Thomas Lu
@thomasuylu.bsky.social
Producer/Story Editor 📻 ✨Currently posting from The Washington Post. 🪩 Past: Vox (Unexplainable), NPR (Hidden Brain, Short Wave), Bloomberg News 🏳️🌈 ✉️ http://thomasuylu.com/contact
“Growth” in audio is getting the green light to do a podcast episode about “How to talk to aliens” and then asking yourself, “Did I really do that?”
Apple Podcast science category trolling me aside, happy to be in such great company as @radiolab.bsky.social and @hiddenbrain.bsky.social. Top 25!
Apple Podcast science category trolling me aside, happy to be in such great company as @radiolab.bsky.social and @hiddenbrain.bsky.social. Top 25!
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Growth” in audio is getting the green light to do a podcast episode about “How to talk to aliens” and then asking yourself, “Did I really do that?”
Apple Podcast science category trolling me aside, happy to be in such great company as @radiolab.bsky.social and @hiddenbrain.bsky.social. Top 25!
Apple Podcast science category trolling me aside, happy to be in such great company as @radiolab.bsky.social and @hiddenbrain.bsky.social. Top 25!
Been hanging out with the fab Unexplainable team @vox.com for a bit. Listen to me be amazed by secret twins from @byrdest.bsky.social 🫂, animal transplant organs from Mandy Nguyen 🫁, and 1-way tickets to Mars from @nhassenfeld.bsky.social 🚀! Link in thread. Oh, PS: Send me science stories/ideas! 🔬
December 18, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Been hanging out with the fab Unexplainable team @vox.com for a bit. Listen to me be amazed by secret twins from @byrdest.bsky.social 🫂, animal transplant organs from Mandy Nguyen 🫁, and 1-way tickets to Mars from @nhassenfeld.bsky.social 🚀! Link in thread. Oh, PS: Send me science stories/ideas! 🔬
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Billie Eilish’s NPR Tiny Desk premieres tomorrow at 12 pm EST:
December 11, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Billie Eilish’s NPR Tiny Desk premieres tomorrow at 12 pm EST:
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Sound Fields is packed with original thought and essential commentary on the state and craft of audio doc. In their Transom manifesto, @kallipearl.bsky.social and @audiosand.bsky.social offer hope, reflection AND tidbits about (super) exciting projects in the pipeline!
transom.org/2024/sound-f...
transom.org/2024/sound-f...
A Sound Fields Manifesto - Transom
A Sound Fields Manifesto - Transom
transom.org
December 4, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Sound Fields is packed with original thought and essential commentary on the state and craft of audio doc. In their Transom manifesto, @kallipearl.bsky.social and @audiosand.bsky.social offer hope, reflection AND tidbits about (super) exciting projects in the pipeline!
transom.org/2024/sound-f...
transom.org/2024/sound-f...
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Friends of Tribeca Audio!
With twitter x’d, I need your help spreading the word abt TA and sharing the news that submissions are open!
It’s just 20 bucks to submit but if you’re an indie creator deterred by the fee, DM me! 🤙
Q’s? See the website or email entries (at) tribecafilm (dot) com!
With twitter x’d, I need your help spreading the word abt TA and sharing the news that submissions are open!
It’s just 20 bucks to submit but if you’re an indie creator deterred by the fee, DM me! 🤙
Q’s? See the website or email entries (at) tribecafilm (dot) com!
November 25, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Friends of Tribeca Audio!
With twitter x’d, I need your help spreading the word abt TA and sharing the news that submissions are open!
It’s just 20 bucks to submit but if you’re an indie creator deterred by the fee, DM me! 🤙
Q’s? See the website or email entries (at) tribecafilm (dot) com!
With twitter x’d, I need your help spreading the word abt TA and sharing the news that submissions are open!
It’s just 20 bucks to submit but if you’re an indie creator deterred by the fee, DM me! 🤙
Q’s? See the website or email entries (at) tribecafilm (dot) com!
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Together with my fellow audio makers and a devoted global audience, I urge the BBC to reconsider their cancellation of BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts.
