Reflection on Science of the Wire’s Radio Show

Overall, I think you guys did a fantastic job. You really put together an awesome radio show. I loved your theme and your thoughts were very organized and everyone was very knowledgeable on the topics. Here are some thoughts I had on your different sections.

Section 1

Carmela, Ian, Jeremy, John were introduced as the members of this group. You guys went over what you were going to talk about and that was a good setup for the rest of your show. You started off talking about the different technology used in The Wire and I thought Ian did an excellent job on that explaining how pager cloning and wire tapping worked. You really sounded like you know your stuff. There was one sound effect in this section of a phone dialing. I thought it was a little too loud and blocked out the audio of one of you talking. There were also a few “ums” in this section that could have been cut out, but this was the only section I heard them in (probably just nerves, we all do it!) The flow of the discussion in this section was great. It was very fluid, but there was not really any conclusion or transition at the end of this segment and I thought it kind of ended abruptly.

Section 2

I loved the bumper at the beginning of this section. You guys did a great job inserting some of your work into the show. Good job reintroducing yourself. I did notice some audio was quieter than others. There was a couple points where I could not quiet hear what Carmella was saying. Once again great job explaining technology in this section. There was also a much better transition at the end of this segment

Section 3

I thought it was an interesting choice of classical music transitions. I  really enjoyed the sarcastic advertisement for UMW. It was a great addition to the show. Again, good job introducing yourself. This section you talked about  the legality of wire tapping and I was really impressed with your research and how much you guys knew about the topic. One note on this section is to make sure you’re not talking over one another. One of you also mentioned crime pro tips and I thought this would have been a hilarious segment.

Section 4

Another great advertisement. It fit well into the show. Here you talked about GPS and once again  well done with the research/knowledge of the subject. Your casual discussion and added humor kept the discussion interesting. The sound effects were much better in the other sections. They weren’t too loud where you couldn’t hear the person talking. You lost me on some of the science lingo in this section and I couldn’t keep 100% focused, but it sounded really smart and I was very impressed!

Well done guys, I enjoyed listening to your show.