Stanford Science Podcast

Catalog description

In this course, students will explore the podcast medium and its use as a tool for science communication. Through a series of workshops and guest speakers, students will learn the necessary journalistic and technical skills to produce podcast episodes including how to: find a compelling topic, develop effective interviewing techniques, record high quality audio, tell an engaging story, communicate complex technical ideas, edit audio files, add music and sound effects, and prepare the final podcasts for online publishing. Podcast episodes will highlight the cutting edge research being done at Stanford, and students will choose specific stories based on their own interests, from earth sciences to public health to big data. The course is open to students from all majors and disciplines, and students taking this course as part of the Notation in Science Communication can include their podcast episodes in their NSC ePortfolio. Final podcast episodes will be published online.