Podcast Analysis Part 1

Basics
1. Title of Podcast?
-“The Talk Of Shame”
2. Creator of Podcast, provide details and background.
- The creator of the podcast is a man by the name of Streeter Seidell. The comedy podcast is an event of embarrassing and shameful moments from his past. This podcast is also narrated by a British person.
3. How long has it been produced?
 -This podcast has been produced since May 15, 2014

Market Placement 
1. Target Audience.
-The audience for “The Talk of Shame” are people of any ages who enjoy comedy and embarrassing stories about other people.
2. Evidence that it is reaching this audience.
 -People who want their embarrassing story to be heard e-mails the host, Streeter Seidell at TheTalkOfShameShow@Gmail.com
3. Identify 2 Competing Podcasts that target the same audience.
-“The Nerdist” hosted by Chris Hardwick
-“WTF with Marc Maron” hosted by Marc Maron
4. Describe how each succeeds in reaching the audience, and compare to your initial podcast.
-“The Nerdist” have social media outlets such as twitter and facebook where they try to promote their podcast.
-“WTF with Marc Maron” have social media outlets such as twitter and facebook where they try to promote their podcast.
5. What are missed opportunities in reaching this audience, how can the Podcasts improve?
 -The podcast could market themselves beyond social media (twitter, facebook), they could attract your audience and use this as promotion.

Multi-Media 
1. List all multi-media sources used on the Podcast you are analyzing
-Audio
-Text
-Visual
-Video
2. Describe the value of the media sources Audio: all audio and just audio towards later episodes.
-Text: description of the podcast, podcast episodes, the ‘about’ of podcast, and some funny stories that weren’t on audio
-Visual: not too much, drawing of the logo and some pictures of what the people talking about their embarrassing stories looked like.
-Video: used videos in the beginning of the podcast (earlier episodes)
3. Describe what multi-media can be added or improved.
-Video: show some more sessions while recording podcast for viewers to have more of a visual
4. How effectively does the Podcast point to all other linked social media?
-Very much. The social media is right at the top of the podcast website. Also, after each podcast, viewers have opportunity to like or share on Facebook or tweet about it on Twitter
5. What are opportunities to expand the social media linkage?
-Allow a blogging website for people to write about their experience with the podcast. Get an instagram going for more visuals.

Look 
1. Overall, how does the Podcast sound and look?
-The look on their website is very simple but the logo for “The Talk of Shame” is very detailed. The podcast sounds just like your friends sitting around the table talking, you feel engaged.
2. Does it look professional?
-Yes. The white background with very simple black writing looks professional. There is no loud colors or images on website.
3. How timely and updated is it?
- The talk of shame is once a week, and it normally is recorded around 10:00am.
4. Does the sound and look fit with the image of the target audience and topic of the Podcast.
-The imagery for the podcast is very simple which explains the podcast being a two males.

Transparency 
1. Do you feel you know the creator?
-The podcast is relatable so you do get a feel of who the creator. With comedy you get a look into his life while also getting a laugh, making it very personal.
2. Does it seem to be personally produced, or a corporate statement?
-Like we previously said, it's a very personal feel so it does seem to be personally produced.
3. Would you want to follow regularly?
-We would definitely follow this regularly. It's very entertaining and relatable. We also recommend more people to listen to this podcast.