“Happy hour with Sara” podcast series is licensed under CC BY 2.0
‘Happy hour with Sara’ is a podcast series which talks about positive affirmations which would cheer up any soul at any day and any time. It doesn’t offer the cliché positivity ideas but discuss about how can one stay positive naturally and break the myths woven around ‘staying positive’. The fifth episode of the podcast series is featured in this blog post where in, I talk about how the fuss about ‘toxic positivity’ portrays that optimistic people forcefully show themselves as positive while not realizing that the bad things are not actually bad. Little does the people know that staying positive is not about ignoring the bad but accepting bad and putting time and energy yo overcome it rather than drowning in it. Listeners of this podcast can have a dose of positivity every time they hear it. The best time to hear this podcast is while starting a day , while commuting to office and getting ready to wrap up a day.
“Crafted with Care – Episode 23: Watercolor Embroidery poster” by Annamarie Vanlier is a derivative of “Connections” by Annamarie Vanlier, both licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Promotional image created using Canva.
This podcast makes use of sound effects, voice overs, and music. I used a little musical ditty to welcome listeners into the podcast. I had the audio fade as my friendly intro to the podcast starts. At the end, I added the sound of paintbrush swirling around in water and then two clinks to signify tapping excess water off on the rim of the water cup. My voice still has an echo, but this being my first foray into audio editing, I feel pretty good about this assignment!
Car Care is a monthly podcast for car lovers. Every month I will be discussing different topics relating to car detailing and products for the enthusiast in all of us. Follow my podcast to get the most up-to-date information on the market for the car of your dreams. In today’s episode, I will discuss the benefits of a ceramic coat and how to apply it to your car’s exterior. Ceramic coating not only reduces the frequency of regular car washes but also the time it takes to do them while providing exceptional shine to your car.
This podcast makes use of overlapping sound effects, voiceovers, and music. I overlapped a car racing sound effect with the intro and outro music to set the tone for a car podcast. The intro music is meant to be lighthearted and welcome the audience, while the outro music is a casual piano montage to signal the end of the podcast. I also reduced the volume of the music during the voiceover and increased it near the end. I used a fade-in effect to join the three sounds together.
“Backyard Birds” by Julia Bomalaski is licensed under CC BY 2.0. It is a derivative of “Bird” by Dave Williss licensed under CC BY 2.0. Downloaded on 2/14/23 and edited in Photoshop.
“Backyard Birds Podcast Intro” by Julia Bomalaski is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Created in Audition.
For my podcast intro I used three of the sound categories: Voice, Ambient Sounds, and Music.
Voice
For the Voice, I recorded myself saying the intro blurb. I put on my best “NPR”-esque voice to try and sound soothing and educational. The target audience is an older audience of bird watchers or bird enthusiasts.
Ambient Sounds
The Ambient Sound is the recording of a backyard with birds chirping and wind chimes. This was a soothing and topic relevant ambient sound that adds to the relaxing feel I was going for.
Music
The Music I went with is a catchy, but still soothing guitar riff. It pulls the listener in at the beginning and sets the tone for the intro.
“How To Winter Guard” by Mellissa Clark is licensed under (CC BY NC-ND 4.0)
“How To Winter Guard” is a monthly podcast that discusses the many aspects of creating a new Winter Guard team. This monthly podcast will discuss the various hurdles one is presented when creating a new team. Each episode will deliver tips on how to overcome challenges, what to expect at each step of the journey, and how to best plan for an upcoming season. There may be special guests along the way, but rest assured, each episode will deliver comradery for the sport and first hand experience with creating and building a great winter season.
How To Winter Guard is dedicated to preparing new instructors, schools, and teams for what may happen on the way to the gym floor. It is meant to be a realistic view so all involved can enter the season with their eyes wide open. Of course, there will still be laughter and joy for the sport as we discuss the very real obstacles and milestones that are met along the way. Winter is the best season for guard and this podcast will celebrate it in all its glory, even parts that aren’t so glorious 😉
This podcast will use clips from judges tapes, voice overs, rehearsal clips, and absolutely there will be music!
In Episode 7 we start with a voice over and a count off (5,6,7,8). As this is an episode about rehearsal space, throughout the piece there are clips from a rehearsal. You will hear counting, flags rustling and rifle catches. There is music accompanying the episode, as we are discussing guard, a sport that relies heavily on music interpretation, music is a must. At one point there is an added bonus of a clip from a judge’s tape that is full of excitement for the upcoming season, a good lead off to an episode discussing Winter Guard, I thought. This episode closes as it began, with a count off.
“How To Winter Guard-Episode 7: Rehearsal Space” by Mellissa Clark is licensed under (CC BY NC-ND 4.0)
“Ghosted” by Alex Hukill is a derivative of “ghost” by jonfeinstein, which is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Originally downloaded on 2/7/2023 and edited with Photopea.
