Contemporary Literature Podcast Genre Study

​Podcasts TO COnsider

Arts and Culture: 

• Asian Enough (Foretold)
• Code Switch
• Into America w/Trymaine Lee
• Keep It
• This American Life
• This Land

Politics: 

• Hysteria
• Left, Right, Center
• Pod Save America
• Pod Save the People
• Pod Save the World
• Strict Scrutiny

History: 

• Daring Dissent
• History Chicks
• Mother Country Radicals
• Throughline

True Crime: 

• Presenting Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan
• Serial
• True Crime Obsessed

Self Improvement/Reflection: 

• The Happiness Lab
• Life Kit
• We Can Do Hard Things

Interviews: 

• Armchair Expert 
• Cafe con Pam Podcast
• How I Built This
• I Am America
• Jordan Harbinger Show
• Self Evident: Asian American Stories

Sports:

• 30 for 30
• Good Sport
• Mike and Mike

Science and Medicine: 

• America Dissected
• Hidden Brain
• Ologies
• Overheard at National Geographic
• Radiolab

Movies

• The Bechdel Cast
• Black Film Space
• You Must Remember This

Video Games

• Gamertag Radio
• Giant Bombcast
• What's Good Games

Music

• 50 Years of Hip-Hop
• All Songs Considered
• Alt.Latino
• Song of the Day​

Tips for creating a good podcast

13 Tips To Create Engaging Podcast Content
What Makes a Good Podcast? 11 Expert Tips for Success​

Mr. DeMoss's Tips for Making a Good Episode:
-Pick a topic that you are personally invested in
-Map out an outline for the flow of the episode
-You need an attention getter in the beginning
-Different audio elements help break things up for listeners (music, sound effects, recordings)
-It's near impossible to just "go for it". You'll need a script or at least a very detailed outline

NEW YORK TImES STUDENT PODCAST CONTEST

Submit by May 17, 2023
Link to the rules 
Please review the rules BEFORE creating your podcast if you intend to submit it. ONE very important rule is that your submitted podcast can be NO LONGER than 5 minutes.