Podcast Assignment
Podcast #1:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bill-simmons-podcast/id1043699613?mt=2
The first podcast that I listened to was the Bill Simmons Podcast hosted of course by Bill Simmons. I watched the eighth episode where Bill and his co-host Cousin Sal discuss week five of the NFL, and look ahead to week six of the NFL and make their picks on those games.
Since Bill was on Radio for along time so his podcast definitely felt like a radio show. He did not curse at all, I probable suspect that he likes to maintain on image of not swearing so his audience will see him in a lighter sense. Also, throughout this podcast Bill was taking breaks from his sports perspectives to take advertisement messages. My guess is Bill wants to profit of his podcast show just like he would for a radio show so he does advertisement breaks.
What I liked about this podcast was that it catered to my time needs. I was able to listen to it Thursday night while doing my homework. I downloaded this podcast to my I pod and listened to it. I could not do that if it were radio, if Bill was on at four I would have to tune in at four to listen or else I was out of luck! What I did not like was that since it was a podcast the opinion of the listeners could not be heard. Usually during radio a fan has the ability to call in the show and share his perspective, but that was not the case since this is just a podcast
Podcast #2
http://www.foxsports.com/watch/garbage-time-with-katie-nolan/story/welcome-to-the-garbage-time-podcast-with-katie-nolan-101415
Next, I picked another sports podcast hosted by Katie Nolan called Gar badge Time with Katie Nolan. This podcast was definitely more edgier than Bill's podcast. I presume it was because she was not really a household name like Bill Simmons. Katie frequently said words like "shit" and fuck". I have no problem with it because there is no FCC regulation so although it was unusual for me to hear a sports personality swear, it did not bother me.
So with that being said, Katie's personality is what drew me to this podcast. I loved how see made these dirty jokes and used profanity. It gave this show an edge and that would not be the case if it were on TV or radio, and I can say this because Katie is on TV for Fox Sports and she was no where near as edgy on her TV show as she is on her podcast. But her show format could also be used as a negative. I think that Katie was trying to make too many jokes and have too much fun with her freedom that she kind of diverged from sports talk and that bothered me a lot because that was the main reason I tuned in. So in the future she needs to do a better job trying to find a medium.
Podcast #3
http://www.foxsportsradio.com/onair/the-herd-w-colin-cowherd-56804/
My final Podcast was the Herd with Colin Cowherd. This was a podcast that is a repetition of Colin's sports radio show. So it definitely felt like a radio show because indeed it was a radio show. Colin's show had guest voice their opinions and Colin took advertisement breaks on air so this was a radio broadcast in the form of a podcast.
What I loved the most was I was able to "cheat the system", and by that I mean since this was a podcast I did not have to listen to any commercials that I would have to listen to if I were listening in my car, so that was definitely cool. But I do wish that this show was longer, Colin had time restraints because it was a radio show, if it were a straight on podcast he could go on for a much longer time
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Randy Moran Podcast Assignment
Thrilling Adventure Hour
The Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast is a comedic stage show and podcast in the form of old time radio which gives it the convenient appeal of a podcast while keeping many of the qualities found on radio, such as (fake) advertisements. While many podcasts have a cult following, this one in particular has been gaining popularity and growing past its usual live audience by extending itself to the podcast world instead of just starting off there. The Thrilling Adventure Hour attempts to capture its charm as a live show in an hour of audio that can be streamed or downloaded by anyone willing to give it a chance. For this reason alone does podcast have an upper hand against radio broadcasting. Anyone can listen to this broadcast at their convenience as opposed to listening to a live radio show at specific times of the day. This is the same reason why Netflix became so popular; it appealed to everybody's need for instant gratification.
Most radio shows will have celebrity interviews or special guest which is a queue that podcasts have taken giving them some distinct similarities. WTF with Marc Maron contributes to this parallel between the two industries but in a way that many radio or podcast hosts can't deliver. Although it is a bit more difficult to create such a strong and intimate relationship with audiences without the use of live interactivity that radio offers, Maron shows people that it is possible. "Whether digging in the dirt or allowing room to reveal themselves, Maron innately knows how to move a converstion along better than anyone else."
