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Rob Rosenthal

@rob-rosenthal.bsky.social

Have mic, will travel. Radio/Podcast story editor, producer, and teacher. Listen: @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robrosenthalshunpikemedia/

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In the DOJ’s botched Epstein release, confusion may be the goal. ‘There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred.’

In the DOJ’s botched Epstein release, confusion may be the goal. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

09.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Thanks. But , if you saw how I swing a bat, ya might want to take it back.

19.10.2025 12:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pinching myself! I'm teaching a workshop for Radio Slovenia w/ @samanthabroun.bsky.social. Monday, I'll intrvw Sam at Radio Slovenia's annual Avdio Festival about her project "Small True Things" for an episode of @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social. In Ljubljana? Come see us! olaii.com/event/7830/a...

07.10.2025 07:31 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Question: What's your favorite audio essay? Something memoir-like. Maybe there's some sound in it. Maybe there are other voices. But, mostly, it's one person telling a story. Ideally, it's a story written by someone who doesn't typically make radio. Thoughts? Thanks!

25.09.2025 18:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social

15.09.2025 15:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tips to Elevate Your Reporting and Storytelling from Ira Glass Tips to Elevate Your Reporting and Storytelling from Ira Glass - Transom

“There is a completely other way to think about the structure of a story. You’re not staging the story as an argument, but as a sequence of events.”

Hear more of Ira’s tips here: transom.org/2024/tips-to... @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social @prx.org

15.09.2025 14:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Making Sense Of A Pile Of Tape Making Sense Of A Pile Of Tape - Transom

Years ago, Bianca Giaever listened to 546 audio tapes from the deceased poet Franz Wright. Her organization process was a bit all over the place. “It’s all a disaster,” Bianca told @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social on a past Sound School episode.

Hear how Bianca made sense of hours and hours of tape:

04.09.2025 15:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Listen to the latest @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social episode to learn about alternatives to being too direct with your sound design. @rob-rosenthal.bsky.social brings up a past conversation with Jad Abumrad, formerly of Radiolab, to get some insight.

12.08.2025 15:18 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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The Plot Thickens Film History Podcast · Weekly Series · Our sixth season is Cleopatra, a six-episode series about one of the most expensive and infamous movies ever made. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring ...

"I was down in the hold of this ship shoveling coal like a son of a bitch." - Joe Mankiewicz, writer/director "Cleopatra."

A new season of "The Plot Thickens" from @tcmtv.bsky.social dropped today. A true "what-could-go-wrong-did-go-wrong" story. Hats off to the delightful team I worked with!

17.07.2025 20:56 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

I am evangelical about scenes in stories. Come hear me preach at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social

We'll listen to a lot of examples. Zoom in on what makes them tick. Discuss recording scenes. Brainstorm scenes for *your* stories, too.

Sign up soon!

11.07.2025 15:11 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This is happening! You're ears won't believe it. "Cleopatra," the next season of "The Plot Thickens" from @tcmtv.bsky.social .

So chuffed to have worked with such a splendid team!

(Also, LOVE the Sex Pistols reference in the graphic!)

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07.07.2025 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

True story: I asked an @npr.org Morning Edition host at a local station if he missed reporting in the field. He said "No!"

"Why?"

"Because ANYTHING can happen!"

What? That's the point!

Join me for a workshop at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social that's all about getting the heck out of the studio.

07.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Urge Your Senators: Remove the Proposal to Cut Public Media Funding The Senate will soon consider a rescissions package that would take back approved public media funding. Call your Senators now!

Within days, the Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. Call your Senators now and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia

07.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
STAND WITH LOCAL STATIONS #PROTECTMYPUBLICMEDIA

STAND WITH LOCAL STATIONS #PROTECTMYPUBLICMEDIA

Within days, the US Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. Call your Senators now and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia

07.07.2025 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra Podcast Episode · The Plot Thickens · S6 Trailer · 4m

You will yell out loud "I can't believe that happened!" when you listen to "Cleopatra," the new season of "The Plot Thickens" from ‪@tcmtv.bsky.social‬. It's a wild ride and I had a wild time making it with the team at TPT.

02.07.2025 14:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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RESONATE 2025 November 7–8, 2025 Tickets are SOLD OUT! Enter the ticket lottery below.

Insane. The Resonate podcast festival is ALREADY sold out about 30 minutes after tics went on sale. Damn. Somehow, I managed to get a ticket. Woot! Hope to see y'all there! www.resonatepodfest.com

01.07.2025 16:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bags are packed!

24.06.2025 13:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LIZZIE! Wow! Such kind words!!! Th... Tha.... Th.... (I'm stuttering!) Thank you!!!

24.06.2025 13:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

"Oh wait, what?! Rob's doing that thing again for Radio Boot Camp? I better sign up!" @radiobootcamp.bsky.social, @sherships.bsky.social radiobootcamp.org/classes/the-...

23.06.2025 14:50 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2
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The art of the scene - Radio Boot Camp Scenes bring stories to life visually. They help listeners to see a character in their environment, they provide energy with active tape, they offer

I'm evangelical about scenes in audio stories! Join me at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social to hear gospel! And, we'll talk about scenes in your next story. Sign up quickly. They often sell out! radiobootcamp.org/classes/the-...

16.06.2025 13:24 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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How’d you do that? We talk Alternate Realities with Zach Mack - Radio Boot Camp Reporting longform narrative can be challenging. How should you best handle sensitive interviews? What's the right structure? And, after spending months

A behind-the-scenes look at how the most recent season of Embedded by @npr.org was made?! Sign me up! In fact, I just did at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social. @sherships.bsky.social. @zachmack.bsky.social

21.04.2025 18:21 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Friends.... Do you have a fav application for capturing streaming videos on a desktop?

10.03.2025 16:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Chenjerai Kumanyika sits smiling in front of a microphone at On Air Fest wearing a blue and black plaid shirt and black glasses.

Chenjerai Kumanyika sits smiling in front of a microphone at On Air Fest wearing a blue and black plaid shirt and black glasses.

Coming up on The Sound School Podcast: "Amen, Chenjerai." The standing-room-only audience at On Air Fest hung on Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika's every word as he offered a kind-of sermon on how he dug deep and found his voice for "Empire City." @chenjerai.bsky.social @prx.org.

05.03.2025 18:19 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Circuit 05 — AUDIO FLUX

Audio recipe:
• Laughter
• Scene tape (stereo encouraged)
• Choose one of 4 photo ingredients: Road closed, Amelia Earhart luggage, Office workers, or Smalls nightclub
• Edit & mix until 3 minutes long
• Submit to www.audioflux.org/circuit-05 by 4/1 @audioflux.bsky.social @jatomic.bsky.social

05.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

Just arriving on @bsky.app. Let's connect.

26.02.2025 12:27 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0