Wayne's World: Podcast Edition

Earlier this week, Crystal Brown and I recorded a podcast. Having two different perspectives of what it means to be a college student, we decided to explore a topic from our separate experiences. We discussed living off campus versus living on campus. Living on campus, I know the advantages and disadvantages that comes with it, while Crystal understands the pros and cons of living off campus. We also included an article from mycollegeoptions.org called “The Great Debate: Living On-Campus vs. Off-Campus”.

Both of us studying graphic design means Crystal and I spend much of our time together as we have so many overlapping classes. Having such a small class of students in the design department means you get to know everyone pretty quickly. Because of this, you can often forget just how different everyone is and how different your lives are. The podcast focused on one large difference between us that helped to show the many options a student has when deciding to live while in college.

Having never done a podcast before this, the podcast had some faults. Sometimes one of us did not sound as clear as we would have liked. There are a few times we misspoke and messed up what we wanted to say. A couple times while I was talking I forgot what I wanted to say and left long pauses of silence or rambled on and had unnecessary dialogue. That being said, I believe the podcast was overall successful. We covered a lot of points and had fun with it.

While we had different perspectives, I am sure there are more we did not cover. Every person at Ohio Northern has their own reasons for coming to the university and for choosing the living option they chose. It would have been interesting to include more people in our discussion. This would have helped to make sure all options were included in the decision-making process when weighing your living options.

The podcast was not perfect and may not be appealing to everyone, but I am happy with it. This was our first attempt at something new and I believe we did a fairly good job. If nothing else, I had a good time recording it.

You can listen to the podcast here.