Some names stick out more than others in the world of digital audio files and one of those names is Joe Rogan. Many know him from the show Fear Factor, his comedy stand-up specials, or as a UFC commentator but not many realize he is also a podcaster. Having such a wide audience definitely helps in gaining popularity in other aspects of entertainment which is what made this particular podcast so interesting. Not only do you get to listen to someone outside of what is expected of him, Joe Rogan posts podcasts where he can talk about all sorts of topics; anything he wants really. That's something many wouldn't be able to accomplish on radio because of the limitations. Another thing that caught my attention was the fact that this podcast had video to go along with it. Of course, video isn't necessary but it offers something radio also can't. If you just want to listen to Joe Rogan go on tangents while on the drive to work or watch him while lounging at home, this podcast offers a variation to the usual forms of media.
PODCAST
The Tao of Self Confidence (ITUNES)
1. The first Podcast I listened to was about how to turn your struggles into your success. It talks about ladies who are trying to find their self confidence they are on a journey. Each of the episodes talks about how someone discovered their "AHA" moment.
I really liked this podcast. This was very interesting to listen to and what made it so much more interesting was how much I can relate to what is being discussed. I also really like how they talk about real stories from real life people it makes it 100 times better to listen to. It makes you realize other people are dealing with the similar situations. It goes on to discuss "Your struggles are your success." Whatever you go through you will get out of the situation eventually and you have to have confidence in order to succeed and get over things.
This reminded me of the radio station because it is someone who is telling their stories and being interviewed , it is very similar. I really enjoyed listening to this. It was my first time ever listening to a podcast. This differs from radio because the length is not variable its not a requirement. The podcast was very lengthy. It kind of reminded me of a "minishow."
2. Is Going to College Worth it?
This podcast talks about generation debt. Talks about how many people think of college as a ticket to a solid stable middle class life. The whole idea is how people think just because you get your degree you will be succesful. A lot of people are questing college.
68% percent of people come out of college with no degree but they owe a lot of debt. The cost of college tuition has been growing.
I enjoyed this podcast. There was a lot of information and facts. It is similar to the radio, because it is someone being interviewed. It is also different beacuse it is very lengthy. As for an interview on the radio it could be a couple of minutes and this podcast goes on for fifty three minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMAm2u_J50g
Crime
3. This is a podcast about crime. It is stories about people who have done wrong, and been wronged or even got caught somewhere in the middle. In this episode Patti is telling her story. Patti was assaulted in her house , whoever assaulted her gave her a black eye and broke her teeth.
The officer locked up Patti saying that she was the one who committed the crime. She gets locked up and what makes it worse is Patti was a transgender woman and when she got locked up she was to be put into the male cell.
This did not remind me of the radio at all. This reminded me of a tv show just with no video. It told a story.
http://thisiscriminal.com/episode-28-p-d-i-d-10-9-2015/
Assignment #3 - Survey of 3 Podcasts.
Statcast
Statcast is a podcast from MLB.com. What makes this different from other podcasts is that people
who want to hear it need to click then downloaded and then sign in with an account,
which takes time. These podcast also cost money and are very expensive. What sets them apart from the other podcast also
is that it’s not from a show on TV or radio. Statcast is an online only podcast.
Unlike traditional podcasts they are not on every day and there are no
commercials in this podcast.
Statcast dives right into the story with no intro or build up.
This is unlike traditional broadcasting because of the lack of intro to the
programs. Listeners do not call in with
questions. They just take tweets and
then talk about the topic.
This podcast is not live, another way that podcasts are
usually unlike traditional broadcasting.
They also typically sign on and just go straight to the show without any
build up or excitement. The episode I
was listening to was dry since there were no features and lacked insight on the
show topics. When you listen to a podcast it doesn’t have the same feel as does
a typical radio program. I liked that in
this episode that they where covering key stories. I don’t like that it goes too fast without
dialog or build up like in real radio.
