Introduction For this week's blog post I listened to the Radio Lab podcast for the first time! It was a great experience, and in this post I will share my insights about various aspects of the the episode that I listened to, which is mysteriously titled "More Perfect: Cruel and Unusual". Four Kinds of Audio As described in the Poynter article, there are four basic kinds of sound which are used in most “multimedia” stories. These four types of audio are: interview clips, voice-overs, natural sound, and ambient sound. The Radio Lab podcast that I listened to, which is titled “More Perfect: Cruel and Unusual” features all four of these audio forms. I nterview Clips & Voice Overs In this week’s installment of the podcast they are interviewing a young woman, and as she is speaking there are occasional clips from interviews and news programs thrown into the mix. I use the verb “thrown” because in many instances these clips are literally inserted while t...