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This week’s article for the radio blog was the first episode of the seven part true crime podcast “S Town”. It opens on a single voice having a trivial discussion about the process of fixing an old clock. This is used as a clever and intriguing transition into the murder mystery aspect. It garners theContinue reading “Week 10 Radio Blog”

This week’s article for our radio blog was a series of interviews and a debate from an episode of Joe Duffy’s Liveline. The piece opens with an advertisement followed with the opening music. This piece will be unsurprising to anyone who is familiar with the format of a Joe Duffy radio segment. People ring inContinue reading “Week 9 Radio Blog”

This week’s article for the radio blog was an episode of a radio drama titled “Life Lines”. We drop in on an emergency call line operative answering the phone to a man with suicidal tendencies. The tension and drama of the piece derives from the central character trying to piece together the location of theContinue reading “Week 8 Radio Blog”

Rte’s gripping radio documentary “An Unholy Trinity”, released in 2017, is a historical piece that sheds light on a rather convoluted scenario that occurred in the early 1900’s. The radio doc features an engaging narrator who helps thread the narrative together. The narration carries us through a story that includes elements such as corruption inContinue reading “Week 7 Blog “An Unholy Trinity””

Each of the four clips consisted of mostly interpretive and informational interviews. The interviews focus on the recent general election in Ireland and the current political situation. The first interview conducted on this segment of RTE 1 Radio was with Sinn Fein President, Mary Lou Mcdonald. The interviewer asked specific questions which drew out deliberateContinue reading “Week 4 Blog Post”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”