Listen to the RadioLab podcast titled “Lucy.” You can hear it here: http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2010/02/19/lucy/ or you can download the mp3 directly here: http://feeds.wnyc.org/~r/radiolab/~5/m9kyh3Sq7mk/radiolab_podcast702lucy.mp3
Read through these questions before you listen to the podcast, but answer them after you listen. Post your answers to the course wave (search your wave inbox for “course wave” and you should be able to find it).
1. What kind of “hook” do they use to draw in the listener? (Note: ignore the plea for money that precedes the podcast.)
2. Estimate what proportion of the program is based on extempore speech and what seems to be read from a script. How can you tell?
3. Note any background music or sound effects that seem to have been added in post-production. Why were these things added? How do they make the podcast clearer or more interesting?
4. Note any terms or concepts that you learned about from listening to the podcast. How were these explained? How did the authors make these complex ideas and terms easy to understand?
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