My Thoughts on the Serial Podcast

After listening to Episode 1 of the Serial Podcast Series, I can say I enjoyed this podcast. The host did an awesome job of portraying the story in a way that made it feel like you were apart of it. I enjoyed the concept of an investigation within the podcast. The way the story was told made it seem like you were right in each scene. Overall, the podcast was done very well and I would be interested in listening to other episodes.

Personally, I think it is much more effective to present the findings of the investigation in a podcast format as it is far more interesting in listening to a person speak, rather than reading the case report. By presenting investigative journalism in this format allows for a wider range of people to become interested and involved in the story. This format really catches the attention of the listeners.

I think the victims family could be quite upset and hurt about the fact that Serial has become a very popular podcast, as well as now apart of the 4U English curriculum.. Murder is a very serious topic and I feel that with the popularity of the podcast, old wounds may never heal within the family. Although, it could depend on how the podcast is perceived by the family. I agreed with what the podcast was saying for the most part, and the podcast may even help the case evolve if more witness’ appear.

I really enjoyed listening to the text in a podcast format. It was very effective in keeping me interested. I have found that listening to something creates a much stronger message to me than reading something. One problem I had found with it was when I was trying to look back to find information I wanted to revisit, it was hard to find the spot of where it was talked about in the podcast.

I have an AWFUL memory. Someone can tell me something and within an hour I forget it. However, if it is something important, or a negative event I will remember that for a long time. I think a lot of people would struggle in remembering what they were doing on a given day at a specific time… Especially if nothing significant occurred.  To me, this raises a lot of concern for me for the rest of the podcast. I question how Jay remembers every detail that he claims to. I also question if Adnan is telling the full honest truth as it is very easy to forget small things, but to not remember a single thing about something traumatic is quite hard to believe. I am quite interested to see how the rest of the story plays out in future episodes as the story does not stop here.