Revisiting: Nausea and Forehead Mics - Reporting in Zero Gravity
From Sound School Podcast by Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org
May 5, 2026 · 20 min
About this episode
Andrew Leland shares his challenging reporting experience for Radiolab, including issues like nausea and navigating zero gravity.
Almost every reporting trip has its pitfalls. Andrew Leland's story for Radiolab in 2022 had more than most including nausea, flying in the equivalent of zero gravity, and his blindness. On this encore episode of Sound School, Andrew lays out how he navigated it all.
People in this episode
Host: Rob Rosenthal
Guest: Andrew Leland
Topics covered
- reporting
- journalism
- nausea
- zero gravity
- storytelling
- challenges
Keywords
- reporting
- nausea
- zero gravity
- journalism
- Andrew Leland
- Radiolab
- Sound School
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Radiolab, Sound School
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