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MSNBC TV and News
The podcasts from MSNBC TV and News aren’t as long in length
as a typical podcast episode. These are
short episodes, with only one version.
You have to visualize the show without seeing it. No interviews are
heard just the clip from the program.
This takes a TV clip and makes a podcast of it. The viewers have to see with their mind.
It’s unlike traditional radio, here the viewer or browser
selects particular episodes from various MSNBC TV shows. The viewer can select the format, such as
iTunes, and if they want the video or audio only version.
Most podcasts are a little longer in length than just one
audio clip since a short podcast is not enough to satisfy the listeners. Listeners to a podcast need to have the main
show then have it divided into segments and interviews. The viewers need more from a program instead
of a clip from what listeners have been used to before. This podcast is a little longer in length. It
comes in two feeds, TV and radio. Viewers need to decide on one. I don’t like
the length of the podcast. I feel as if the podcast should be longer and give
the audience more to listen to in the program.
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ESPN Sporting Life
The Sporting Life podcast is
a pre-recorded podcast. The podcasts are weekly episodes of The Sporting Life
show and features “the best of” moments. They cut out certain parts of the live show to
speed it up.
A podcast can be listened to
at anytime. Listener’s get to what the show is about right away. In a regular radio program you getting
everything from start to finish. People
can go online and listen to a podcast at anytime and listen to their favorite episode
for as long as it’s online. These podcasts do not have the radio introduction
material. They go straight into the
program that is on that day. They cut out interviews and get to the highlights.
Podcasts make a show go faster than the length of a typical radio program. What
I like about podcasts is getting to the main stories that are covered right
away without an introduction. These podcast are not live and spend little time
on one segment before going on to the next one very quickly.
Lisa Hammarlund Poadcast Assignment
1.) The first Podcast I viewed/ listened too was about celebrity gossip and how the Real Housewives star Bethany Frankel gets a starter ring.
I liked this Podcast because not only do I have an Interest in celebrity gossip I am also familiar with Bethany Frankel. This Podcast Was short but to the point they dove right in and discussed what I wanted to hear. I also liked how the Podcast did not have a serious tone to it, I feel that sometimes when listening to traditional broadcasts they can be very serious and it makes me loose Interest.
Aside from being more casual and relax this poadcast was different from a traditional broadcast because it included a video and real life images of the celebrities.
http://celebritybuzz.lifetime.libsynpro.com/rss
2.) The second podcast I listened too was about Fashion and Beauty brands and how they give back. The first thing a got my attention for this podcast was that the woman who was speaking is the Style Director for OK Magazine. I also choose this podcast because I am always looking for different ways to find out more fashion and beauty tips. This made me want to listen to the podcast because I am a lover of fashion and beauty and have read OK magazine for years. I liked how she explained each brand and product in detail and before listening to this Poadcast I had no idea that these major brands gave back. I felt this podcast has a very broad audience it could cater to do to the information within in it. I felt having a wide audiance was something that I liked because many broadcasts only cater to a small audience.
This podcast could be similar and comparable to a traditional radio broadcast because the girl works for a magazine so they have a more wide spread way of reaching to the public.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Lifeminute-BeautyAndFashionPodcast
3.) The third podcast I choose was about traveling. I enjoy traveling and going to different destinations so when I come across tips on how to be a better traveler or how to pack better I like to read them. In this podcast they discussed different places to go and some tips to know before booking the flight. I liked how there was two speakers in this podcast which I felt made it more interesting to the listener. Another thing I liked was how they included information about their up and coming app. I liked this because the people who listen to their podcast and enjoy it will probably look into downloading their app. The speakers included useful information that I felt can help with traveling better and safer.
