New episode every Monday
Long conversations with people who make things slowly.
One maker, one hour, no hurry. Type designers, potters, founders and editors on the work behind the work.
01 · The running order
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02 · Why it sounds like this
04 · Inside the booth
How an hour of tape becomes an episode.
Four steps, the same every week since episode one. Nothing is scripted, everything is edited.
The call
Thirty minutes on the phone, no recording. We only book people who light up when they talk about the boring part.
The long take
Two hours of tape, one take, one lamp. Nobody is in a hurry, so nobody performs.
The cut
Mara edits it down to an hour by hand. If a sentence doesn’t earn its minute, it goes.
Monday, 6am
It lands in your feed before your coffee. Same day, same time, every week.
05 · Since the first episode
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06 · Your host
“I ask every guest the same last question: what would you make if nobody was watching?”
Mara Okoye spent ten years producing radio documentaries before starting Overtone in her spare room. She edits every episode herself.
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Two host-read spots per episode, booked by the month. Listeners who stay for the full hour hear every one.
For guests
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We look for people who have made one thing for a long time. Tell us who, and why now.
07 · From the mailbag
Letters from people who listen at 1x.
“I listen on the walk to the workshop. It’s the only hour of the week nobody is trying to sell me anything.”
Dana · furniture maker, Lisbon
“Episode 111 made me rebuild my whole pricing page. Then I listened to it again.”
Omar · type foundry, Cairo
“It’s the only show I don’t play at 1.5x. The pauses are the good part.”
Hanna · book editor, Oslo
“I came for the ceramics episode and stayed for the one about deleting things.”
Ravi · developer, Pune
“Mara’s last question has become the first question in our studio meetings.”
Inés · architect, Valencia
08 · Questions
Before you press play.
How long is an episode?
About an hour. Some run longer when the conversation earns it; none are padded to fill a slot.
When do new episodes come out?
Can I suggest a guest?
Do you take sponsors?
09 · Monday mornings