Kohn

Most people find hearing their own voices (on voice mails or other recordings) strange, unfamiliar, or even discomforting.

Best New Artist2011 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

2011 / Andy Mills / online publication, USA

Kohn

Most people find hearing their own voices (on voice mails or other recordings) strange, unfamiliar, or even discomforting.

For Kohn Ashmore, the experience was life-changing.

Producer Andy Mills won the Best New Artist Award in the 2011 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition for Kohn. It was produced with musical collaborators Hudson Branch, for online publication.

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Andy Mills

Andy Mills was a producer and reporter for the The New York Times podcast The Daily.

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