{"id":210,"date":"2019-10-07T21:48:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T04:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/?p=210"},"modified":"2020-10-10T17:21:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:21:28","slug":"criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/2019\/10\/07\/criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nCrime is everywhere. On average, everyday 46 people are murdered, 372 people are raped and 875 robberies occur in these United States. The podcast Criminal<\/em> highlights these crimes, and gives the listener a deeper understanding of what goes through the criminal procedure. In each episode, the host, Phoebe Judge, highlights an aspect of crime, occasionally taking a closer look at crimes that most listeners likely had not considered before. Unlike some other podcasts, Criminal<\/em> focuses on a new crime every episode, and often brings in experts and occasionally even criminals to help tell the story.  For example, the very first episode of the podcast, which aired all the way back on January 28th, 2014, focuses on the notion of animals, wild or domestic, being criminals. I was at first taken aback by the seemingly ridiculous notion of holding animals on trial and sentencing them akin to humans. While not all episodes follow such a wild topic, each episode is definitely just as fascinating. 
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    Each episode begins with Judge posing an interesting question, or simply introducing the topic of the episode, after a few ads of course. After a brief introduction on the subject, we break down into the deeper information. This allows for a much better flow of info, as well as creating a powerful hook, reeling the listeners in. Once we get into this meatier section of the podcast, a similar formula is used in each episode. Judge will pose questions to guests on the show, and after hearing the responses, listeners can notice a clear cut from the interview section to a voice clip by Judge giving more information to assist the listeners in following the narrative. To me, this is the most crucial part of the podcast. Judge, whose voice gives a very friendly and knowledgeable vibe, is extremely clear and concise, giving just the perfect amount of information to move the podcast along and keep listeners engaged, while not boring the listeners with useless unimportant info. 
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One more overlooked aspect that I believe adds tremendous amounts of depth and color to the narrative in each episode is the background music. Episode 4, which focuses on the death of a man in Wyoming, shows this technique in a chilling way. In this episode, Judge discusses with the coroner that was tasked with the dissection of body, and after some brief discourse, Judge begins giving more background details about Kathleen Vernon, the coroner assigned to the case. As she summarizes Vernon\u2019s background, Judge begins talking about Vernon\u2019s fascination with death, which began at a young age. Throughout the episode so far, the background music has been largely very high, with lots of sustained long notes, what I would best describe as \u201cpings\u201d. Once Judge mentions this dark topic, we can hear an introduction of a low, almost rumbling bass that is moving much more than the higher \u201cpings\u201d. Although it is not very loud, it drastically shifts the mood of the episode very quickly. With this fuller orchestration behind the voices, the listeners notice a shift once again into a new section, keeping engagement throughout the episode. (Word Count 519)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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