At The Drag, our leadership team is made up of students with diverse backgrounds and skill sets—some came in with years of audio experience, while others, like me, had never touched a mixing board before. But no matter where we started, we’ve all...
Imagine the pressure attached to producing a new true crime podcast on the heels of the success of “The Orange Tree.” But when you have a partner who has your back, it’s not so bad. Ashley Miznazi and Kenny Jones, co-hosts of The Drag’s next true...
Crafting a podcast with a whole other person is hard enough; creating a podcast remotely is even harder. When Cesar Perez booked his flight home to Ecuador last summer, him and Maya Fawaz scratched their heads for answers. How on earth were they...
The Drag asked Schleede to share her go-to audio storytelling tips. Here are her top nine pieces of advice.
The Drag would not be what it is today without Haley Butler and Tinu Thomas. In January 2019, they became The Drag’s first-ever podcasters at the start of their last semester in college. Between classes, the pair began crafting a podcast called “The...
Just over a year ago, “The Orange Tree” podcast hosts were doing typical college senior things: Finishing up their final classes at the University of Texas, working at journalism internships to jumpstart their career, and reporting on the West...
Director and host discusses lessons learned while producing first ever podcast episode. “Request Pending” director and host Sara Schleede has experience writing short news stories and working collaboratively in other audio workplaces, but working on...
Podcasts are often created by people with a notable surplus of high-quality equipment and manpower, they’re a medium that virtually anyone can be a part of with the right preparation and determination. If you have a story or an idea that would come...