Today i listened to a little Radiolab action.
The first thing i noticed was they used a quick sound effect at the beginning before he said his name to re set the listeners ear from what ever they were listening to before that. The talk in the beginning is very informal and then they have a very techno music intro type thing. Next they all start talking and introduce yourself. Next an audio transition with Obama Talking over.
In this podcast they talk to Ross Mcnutt who was a military man. He has an eye in the sky and can zoom in kind of like google earth. One big conflict they talked about was constant IED's going off in the middle east. Ross wants to find a solution to figure out who is planting road side bombs.
The way they do it is they talk about him as if he is not there and then play his own audio clips over top to back up what they are saying. Also there is a lot of ominous music.
To me it was kind of weirdly done. Im not a big fan of this style where they tell a little story and then plug in his voice. also the camera and helicopter sound effects are a bit much. Although i may not like it i can see how it is very useful for podcasts.
