Maker Sessions
Dive into scores of talks, workshops, and audio manifestos offering wisdom on everything from production skills to journalistic ethics from the best audio producers and makers on the planet.
2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 1)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition! This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2014
- 01:13:32
Own Your Thing (Part 1)
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
- 2014
- 01:16:58
2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition! The second installment of this session once again pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2014
- 01:12:17
The Script Disappears
You've pitched your story; you've collected tape; you've gone through your edits; you're ready to track.
- 2010
- 01:28:06
2010 Win/Win: AIR's Pitch Panel (Day 2)
This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2010
- 01:26:10
Own Your Thing (Part 2)
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
- 2014
- 01:19:49
HowSound Live! Part 2
Discover the backstory to this year's TC/RHDF Competition winners!
- 2014
- 01:17:49
Journalism and Storytelling: Frenemies?
How real does reality need to be?
- 2014
- 01:23:43
Own Your Thing (Day 2)
Independent producers have always had to fend for themselves, but today the building blocks for independent success - creating great work, reaching real audiences, making money, controlling your destiny - are falling into place in new ways.
- 2012
- 01:11:49
Reality Check!
In June of 2017, Third Coast hosted a frank discussion about what it takes to make it in today’s podcast landscape, featuring: Jenna Weiss-Berman (Pineapple Street Media), Alex Blumberg (Gimlet Media), N’Jeri Eaton (NPR) and Julie Shapiro (Radiotopia).
- 2017
- 01:55:01
To Err (on the Air) Is Human
No one likes to make mistakes, but the difference between you (brilliant producer) and the guy next to you (average producer) is in learning how to use those mistakes to your advantage.
- 2003
- 01:13:12
Once Upon a Time . . . The End
So, you've got your assignment. You've done your research, you've collected your tape, and now it's time (oh god) to write. In this panel discussion, moderated by Robert Krulwich, we examine the Everest and K-2 of story telling: How to Begin and (assuming you can get past that one) How to End.
- 2002
- 01:23:00
Mudslide: The Election of 2016
With the ink on the ballots still wet, Third Coast dives into the past year of political reporting. How were journalists most - and least - successful covering the presidential election and its voters? And: where do we go from here?
- 2016
- 01:26:31
Talking Story
The Kitchen Sisters skillfully lead this panel about creative and unusual approaches and techniques for producing compelling radio stories, including what can be learned from other media, like television and film.
- 2001
- 01:00:09
Trespassing
Jay Allison leads a discussion about the ways in which documentarians must be skilled in the art of trespassing...
- 2002
- 01:24:10
Image as Metaphor
Do metaphors inherently deepen a story? Can using metaphors be more effective than revealing direct facts and information about a subject?
- 2004
- 01:24:25
2010 Win/Win: AIR's Pitch Panel (Day 1)
This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2010
- 01:30:22
2017 Bitchin' Pitch Panel (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...
- 2017
- 01:04:10
- Shereen Marisol Meraji
- Millie Jefferson
- Sruthi Pinnamaneni
2017 Bitchin' Pitch Panel (Day 1)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...
- 2017
- 01:00:17
2008 Perfect Pitch (Day 1)
Perfect your pitching skills and present your ideas to program producers and editors - or just listen in - as AIR (Association for Independents in Radio) pulls back the curtain to let us in on how stories make it to the airwaves.
- 2008
- 01:35:19
2016 Bitchin' Pitchin': The Art of the Pitch (Day 1)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch a story.
- 2016
- 01:15:20
Airtime
What does it take to get your work on the national airwaves? Representatives from NPR, PRI, and the Public Radio Exchange, with the assistance of moderator Julia McEvoy, explain how to get work on national programs and how to distribute stand-alone specials and series.
- 2002
- 01:06:51
No One’s Source
After a lifetime in the system, Noel Anaya got unprecedented permission from family court to record the hearing where he’d age out of foster care--and worked with Youth Radio to, in his words, “blow it up on NPR.”
- 2017
- 01:20:56
Podcasting: Believe the Hype
Join podcast pioneers and radio producers Benjamen Walker and Tod Maffin to discover how podcasting, in less than one year, changed broadcasting forever.
- 2005
- 01:22:10
Two Towns of Jasper
Producers and long-time friends Whitney Dow and Marco Williams (Two Tone Productions) discuss the making of their film Two Towns of Jasper, a documentary about the racially motivated murder of James Byrd, who in 1998 was dragged to his death after being beaten then chained to the back of a pick-up truck in Jasper, Texas.
- 2004
- 01:23:16