�PODCASTING: �LIKE THE RADIO, BUT DIFFERENT

Nora Almeida

Instruction Librarian

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WHAT’S A PODCAST?

Different production & distribution model

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Flexible rhetorical format

Different voices

Niche topics

More user interaction

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“[Podcasting] removes key factors impeding the growth of internet radio: its portability, its intimacy and its accessibility. This is a scenario where audiences are producers, where the technology we already have assumes new roles and where audiences, cut off from traditional media, rediscover their voices.”

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--Berry, R. (2006). "Will the iPod Kill the Radio Star? Profiling Podcasting as Radio"

FORMAT = STYLE + GENRE

Styles

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Narrative

Walking Tours

Interviews

Panel Discussions

Variety Shows

Game Shows

Analysis

Q&A

Dramatic Monologue

Genres

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Fiction / Nonfiction

Comedy

Historical Narrative

Literary Analysis

Political Commentary

Music / Theater Reviews

News

Sci-Fi

True Crime

PODCAST TECHNICAL STUFF

WICKED QUICK AUDACITY / SOUNDCLOUD TUTORIAL

PLATFORMS

AUDACITY

• Audio recording
• Audio editing
• Desktop software
• Open Source (free)
• Import / export (wav, mp4, etc.)

SOUNDCLOUD

• Audio file hosting, sharing platform
• Option to include image, file data, descriptive info to brand your podcast

BASICS

• Record
• Create a New Track
• Selectively Re-record a segment
• Cut, Copy, and Paste Tracks and Audio Segments
• Experiment with Audio Effects
• Save Project for Editing in Audacity
• Export Podcast as a .wav File
• Upload podcast to Soundcloud
• Add your title and image
• Choose a Creative Commons license

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POST YOUR PODCAST TO SOUNDCLOUD

Include your

Title & Image & Tags

Choose a Creative Commons License