The media is biased. Not in the way that people think it is, but it’s certainly biased towards tension, it’s biased towards surprise. And so, there might be some kind of bias that leads us all towards a result that is counterintuitive and exciting.
Above is a screenshot of a Radiolab episode in ProTools and their wall of sticky notes from planning episodes, all from a pretty fucking delightful piece by Jad Abumrad about the origins of Radiolab and what he’s learned about process and pushing things forward.
Now that Radiolab is nine years old, and now that we’ve found an audience, a strange thing has happened.
There’s now a pressure to NOT do the very thing that got us here – not experiment, not play with forms, not take risks.
If I could identify my one constant source of gut churn right now, it’s this: how do I keep the quality high but NOT repeat myself?
It’s way, way easier to keep the quality high if you choose to solve the same old problems over and over. But if you do that, you risk becoming a caricature of yourself.
So what do you do?
“For all of public radio’s successes, the part of our mission we’ve always neglected the most is innovation. Our biggest shows —All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Fresh Air, A Prairie Home Companion — are decades old. The average age of our listeners keeps creeping upward. At 53, I am one of the younger public radio stars. My show has been on the air 17 years.
We need to make space for new shows, new talent, new ideas. That’s our mission, and ultimately, it’ll be good business, too, to have exciting new shows bring in new audiences.”
SOURCE: http://current.org/radio/radio1212glass-on-cartalk-reruns.html
Um, guys: public radio temporary tattoos. Apparently some public radio stations will offer these at pledge drive time. And WE LOVE THEM.
Is this what an “audio infographic” sounds like….
(via Colors - Radiolab)
Listen to this episode of RadioLab at about the 10 minute mark…
Tell Congress: Keep the Internet WEIRD — and SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and other journalists are being punished for covering the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Local authorities recently issued an arrest warrant for Goodman and arrested at least two independent reporters — and this crackdown on press freedom will continue if we don’t speak up now.
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