Introduces the basic tools and skills of audio production for radio, podcast, and online/social media content creation. Emphasizes news and talk format programming, including how to write, record, and voice nonfiction audio stories in a concise and conversational style. Other techniques covered include the use of microphones, location and archival sound gathering, sound design, and editing and mixing multitrack audio. Key theories of sound studies and audio culture are also addressed. Offered Fall and Spring.