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Ben and Jimmy Podcast
Ben F. Barkofsky and Jimmy T. McNally
With our podcast, Ben and I were hoping to gain a better understanding of how a college or university impacts the local business of their town. By having a better understanding of this topic Ben and I hoped to find different ways in which we could help these businesses when students are not on campus. In order to find these solutions, we interviewed the local businesses to understand how their business changes when students are not on campus and what they do differently to go about their business. After listening to our podcast, Ben and I hoped people would have a better understanding about how important universities are to local businesses. We hoped our audience would be more willing to shop at local businesses when they are at their universities in order to support them. For the design and structure of our podcast, we envisioned that we would first discuss our purpose for making our podcast, then conduct the interview, and lastly we would debrief the interview answers and discuss their connection to class material and impacts for the future. We followed this layout because we believed that it would flow very well and would create a clear beginning, middle, and end to our podcast which it did. Ben and I worked with members of our local community in order to complete the interview questions and this worked very well. The local bar was willing to answer all of our questions which gave us more insight into the impacts that universities have on their local businesses. The feedback that we received from our peers was very helpful and allowed us to pick up on some of the flaws in our original first podcast. For example, we were only able to hear the audio out of one side of the headphones in our original podcast so for the final podcast we made sure to fix this so you could hear the podcast out of both sides.
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Hidden Poverty in Union County
Paloma Flores and Da'Mirah Vinson
In Union County, there is a significant problem of economic insecurity that is not widely known among Bucknell students. Economic insecurity has a profound impact on people's lives, particularly in the area. It can lead to food insecurity, poor health outcomes, and limited access to education and job opportunities, perpetuating a cycle of poverty. Therefore, it is critical to raise awareness about this issue and its consequences. Bucknell students have a unique opportunity to play a vital role in this effort. By engaging with the community and partnering with local organizations, students can raise awareness of economic insecurity and its impact on the region. In summary, addressing economic insecurity in Union County requires a multifaceted approach that will make a meaningful difference in the lives of those affected by economic insecurity.
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Bucknell's Impact on the Lewisburg Community
Amanda R. Mangano
From my podcast episode, I was hoping to gain a better understanding of how the local Lewisburg community and its residents view Bucknell students and how they may positively and negatively impact the local area. I want my audience to walk away with a better understanding of how the local community may view us as well as different ways we can improve as a campus community. I had a great experience working with different students and learning about their experiences while also gaining a new perspective myself. I took into consideration my classmates' feedback and adjusted my audio technique to ensure better sound quality when recording my podcast.
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Pennsylvania Agriculture Podcast
Elli O'Meara, Maddie Connors, and Emily Williamson
In this podcast, we discuss the pros and cons of PA agriculture. Agriculture is the dominant industry in the state so we talk about the pros and cons of it as well as the life of farmers and farm workers. Through an interview with Jen from the Bucknell farm, we incorporate a more personal and meaningful story of PA agriculture which ends in a call to action to our fellow students.
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Sociology Podcast on Local Farms
mary r. page, Catelyn L. Peters, and Sam R. Heffernan
The beginning portion of our project draft introduces the importance of supporting local food systems, and the challenges that workers face within local farms. At first, we have a broader discussion surrounding the economic challenges of smaller businesses due to competition with big industrial agriculture. We get into different sustainable tactics that small farms may use in comparison to big corporations. This includes practices like crop rotation, reduced pesticide and fertilizer use, and the preservation of open space. We then move into the sense of community that family-owned and smaller-scale farms enhance. Much of the time there are regular customers, which is definitely rewarding to the farmers, and allows them to have the assurance of knowing people will continue to support their business. Finally, we move into a brief discussion of Amish families, and how their way of life may contribute to differences that we see in farming markets and efficiencies. We acknowledge how they are typically less inclined to reach out to the outside world for beneficial, modernized technological resources. After this, we moved into our interviews with specific farms. The farms that we got the opportunity to speak to were the Old Mill Creamery and Dream Catcher Farm. They gave us specific details about their farm and their experiences working on a farm. We discuss challenges and traditions that are important to both owners of the farm. We ended our podcast by describing how much we learned about Lewisburg food systems, and hope that others who listened to our podcast will get a better understanding as well.
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The Dark Secrets of Food Insecurity Podcast Episode
Cassidy E. Pingree
This podcast aims to educate people on the issues surrounding poverty, specifically food insecurity in the Central Pennsylvania area. Issues regarding societal myths, race, socioeconomic status and governmental programs are addressed. Included is an interview with Dawn Watson, Policy Research Coordinator at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, to draw in a different perspective on food insecurity than my own. Furthermore, solutions are addressed and encouraged to fulfill.
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Rural Reality
Mario Rinaldi, Jeffery Manuel, and Jack Albers
We have a specific goal in mind when it comes to the takeaways the listener has. We hope that the audience will learn that there are economic issues in the immediate area, even though it may not seem like it when looking at the area superficially. Additionally, we hope our audience will be inspired to try to make a difference and actively work to help support others in need. To do this, we set up our podcast in a way that clearly stated our topic then gave supporting research to back up our claim. While we did not work with members of the community, we did observe locals, which was very informative. We also talked with fellow students and faculty to understand their habits as well. This helped us talk about the contrast between the two. We incorporated some feedback from our peers, specifically the addition of census data for not just lewisburg but the areas around it as well. We added this as we thought it would be a great addition to support our thesis.
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An Example Podcast Writeup
Kate Tuley
This is an example of a podcast assignment's accompanying document, including cover art, artist's statement, and other stuff I will include later.
An MP3 file is included as an additional file as an example of an audio recording.
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The MetaZine Example Zine
Kate Tuley
This was created in Google Slides as an example of a zine which also provides background for zines in general, page examples from published zines, documentation for creating and including citations and bibliography, and links to further resources.
