Listen to 3 podcasts below:
1. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-medieval-historical-comparisons-of-plague/id961667204?i=1000528972116
2. https://thenocturnists.com/podcast
(Listen to the Stories from a Pandemic – Ep.8: Insomnia)
3. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bachs-flower-remedies/id665149280?i=1000556324618
As you’re listening to a collection of podcasts, you’ll be paying close attention to what makes them “tick”–what qualities and characteristics define this genre
of communication? Each of these podcasts has a different purpose, and even different audiences, but they all share a form. What can you say definitively
about the genre of podcast, based on these samples? What conventions and practices appear across the board in all of the podcasts? What different
elements do they use? As this is a distinct genre from written presentation, what qualities beyond scriipted words figure into the structure, pacing, chosen
voices, and representations of the setting or subject?
What ideas did you find most engaging from this collection? From there, tell how you define the genre of podcast, based on this collection of examples. What
can you say about it as a form, definitively, and its contents and main characteristics? Where do each of the podcasts take a different approach from other,
and how does that shape their audience and purpose?