Student Posts

Off the Beaten Path is a monthly podcast produced by Angela Wylie that focuses on exploring out-of-the-way sites in the United States. Our goal is to get adventurous travelers away from the busy touristy locations and into the natural environment where they can experience the varied and stunning landscapes of the U.S. This episode is dedicated to Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula.

In this podcast episode, I incorporated music, a voice-over, and one sound effect. I used the music track alone at the beginning to bring the listener into the podcast, and then as background to complement the voice-over. I chose a piece that is upbeat and fun to support the theme of the podcast. The music and voice-over provide an introduction to the episode, and after a pause the voice-over picks up to begin the episode with the sound effect of a ferry horn in the background, both of which fade at the end of the excerpt. For the poster, I chose a photo from Olympic National Park that depicts a winding path through the forest. It gives a sense of getting started on a new adventure, and not knowing where it might take you. It also represents the outdoorsy theme of the podcast.

Audio Credits:

1. “Time Traveling Musician” by Nick Humphrey (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
   
2. “Staten Island Ferry Horn” by nathanvladimirovich (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication)

Photo Credit:

1. “Second Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington” by Ralph Arvesen (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Today’s podcast is the premiere of the Ghost Pepper Challenge at my school. It will be a series of students and teachers eating peppers and trying to answer questions while lasting 5 minutes without milk, water or grapes. I recorded the audio and the water sound effect.

Let me know in the comments if you have ever heard of eating grapes to counteract spicy foods. Mostly, because I never have.

Music Credit is “MUSIC” by FOXAPET is licensed under CC BY 2.5

Poster Art Credit is “Five Green Ghost Peppers” by VasenkaPhotography is licensed under CC BY 2.0

We all love listening to music right? Well, do you know the origin of your favorite songs?

Most of them happen to use samples from other songs that were made before their time. Listen to my podcast “What’s da Sample?!?” to discover the original songs that your favorite bops came from. You’ll be surprised by what you already know and you just might want to add the original songs to your music library. So join me every Saturday as I quiz you on your music knowledge. Also, feel free to send me any songs and their samples that you think will stump/surprise other listeners.

In honor of Black History Month, we will be discussing samples from phenomenal black singers all month long. I’m super excited for this one so take a listen at Episode 31 and quiz yourself on this week’s sample.

Image Credits:

“Headphones” by blacklerphotos is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Audio Credits:

“Local Legend” would be a podcast that is a mixture of true crime, history, and culture all set to the backdrop of geography. This could feature Civil War-era haunted houses in Charleston, South Carolina or a bank heist in Lincoln, Nebraska in the 1940s. We could cover everything from unsolved mysteries to famous residents and everything in between. I’d image that this could be a podcast enjoyed on a road trip or by locals of a particular city who want to get a kick out of their city being mentioned in an in-depth podcast.

In this audio I’ve used a combination of sounds of people talking that has been blurred together to create an ambient noise, music, and my voice-over introducing the podcast.

Morning Talk is like any other daily drive podcast except the main focus is on the variety of local sunrises and sunsets at any given moment. Episode three introduces one of its key guest speakers, a renowned expert on morning sunrises (as opposed to the lesser known but less beloved morning sunsets). While it may seem odd to others that a sunrise could possibly ignite guest speakers, it is a common occurrence amongst for the podcast host.

The podcast includes vocals provided by myself and a guest speaker. The other two sound effects include the sound of burning and gentle ocean waves. The ocean waves were the background noise provided to give the impression of recording at the beach. The sound faded out as speakers took over and only rose again as the burning sound effect took precedence. The burning was intended to arrive suddenly and linger towards the end.

Audio Credits:

Fire Burning Loop by MidiMagician (CC0 1.0)

ocean waves crushing by Luftrum (CC BY 3.0)

Image Credits:

“January 2020 1st Sunrise” by Cynthia Moving, copyright 2022