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We've morphed!
Saltcast is now HowSound at howsound.org.
Same content, same host, same backstory to great radio storytelling.... only the name has changed. Just as good, perhaps even better. But you need to subscribe to know for sure!
The last Saltcast, BUT...... be on the lookout for "HowSound," Saltcast's replacement.
Student producer Rachel James has a *great* reading voice. What's her secret? Find out on this edition of the Saltcast.
Wanna take a cross-country trip -- in sound? Producer John Biewen traces John Steinbeck's 1960 cross-country journey in "Travels With Mike: In Search of America Fifty Years After Steinbeck."
What did student-producer Matt Kielty do when he didn't have sound for a story? He "designed" it.
New York Times editor Amy O'Leary takes a knife to a story she produced at Salt in 2003.
Radiolab is worming its way into the hearts and ears of Salt radio students.
You can't swing a dead cat without hitting Greg Warner on the radio these days. Listen to a piece he produced at Salt in 2003.
On this Saltcast, we revisit Mike Bernstein's "Sit With Me" from 2006 then listen to Mike's 2011 follow-up story.
How the heck do you find a story?! Try yard sales.
An out-of-the-ordinary take on an age-old issue -- conflict of interest.
A microphone is a passport. Just follow it. You'll be surprised where you go.
Producer Matt Ozug talks about contacting reluctant interviewees for his piece on the bombing of the USS Cole.
Salt radio student Georgia Moodie found that playing with sound was the best way to write her script.
When Shea Shackelford and Virginia Millington met at the "DC Listening Lounge," they had no idea their chance encounter would lead them to produce a Third Coast-winning radio documentary.
A chat with Dan Grech about the ethics of "mis-appropriated" sound.
Producer Jamie York publicly flogs himself over the first radio story he ever produced.
How can StoryCorps take their features to the next level? This Saltcast offers one example.
r Here’s what I’d like you to do after you hear this podcast. Nothing. Just sit there (or stand if you must) and do nothing but listen. In fact, listen until it becomes a bit uncomfortable, like you’ve listened long enough. Then, listen some more. Listen deliberately. Tell me what you hear. Really. Try it. […]
Irish producer Ronan Kelly plays DJ featuring clips from his favorite radio stories. And, we feature his award winning doc "Roger Dowds: Millionaire Winner."




It's almost like having my college essay from ten years ago pulled out of the archive and reviewing it with my professor 😂
This really is a story well told