Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling

by Eric Nuzum

Overview

The ultimate guide to podcasting, the fastest growing media platform in the world. A step beyond practial how-to information on podcast production or building a business, Make Noise addresses the art of podcasting, what works and doesn't for successful storytelling on audio, from a true expert in the medium.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523508631
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/10/2019
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	462,513
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Eric Nuzum is considered a leading “go-to” expert in audio, podcasting, radio, and spoken word entertainment. He led NPR’s podcasting efforts in 2005 and remained its leading creative and strategic force for a decade. He brought programs like Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Snap Judgment, and Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me into the podcasting ecosystem and helped them become iconic hits. As a creator, he developed some of NPR’s most successful podcasts, including TED Radio Hour and Invisibilia. He continued his track record of success during his tenure as Audible’s leader for short-form content and podcasting, creating such recognized podcasts as Sincerely X (another co-production with TED), The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson, and Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel. Eric is based in the New York City metro area.
 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
 
Introduction                                                                                                
Chapter 1 • Story. Character. Voice.                                                                         
Chapter 2 • The Only Ten Words That Matter                                                               
Chapter 3 • Function and Form                                                                                
Chapter 4 • The Myths of Podcasting                                                                       
Chapter 5 • Asking Questions                                                                                  
Chapter 6 • How to Tell a Story aka Don’t Be Boring                                      
Chapter 7 • The History of Podcasting                                                                 
Chapter 8 • Leading Creative Teams                                                                     
Chapter 9 • Audience Building                                                                       
Chapter 10 • Time to Go Forward                                                                        
Acknowledgments                                                                                             
Recommended Reading                                                                                        
About the Author                                                                                                  

Editorial Reviews

Where should you begin your podcast career? With this no-nonsense book. Deep advice boiled down to clear ideas.” — Esther Perel, host and co-executive producer of Where Should We Begin? and How’s Work?

"…a big-picture view and the nitty-gritty of creating good audio."  — Booklist"

An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts." — Ira Glass


 

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