Ghosted: A Paranormal Podcast covers everything ghostly. The host, Lisa Spirit, is a retired mortician who loves all things scary. Of course, not every episode can be jam packed with verifiable spookiness, so she occasionally takes calls from her loyal listeners. This week, Jimmy McJames calls in with a bizarre issue in the kitchen.
This podcast has a Halloweeny background track that fades in and out. I recorded the intro with as little background noise as possible, trying to sound somewhere between an amateur podcaster and a professional. The ringtone was added to signal the caller segment. I added distortion to “Jimmy McJames'” call, making it sound like he was calling from a less-than-stellar connection. I also slightly distorted the toaster sounds to match them with “Jimmy’s” voice.
The Keep on Ducking Podcast is a podcast that is streamed every Monday at 6:00 PM. It focuses on the many aspects of competitive duck herding. This podcast will help spread the word of competitive ducking herding, especially in the United States, where it is known by only a select few. It encourages efficient communication, teamwork, and the ability to focus under pressure. Duck herding combines fascinating stories, as well as historical and scientific facts. I ultimately wanted to do something completely obscure. I originally was going to do a cooking show, but since that was the example in class, I decided to change it to something else.
The audio aspect of the podcast uses voice recording, music, and sound effects. There are two “duck” sounds and since they were mainly sounds of only ducks, I classify them as sound effects. They both fad in slightly for half a second and fade out with a studio fade. The duck sounds help break up the audio into smaller sections, preventing a monotonous 30 seconds. The music is an instrumental jazz tune. For some reason jazz just seemed like the type of music that Ronald would listen to. It helped tie the entire audio segment together. The music fades out at the last second to create a gradual dissolve. I recorded myself for the voice portion. I used the limiter, normalize, filter curve eq, and the noise reduction effects to fine tune the voice recording.
“The Curious Tourist: Episode One” by John Russell is a derivative of “VACATION” by Ronald Douglas Frazier is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Originally downloaded on 02/10/2023 and edited with Canva Pro.“The Curious Tourist – Episode One: Cruising the High Seas” by John Russell Is licensed under CC0 1.0
The Curious Tourist is a podcast that provides the latest travel news, reviews, and suggestions. The podcast would focus on places that I have visited or would like to visit in the future. The first episode is all about cruising since the most recent travel that I have done was aboard Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. I would also invite guests on the podcast who have travelled to places that I am interested in visiting and would discuss their experiences and suggestions. Overall, I want the podcast to be fun and light-hearted and very easy to listen to.
I chose to use multiple sound files in my podcast. The podcast includes voice, sound effects, and music. The voice was recoded by me with a microphone in Audacity. The sound effects include plane, boat, train, and ocean sounds. Finally, the podcast includes background music to start and end the podcast recording.
After deciding on the theme of my Podcast, I knew I wanted to include a catchy music tune and several travel/transportation sounds to start the podcast off before I started speaking. It took quite a while to find all of the sounds that worked together, but I think the end result is playful and fun.
Samantha and I are two friends who love music and pop culture. We’ve always thrown around podcast ideas, but this podcast is about two music lovers wasting time and making jokes about pop culture. Initially, I thought about making a K-pop podcast, then thought we could talk about our favorite thing, reality TV. I decided to make it vague so that I could talk about all those things, mainly music. I used Adobe Audition to put our 30-second podcast together. I made the music fade gradually but tried to adjust the music volume, so it wasn’t distracting from our voices. I like collecting albums, vinyl, and cassettes to support my favorite artists; Therefore, I chose a cassette tape for the album image and audio sound effect. My sound effect describes the sensation of getting ready to listen to something or the idea of listening to audio with intention, which both my friend Samantha and I do. I polarized the Cassette tape image into four colors and made each color brighter to make it more pop art.
“The Cozy Book Club” is a weekly podcast where I talk about the books I’ve been reading. I talk about my reactions, feelings, and favorite/least favorite parts among other things of the book of the week during each podcast episode. The title of each week’s book is in each episode’s title so go ahead and read with me!
“The Cozy Book Club: Episode 1: A Study in Scarlet” by Megan Kosove is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 and discusses “A Study in Scarlet” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which is under the public domain as of 2023.
This podcast uses a voice recording, sound effects, and music. The music is used as background noise and as a tone-setter while the sound effects are used for emphasis regarding what the podcast is about. More specifically, the soft piano music plays loudly at the beginning to fade into the background to evoke a sense of calm while sounds of pages turning in the beginning and at the very end set the stage for me to talk about written literature. Just before I start talking, I inserted the sound of someone sitting down to represent the beginning of a seated discussion. The piano music fades back in after I finish talking alongside another sound of pages turning to end the sound bite.
