Four Kinds of Audio
Throughout
my life I never took it upon myself to listen to a podcast of any type. I have
been more focused on listening to music that just plays a three-minuet story in
my mind or watching Netflix that plays the story in front of me. While being
tasked with listening to an hour-long conversation being others became very
daunting to me. However, after looking over the directions of this assignment I
became more aware and at ease of the things I need to accomplish.
Listening
to the podcast I stared to become more and more aware of the four kinds of
audio listed by Casey Frechette's article. This podcast was predominately
focused on a lady from Canada research. She showcased interview clips between
her and multiple people she came into contact with who had stories to share in
regard to apologizing. Her along with two other men used voice overs to help
propel the storyline from one idea to the next. At times while these people
were narrating in the podcast, there were natural noises produced by the
production team of the podcast. There natural noises were used to let the
listener know that something insightful is being said or an emotional story
just occurred. Finally, the last sound effect I noticed was the ambiance
sounds. Before, during, and after the lady shared her interviews there were
noises and sound effects that enabled the listener to go back to that moment as
if we were there. With these four kinds of audio being collectively utilized,
the podcast became more enjoyable to the listener.
Radiolab Arc
The two
host of radio lab interviewed and discussed the work of Annie McKewin who dove
into our world of apologizing. They begin the segment with a story of a Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau who at a voting meeting accidently elbows a woman in
the chest. He apologizes to the woman and the people of Canada once. However,
the people are still continuing to shove blame onto him. So, he apologizes
again. This cycle repeats multiple times throughout the course of his election.
From this, the listener can gather information of how many times can we say
sorry before sorry becomes broken in its self.
She
continues the arc by collecting and sharing more stories on how the word sorry
has become broken. She describes the recurrence of people repenting towards
God, or how we can’t say sorry for getting into a car accident because we would
be considered guilty. While descending down from the arc, listeners hear from a
woman who had a son who died in a hospital and a patient liaison of that same
hospital. The patient liaison expresses a remorseful apology to the mother of
the son for having the hospital be a factor of his death. With is apology the
mother felt even less inclined to sue because of the apology that was
made.
Throughout
the arc of the podcast listeners know little about information about an apology
and how saying "I am sorry" can have a real impact of others. As
listeners begin to ascend to the top of the arc, they hear stories on how
people apologies or don’t apologies when they are in the wrong. So as the story
descends listeners are left with the feeling of "eh" or "ok,
what happens now?" This amounts to listeners thinking of their own
questions that they might have in hopes to solve their "eh"
feeling.
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