Both Decoder Ring and RadioLab made podcasts about laughter in television shows. However, they were very different in terms of the manner in which they presented the topic. Decoder Ring chose to focus on the laugh track that appeared in old-fashioned sitcom shows, which is a very upbeat topic. RadioLab, on the other hand, chose …
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Podcast Pilot Episodes group project
Episode 1 of “Millennial:” The first episode of “Millennial” is all about the narrator’s experience living on her own after graduating college. It is kind of like a reality check for some people, explaining that a successful career does not always happen right away. She talks a lot about finding a place to live that …
Response to “The Mystery Show”
Times Kline ran into a dead end: Tracking down the art teacher, who could only identify the physical characteristics of the person in question rather than knowing his career/profession 2. Food blog writer, who claims to know something about the symbols on the belt buckle, but cannot give a lot of information other than describing …
“The Giant Pool of Money” podcast episode
The episode of the podcast This American Life titled “The Giant Pool of Money” is all about the 2008 financial crisis surrounding the housing market. This is a very complex topic that is a challenge to explain in such a short amount of time, but the producers of This American Life were able to get …
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Researching Fashion
The podcast episode “The Cost of Fast Fashion” uses research to inform listeners about the hidden dangers of mass produced clothing. However, the two women who made the podcast used more than just straight up citations. They incorporated historical research, using events from the past to help highlight why fast fashion is problematic. They also …
Response to “Adam Ruins the Suburbs
Citation: Bruce Lambert, New York Times, 28 December 1997 Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pro-Publica, 28 October 2012 Adam Conover is trying to reveal the truth about life in the suburbs by pointing out that it is not all that it appears to be. In the last four minutes of the episode, Conover and a couple of researchers …
Response to McSweeney’s articles
The purpose of these two articles is to point out the strong influence that technology and social media have on today’s college-aged youth. The most important observation is how some people are more invested in online communication than they are in its print form. With digital communication becoming more widespread, today’s students often overlook the …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the …
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