Reflecting On the Podcast

1. What are you most proud of with this podcast? I am very proud of the amount of time and effort that I put into the podcast planning and the actual podcast. It was pretty difficult to tie in smooth transitions with the research that I put in but after many attempts, I feel like my final product was at the best of my ability. 
2. What was the biggest challenge with the podcast ? My biggest challenge was planning it out and writing the script. I had a lot of bumps and I even had to change my entire angle but it became for the better. 
3. What do you wish had more time to fine tune? I wish I had more time to record because when recording I felt rushed to get the project done.
4.  What unintended learning did you discover? I didn't think that a podcast was structured very specifically, but now with the different steps I know that good bridges make the podcast better.
5. How did the interviews go? How did you build rapport with your interviewees? Share an excerpt from an interview? My interview did really well. When the interviewee becolmes comfortable, you are able to get more information out of them. During the conclusion of the interview when I asked the question, "Is there anything else you'd like to add?" I feel like my interviewee, Isabella, loosened up. Her opinion got more clear and she explained her idea on politics in school very well.
6. How successful were you listening closely during interviews and asking thoughtful follow up questions? Share an except from an interview. I feel like I asked some good follow up questions that made the interview sound more like a conversation. When I was interviewing Justin, I asked him. "Do you think there are more arguments or debates about politics in school?" He responded with "It's really just arguments from what I've seen and experienced, because kids haven't matured enough at our age to really understand the meaning of a solid debate." I replied with, " If other kids argue with you, would you argue back or would you try to settle things down?" He responded with. "Everyone want to settle things down, but sometimes impulse takes over and the argument just erupts."