Heck. Yes.
Jessica Abel is a gifted artist with a real passion for radio. She is able to clearly, concisely, give a visual sense to something completely lacking in the visual medium (besides what you picture in your head).
Step by step, story by story, she follows some of the most popular Podcasts these days from ideas to final edits. It highlights like long and arduous journey of making your half hour or hour long or what have you show a reality. Along the way she delves into the personal stories from producers, writers and more from the likes of The Moth, RadioLab, Snap Judgement, Planet Money and This American Life.
Every format is different, the focus is different, the voices and stories aren't the same, but what is similar is the love that these folks put into the process, put into their chosen medium to share the stories they think are worth sharing.
It's obvious Jessica loves Podcasts too. It's done from the heart, and that makes it engaging.
And, my god, it introduced me to the concept of 'The German Forest' via Radiolab. I could just relay what it means, but you all should probably just listen to this and go- "Oh! Oh I know that!" https://soundcloud.com/thirdcoast/special-feature-jad-abumrad-at
The creative process. Sweat. Hurt. Complexity. Transcendence. Fucking beautiful.
If you love Podcasts, if you like comics, if you appreciate creativity and damn good stories, read this.
*this book was received for free via Bloggingforbooks.com
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