Response to Podcasting 101

After looking over the reading about Podcasts, I finally got more of an idea about what they even were. I had never even heard of such a thing so I was a little bewildered.

The reading says that podcasts give you the power to communicate and have an equal voice. While recording one, you are allowed to break all the rules.

I agree with the article in that the podcast was somewhat easy to record and it is useful because the podcast is available all the time, it’s portable, and usually free.

Getting started was difficult for me due to missing school and not being able to attend the lectures and tutorials. I wasn’t quite sure what kind of topics people were going to discuss. I didn’t really have an idea what everyone would be interested in listening to.

Then I stumbled upon one of my prized possessions- my New Girl DVDs. New Girl is an American television sitcom that is rising in popularity. I started watching the show on one of my medical trips to Mexico. At first I only watched it because it was the only show that was actually in English. I had heard of the show only because my brother has a crush on the main actress, Zooey Deschanel. After watching the show for a few minutes though, I realized it was great! It was really funny and a little bit weird- the perfect combination! I went straight to the store and bought both seasons on DVD to catch up.

Spreading the word about this show to the class seemed like a great idea. I feel like the show is underrated so hopefully I inspire someone to watch the show with my podcast.

The writing process for this project was different for me because I was working on things extremely last minute. Two days before the assignment was due I was scrambling and trying to catch up and learn everything on my own. The topic was the easy part. Then I wrote down my knowledge on the show just from watching it. I researched a few facts about the show including the rewards it has won and the real names of the actors so that I could also include that in my script.

The writing in this differed from other work because I improvised a lot while recording. I found this interesting because I then heard my thoughts in the recording. I realized some of what I said sounded like total nonsense while some other stuff ended up being better than what I had originally written down!