While listening to five student podcasts I found that I enjoyed a few and some could use some work. Erica’s podcast interview of the Central Michigan University (CMU) marching band drummer was the strongest interview.

Erica: musician

Douglas Impacts Youth Through Music was a strong story for a podcast for multiple reasons. First, the natural sound of the drumming starting the podcast, between topics, and closing up the podcast was strong because the story was about a marching band drummer. Douglas, the drummer, articulated well, his voice was clear and his thoughts were in complete sentences. I also liked the story within the interview about him helping a high school drummer. There was a clear beginning, middle and end. He started out the interview saying that he was a drummer at CMU, went on to talk about how he helps youth drummers, and then finished saying that the youth drummer is now auditioning for the CMU marching band. Overall I give the podcast a 9/10.

 

Jordan: R&B

This interview was appropriate for a podcast platform. The podcast was strong with the supporting sound. Between interviewing Daniel, the musician, there was sound of him performing at Wayside Central. You could hear him singing, talking to the crowd and the crowd responding. The podcast sounded like Daniel was just responding to questions and not having a conversation, which made the interview choppy. Overall I give the podcast a 6/10.

 

Allie: High School Robotics

This interview was not appropriate for a podcast platform. It should have been made into a video interview to show the robotics, because the noises are not distinct. This podcast started out strong with the mechanics sound of robots moving. Personally the podcast did not seem too interesting to me, but the interviewee was very conversational and could make the conversation flow. Overall I give the podcast a 7/10.

 

Greg: Barber

This interview was strong as a podcast. It started with Rondall, the barber, speaking right away. There was no intro so it felt rushed. There was clipping noises behind him speaking to help visualize where they were speaking. Rondall also was very conversational, which showed that there were good prompt questions. Overall I give this a 7/10.

 

Paige: Gospel Choir

This podcast could have been stronger as a video to show the interviewee singing with her choir and where they perform. The podcast started out strong with the choir singing, which helps the listener visualize. The interview was very choppy which made me loose focus throughout the podcast. I liked that the interview went deeper into her spiritual journey, not just talking about the basics of her participating in the choir. Overall, I give this a 6/10.