“Podcasting” is one kind of form of audio production that is used to present a certain topic of interest. It is the performative format with an affective and elaborate understanding of language. This new form of scholarly production creates a bridge between diverse disciplines of study in a performative format with a combination of aesthetics and modern technology. It uses language and speech as media to connect several heterogeneous topics. Podcasting is a transition from other written scholarly production to the spoken version – a shift from visual to audio.
Podcasts can be a perfect medium for scholarly production for their cheap production cost, and accessibility to the users. The user can listen to the audio file anywhere as the files are downloadable and streamable audio files. For example, during road trips, I usually listen to audiobooks or podcasts. Podcast preaches an idea about culture, history, and media to the people in the form of oral storytelling that sometimes occurs through interviewing the author, or scholar about their book or work. It is used as a recreational tool during driving and in other domestic work to convey academic ideas in a very light manner.
In The Book Fight podcast, the writers are talking about what types of books they like or hate, or what books will inspire people. In each episode, they pick up a book, short story, fiction, or essay and further they illustrate some other topics regarding the book such as publication, social context, writing style and so on. So, this kind of podcast definitely a good option not only for literature students but also for the audience who loves to read literature in their free time.
In present days, the podcast is used as a teaching tool for generating more interest in a specific subject through informal storytelling. For creating a podcast, one needs analytical and storytelling skills as well as technological skills. It helps to provide a wide understanding of the scholarly subject, enhances the thinking process, and works as a resource tool that easily makes projects and works accessible to listeners. During the podcast interview, the person usually mentions his or her recent or upcoming works or projects. That is helpful to the listeners as they get an idea about them just by engaging 10-15 mins podcast show. Not only the scholars but also the common readers are able to know about diverse work projects. For history students, it helps students to learn more about how historians create and communicate histories.
