BBP Episode 1
Episode Summary Format of BBP: Each episode will have four segments and an interlude.
- Segment 1: Comments from Listeners
- Segment 2: Tool Talk — choosing and using podcasting tools
- Interlude: The Long View — snippets from old literature, the older the better
- Segment 3: Building It Better — improving the communications effectiveness of our podcasts
- Segment 4: Coming Attractions — what’s coming in future episodes
- Credits and farewell.
Today’s Segments
- Comments: Lee Hopkins
- Tool Talk: Radio Shack Noise Cancelling Desktop Mic. Castblaster is a blast (but I don’t use it.) Mixer on the way.
- The Long View: Robert Herrick: “Upon Julia’s Voice.” Emily Dickinson: “The Soul Selects Her Own Society.”
- Building It Better: 90% of being good is not being bad. The five top ways to make your podcast bad: rambling, noise, misusing language, slickness (distancing), talking about the time.
- Coming Attractions: An episode on grammar, diction, pronunciation. What’s good about my favorite podcasts. Use and misuse of audio effects & music. Video podcasts of BBP.
- Bonus Poem: Walt Whitman: “One’s Self I Sing”
- Credits: Theme music: “Autoharp Polka”, Harvey Reid
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