A 'Cooked Seed' Chickens After All In America Character Analysis

Out of all the podcast examples, I think that NPR’s author interview “A ‘Cooked Seed’ Sprouts After All, In America”, hosted by Rachel Martin and featuring Anchee Min as a guest, will inspire me the most as I create my final project. The podcast discussed Min’s book A Cooked Seed, but Martin enriched the listener’s experience by interrogating Min about her life as an immigrant who moved to the U.S. from Communist China, providing the historical context that caused Min to write the novel. During the podcast, Martin used a journalistic tone of inquiry; she acted interested in the answers that Min provided to her questions, but she did not get too personally involved in the interview by offering her own experiences, comments, or opinions in response to revelations about Min’s life. Martin showed interest in Min by asking several questions in a format that repeated words Min had previously spoken and asking her to elaborate upon her thoughts, proving that she had listened intently to Min. …show more content…
Along with posing questions based on Min’s responses to previous queries, Martin kept the podcast structured by asking prepared questions about topics such as Min’s motivation to write and her struggles adapting to American culture. This kept the interview from remaining too long on any one aspect of Min’s personal history. Furthermore, Martin acted professionally by thanking Min for agreeing to be interviewed and by not drastically changing her inflection or reacting emotionally in response to the stories that Min shared about her life. Overall, the podcast could be described as journalistic, structured, and professional, which benefitted the podcast in various