Jane Castro (listener)

Interview on podcast
1. How often do you listen to podcast?
3 times a week when walking somewhere, before bed; when doing hw (multi
tasking)
2. Which podcasts do you listen to?
Comedy bang bang, serial, modern love
3. Have you subscribed to any podcasts?
Yes; not willing to pay at all
4. How do you listen to podcast? (phone, laptop, etc.)
Stream on phone
5. How do you find out about different podcasts?
Word of mouth friends (in person); modern love - saw an article online (NYT)
6. Why do you listen to podcast? Do you listen to podcasts for leisure?
Feels enriching; feels like learning something or being part of pop culture

Podcast doesn't require a huge commitment

7. What benefits do you believe listening to podcast could provide?
Expose one to things one wouldnt be exposed to otherwise
Having someone read newspaper
Not much time commitment can multitask
Self gratifying
8. What do you look for in a podcast? [Answer: X qualities]
Accessibility, variety in content, length of podcast (manageable time less than 1.5
hrs)
9. How important are the [X qualities] to you and why?
Very important; wouldnt gravitate towards podcasts that lack these qualities
10. Do you ever suggest/share podcast to your friends/family? How? (on social media?)
Talk to friends about them and sometimes listen together; wiling to share on
social media
11. How would you improve the podcast you listen to?
Serial: frequency (used to be every week, now every other week; forgets so
much within a week and hard to catch up)
12. Since when did you start listening to podcast? Has anything changed over the years?
Have you done anything differently?
A year ago b/c of a friend; now listening more frequently b/c podcast is a big part
of the pop culture, esp. serial; now integrated into daily life; more likely to search
for podcasts (never actively seek out, but still look for shared links on Facebook)
13. How likely are you to try radio archive?

Jane Castro (listener)

Definitely interested.
Would like to see a playlist similar to Ted talk playlist;
Categorize based on eras or themes (e.g. theme of happiness) and make it
manageable for people (series of 5 interviews)
Make it easy to navigate
14. Are you in the humanities? WCAS? SoC? SESP? McCormick? Medill?Beinen?
Anthropology major (WCAS)
15. How interested are you in literature, history, and culture?
Very interested; culture, history, and literature in this order
16. How have podcasts played a role in your social life? academic life?
Social life: Well-read people talk about podcasts so listening to podcast gives the
impression of being an intellectual; also, aspiring comedians listen to comedy
bang bang
podcasts are now part of a larger persona
Academic life: helped her by introducing her to new perspectives
Little snippets of info can be applied in academics - little interesting things that
you can talk about later to sound smart
17. What comes to your mind for the following: interactive podcast, interviews, oral history
Interactive podcast: script of whats being said
If something is referenced, then that information/link is provided so ppl dont get
lost
Being interactive is the most important; would be curious to try an interactive
podcast
Interviews: two people talking; dialogue
Oral history: in-depth; interviewer is informed and asks contextual questions
18. Which kind of interaction would you expect to have on the website? what kind of level
engagement do you want to have?
Pictures, thumbnails for one to get a basic idea of what the interview will be
about
Black&white/color can hint at the time period; little triggers like these can help
Ted talk format
Feature throught-provoking trigger words
Share option to share on social media

Jane Castro (listener)

19. What do you think of creating your own podcast and sharing it on Studs Turkel
website?
Wouldnt create own podcasts

20.

What are you most interested in on Studs Turkel?

Visual arts

21.

Do you think Studs Turkel radio archive can help with hw?
Yes, it provides different perspectives and a variety of content

22.

How can we best promote to college students?

Have classes feature them (e.g. history classes)
Host an event (e.g. lecture in downtown Chicago about literature;
offer free food!)
Merch - anything tangible works
Live show also effective: having a history professor introduce the
event, invite own guests

23.
What motivated you to attend the lecture, besides free
food?
Lecturer was an author of The House on Mango Street
Also was advertised on Facebook (FB event)
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