Investigate My Podcast

WHAT IS A PODCAST?
There are a millions of podcasts on the internet. A podcast is when someone talks about something. They are for anything and everything. There are podcasts for movies, cars, recipes, trees, politics etc. People put them on the internet for other people to listen to. There are two kinds: video and audio. Most of them are free, but there are ones that you pay money for. Some podcasts are just for fun, some are for education, media and more. The people that create them are just normal people like you and me, but they have some interest that they like to talk about maybe. It is not a professional thing, although it could be. The people that listen to them are so many in this world. Anyone can listen to them if they have the internet to get it from. What they need to know or what they want to know is all podcasted.
They are made just how you would suppose they are made: with a microphone. They don’t need to have a recording studio or anything, just a microphone.

OUR PROJECT
In I.T class, as you know from previous posts, our unit is about podcasts on the teen life. Our main goal in the unit is to make a non-fictional podcast by ourselves, about ourselves about adolescence in Mongolia. To make a podcast we need to learn about podcasts in our investigation. Why podcasts? I think the tone of voice is a very important thing when talking. We will only be making an audio one. You can show the tone of voice in video, but it is not that important to show the person because the person might not want to show himself or herself. For me, making a podcast will express myself. I can get my feelings out there and no one will be there to criticize me or anything. When we put up our own podcasts, many kinds of people might listen to it. Teenagers having a rough time and need some support or they could be looking for kids with the same problem. To make our own podcast, we need to investigate about others. I listened to another podcast of any kind and got some ideas. Here are the sources:

1. Erbear111. “How to get a guy.” 20/12/07. Youtube.com. 29/11/09.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAqGGEo2G3I&feature=related
This podcast a funny advice for girls on how to get a guy to like you. A girl talks about one way to get a guy to like you but it is not seriously a real way to get a guy, because she was kidding. She says write on a piece of paper all the feeling you feel like “I love you, you are so cute” and stuff. Then also draw you guys getting married, and your kids. Put the paper in his pocket and say “don’t open it till I’m gone” then run away. After I have listened to it I thought “oh, it was a joke” because in the beginning, it’s all serious. If a girl actually did that, for a typical guy, he would think, “that girl is crazy,” but if the guy really liked the girl, he might really like it, even though it is creepy. Even if I thought this advice was serious, I still wouldn’t do it. The video doesn’t give any proof if it really works. Plus, I know better ways to get guys. I found this video podcast on YouTube. It was a once publishing thing. This girl has other videos on YouTube, but they were all not podcasts.

2. Kane, Erin. Brandt, Kristin. “Don’t let the bed bugs bite.” Manic Mommies. 23/11/09. 192. iTunes. 29/11/09.
This podcast is for housewives mainly, for women that have children and a husband. These two women talk about their lives, about their houses, their children and husband. Every episode is mainly about those things, but they have different categories every time. On this episode, they talk about decoration of houses and friends and neighbors. This podcast does not really appeal to me, but it does appeal to my mom. She has 4 children, and has to take care of the house. Sometimes she works or goes out for important things. She was also the one that designed and decorated our house which I know was a huge hard thing to do, so I understand about the lives of awesome moms. I found this podcast on iTunes and it is published weekly. These women relate things to their lives for examples for other women. These women have a happy family and they have jobs too.

3. Handler, Chelsea. “Sleeping troubles.” Chelsea lately video podcast. 28/11/09. iTunes. 29/11/09.
This is a real comedy podcast. Chelsea lately is a show in America; it is a woman talking live about a lot of stuff. The specialty is that she is very funny. This episode is a short acting one. One of her crew members, Chuy can’t sleep in a hotel and he goes around all his friends room and seeks for help. This podcast doesn’t really appeal to me other than just making me laugh. I don’t have trouble sleeping in a hotel because for some reason, I feel safe. I found this podcast on iTunes and it is published 3 or 4 times a week. Chelsea Handler is an American stand-up comedian, humorist, television host, actress, and best-selling author. She has her own late night talk show Chelsea Lately on the E! Cable Television Network. In 2009 she won a Bravo A-List Award. She also has her own column in Cosmopolitan and the UK celebrity magazine Now Magazine.

Making the podcast is probably harder than publishing it on a site. To make the podcast, you have to plan it and talk about it in right and appropriate words, but recording the podcast is easy because you just need a microphone and a computer to edit and publish it. Sometimes the site that you wish to publish the podcast on provides a recording software. What do I mean by publishing? To publish a podcast means that you put it on a site or whatever so that other people can hear or watch it. You just need a site and register or sign up to that site and voila! You can now put your recorded podcast on the Internet. There are many different sites that you can publish your podcast on. For example: iTunes, mypodcast.com, podomatic.com, podcast.com, podcastalley.com and more. There are countless recording devices and softwares that you can use. You can record on you phone(some phones don’t have it), your computer or your mp3 player or just a recorder.

TEST
In the end of the unit, we will have a test to evaluate our final project. To test my podcast, I will ask the listeners questions:
• Do you think this podcast was true and it relates to my life from what you know about me?
• Was it over exaggerated?
• Does this relate to your life in any way? And how?
• Would you recommend this to other people? Who?
The more positive results I get, the better my podcast was.

Comments on other's podcasts

All the other podcasts that my classmates did was very interesting. They all followed the instructions that Mrs. Wilson gave and they were good and realistic. Some of them had very good quality like my ones when i interviewed people, but some of them had very bad quality. The bad ones, i almost couldn't hear them. Me and Binderya's fictional podcast, Urangoo's, and Jiri's were kind of bad quality. Kyu's podcast was ok. Probably half of the class did not record their interviews, so i did not hear them. I also didn't read them. The ones that i have listened to are over all very interesting.

