The Radiolab podcast does a perfect job of creating an entertaining source of media by using key elements such as the use of diction and language, professional guests, and the use of audio clips and sound. Throughout the podcast, there is a perfect balance between information and new ideas, facts and opinions, as well as personal and general experiences in the history of space. Hosts, and accomplish cramming a lot of information into an hour-long episode and still making it fun and interesting for all listeners.
The Radiolab podcast does a great job of introducing information and ideas, one of the best ways of doing this is having highly educated and qualified guests on the show. Having reliable information directly from accomplished astrologists, …show more content…
When Ann Druyan described what was on the Voyageur capsule, after everything she listed a short soundbite describing it is played. Ann lists that on the capsule there is “a kiss, a mother’s first words to her newborn baby, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, greetings in the 59 most populous human languages, as well as one non-human language, the greetings of the humpback whales.” This helps describe each item on the list. Throughout the podcast, there are many cases where there are sound bites from different moments in space history. For example, In the ending of the episode, the podcast hosts exclaim that money helps motivate you to go to space but once you get there, it has to be about something more than just wealth. One of the hosts says, “Take the last transmissions from the moon, December 1972, when you hear them talking, you hear something else.” the sound shifts into a soundbite from the Apollo 17 landing, “We are coming in, oh baby! We’d like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible, oh my golly! Unbelievable!” The use of sound bites and small clips help to emphasize or explain the hosts arguments. Also, rather than just hearing about what happened, the audience is taken back and is allowed to experience it first hand. When Ann Druyan described what was on the Voyageur capsule, after everything she said a short sound clip of each “and on it would be a kiss, a mother’s first words to her newborn baby, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, greetings in the 59 most populous human languages, as well as one non-human language, the greetings of the humpback whales.” In specific spots, there is music and other sounds being played in the background to intrigue the listener and convey a certain emotion. During certain moments of the podcast, a type of soothing, calm melody plays behind Jeb, that almost describes
The Radiolab podcast does a great job of introducing information and ideas, one of the best ways of doing this is having highly educated and qualified guests on the show. Having reliable information directly from accomplished astrologists, …show more content…
When Ann Druyan described what was on the Voyageur capsule, after everything she listed a short soundbite describing it is played. Ann lists that on the capsule there is “a kiss, a mother’s first words to her newborn baby, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, greetings in the 59 most populous human languages, as well as one non-human language, the greetings of the humpback whales.” This helps describe each item on the list. Throughout the podcast, there are many cases where there are sound bites from different moments in space history. For example, In the ending of the episode, the podcast hosts exclaim that money helps motivate you to go to space but once you get there, it has to be about something more than just wealth. One of the hosts says, “Take the last transmissions from the moon, December 1972, when you hear them talking, you hear something else.” the sound shifts into a soundbite from the Apollo 17 landing, “We are coming in, oh baby! We’d like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible, oh my golly! Unbelievable!” The use of sound bites and small clips help to emphasize or explain the hosts arguments. Also, rather than just hearing about what happened, the audience is taken back and is allowed to experience it first hand. When Ann Druyan described what was on the Voyageur capsule, after everything she said a short sound clip of each “and on it would be a kiss, a mother’s first words to her newborn baby, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, greetings in the 59 most populous human languages, as well as one non-human language, the greetings of the humpback whales.” In specific spots, there is music and other sounds being played in the background to intrigue the listener and convey a certain emotion. During certain moments of the podcast, a type of soothing, calm melody plays behind Jeb, that almost describes