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New episode of Sound Sausage is out. Sound Sausage is a project of the Canadian Sound and Story Workshop, a community of radio producers, podcasters and audio enthusiasts. In this episode we interview Andrew Norton, who attended the Transom Story Workshop in Cape Code in 2012. Kelly Jones and I talk with Andrew and play… Read more
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Episode 5 of Sound Sausage is out – have a listen. This episode was produced and edited by yours truly, with help from JP Davidson and Kelly Jones. JP and I discuss radio production choices with Jeff Emtman (Here Be Monsters), and play a piece by him about a ‘trainrider’ who decides to quit. Enjoy. … Read more
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I recently started co-hosting a new podcast (along with JP Davidson, and Kelly Hardcastle Jones). It’s called Sound Sausage and it explores the art of audio storytelling. Hear how the (radio) sausage really gets made… Each episode features a piece by an independent producer, followed by a discussion of how it all came together. A project… Read more
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The Hitchhiking Stories Project #2: Feeling depressed and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But she has to get there first… [5mins] https://soundcloud.com/seanrasmussen/hitchhiking-to-amsterdam Read more
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Veteran food writer Marion Kane tells the story of the first recipe she learned to make. It’s a touching coming of age story about growing up Jewish in London in the 50s and 60s… Recorded in my kitchen last month. https://soundcloud.com/seanrasmussen/identity-and-cheesecake Read more
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In the 80s my friends and I (young teens 13-18) used to go on hitchhiking adventures. Don’t ask me what our parents were thinking. Maybe they didn’t know. Anyway, we had pretty great experiences hitching. I’m still friends with those guys and some of them now have kids that are in the age range that… Read more
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Two of my oldest friends find a stack of what appears to be brand new copies of Fifty Shades of Gray just sitting on the sidewalk. This is their story. Recorded on a vintage reporter’s mic from the 70s. 6mins 48secs. The Fifty Shades Caper Read more
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Just a quick heads up. Episode 4 of Happy, the podcast is out! This episode is about people trying to develop a healthier relationship to the media in their lives. Technical note: I used a different technique for recording my narration this time. Instead of recording it and bringing it into the editor afterwards, I… Read more