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Transom turns 25 this year & we’re throwing a festival for YOU. September 17–19 // Woods Hole, MA Workshops, live performances & music, beach time, opportunities to make stuff, and a party. Tickets & details→ transom.org/transom25/

Come learn from Jason Moon of NHPR’s documentary podcast team, Document, at #Transom25! Jason was the producer for The 13th Step which won the duPont-Columbia Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting. See pinned post for tix & details!

Latest edition of All Hear just dropped! It’s a monthly newsletter highlighting exciting opportunities in audio. This May we have: Sonic Dash! Resonate x Transom in South Africa! Audible! And more. Read what opportunities are out there: allhear.substack.com/p/all-hear-may…

Come learn from producer and poet extraordinaire Sean Cole at #Transom25! Sean produced and reported at This American Life, and has worked at Radiolab, Marketplace, and others. His poetry collection “After This Messages” was published in 2022. See pinned post for tix & details!

Come connect & learn from Joe Richman at #transom25! See our pinned post for details. Joe is a Peabody award winning journalist and founder of @RadioDiaries!

Learn from Peabody award winning journalist Martine Powers (TSW'15), founding host of the WaPo podcast "Post Reports", at #Transom25! Tickets and details at transom.org/transom25

Almost every reporting trip has its pitfalls. Andrew Leland's story for Radiolab in 2022 had more than most including nausea, flying in the equivalent of zero gravity, & his blindness. On this ep. of Sound School, he lays out how he navigated it all. transom.org/2026/revisitin…

Thanks to @vermontpublic @Retreat_Farm @TomBodett @sophiemckibben @VikiMerrick @VermontCF @jilllepore Megan Bowles and Jill Lepore for making this possible!

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States, 10 brave Vermonters took a Transom workshop on live storytelling & just a few days later got up on stage in front of nearly 400 of their neighbors. Hear their stories now: transom.org/2026/being-ame…

If you're a fan of Radiolab, chances are you've heard and loved a story from Annie McEwen. Come meet Annie at #Transom25! Tickets and details at transom.org/transom25

Coming this Sept. to the land of pristine lakes and quiet pines: a Transom Travelling Workshop! Learn the art of making audio documentaries at our weeklong workshop, this time at the gorgeous Interlochen Center for the Arts. Deadline: May 29th. transom.org/2025/traveling…

Guess who you'll be able to learn from at #Transom25 this September? The legendary Kitchen Sisters! Tickets and details at transom.org/transom25

ICYMI, we're throwing a festival! Tix selling out fast! get them and the details below.

Al Letson is longtime journalist and the host of the award winning investigative podcast "Reveal." Hear Al speak at #Transom25. Check our pinned post for tickets and details!

Ira Glass is the showrunner behind radio and audio giant "This American Life." Hear Ira speak at #Transom25. Check our pinned post for tickets and details!

Tobin Low is an editor at "This American Life", and a Transom Story Workshop alum! He co-created "Nancy" which made Time's 100 Top Podcasts of All Times. Hear him speak at #Transom25. Check our pinned post for tickets and details!

Nichole Hill is the creator of "Our Ancestors Were Messy", and has worked on shows like "Apathy is Not an Option" w/ the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tonya Mosley’s "She Has a Name" and many more. Hear her speak at #Transom25. Check our pinned post for tickets and details!

You could describe it as a long walk. Or a climb up a hill. But Salman Khan's path to launching a new podcast was like a slow, persistent march. Hear how he practically willed "More Muslim" into existence on the lastest Sound School. It's inspiring. transom.org/2026/salman-kh…

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When an NPR station got their first blind applicant , it felt like “a rock got thrown in the pool.” So they called Andrew Leland for guidance. That moment led him to write a manifesto on how blind audio journalists & their colleagues can work together: transom.org/2026/why-and-h…