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Yesterday I was part of an amazing discussion about audio storytelling with the North American Guild of Beer Writers @nagbw and I shared some of my favorite resources and where I draw inspiration:
If you only take one of my recommendations, listen to The Turnaround from @JesseThorn — an interviewer asks other interviewers how they approach the medium. Like any muscle, interviewing requires practice and thoughtfulness, and the show reminds me why I love asking questions.
I tell people that audio is the most visual form of storytelling, and I read that in Out on the Wire by Jessica Abel. I come back to this book every time I'm stuck or need guidance on how to put a story together: https://jessicaabel.com/out-on-the-wire/
If I could make any show, I'd make @heavyweight
The @30for30 podcast does an incredible job of telling stories you think you know and uses archival footage in a compelling and fascinating way.
Speaking of docu-series, Floodlines from @TheAtlantic shows that there's always more to a story than you think you know. One worry I've heard from audio folks is that if a story has been written about, it might be repetitive as audio—which is absolutely not the case.
I never thought to push my creative limits until I listened to @theheartradio — the way they use and layer music to tell incredibly emotional stories is artful.
In our discussion, we talked about the tension between personal storytelling and finding the universal thread in a narrative, and I think Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of @thenodshow do this perfectly.
I don't listen to many podcast episodes over and over, but I've listened to Cocaine and Rhinestones from @TylerMahanCoe at least a dozen times over. I think this show illustrates the power of trusting your intuition—if you think something is interesting, it's likely others will.
. @JessicaInfante recommended this course from The Knight Center at UTexas, and I'm keen to dig in: https://journalismcourses.org/course/the-power-of-digital-audio-storytelling/
Anywho! Here's just a very short list of podcasts I listen to and some resources! I truly loved sharing my insights with folks and love answering questions about a medium that I love.
