ECS15: Mass Extinction - Podcast project

Summary of major extinction events through time, highlighting the new, Carnian Pluvial Episode at 233 million years ago. Credit: D. Bonadonna/ MUSE, Trento

This guide was made to help students in the Mass Extinctions course through the process of creating their podcast assignment.

Podcast workflow overview

Image adapted from Fantini, Emanuele & Buist, Emilie. (2021). Searching for the Sources of the Nile through a podcast: what did we find?. Journal of Science Communication. 20. N01. 10.22323/2.20020801.

The diagram above lays out a general workflow for creating a podcast. This guide will walk you through organizing your thoughts, recording and editing your audio and sharing out your final podcast episode along with some other information such as collaborating and finding music.