Episode 1: Find your story | Audio Storytelling, Step by Step

Want to make a narrative podcast? Start here!

In Episode 1 of our six-part series, Radio Workshop producers Naomi Grewan and Dhashen Moodley break down the five essential ingredients of a great audio story — characters, tension, significance, change, and place using Copper Town , a documentary they made in Kitwe, Zambia, as an example. This episode is the foundation for aspiring audio documentarians, journalists, and storytellers across Africa wanting to tell compelling, impactful stories through sound.

Listen to Copper Town . Produced by Radio Workshop in partnership with DW Akademie.

Hosted by Naomi Grewan and Dhashen Moodley. Filmed and edited by Makhulu Media.

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