I feel that this podcast can be similar to a traditional radio broadcast because of the way the speakers approached the topics and the way the spoke. This had a more serious broadcast tone where as for the others I felt they were more relaxed and casual.
http://farecompare.libsyn.com/rss
I liked this Podcast because not only do I have an Interest in celebrity gossip I am also familiar with Bethany Frankel. This Podcast Was short but to the point they dove right in and discussed what I wanted to hear. I also liked how the Podcast did not have a serious tone to it, I feel that sometimes when listening to traditional broadcasts they can be very serious and it makes me loose Interest.
Aside from being more casual and relax this poadcast was different from a traditional broadcast because it included a video and real life images of the celebrities.
http://celebritybuzz.lifetime.libsynpro.com/rss
2.) The second podcast I listened too was about Fashion and Beauty brands and how they give back. The first thing a got my attention for this podcast was that the woman who was speaking is the Style Director for OK Magazine. I also choose this podcast because I am always looking for different ways to find out more fashion and beauty tips. This made me want to listen to the podcast because I am a lover of fashion and beauty and have read OK magazine for years. I liked how she explained each brand and product in detail and before listening to this Poadcast I had no idea that these major brands gave back. I felt this podcast has a very broad audience it could cater to do to the information within in it. I felt having a wide audiance was something that I liked because many broadcasts only cater to a small audience.
This podcast could be similar and comparable to a traditional radio broadcast because the girl works for a magazine so they have a more wide spread way of reaching to the public.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Lifeminute-BeautyAndFashionPodcast
3.) The third podcast I choose was about traveling. I enjoy traveling and going to different destinations so when I come across tips on how to be a better traveler or how to pack better I like to read them. In this podcast they discussed different places to go and some tips to know before booking the flight. I liked how there was two speakers in this podcast which I felt made it more interesting to the listener. Another thing I liked was how they included information about their up and coming app. I liked this because the people who listen to their podcast and enjoy it will probably look into downloading their app. The speakers included useful information that I felt can help with traveling better and safer.
I feel that this podcast can be similar to a traditional radio broadcast because of the way the speakers approached the topics and the way the spoke. This had a more serious broadcast tone where as for the others I felt they were more relaxed and casual.
http://farecompare.libsyn.com/rss
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Renno Jeon Assignment #3
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510200/storycorps
This is a radio program by NPR, called Storycorps recording lives of every day people across the country. This story is about 3 minutes long but, in the podcast, it's about 7 and a half minutes. Though they both are quite similar in terms of formats, I can learn more about the story in detail because of the fact that podcasts are not hindered by time constraints. I get to know, in this story, not only what kind of person the hijacker was and how it all began and the impact on people that the pilot and hijacker left behind.
I like this podcast because I enjoy listening to NPR, especially Storycorps when driving. And once in a while, there comes a story that touches my heart and gets me wondering more about the story like this podcast did that to me. So with this podcast, I got a little bit of understanding of people with mental illness and learned the untold story on the radio.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/david-sedaris-meet-the-author/id674095278?i=162622430&mt=2
It sounds a lot like traditional radio broadcasting because, the formats, in my opinion, are the same aside from the fact that podcasts have more freedom and no time limit. Yet, since podcasts are archived so we can access it at any time. there seems no or a lot less strict regulations on podcasts so this podcast somewhat gives me a feeling that I am there listening to their casual conversation.
I like this podcast too because I like the author David Sedaris because I read one of his books this summer and found him really witty and hilarious and I always knew that he sometimes appears on NPR but I never had a chance to listen to him live but this podcast always waits here for me, not like I have to wait there for him to come on air. Plus they are not chasing time, I like him being able to elaborate on whatever he is answering the questions.
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/wtf/wtf_podcasts/chrisrock_7902
Because this is a podcast, the conversation is quite informal and there is no regulation. there are a lot of curse words coming out let alone the F-word. This segment would never ever go over the air if they were on traditional radio.
Chris Rock is one of my favorite comedians and sometimes he comes on the radio. With the regulations that restrain him from cursing, he is not the Chris Rock on the radio that I know. but in this podcast where he's free to say whatever is in his mind, I can tell that he is being himself and this is the guy that I know.
