I decided to follow\n‘The Black Tapes’ by Pacific Northwest Stories. This podcast is hosted by Alex\nReagan who dives into the ideas of ghosts, paranormal activities, and more. She\nhas worked on Pacific Northwest stories before, but decided to take her own\npath and work by her colleague Nick. Alex has many interviews with people\nthroughout the show, some who strongly believe in ghosts and paranormal\nactivity, and then also people on the complete opposite side of the spectrum,\nand the people in the middle oblivious ideas. Not to mention, she gives her own\ntake on these ideas and phenomenon’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first episode\nbegins with her interview random people, asking them if they believe in ghosts.\nThis is a great start to show that everyone has their own opinions on ghosts.\nAlso, I really enjoyed the way these sounds of these interviews were created since\nthe production made it so her asking the questions came in through one\nheadphone, and the interviewees response came in through the other, really\nshowing contrast. She includes conversations with her producer and how the rest\nof the show will go, which is nice to include the audience on the little\ndetails, and rationale for why they are deciding to talk about or focus on\ncertain stories, in this case, the story of Dr. Strand. She begins to focus on\nDr. Strand who is hated in the supernatural world since he is a ghost hunter\nwho does not believe in ghosts, and spends his time debunking paranormal\nstories, giving a logical, scientific reasoning to support his ideas. However,\nthings start to get complicated when Alex questions some black VHS tapes that\nare separate from all the white ones he has successfully debunk. She questions\nhow he is not a believer, but has not completely solved all the mysterious\nhimself yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the episodes,\nshe talks and gives her own opinions and is the main narrator for the podcast.\nHowever, the episodes are filled with interviews and the dialogue she has with\nthe people. I have noticed a common format that she follows in which she gives\na little snippet of their dialogue, and then she stops and gives some\nbackground on the character and never fails to describe their physical\nappearance. I think she does this to give a better idea about the kind of\nperson she is talking too since there is only so much information a listener\ncan get from a persons voice, what they say, and how they say it. It allows for\nfurther analysis of the character, their creditability, and their beliefs.\nMusic is only really used when she is just talking, never when there is an\ninterview going on, which then makes the interview seem more raw and all of the\nother things more produced. She also always gives her opinions on the stories,\nlike in an initial interview and sitting in on an investigation, we can hear what\nis going on during the testing of the spirits, so as an audience we feel like\nwe are sitting in too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altogether, I am excited to listen to more episodes to see how everything unfolds, and it has been interesting thinking about how this specific podcast compares to others in terms of certain elements and effects to make the podcast unique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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