Posts Tagged ‘ This American Life ’

Serial Goes Missing

January 8, 2016
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<i>Serial</i> Goes Missing

Neil Verma discusses how Serial host Sarah Koenig's obsession was the real protagonist of the podcast's first season, and how the new second season differs narratively and tonally because she tells the story without becoming a character in it.
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Podagogy, a Word I Didn’t Make Up

June 25, 2015
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Podagogy, a Word I Didn’t Make Up

Neil Verma explores the different uses of collective listening in public events and in the classroom, reflecting on a recent experience teaching podcast studies to undergraduates.
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Downloading Serial (part 1)

October 13, 2014
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Downloading <i>Serial</i> (part 1)

This new form of serialized nonfictional podcasting is both compelling essential listening, and a challenge to our expectations for journalism.
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On Radio: The Truth, and Other Jeopardies

February 7, 2013
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On Radio: <i>The Truth</i>, and Other Jeopardies

As various groups rethink drama's place in the "new golden age" of radio, podcasts by The Truth, a group responsible for some of the most interesting dramatic audio in recent memory, are producing a new sense of audioposition.
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On Radio: Ira Glass, Radio Star

April 9, 2012
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On Radio: Ira Glass, Radio Star

Ira Glass' iconic voice seems to be everywhere, and offers insight into contemporary radio culture and stardom.
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On Radio: Radiolab and the Art of the Modern Radio Feature

January 11, 2012
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On Radio: <i>Radiolab</i> and the Art of the Modern Radio Feature

On Radio is a new Antenna column dedicated to contemporary radio programming and other issues surrounding the medium in all its forms. Here, in the series' first entry, Andrew Bottomley offers a critical appreciation of the radio feature Radiolab.
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