Audio Storytelling Assignment - Sophia Karides

https://www.acast.com/ivfml/episode2-thegriefolympics

Context:
IVFML
Episode 2: The Grief Olympics
Hosted by Simon and Anna
Distributed all five episodes on same day, all at once

Content:
IVFML is all about a couple such as health reporter, Anna and comedy writer, Simon who talk about the through the struggles of getting pregnant. They touch on their experience which lets listeners know they are not alone. In Episode 2, Anna and Simon go into detail about their past miscarriages and a pregnancy loss expert comes on to discuss how those should and shouldn't "mourn" when a miscarriage occurs.

Form:

Act 1 - Starts off when both Simon and Anna talk about their first miscarriage and how excited they were but were also told that they shouldn't get too excited yet. The whole experience is explained between emotions running all over the place and testing, testing, testing.

Act 2 - At 9:21, Anna talks with Dr. Kristin Bendikson about what miscarriages really are and how people can change the way they think about them.

Act 3 - 15:26 is when there appears a monologue of slight comedic relief.

Act 4 - Joined by comedians, John Murray and Silvija Ozols at 20:00, both of them talk to Anna about what inspired them to do a sketch comedy show about infertility and flipping their experience from a negative one to a positive one.


Storytelling elements:
- background music effects
- transition music
- closing music
- subtle intro song
- joined by guests