podcast pref by Connie Ryu and Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer
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lick play. Cue the background music and a calming voice. The start of a podcast. While podcasts may seem simplistic in their format as audios, the work required behind each is immense. To keep listeners captivated, podcasters must employ tactics such as appropriate background music, engaging voices, illustrative conversations, deep insight, and more. The TJTV Podcast Network (TJPN) creates podcasts that use such strategies for Jefferson students, and in such they have explored and gained inspiration from other podcasts they may listen to. They have a stronger understanding of both the work put into them and how effectively they are made. Here are some of the podcast recommendations they have given that nail what matters in the podcast media: engaging presentations that are both informative and holistic.
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PR’s podcast “Planet Money” explains — surprise — money, aiming to inform listeners on economic issues that likely influence their daily lives. “A lot of what makes podcasts engaging is not just what you’re saying, but how you make the sounds that the listeners are going to hear,” senior podcaster Whitman Ochiai shared with his recommendation. “Money in itself can oftentimes be a pretty complex topic, but they’re able to take it and put it in a way that still keeps listeners engaged because they have a strong presentation ability [varying speed of speech, pitch and tone of voice, and sentence structures].”
