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Chattanooga-Created Audio Documentary Is a Finalist for an International Award

Chattanooga potterand independent radio producer John-Michael Forman created the three-minute satirical audio piece What Could be Bad About This?It's the first one he's produced, and impressively enough, it's up for an international award--it's a finalist for the People's ShortDoc Award in Third Coast International's 2015 ShortDocs Challenge.  His was chosen from more than 150 submissions from all around the world.

Voting for the award is open to the public.  You can listen to the eight finalists and vote here.

In this interview, Forman talks about his passion for radio and podcasts (he's listened to every episode of This American Life and several other shows), and he tells us about teaching himself the craft of audio production.