{"id":302,"date":"2021-02-14T04:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T04:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2021-04-25T07:01:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T07:01:26","slug":"podcast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About this Podcast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Adopt Ed<\/em> is about &#8220;nature v.s. nurture,&#8221; with a twist on how it can play a role in adoption. I go over opinions from various scientists, talk to my parents about what they think and throw in my own two cents as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcaster Bio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-Podcast-by-EmilyMc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-Podcast-by-EmilyMc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-Podcast-by-EmilyMc-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-Podcast-by-EmilyMc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-Podcast-by-EmilyMc-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption>Podcast Cover Art made in Photoshop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Emily McNally. I\u2019m a senior at Los Altos High School and this is my first year at Freestyle. I enjoy hiking, writing, photography and making people laugh through bad jokes. I look to continue using my creativity on projects that will inspire or resonate with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As someone who is adopted, I noticed that when I initially tell people they have questions, but felt it would be impolite to ask them. I wanted to make a podcast that openly talks about adoption while addressing questions I&#8217;ve wondered, such as what makes a person who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are doing a Podcast project because it introduces us to another medium we can share our stories, experiences and ideas through. Podcasts are also widely accessible, so if we chose to share them with those outside the Freestyle community it would be fairly easy to do so. In Digital Media we had previously learned how to edit audio using Pro Tools; so in English we focused on content and what the most compelling way to tell a message was using only audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-9.46.08-PM-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" width=\"690\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-9.46.08-PM-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-9.46.08-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-9.46.08-PM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-9.46.08-PM-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-9.46.08-PM.png 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption>Pro Tools Interface<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/986114305&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/freestyle-academy\" title=\"Freestyle Academy\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Freestyle Academy<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/freestyle-academy\/2021-podcast-by-emilymc\" title=\"2021 Podcast By EmilyMc\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Podcast By EmilyMc<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" width=\"349\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast-cover-art.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><figcaption>Alternative podcast cover art I was considering using. Determined the pun wasn&#8217;t good enough and that no one would get the reference.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I valued getting the chance to bring up a topic that\u2019s personal to me. Adoption is something I don\u2019t commonly talk to people about despite it playing a significant part in my life. I also valued getting more comfortable using Pro Tools and in general editing audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major challenge I ran into was writing and organizing my script. Since I\u2019ve never made a podcast before, I wasn\u2019t sure how to approach it. What helped me overcome my writing block was not overthinking it. Originally I was trying to make every word sound correct and perfect, but realized what really mattered was that my voice and personality came through. Once I had a solid draft, refining certain aspects was easier than trying to fix everything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A risk I took was sharing a personal topic with the listener and not being able to control who the listener was. I\u2019m not embarrassed about being adopted, but as I previously mentioned, it\u2019s not something I usually tell people. Although what pushed me to talk about it was the lack of young adult podcasts I found from the perspective of an adoptee. In a way, I wanted to be a source of support for others who are adopted and are wondering who they got their traits from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A takeaway is wanting to create a podcast series of my own or with a friend. I like the process and the thought that goes into it. I also like the freedom and personality you can put behind podcasts. As a society I think we judge so much on sight that by taking it away, we force listeners to focus on the words coming out of the speaker rather than what the speaker looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tips for first time podcasters is that when recording, don\u2019t expect everything to come out perfect the first take. For some reason I thought recording and editing the audio was going to be a piece of cake, not quite. It could be different depending on how much of your podcast you script out beforehand. I scripted at least 60-70% out prior to recording which didn\u2019t give much leeway for mistakes. I would just keep that in mind when deciding the tone you want to set for your podcast as well as future editing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About this Podcast Adopt Ed is about &#8220;nature v.s. nurture,&#8221; with a twist on how it can play a role in adoption. I go over opinions from various scientists, talk to my parents about what they think and throw in my own two cents as well. Podcaster Bio My name is Emily McNally. 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