The sound lecture took me a while to get into. I think it was because I wasn't visually engaged with the lecture, and so it made it really easy to get distracted. I listened to it at least six times, and got through the entire thing once, shamefully. On the other hand, since I don't actually listen to the radio very much (except for occasionally Triple J), I found this lecture interesting.
Carmel Rooney interviewed Richard Fidler and Steve Austin about storytelling on radios. Richard said that he was part of a comedy group and on TV before he went into working on the radio. He explained that radio is a completely different medium - it's more difficult to make compelling and to draw people in. I agree that radio is more intimate - I always feel disconnected from the TV and like I am watching, not like I am or can be involved.
He spoke about interviews, and his 'interview-style' and how there aren't really set rules about what you say, in order to make interviewees feel comfortable and not like they are being bombarded by comments. I understand how that is, because sometimes you can hear the apprehension in guests voices when they are being interrogated almost. Richard also spoke about having to come up with new material and to constantly keep guests and listeners interested.
What I appreciate about the radio is that it incorporates everything - politics, news, humour, music, random facts, hilarious interviews and charismatic speakers.
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