If you chose the podcast (8-10 minutes, in mp3 format):
This is a recorded presentation developed directly from your outline and the feedback received on it. It should include:
- a critical title that hints at the topic and at your thesis. Say your title at the start of your podcast.
- a spoken introduction to your topic and of what you argue. You should also say what you will address in your podcast (how you arrive at your argument).
- a talk on your topic. A podcast typically introduces the topic, gives context, and an analysis, just as an essay does, but in a more conversational tone. It should also anticipate the opinions of others by using counterarguments to reinforce your own thesis. You should quote from the text to support your talk, but make it clear that you are quoting by saying “quote” and “end of quote.”
- Each time you transition into a new aspect of your talk, you should make it clear to your listener how this new point relates to what you previously said.
- A few words to conclude and leave your listener with food for thought.
- At the very end of your recording, please provide acknowledgements to any sources or references to other people’s work that you have used. You can say ”Thanks to [such] and their work [such], and [such and such], etc.” Consider limiting yourself to 2-3 external sources for the length of this project.
Make sure you test the audio quality and that your voice is clear before recording the entire podcast. You can then edit it and cut any unwanted parts before submitting.
Before submitting your finished podcast, and, later, a revision document or edited version, please use the checklist located at the bottom of the main Assessment page.