The Return of The Bonneville Buzzcast

Cora Garrette-Dardzinski
Staff Writer
  The Bonneville Buzz Newspaper is thrilled to announce that the podcast is back! The new newspaper members renewed The Bonneville Buzzcast and are more than ready to talk and publish new episodes. Previous episodes remain available on Spotify, and they will be staying up along with our new episodes. These older episodes are still entertaining to listen to even if they are not from this school year. The podcast episodes were made as an alternative to writing articles and instead the staff member(s) would ask questions and the answers would be told rather than written. This way, listeners simply press play and learn more about the school even if they are busy.
  Staff members implemented changes while maintaining the podcast’s original concept. The staff acquired new microphones and found a new place to record with hopes of bringing up the quality. With the changes in place, the podcast will be set up and will start again either this December or the following January. Another part of the podcast that stayed the same is the goal of making monthly episodes. Each episode explores campus events that can feel more relatable to the students, and they can learn more about what is happening around them. The past podcast episodes have been 15-20 minutes long, and the new staff will stay in that range to keep things equal. With this though, there might be a topic that does not fit, and it will have to be edited out. That is why the newspaper members are excited to announce that the staff is trying to stick to making a last bloopers episode with every interesting clip that had to be edited out. This solution helps so that the staff members as well as the interviewee(s) can feel free to speak their mind along with the listeners being able to tune in and hear the parts where the speakers drifted off from the interview questions. Past podcast episodes and practice recordings remain engaging even with parts being edited out. Editors typically remove awkward silences so that the listener does not have to sit through the pauses. Past and upcoming episodes benefit from  many of the staff members being easy to talk to. This helps to make the listening experience more enjoyable. The staff plans to create many more interesting episodes for the students here at Bonneville. Episodes run shorter than typical podcasts, making them  a quick and interesting episode that barely takes any time away from the day.
  The podcast team aims to create compelling episodes that can catch the attention of more listeners. Upcoming campus events and diverse interview subjects will help to make that happen along with plenty of willing members. The podcast is still a work in progress, but students can expect the first new episode by January and hopefully stay tuned for the ones following!

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