Interviewing for Podcasting

One of the most important and challenging elements of making podcasts is the interview. In this workshop, we will delve into approaches and techniques for producing interviews that are cohesive and satisfying to listen to and conduct. We'll turn to examples from contemporary audio documentaries, construct a narrative toolbox, and develop our own blueprint for interviews.

Topics covered:

• Story formats for audio storytelling
• How to construct a narrative arc for interviews
• Pre-interviewing
• Organizing questions for sensitivity and fluidity
• Rules of thumb for day of interviewing

This event will be recorded and the recording will be made available to registered attendees.

Sayre Quevedo is an artist and journalist. He works across mediums to tell stories about intimacy, identity, and human relationships.

Quevedo began as a reporter with Youth Radio in Oakland, California at the age of 15 in 2008. Since then his work has been featured on NPR, Marketplace, BBC Short Cuts, Love Me on the CBC, McSweeney's and Radio Atlas.

In 2018 his piece 'Espera' received the Third Coast/RHDF Directors' Choice Award and his other piece 'The Quevedos' was nominated for a Best Audio Documentary award by the International Documentary Association (IDA). The following year he won the 2019 Third Coast/RHDF Gold Award for Best Documentary for 'The Return' . It was also nominated for a Best Audio Documentary award by the IDA, his second nomination two years in a row.

Quevedo was the Fall 2019 Podcaster-In-Residence for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and an Associate Producer for The Daily at The New York Times and NPR's Latino USA and a Producer for VICE News.

Image Description: A photo of Sayre Quevedo sitting in an empty room. Quevedo stares at the camera, wearing a white floral shirt and earrings.

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