Resource Links

Great place to start, touches on all the following:

• Now Here This Zine by Alex Hanesworth and Mitchell Johnson

Thinking through community engaged audio stories:

• “All Stories are Stories About Power: Radical narrative storytelling" a conversation from Third Coast

• Sounding Out!, a critical sound studies blog

• Clare's guide about multilingual audio stories

Pre-Production

• Sierra’s smartphone recording worksheet (from "Recording an Interview")

  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mljmfuD5yTDKaMi-_tfuYMnKD4ix0OKj4_5bGRh-OzE/edit?usp=sharing

• Transcription software (from "Transcribing Tape")

  • • https://otranscribe.com/ (this is the one we highlight in the podcast)

    • https://qz.com/work/1087765/how-to-transcribe-audio-fast-and-for-free-using-google-docs-voice-typing/

    • Temi: https://www.temi.com/

• Creating Good Interview Questions

  • https://storycorps.org/participate/great-questions/

  • https://designyourthinking.com/podcast-interview-questions/

Post Production

Free Music (always check attribution policies)

• Blue Dot Sessions: studio with creative commons downloads

• Pixabay: Copyright-free stock music by a community of creators

• YouTube Audio Library: Huge selection of royalty-free music

• Freesound: database of free sounds under creative commons license

• Incompetech: Wide-array of tracks created by solo artist, Kevin MacLeod

• The Free Music Archive: Expansive, free music library for podcasters

• 909 Music on Soundcloud: Modern, cutting edge, podsafe songs

• CCMixter: A community music remixing site

Sound Effects

• BBC Archive: over 16,000 "foley" or sound effects available!

• ZapSplat: 57,000 free professional sounds effects/music. Does require registration but is free.

• Yellow Stone Archive: Sounds from Yellowstone National Park, such as bird calls, geyser sounds, etc.

For Facutly

• Podcasting Rubric (Please make a copy of this in your google drive rather than editing the original) created by Melissa Kane, Digital Learning and Design at Brown.

• Digital Storytelling Resources for Faculty created by Melissa Kane, Digital Learning and Design at Brown.

Other resources:

• Transom has lots of great stuff--equipment recommendations, reflections on power and positionality, tips from practitioners, shows...but all this content can be hard to sort through if you’re just getting started.

  • Their Getting Started tag has stories and advice for new producers.

• Third Coast International Audio Festival has recorded workshops by and conversations between audio practitioners, and so much more!

• Making your podcasts accessible!!!!