What makes this podcasts different from the others over a similar topic is that Sam Harris is highly educated and decides to use his own personal narrative in order to reach his viewers. It could also be because he simplifies his medical terminology in a way that anyone can understand through analogies and metaphors that are given. Podcasts in general are becoming popular in medical education. A recent study from Korean J Medical Education, who has numerous educators voices , “Podcasts are increasingly being used for medical education, both within teaching institutions and on an international scale by major journals.” In their summary educational outcome it shows that the “correct answer percentage rose in two topics post podcasts (86% to 92%
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He describes the brain on psychedelics as a metaphor most people in the medical field use, “ loss of brain should yield more mind. But that’s not how the mind works… some suggest the brain may function more like a radio, a receiver of conscious rather than a barrier to them… this would appear to account for deleterious effects of neurological injury and disease, for if one smashes a radio with a hammer, it will no longer function properly.” Harris then disclaims this metaphor with another, following a logical explanation. “ There is a problem with this metaphor… we are the music, not the radio. If the brain were nothing more than a receiver of conscious states, it should be impossible to diminish a person’s experience of the cosmos by damaging her brain. She might seem unconscious from the outside - like a broken radio- but, the music would play …show more content…
Personally, I find myself developing a closer relationship with the author if I am given some insight on their personal life. In Personal Narrative Journalism and Podcasting, author Mia Lindgren states in her intro personal narratives are “perhaps the biggest growth area of journalism.” Sam Harris must have known this while deeply describing his concern he has for his daughters. Lindgren also says this, “audio stories (readily available on smartphones) explore our lives through sounds and spoken words, intimately whispered into our ears. The personalized listening space created by headphones further accommodated the bond created between voices in the story and the listener (Lindgren 2.)” Another way to think of it is if you imagine a mother rocking her baby to sleep. The mother will most likely whisper, or calmly sing to her child in order to make him/her relaxed, comfortable, and ready for bed. While most of us are not babies listening to Harris’ podcast, he has a soothing tone to him. As stated before this tone draws his audience in like a lullaby you don’t want to
He describes the brain on psychedelics as a metaphor most people in the medical field use, “ loss of brain should yield more mind. But that’s not how the mind works… some suggest the brain may function more like a radio, a receiver of conscious rather than a barrier to them… this would appear to account for deleterious effects of neurological injury and disease, for if one smashes a radio with a hammer, it will no longer function properly.” Harris then disclaims this metaphor with another, following a logical explanation. “ There is a problem with this metaphor… we are the music, not the radio. If the brain were nothing more than a receiver of conscious states, it should be impossible to diminish a person’s experience of the cosmos by damaging her brain. She might seem unconscious from the outside - like a broken radio- but, the music would play …show more content…
Personally, I find myself developing a closer relationship with the author if I am given some insight on their personal life. In Personal Narrative Journalism and Podcasting, author Mia Lindgren states in her intro personal narratives are “perhaps the biggest growth area of journalism.” Sam Harris must have known this while deeply describing his concern he has for his daughters. Lindgren also says this, “audio stories (readily available on smartphones) explore our lives through sounds and spoken words, intimately whispered into our ears. The personalized listening space created by headphones further accommodated the bond created between voices in the story and the listener (Lindgren 2.)” Another way to think of it is if you imagine a mother rocking her baby to sleep. The mother will most likely whisper, or calmly sing to her child in order to make him/her relaxed, comfortable, and ready for bed. While most of us are not babies listening to Harris’ podcast, he has a soothing tone to him. As stated before this tone draws his audience in like a lullaby you don’t want to