexity. transom.org/2025/my-own-ve…

Poetry, truth, and surrender to the unknown... it's all in the latest newsletter over on Substack! substack.com/home/post/p-16…

On the latest Sound School Podcast, Rob Rosenthal hands the mic over to Sally Herships and Zach Mack to discuss the making of Alternate Realities. Prepare for conspiracy theories and polarizing family disagreements. Embedded transom.org/2025/asking-da…

Scientists took the stage last month to tell their stories to a crowd of community members. The room was filled with warmth and awe. Listen to the stories and read all about the night. transom.org/2025/making-wa… exchange.prx.org/series/53864-m…

Bill Siemering -- a public radio trailblazer -- was interviewed for NYTimes on the potential cuts to public broadcasting. In 2003, he wrote a manifesto for Transom about what he’s learned in his first 50 years, and preparing us for the next 50. transom.org/2003/bill-siem…

In the latest All Hear newsletter from Talia Augustidis, 127 opportunities await you. Includes a spotlight on the Meeting of Independent Radio Producers at Destelheide in Belgium! transom.org/2025/all-hear-…

Disappearing audio, transforming science into stories, and radio as a way to make the everyday elegant… it's all in the latest newsletter over on Substack! transom.substack.com/p/over-the-tra…

Reading this manifesto is like jumping into still water. Trust us. In this throwback to 2022, Ariana Martinez offers tips to help us pay attention to a moment. And how that can make our work so much more playful – and rare. transom.org/2022/ariana-ma…

On the latest Sound School, Rob interviews sisters Erika and Elin to get the grease behind their podcast, which is about another kind of sister: former nuns in Mother Teresa’s order. Listen to the episode, and their helpful interviewing techniques here. transom.org/2025/revisitin…

This deeply satisfying conversation between Transom's founder Jay Allison and Erica Heilman's Erica Heilman on the state of pubmedia is so worth a listen: why we can't abandon the mission and some no-illusions perspectives on what lies ahead: rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/jay-a…