It is irreplaceable.
Sign our open letter: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4
It is irreplaceable.
Sign our open letter: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Together with my fellow audio makers and a devoted global audience, I urge the BBC to reconsider their cancellation of BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts.
It is irreplaceable.
Sign our open letter: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4
It is irreplaceable.
Sign our open letter: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4
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Short Cuts has been a platform for many, many producers and sound artists to do their absolute best work. What is the function of a public broadcaster, if not to nurture this kind of program, this kind of talent?
After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 20, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Short Cuts has been a platform for many, many producers and sound artists to do their absolute best work. What is the function of a public broadcaster, if not to nurture this kind of program, this kind of talent?
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After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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this is so sad. the way they have so many driveway moments of tape 😭
After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 21, 2024 at 5:11 AM
this is so sad. the way they have so many driveway moments of tape 😭
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November 20, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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November 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
👀 @soundfieldsjournal.bsky.social … this thread … something here for your next issue? 👀
I'm curious about how other radio producers think about their archive of work. I've made hundreds of audio stories over the past 15 years. Some pieces were given some attention in their time, some won "big awards", but the work fades into the past quickly even if the ideas are "evergreen".
November 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM
👀 @soundfieldsjournal.bsky.social … this thread … something here for your next issue? 👀
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We're always looking for interesting writing about radio documentaries and podcasting - tell us the things you love to read!
Slowly building a list...
go.bsky.app/UYaCtHu
Slowly building a list...
go.bsky.app/UYaCtHu
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
We're always looking for interesting writing about radio documentaries and podcasting - tell us the things you love to read!
Slowly building a list...
go.bsky.app/UYaCtHu
Slowly building a list...
go.bsky.app/UYaCtHu
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Weird Noise is a print zine for audio documentaries.
The print edition of Issue 1 was published in September 2022 as a hand-stamped box of unbound essays, illustrations and photographs.
It's now available for free online at weirdnoise.xyz
The print edition of Issue 1 was published in September 2022 as a hand-stamped box of unbound essays, illustrations and photographs.
It's now available for free online at weirdnoise.xyz
Weird Noise
A print zine for audio documentaries.
weirdnoise.xyz
November 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Weird Noise is a print zine for audio documentaries.
The print edition of Issue 1 was published in September 2022 as a hand-stamped box of unbound essays, illustrations and photographs.
It's now available for free online at weirdnoise.xyz
The print edition of Issue 1 was published in September 2022 as a hand-stamped box of unbound essays, illustrations and photographs.
It's now available for free online at weirdnoise.xyz
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Some really good, important reporting on RFK Jr. and the impact of his disinfo and dangerous denial of established science: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa
He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Some really good, important reporting on RFK Jr. and the impact of his disinfo and dangerous denial of established science: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Here's a gift link version wapo.st/3UQwPBY
November 14, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Here's a gift link version wapo.st/3UQwPBY
Annnd it’s back! :)
so
what is everybody up to this weekend
what is everybody up to this weekend
November 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Annnd it’s back! :)
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A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.
@wpln.bsky.social & @propublica.org report on the disproportionate # of kids with disabilities being arrested in one Tennessee county under new school threats law
wpln.org/post/a-13-ye...
@wpln.bsky.social & @propublica.org report on the disproportionate # of kids with disabilities being arrested in one Tennessee county under new school threats law
wpln.org/post/a-13-ye...
A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.
Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilit...
wpln.org
November 13, 2024 at 1:45 PM
A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.
@wpln.bsky.social & @propublica.org report on the disproportionate # of kids with disabilities being arrested in one Tennessee county under new school threats law
wpln.org/post/a-13-ye...
@wpln.bsky.social & @propublica.org report on the disproportionate # of kids with disabilities being arrested in one Tennessee county under new school threats law
wpln.org/post/a-13-ye...
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I can't wait for this:
Wesley Morris to Host New Culture Podcast For The New York Times (Exclusive)
"This is not a show where people who are making a thing come on to promote the thing they're making," Morris says of the new program.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:29 AM
I can't wait for this: