Jeanine Ikekhua
The first story I analyzed was ‘When we take out big chunks of history, that diminishment diminishes us”. In this story, Timothy Harris interviews Nellvie Williams about her passion for teaching. The entire episode is dedicated to Ms. Williams talking about her personal experiences. Although Ms. Williams’s son is interviewing her, the listeners only hear Ms. Williams voice. This decision to only include Ms. Williams’ voice made the story even better. This portion of Ms. Williams’ interview can stand on its own because you can hear the emotion in her voice and she narrated her own story very well. In addition, in order for listeners to understand what Ms. Williams was explaining, a short description of the story was included at the beginning of the story. This added context to Ms. Williams’ story and made it easier to understand. Her audio quality was extremely crispy and you could make out every single word. The second story I analyzed was “ “He Took Me Under His Wing: The Father Figure Who Mentored Aspiring Black Surgeons.” Similar to the previous story, this story also had an introduction. The intro music started during the introduction and also served as transitional music into the main speaker’s voice. This story is different from the first story I analyzed because it has two main speakers. Two main speakers are necessary in this story because the two speakers have a shared experience. During the story, the two speakers bounced off each other’s conversation. This made the story flow nicely. In both stories, the audio quality was extremely clear. Usually, on recordings you can hear people smacking their mouths. In both stories, I could not hear any mouth’s smacking or any background noise. This means that the mic was properly placed and the speakers were not moving in their seats. Lastly, music was used in both stories to transition listeners in and out of the story. Overall, these qualities made these two stories enjoyable.