Radiolab is a podcast that explores different stories weekly usually centered around scientific or philosophical themes. They find topics each week, and they inform about the topic through telling a story about the topic. This week the main topic was eels. The story of eels is the discovery and progression of the science about eels. One of the most interesting narrative choices they made is about three fourths of the way through the podcast the podcast started to sound like a normal Youtube video where they went fishing for eels. During the part there was narration over it. Then narration felt like a substitute for the visuals that we were missing. This podcast sounds very casual and having the podcast transition to a video really helps to bring the listener into the podcast and fully engage in the story that they are telling. It’s as if they are transitioning from telling you the story to showing you the story. I think this also helps to show that the story tellers are engaged and invested in the story and this helps the listener to invest into the story too. The sound effects in the episode really help to build wonder and mystery. At one point in the podcast the narrator says the “in the Sargasso Sea…” and then there was a twinkling wonderous noise. I think that this also helps to create the atmosphere of mystery that the eel scientists in the 1800s felt as they were exploring the science of eel reproduction. As we’re listening to the podcast is felt like we are learning more about eels with the scientists. This week also seems to have more guests than they usually have they brought on two marine scientists that are studying eels to tell the story. This choice to bring on guests helps me feel more connected to the hosts of the podcast because I’m going with them on this journey and if I have a question, they almost always ask it for me. The humor in this podcast is also very entertaining. At one point one of the scientists says, “forget the coca cola recipe the real mystery in this world is eel sex we have no idea how it happens”. I personally don’t care about eels and everything that I learned in this podcast is completely useless to me, but I wanted to learn more about eels. The humor and the way they transition from narration to normal conversation between them and normal storytelling are so seamless that the whole time I’m fully engaged in the story and their conversation. They had a lot of voices speaking throughout the entire story but it never felt cluttered they always spoke one at a time there wasn’t a point where I felt overwhelmed at all they are very careful with their pacing they don’t shove a lot of information in your face. Another thing I noticed is when there is a person narrating or telling the story the other people are not completely silent, but they lower their volume so that I’s mumbling in the background. When they do this it feels a lot like I’m sitting in a coffeeshop and they’re just telling me a story
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