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The Forgotten Radio Tricks That Built Modern Podcasting
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Your favorite podcasts didn’t appear out of nowhere, they’re the latest chapter in a 100 year loop of audio innovation. We pull the thread from the first wave of commercial radio and 1920s serials all the way to RSS feeds, iTunes discovery, and the modern boom in long form narrative audio. Along the way, we show how “audio first” storytelling taught writers and sound engineers to create entire worlds without visuals, using descriptive dialogue, pacing, and practical effects that still influence how great podcast episodes are structured today.
We also zoom in on the culture…
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