Author: Emry Ramsaur

So this started out as a post about my all-time favorite band, Ghost, but after writing about 200 words gushing about them, I’ve sort of realized that this post isn’t really just about their stage presence, and to just talk about that would kind of be doing them and other bands a bit of a… Continue reading Stage Presence

So I love fiction podcasts (also known as audio dramas). With their history running back to radio plays–think Adventures of Superman and War of the Worlds–then to their more recent origins with Welcome to Night Vale kicking off the fiction podcasting genre, fiction podcasts have become a lot more popular a medium for up and… Continue reading The Many Layers of Audio Dramas

For my Storycorps analysis, I listened to “He Took Me Under His Wing”: The Father Figure Who Mentored Aspiring Black Surgeons featuring Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris and “A Columbine Survivor On Going Home To Teach” featuring Paula Reed and Mandy Cooke. The first story tells the story of Dr. Vivien Thomas from the perspective… Continue reading Storycorps Analysis