# Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio

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**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/out-on-the-wire-the-storytelling-secrets-of-the-new-masters-of-radio/4242 "2024-05-20T12:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/out-on-the-wire-the-storytelling-secrets-of-the-new-masters-of-radio/4242/1 "2024-05-20T12:00:24Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-05-19 at 16.56.26](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/podcaster1/original/2X/9/9b4e9e3b9f205589a4600eb6f118ac2f3683d0b6.jpeg)

[https://bookshop.org/a/92755/9780385348430](https://bookshop.org/a/92755/9780385348430)

> Go behind the scenes of seven of today’s most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including _This American Life_ and _RadioLab_ , in graphic narrative. Every week, millions of devoted fans tune in to or download _This American Life_ , _The Moth_ , _Radiolab_ , _Planet Money_ , _Snap Judgment_ , _Serial_ , _Invisibilia_ and other narrative radio shows. Using personal stories to breathe life into complex ideas and issues, these beloved programs help us to understand ourselves and our world a little bit better. Each has a distinct style, but every one delivers stories that are brilliantly told and produced. _Out on the Wire_ offers an unexpected window into this new kind of storytelling–one that literally illustrates the making of a purely auditory medium.

This book has a lot of behind-the-scenes of well-known podcast shows. It is also chock-full of really good advice. Don’t take my word for it, here’s Ira Glass from the Foreword:

 ![IMG_7054](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/podcaster1/original/2X/2/2070fce3d98de9b3573e28ca7d48b5f3b59103f6.jpeg)

And this is what the author means by “wire”…

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Enjoy!