HOW TO PITCH PODCAST IN A PANDEMIC
EPISODES
In the first episode, the HTPPP team meet for the first time. They do this remotely, via Zoom. We hear their teachers, Steven and Jeanne, explain that the class will pitch and idea for a podcast to the school’s leadership.
On top of this, their job is to make a podcast about their attempt to convince the school. After class, the students start asking the hard questions.
Do people in South Africa really care about podcasts? And how can it make sense to produce a podcast about a podcast?
We listen as Sakhe, Zisanda, Noxolo, Yandiswa, Sibusisiwe, Garfield and Nwabisa talk this through amongst each other and with their friends. Slowly, a vision begins to emerge
EPISODE 1
EPISODE 2
In this second episode of #HTPPP we are back at the School of #JMS at #RhodesUniversity to continue searching for #Africanstorytellers. Our lecturer Jeanne du Toit takes us through the history of podcasting.
It does not end there; Sibusisiwe, Sakhe, and Zisanda embark on a journey of discovery, in search of #audiostorytellers who are telling #SouthAfricanstories. They interview some of the pioneers of podcasting in the South African podcasting universe: #JayneMorgan, #SimmiAriff, #NickGrubb, #RasmusBitsch and #ElnaSchutz.