Links–Audio Storytelling

An alphabetical listing of outstanding audio archives/websites…

• American Radio Works (Long-form audio documentary on a range of social and political topics)
• Big Shed Audio Documentary (Creative independent storytelling from a wide range of producers)
• Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University (Links to several audio stories produced by John Biewen and others at CDC)
• Hearing Voices (Site featuring wide range of “edgy” audio stories)
• The Kitchen Sisters (Unique audio work from two of the best known producers in audio documentary)
• Radio Diaries (A National Public Radio series featuring personal stories/diaries)
• Sound Portraits (Compelling audio documentary work from David Isay, founder of Storycorps)
• Soundprint (Producer of wide range of audio documentaries–listen online)
• Storycorps (A national “listening project” featuring everyday stories and excellent how-to info about collecting your own stories)
• This American Life (Ira Glass and others tell quirky and interesting stories around a weekly theme)
• Transom.org (In addition to providing help with audio production, Transom.org also features a range of audio stories)

Audio Projects…

• Five Farms (Stories from American farm families)
• Mapping Main Street (Exploring Main Streets across America)
• One in Eight Million (Audio slideshows featuring New York “characters”)
• The Place + Memory Project (Recollections from around the country about places that have come and gone)
• Voices from the Valley (Audio documentary work from Southern Minnesota)