This is a radio program by NPR, called Storycorps recording lives of every day people across the country. This story is about 3 minutes long but, in the podcast, it's about 7 and a half minutes. Though they both are quite similar in terms of formats, I can learn more about the story in detail because of the fact that podcasts are not hindered by time constraints. I get to know, in this story, not only what kind of person the hijacker was and how it all began and the impact on people that the pilot and hijacker left behind.
I like this podcast because I enjoy listening to NPR, especially Storycorps when driving. And once in a while, there comes a story that touches my heart and gets me wondering more about the story like this podcast did that to me. So with this podcast, I got a little bit of understanding of people with mental illness and learned the untold story on the radio.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/david-sedaris-meet-the-author/id674095278?i=162622430&mt=2
It sounds a lot like traditional radio broadcasting because, the formats, in my opinion, are the same aside from the fact that podcasts have more freedom and no time limit. Yet, since podcasts are archived so we can access it at any time. there seems no or a lot less strict regulations on podcasts so this podcast somewhat gives me a feeling that I am there listening to their casual conversation.
I like this podcast too because I like the author David Sedaris because I read one of his books this summer and found him really witty and hilarious and I always knew that he sometimes appears on NPR but I never had a chance to listen to him live but this podcast always waits here for me, not like I have to wait there for him to come on air. Plus they are not chasing time, I like him being able to elaborate on whatever he is answering the questions.
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/wtf/wtf_podcasts/chrisrock_7902
Because this is a podcast, the conversation is quite informal and there is no regulation. there are a lot of curse words coming out let alone the F-word. This segment would never ever go over the air if they were on traditional radio.
Chris Rock is one of my favorite comedians and sometimes he comes on the radio. With the regulations that restrain him from cursing, he is not the Chris Rock on the radio that I know. but in this podcast where he's free to say whatever is in his mind, I can tell that he is being himself and this is the guy that I know.
ASSIGNMENT #3 (Podcast Survey - DUE 10/19 ON BLOG)
◦Choose three DIFFERENT audio podcasts and listen to 1 episode from each for
a total of 3 distinct podcast episodes from 3 DIFFERENT main sources (do NOT
listen to 3 episodes of the same podcast/program)
(Google… “+ Podcast” / use iTUNES, etc. for ideas)
CHOOSE PODCAST TOPICS YOU ALREADY CARE ABOUT!
◦Make new blog post with the label “PODCAST Assignment”
◦Answer this main question about each audio podcast episode you listen to (3 episodes total);
◦ “How is this podcast episode like or unlike traditional radio broadcasting?” Explain your answer with specifics!
◦Also share your general impressions/what you like and don’t like about the podcast episode in question
◦INCLUDE DIRECT LINKS TO PODCAST EPISODES!!!
◦Completed Assignment due as a blog post by Monday, 10/19
◦Make sure your blog post has an effective headline and proper use of formatting, grammar, spelling and punctuation - they all count towards your grade
◦ Be prepared to discuss findings with the group
◦ Designed to expose you to the world of podcasts and prepare you to make your own podcasts
(Google… “+ Podcast” / use iTUNES, etc. for ideas)
CHOOSE PODCAST TOPICS YOU ALREADY CARE ABOUT!
◦Make new blog post with the label “PODCAST Assignment”
◦Answer this main question about each audio podcast episode you listen to (3 episodes total);
◦ “How is this podcast episode like or unlike traditional radio broadcasting?” Explain your answer with specifics!
◦Also share your general impressions/what you like and don’t like about the podcast episode in question
◦INCLUDE DIRECT LINKS TO PODCAST EPISODES!!!
◦Completed Assignment due as a blog post by Monday, 10/19
◦Make sure your blog post has an effective headline and proper use of formatting, grammar, spelling and punctuation - they all count towards your grade
◦ Be prepared to discuss findings with the group
◦ Designed to expose you to the world of podcasts and prepare you to make your own podcasts
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