# Course Schedule

## Spring semester 

Wednesday, February 1st, to Thursday May 18th

### No classes 

* March 15th — Advisement day
* March 22nd — Spring Break 

### Deadlines

* March 8th, Reading response 1
* March 29th, Assignment 1
* April 26th, Reading response 2
* May 17th, Assignment 2

### Week 1, February 1st

* Introductions 
* Course overview and logistics 
* Listen and reflect  
  * Centenarians in Lockdown
  * Tupperware by Kitchen Sisters
  * Kitts Beach Soundwalk by Hildegaard Westerkamp

### Week 2, February 8th

* History of radio and podcasting 
* Categorizing types of podcasts by form and content (Berry, 3 types of podcast)
* Podcast networks - Radiotopia listening exercise

### Week 3, February 15

* Hands on workshop: Zoom recorder and microphones

### Week 4, February 22nd

* Interviews 
* Narration
* Story Structure 
* In class exercise — interview your peer

### Week 5, March 1st

* Hands on workshop — ProTools
* In class exercise — edit interview

### Week 6, March 8th

* Enhancing story through sound design 
* Listen to examples and work on a ProTools session together using the copy, edit, create model
* Rough cut feedback for first project

#### Due (before class) Reading response 1

### March 15th and 22nd - no classes 

### Week 7, March 29th

* Listening party 

#### Due (before class) Assignment 1

### Week 8, April 5th

* Workshop ideas for second audio project 
* Review pitches and proposals

### Week 9, April 12th

*  Ideas, stories, form revisited
* Group listening exercises 

### Week 10, April 19th 

* Industry structure (public radio, podcast networks, grants and funding for emerging creators); 
* Distributing and marketing your work; 
* Building a portfolio and finding entry level work (tape syncs, audio assembly and assistant editor); Radio Listserv and Discord, LADIO, AIR, Third Coast

### Week 11, April 26th

* In class time to work on second project, with individual check ins

#### Due (before class) Reading response 2

### Week 12, May 3

* Guest Lecture TBA

### Week 13, May 10 

* Rough cut feedback

### Week 14, May 17

* \[Remote class] Listening party

#### Due (before class) Assignment 2 

<br>


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://indranil.gitbook.io/podcasting/course-content/course-schedule.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.