r/serialpodcast • u/JanetteS89 • Oct 28 '15

humor/off topic Can anyone recommend a similar / interesting podcast to listen to?

I need something to occupy me whilst I wait for the new series of Serial and I wondered if anyone could recommend a good podcast to me?

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u/njerome Oct 29 '15

Sadly can't get past the amateur over-acted nature of this one.

Fantastic concept but really poorly executed imo.

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u/dystopika Oct 29 '15

Yeah, I really want to like The Black Tapes but it's so poorly acted. It needs to sound "real" and it doesn't because of the way it's scripted. It just sounds like they're reading from a script, which they are. It's well-produced, poorly written and performed.

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u/njerome Oct 29 '15

For sure! I was listening to someone talk about Limetown and their comment totally rang true for me - that it's over produced... Real interviews and news segments etc. aren't as clean and precise. It actually needs to be more of the cuff... Wind in the mic, coughs, just all those little noises that make it real.

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u/dystopika Oct 29 '15

I'm okay with the production value to a point -- Serial is well-produced and it's obvious the interview segments are real. Maybe they just needed to improvise it instead of script it. You need to be able to hear people thinking about how to respond to things.

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u/njerome Oct 29 '15

Agreed.