Rachel Deodato - Audio Blog #1

Four Kinds Of Audio


The only time I listen to podcasts are during long car rides or a long flight. After reading “10 tips for using audio more effectively” by Casey Frechette, I learned that podcasts are much more than just a discussion between the interviewer and interviewee or two people sharing their thoughts about a specific topic. Now when listening to podcasts, I am able to identify the four kinds of audio: interview clips, voice overs, natural sounds, and ambient sounds. These four types of audio are what makes the podcast enjoyable to the listeners. When listening to a podcast from Radio Lab, where they discussed American Democracy, I noticed how they interviewed a student in order to portray the audience with more background information on the topic. Throughout the podcast, a specific type of audio that I noticed was used often was the use of ambient sounds. Ambient sounds are usually a  background noise that sets the tone or mood. For example, in the podcast they played cheering noise after playing election tapes.

Radio Lab Arc

The two hosts of Radio Lab, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, were interviewed on their experimental approach on storytelling. The two hosts explain how they take complicated topics and try to unravel them throughout their discussions, however they almost never come to an understanding of the topic. Robert Krulwich explains how it is not about being able to understand the topic when viewers are finished listening but they become educated about some of the points along the way. Abumrad and Krulwich call this type of storytelling the “arc”. The arc starts with not knowing any information about the topic, then it rises to the point where viewers learn a little bit about the topic, and then it levels back down the point where viewers are left with that “eh” feeling.

As seen in the Radio Lab about American Democracy, the podcast starts out with very little information and details. However, this made the viewers interested about what the topic was about, making them want to hear more. This is known as the first step of Abumrad and Krulwich’s “arc”. After the hosts interviewed guests about American Democracy, which allows the viewers to become more educated about the topic. Which relates to the second part of the “arc” because now viewers know some information about the topic. Towards the end of the show, the hosts provide the audience with questions or points that causes viewers to questions the topic all over again. This is the end of the “arc” where viewers are left with that “eh” feeling.

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