Witness to an Execution

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of powerful audio storytelling through a featured documentary that elicits strong emotional reactions from listeners.

How powerful can audio storytelling be? So powerful that distraught listeners stand-up, wave their arms, and yell "Turn it off! Turn it off!" That's how good the documentary we're featuring on Sound School is.

People in this episode

Host: Rob Rosenthal

Topics covered

• audio storytelling
• documentary
• listener reaction
• execution
• power of sound

Keywords

• audio storytelling
• documentary
• execution
• listener reaction
• sound

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sound School

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