I did my podcast at the Campbell Farmer’s market and my agenda behind doing it at the farmer’s market was to help people understand how much diet can impact and help improve diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. Before I started, I thought recording the actual podcast would be the hardest part. That part actually turned out to be the easiest. What I did have trouble with initially was figuring out how to record the podcast. I think we should have been given recommendations and simple, step by step instructions on how to record. This would have saved me a lot of time and money. But, I ended up using the built in recording app in the iphone, emailing myself the recordings, and then using a converter to convert it to an editable format.

Next, I went to the farmer’s market. I took notes on what I was going to talk about in my intro because I didn’t want to have too many awkward moments or “ums” in my podcast. I actually found it very hard to talk to myself in public because I’m a very shy person and I don’t like people paying attention to me. So, I tried a few times but I kept messing up. Then, a relative who came with me encouraged me to not care what other people think and that I should do what I needed to do. So, I took his words of encouragement and ignored the people around me. Once I passed this hurdle, it was pretty much smooth sailing. I also had a hard time going up to ask people if I could interview them. My relative again helped me get out of my comfort zone and go talk to these people. Although it was hard getting out of my “bubble”, I enjoyed recording the whole podcast in retrospect. I am actually happy that I got the chance to go out of my comfort zone and record something that was of interest to myself and to others around me. Doing the podcast is a lot more funner than writing an essay. You have to go out, move around and be immersed in the environment. Whereas with writing, you are home on your computer without an immersive experience.

Editing wasn’t bad. I used the music I recorded at the farmer’s market to make it sound more natural and less commercial like. That’s the whole point of the podcast anyway, to steer out of the commercialism and live a natural lifestyle that our bodies were meant for. The transcript took a lot of time and was quite annoying. Other than that, I spent a lot of time designing the hypertext and making sure it looked like finished piece. Overall, this project was much more enjoyable than the average project. Although I was not looking forward to doing it at all, I’m glad I did it in the end.