Our Mission
The Transom Story Lab will support creators, with the intent to bridge differences, strengthen communities, connect to our environment, and create significant work. We will value both art and science and dedicate ourselves to creativity and public service.
Our hope is to serve as a model for new media centers around the world similarly committed to powerful storytelling in audio and other media.


“Dreamers need tools and tools need dreamers, and that's why we need a lab like this; to explore and to set new standards for what's possible.”
Robert Krulwich, Radiolab
Why Transom Story Lab?
Audio storytelling is booming...


…but we still don’t hear one another
We believe that story — and storytellers — are critical to bridging this gap and meeting the opportunity of audio’s extraordinary growth.
OUR PLAN
We will foster the audio arts

Workshops & Collaborations
Between residency sessions, the Story Lab will house workshops and other storytelling opportunities, including key collaborations with independent producers. Some of those programs are described below:
IMI Fellowship
A residential storytelling workshop for short-form video makers. Fellows will spend a month in Woods Hole receiving instruction from a workshop leader and special guests.
Story in Science
Music for Story
Audio Storytelling for the Helping Professions
Poets of Place
Festivals and Awards
A Physical Home
The Transom Story Lab team is pursuing the purchase of a building in APM’s long-time home in Woods Hole on Cape Cod.
The space will ideally house residents and instructors, a recording studio, an industrial kitchen, a small performance center, and break-out rooms.
We are seeking financial partners who can make this vision happen in the village.
Support from the Radio & Science Community
How you can be a part of TSL
We are looking for supporters, financial and otherwise, who can help us realize this vision. If you would like to make a donation to the Transom Story Lab, you can do so on our support page.
For larger gifts or other ways you can support, please contact us.