The podcast I listened too was from “The Dirtbag Diaries.” The episode was called “The Dream Job.” The premise of this episode was the two hosts explaining their summer jobs straight out of college. The hosts names are John Temple and Dean Goodman. The podcast is explaining their dream jobs in the summer of 1971. In this job from June to August they lived a lone in a log cabin observing the wildlife around them. They lived with no supervision or communication to the outside world. They were hired by the Sierra club. What they did was document landmarks and wildlife, found potential campsites, and treacherous portages. This job is eventually what led the men to be in this field of work for the rest of their lives. I enjoyed listening to this podcast. The speakers allowed you to get into their minds and drew a picture of the situations they were in while explaining their stories about their job. They were incredibly detailed, and it seems like they had a lot invested into these stories. Another thing I enjoyed about this podcast was the flow of it. There were perfect transitions between the people talking and from story to story. The thing I enjoyed most about this podcast was the fact that you were able to feel like you were in their situation due to their detailed explanation. One thing I wished the podcast did a poor job of was including sound effects. If they would have added more sound effects their explanation of their stories could have been even better than they already were. For example, when they explained seeing a certain animal or type of wildlife, they could have added a certain sound effect that this thing makes. This would allow the listener to be even more engaged. In my opinion, when someone hears sound effects when listening to a story it creates a movie like style which almost everyone enjoys. It allows the listener to connect to the story even more. In my opinion, this program should be a podcast. I think this is true because for the simple fact that there may not be enough information to create a novel or a movie. This being said, they could have easily left out details in order to keep the podcast short and sweet, but throughout the podcast the speakers were explaining that they do not have too much recollection of specific stories to explain them in full. Overall, I enjoyed listening to this podcast and will listen to more episodes from this series in the future.
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