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tags: course support, podcasting
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# FRENCH 30 PODCASTING

stations:
1. voice, microphones, improv? (Jessi)
2. interviewing, sound & story (Marlon)
3. editing (Casey)

## INTERVIEW & STORY

## VOICE & MICROPHONE

- speaking into the microphone
- microphones and voice

## SOUND & MEANING

## GARAGEBAND & AUDACITY

- French podcast
- story and reflection

- music beds & sound effects
- improv activity
- interview tips and practice
- tips
- research them in advance
- have a bio and introduce them
- why and how will the interviewee connect with the intended audience?
- don't ask yes/no questions,
- or leading questions ("and so would you say that's what made the class so awesome")---give them freedom
- aim for "how" and "why" questions
- ask for elaboration---it's OK to be confused and to want to know (you are the listener's proxy in the room)
- the interview is a story, think about story-order (rather than order of coolness or importance)
- ask one question at a time
- don't talk over them
- listen actively to their answers (don't just wait for your turn to talk again)
- send the questions in advance if you can!
- save time for a pre-interview orienting conversation if possible
- find an interviewer you really like and pay attention to their process the next time you listen to one of their interviews

- editing

## LL building blocks

### web-based resources

[Podcasting 101.](https://sites.google.com/g.harvard.edu/ll-podcasting)
[Grading and responding. by Marlon](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lpxgk51X5V_ishu1LMzUl0-UvoRnbRRj3lHF8GjtmCM/edit?usp=sharing)
[Science Podcasting Research Notes. by MDF Grace Burgin](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9DuTMUaK24kYVWFSB83xAtsWyoDgRTNv9slIc4I7x8/edit?usp=sharing)
[podcasts: what professors should keep in mind by former MDF Anna White-Nockelby](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ELyjKzBaCv9kEngTps5K2KgHKBFEKOKBxBYlWTws-A/edit?usp=sharing)
for reference: [one of the articles](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VBJVRYllGG2wBXZsRQd4RSb6994t-DVm/view?usp=sharing) we've used in past workshops on race, names and power.

### Ira Glass on Story

The anecdote and the moment of reflection.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f6ezU57J8YI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

### Ken Burns on Story

(1 + 1 = 3)

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/40972394?h=e6addfbf29&color=ffffff&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/40972394">Ken Burns: On Story</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/redglasspics">Redglass Pictures</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

### The Beginning of Serial

many times.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nMSxiHuDa00?start=28" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

### Communicating to general audiences

dejargonifying . . . turning systems into narratives.

### Aristotle/Hollywood

Tension to resolution, the critical first act. (With allusions to Lipson article, teaching and learning, etc)

### Nancy Duarte

What is and what could be.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1nYFpuc2Umk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

### Tools and Technique

* Garageband
* Audacity
* Microphones & recording
* types
* proximity
* spaces
* nat sound