Four Kinds of Audio and Radiolab

The Four Kinds of Audio
Up until now I have never realized the importance of podcasts and everything that actually goes into them. I have previously never even listened to many podcasts except for the ones that my dad would attempt to make me watch but would result in me leaving halfway through. In the article "10 Tips for Using Audio More Effectively in Multimedia Stories" I have learned that there are four types of audio. The four types as well as building blocks include interview clips, voice-overs, natural sound, and ambient sound.

The podcast I chose to listen to on This American Life is titles "Hoaxing Yourself". The podcast mainly focused on voice-overs, layers, and varying the loudness of audio. Within the podcast many different interview were conducted as well as voice overs in order to push the storyline forward. This allowed the listener to remain interested. Layers such as music were also included when moving onto the next subject at hand, I found this very helpful due to the fact that I was now aware we are about to go into a different direction. With the incorporation of these different kinds of audio I was able to enjoy the podcast and make it more memorable.

Radiolab
Radiolab's podcast incorporates a "non-knowledge, to a little bit of knowledge, to 'ehhh" approach. This approach allows audiences to go from no knowledge, medium knowledge, and then leaves with something that will stick with the audience. "Hoaxing Yourself" begins with explaining why a man, Sean Cole, one day decided to speak in a British accent. Next, a story of how two young people took on false identities in order to find out who they were. It is explained now that these two acts were done for a long time and the people who created the hoax's started to believe they were real. The podcasts concludes why people create these hoax's as well as Shalom Auslander reading his very own story and experiences with situations like the ones presented before.

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