Chris Berube

How to make an audio doc from soup to nuts
04/12/2026 @ 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Congratulations! Your pitch was greenlit by your favorite show! Your dream of making a longform narrative podcast or radio documentary...

Need to record scripts, promos, intros, or interviews from home? Editor and producer Shawn Allee walks you through how to find and treat your most important recording gear – a home recording space. Starting with budget options, Shawn explains how to cut echo and other audio problems when recording from home, hotels, cars, and other locations. Includes time to test a setup.
Shawn Allee is an experienced public radio and podcast editor and producer. At WBEZ Chicago and beyond, Shawn trained hundreds of audio journalists, editors, producers, and others on how to make their podcasts and radio features sound their best. His own work has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered, Marketplace, On The Media, and This American Life.


