Art of the Audio Essay Special Presentation

Below are several audio essays that students have produced in "The Art of the Audio Essay" over the last couple of years. I have picked essays that vary in genre, structure, and subject. I'd encourage you to try listening to at least a portion of a few of them becasue they can help you imagine different kinds of strategies you might use in your own pieces.

Inquiry

Katherine Wells, and Sherrie Chung, “Twinkie, Twinkie, Little Bar”

Rebecca Jacobs and Kalani Leifer, “The Case of the Empty Lake: Or, How We Learned to Stop Whining and Love the Salamander”

Christina Ho, Lilly Kornbluth, and Danielle Spoor, “Love at First Sight”

Sarah Rizk and Sam Alemayehu, "Are You a Hit? Click Here to Find Out"

Walter Foxworth, Chris Young, and Holly Rogers “To Mars and Beyond”

Documentary

Molly Roberts, “From the School to the Street”

Trent Walker, “Healing Sounds"

Renee Riley, Selwyn-Lloyd McPherson, and Matthew Tyler, "Homelessness in the Bay Area"

Memoir

Drew Jacoby-Sengho, “Divine Divide”

Yun Liang, “Turtles Across Many Seas”