Podcasts have become more and more popular. They deal with numerous and different topics, and they have millions of listeners. What I haven’t ever realised is that they can be an amazing resource for aspiring writers. You can find everything you need, explained, analysed, and tailored for any necessity or curiosity you fancy to satisfy.
I’ve never been into podcasts. I can’t reckon exactly why. Maybe it wasn’t the right moment to start getting into it, or, more likely, I hadn’t yet found a good app which allowed me to select, arrange, and organise the programmes I was interested in. I’ll get started with what I usually listen to during my break at work, at home, or before lying down to sleep. “Partners in Crime” focuses on what happens in the crime fiction world. Every Friday, the authors Adam Croft and Robert Daws talk about the latest releases, events and festivals which have occurred during the week, and interview international authors – I truly recommend Episode 006 with Peter James. “They walk among us” and “Criminal” enrich the list. The first podcast tells of true crimes stories, analysing the minds of the people who committed horrible and despicable actions. “Criminal” focuses more on the protagonists of the investigations. We can listen to episodes dedicated to doctors who regularly look after victims of attacks, shooting, and stabbing. You can also listen to lawyers, detectives, and parents who got involved in investigations. You may find this podcast a very useful source of information if you want to write short stories and novels. Predictably, it appears on my list “Serial”. The famous podcast, hosted by Sarah Koenig, examines and analyses characters, plots, and investigations, unravelling surprising mysteries and unexpected twists episode by episode. I mainly talked about podcasts focusing on crime. “Life is scary,” hosted by “The terrified writer” – a.k.a. Ann Hirst – faces fears, doubts, successes, and defeats writers have taken on during their path to becoming a published author. To close this short journey into podcasts, I have to mention “The Allusionist.” In any episode, Helen Zaltzman transports the listener into a linguistic adventure, explaining the origin and etymology of English words and popular colloquialisms in an ironic and funny way. The programmes I mentioned in this post may or may not interest you, but they definitely are a useful and entertaining source of advice and inspiration for they who have been dreaming of and working on becoming an author.
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