Urangoo's podcast was very sad. It shows the most difficult life of the teenagers living in Mongolia. The way how children's parents drink and beat them up are very true. I could not hear anything of Jiri's podcast so i don't know what he talked about. I think it was about hanging out with friends and stuff. Kyu's was all about being on the internet, and it was very true. Our school kids and most kids in the modern generation stay on the internet for hours. Sometimes they do homework, they surf, they chat and they just listen to music. People can't not go along with technology when it is developing so much so fast. Temuulen's interview was similiar to me and Binderya's. She goes out with friends and has a good safe life. But Nomin, she doesn't care about her school work, while Sarnai does. Recently, Suugi's, Elise's and Sarah's also got posted. I really liked Suugi's because it was also a very true and common problem throughout the world these days. I was really touched when i heard the podcast. Elise's was very bad quality. I really could not hear anything when i put it on the loudest. Maybe it is the computer, but i don't know what she said. Sarah's was also very bad quality too. It was the same as Elise's. Apart from the ones that i could not hear, all of my classmates' fictional podcasts were great. just like how they are.

Create Interview: Criterion A

Bayarsaikhan(my dad)

Me and my dad


My dad at age 19

Amuulai


Erdenebat



Mike



When my parents were young, they probably did have as much freedom as we do today. They say that it is not much different and their parents treated them the way they treat us. Of course back in the days, there were things different in many ways like the Socialism, but just because of that, it doesn’t mean that the way the parents raise their kids have to be different. Different parents treat and care for their children in different ways, but overall, in time it has not changed much.

Even though parenting has not changed much, the teenagers’ ways have changed in many ways. Today, the number of kids that do drugs have increase. The number of kids that smoke have increased. Also, the number of kids that drink alcohol have increased. All of these have good explanations. I think it has changes so much because of the new technology and the new ways that humans adapt to. People are always looking for new things and when they find it, it affects them, in bad ways and good ways.

I am happy to be an adolescent, but not that happy that happy to be in this generation. I wish I were a teenager in 2500. Everything would be technologized and easy I think. There would be so much more fun things to do. Being a teenager is not all about games, it is also about learning too, so I think in 2500, the technology will be so advanced, they just put all the information you need into your brain. That is a very bad way to learn things and to improve society, but I wouldn’t have to learn. I would say I am a very lazy person so it would be perfect for me I think. Having that kind of technology will destruct a lot of things and probably make the world a lot worse. What defines my generation is the development of Mongolia. Mongolia, especially Ulaanbaatar has been developing so much in so many ways since kids around my age were born. When I grow up I hope that my generation will be called the Development Boom generation.

Create Podcast ScriptL: Criterion A

Bindi and Enkhi <3

We chose two main topics in our podcast, fashion and friends. Mainly, how does fashion represent our social status, and because of how we look and what we wear others judge us. This is a sensitive issue for teenagers, especially for higher class children. Also, how the kids look and behave, through them, people judge their family background. Although friends is a similar issue too, for every teenager fitting in a group is a quite hard, sometimes you feel peer pressure. Here in Mongolia, lots of kids tend to smoke and drink just to look cool. In the end, they get addicted and ruin their future adding one more alcoholic and smoker to Mongolia. Kids should be in a positive environment and relationship to make good decisions and choices and add another good person to Mongolia.

We chose these topics because they are close issues to our lives, and it also close to a lot of other kids’ lives in our environment. We wanted to raise the awareness.

Nomin’s experience, outlook and desires are very different form her parents’. She is a spoiled rich girl that has not seen much of life. She has no discipline, or knowledge of the outside world. Her parents are smart people that are running a big company so they know a lot more about life that her. Their desire is of course a bright future for their daughter just like any other parents, but they forgot to care for her fully.

Nomin’s script

Hi, my name is Nomin, I’m a seventeen year old girl. I’m not a typical Mongolian girl, I’m rich. Well I’m not rich, my parents are rich. They are the boss of a big company here in UB. They are really rich and they have nothing but money. I am an only child so I am really spoiled. I know it. I was born in Mongolia but I lived in New York for most of my life, and I returned back about five years ago. First, it was quite hard for me get use to the lifestyle here, but I adapted quickly and made lots of friends. With my friends I do lots of fun thing s here together, but it isn’t is as fun as when I was in America.

My favorite thing in the world is clothes, fashion. I have a lot of designer clothes, and I love them! Can’t imagine my life without them. My friends get really jealous of because of the clothes I wear, if I’m in good mood I let them borrow my clothes, because they are not as rich as me. In Mongolia there’s not much good stores but there are good things to buy, and now the Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Hugo Boss, and Armani are opening soon, I’m so excited, I’ll be going there a lot. On holidays I go to New York with my family, and meet my friends, and go shopping. I also love going clubbing in New York. In Mongolia, it’s also full of clubbing night every Friday and Saturday night. My motto is “live it up, drink it up.” My parents don’t care if I go because they are too busy doing their work. I don’t see them much because they go to other countries for business and stuff. They just give me money and they think that I’ll be happy. Maybe they want me to be free and not grow up how they did, which was very disciplined and strict. I do need money, but sometimes I feel like I need some love. The person that loves me the most in this world is probably my nanny/maid.

I have a lot friends in Mongolia, girls and guys. I know it’s wrong but I have four boyfriends right now. I think my friends envy me for that. I mix up my boyfriends’ names a lot. Anyways, shouldn’t my friends be supportive? This makes me feel that I don’t have real friends just like leeches, they only befriend me for what I have. Sometimes I feel really lonely and I have no one to call when I am lonely.

I am a teenager, I have mood swings, and normal teenage problems, but it is kind of different from other normal teenagers. I get what I want, and do things without consequences.