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Comment on The Radiolab Sound by Podcasts of Note | Matt Katz – More Light! More Light!

Podcasts of Note | Matt Katz – More Light! More Light! — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:09:04 +0000

[...] hosts, are so good and wonderful and they look at the best most interesting things the world has. The sound style and storytelling of radiolab is so good that it is infecting the rest of public radio, and for the better. Really, you can start with just [...]

Comment on Ingrid Betancourt by MelissaWR

MelissaWR — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:39:46 +0000

Well done!

Comment on The Radiolab Sound by Audio Production Links « Multimedia is my friend

Audio Production Links « Multimedia is my friend — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:29:56 +0000

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Comment on The Radiolab Sound by Matt

Matt — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:52:21 +0000

Since Radiolab’s style is so singular–and so self-conscious–it’s bound to rub some listeners the wrong way. There might be an equivalent in non-fiction prose: someone like Tom Wolfe or David Foster Wallace, whose highly self-aware styles put off many readers. “Just get to the content!” such readers might, with some justice, protest. “We’re not interested in all the filigree of your self-indulgence.”

Still, I would suggest: there is no way to separate form from content. A David Foster Wallace report from the Illinois state fair or the deck of a cruise ship with David Foster Wallace removed is no longer worth reading. With Tom Wolfe cut out, “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” becomes: Hippie gets arrested. Maybe, for those readers who dislike these authors’ sensibilities, that would be an improvement. But it would excise the essence of the book. The author’s sensibility IS the content.

Comment on The Radiolab Sound by Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:03:33 +0000

For me, listening to Radiolab is a tortuous experience. The compelling content really makes me want to listen – badly. However, the editing literally drives me crazy. It’s completely disjointed, overstylized, and ultimately distracts from the story in a way that undoes the hard production work that has clearly been done. I’ve never made it through an episode, although I wish I could. I even wrote them to voice my opinion. I never heard back. It’s too bad because it could be such a great show.