Creating a Compelling Podcast: Developing Your Rationale

• Music Business
• Special Education

Creating a Compelling Podcast: 

Developing Your Rationale

Rationale = 

reasoning, thinking, theory, 

philosophy, thesis, 

argument

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to decide on the subject of your podcast and explain the reasons behind your choice.

How could you start to produce a rationale for your podcast?

Research Task - Analysing Popular Podcasts

Name 3 popular podcasts and their topics?

What subject do they focus on? 

What different segments do they have e.g reviews, interviews, quizzes?

Subject of Your Podcast

Decide on the subject of your podcast 

What interests you? 

What expertise or passion do you have?

Articulating Your Reasons

Explain the reasons behind your choice: 

Why did you choose this subject? 

Why is it important to you?

Different Podcast Segments

• Podcast segments are essentially different ‘sections’, ‘parts’ or ‘chapters’ of a podcast. 
• Podcast segments usually signal a change in topic, format, or focus. They might even feature different people than the main body. 
• Podcast segments can be directly related to your usual content or totally unlinked. 
• Podcast segments work best when you maintain consistency and use music/jingles to create smooth and recognisable transitions. 

Importance of Diverse Segments

Discuss the importance of incorporating diverse segments in a podcast to cater to a broader audience.

Podcast segment ideas:

https://riverside.fm/blog/podcast-segment-ideas

What Segments Will You Include?

Explain the inspiration for your chosen segments: 

• Which podcasts have similar segments? 

• Why did you choose these?

What impact do you think the use of engaging segments has on audience engagement and retention?

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.