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Good storytelling gives good journalism its power. And oral storytelling, an ancient variation, is having another renaissance.

The Monitor dipped into broadcasting in the late 1920s, and then went international via shortwave the following decade. By 1977 we had a radio news service. Outgrowths of that persisted for two decades before what had become Monitor Radio shut down amid other format experiments and the internet鈥檚 rise.

In 2018, 鈥淧erception Gaps鈥�听took us into narrative podcasting. Encouraged by your feedback, we added 鈥淭ulsa Rising鈥�听补苍诲 鈥沦迟谤辞苍驳别谤.鈥�听Now we鈥檙e poised to lean in more. Why? Audio can be convenient and engaging, heads up and hands free. It can also be deeply affecting. Audio delivers emotional intimacy. It humanizes. And so:

鈥� Later this week we aim to have a short, standalone audio story (about an equitable approach to addressing a pilot shortage) by Ashley Lisenby, the newest member of our core audio team and the producer of a powerful recent exchange that brought to light Muslim perspectives on 9/11.听

鈥� In upcoming weeks we plan to roll out an audio extension of People Making a Difference, with the conversational backstories of some of the people we鈥檝e written about, and introductions to some new ones.听

鈥� We鈥檒l be back with more Meet the Monitor听writer interviews in December.听

鈥� And sometime after the winter holidays, we鈥檒l be unveiling a deep-dive podcast around the themes of respect and identity, with the kind of richness and energy we reached for with last year鈥檚 delightful audio series 鈥淚t鈥檚 About Time.鈥�听

We鈥檙e really just getting started on expanding our journalism in this way. Find our recent audio efforts corralled here, listen for those new shows, and email me at collinsc@csmonitor.com听with any thoughts about audio. We鈥檒l be listening too.