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Assorted audio gems and resources: Documentaries, soundscapes, sound collage, audio essays, sound poetry and more by seasoned producers and featured students. Curated by Stephanie Rowden, Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. My own work can be found at stephanierowden.com

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Featured Student Work: A short audio essay by Hannah Hillier

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Glacial Melt, Soundstage - BBC Radio 4

Sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the extraordinary sounds of a glacier calving.

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(via http://vimeo.com/150600112)

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It’s a lucky thing Evan Ratliff left his mic on for Brooke Gladstone’s wisdom on the art of the interview.

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The Skate, Kath Weider-Roos

Kevin Bushey, a true ‘rink-rat’ as he puts it, and keeper of Yost Arena, describes the sounds of the ice rink.

From the Sounds of the State series on Michigan Radio, a collaborative project with the Stamps School of Art & Design and Michigan Radio. Miniature audio vignettes featuring the sounds of Michigan - places, memories and experiences from all over the state. 

soundsofthestate.org

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Architects often don’t think about sound. Here’s why they should.

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Wireless Nights: Overnight Delivery by Laurence Grissell with Neil McCarthy and Sara Parker for BBC Radio 4.

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Listen as skateboarders bust kick flips and shred the bowls at the Ann Arbor Skatepark

Next month marks the one year anniversary of the opening of the Ann Arbor Skatepark. With spring weather, skateboarders from all over the city are busting

Audio Postcard aired on Michigan Radio by Sound & Story class alum Nick Williams!

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Radio Yak: Julie Shapiro

Julie Shapiro, executive producer of RN's Creative Audio Unit, shares a few of her favourite 'radio moments'.

Julie Shapiro, Executive Producer of RN's Creative Audio Unit (including this show and its sister program, Soundproof), guides a tour through some of her favorite "radio moments," collected over the decade plus she spent as artistic director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival. As she offers up these sonic gems, Julie shares thoughts about how and why radio and music have such a deeply visceral effect on listeners.

Julie's playlist:

Track 01 from the Album Corduroy Road by Goldmund

The Dead Can’t Do You Nothin' by Katie Mingle, produced at the Center for Documentary Studies (2007)

Oakland Scenes: Snapshots of a Community by Youth Radio and Ise Lyfe (2002)

Lord God Bird by Dan Collison and Eliz Meister, Long Haul Productions (2005)

Just Another Fish Story by Molly Menschel (2005)

A short list by Benjamen Walker, featuring Davia Nelson, for Transom.org (2007)

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Before The First Question

Headed out for an interview? Transom Story Workshop’s Rob Rosenthal provides a handy checklist of things to do before you even ask your first question.

Rob Rosenthal’s Checklist... (from Transom.org)

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Jay Allison's Basics (from Transom.org)

Jay Allison’s The Basics is a classic on how to get started recording. It was first published in the 1980s and has been updated several times since then, but the majority of the original advice still holds true. Read it and then head out into the world with a microphone.

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A youth reporter takes you inside the huddle

As summer fades into fall, another season of high school football is set to begin.Jai'Shaun Isom is a Junior at Detroit Community High in Brightmoor.He's

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(Out on the Wire)

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George Saunders: On Story

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The Atlantic: the emotional appeal of listening

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/podcast-brain-why-do-audio-stories-captivate/389925/