It took me a while to get used to Sarah Koenig’s rhythm of speech, but I started to understand her more clearly after the first ten minutes. The hardest episode to hear was the first. So, after reading yet another story by a journalist saying she was addicted to Serial, I thought I’d give it a try. My wife will tell you that on Monday nights, I often fall asleep listening to the Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast (although I often struggle to understand the Irish football journalists, which is a shame because I can tell Barry Glendenning is really funny – I just can’t understand his jokes). Often, radio presenters speak very clearly, so with good headphones (and the sound turned up), usually listening in the dark so there are no other distractions, I find I can follow what is going on. Growing up in a deaf family, the radio wasn’t really part of our lives, but over the years I have enjoyed listening to some radio programmes and podcasts.
Other episodes have looked at the testimony of Jay (the key witness in the case), mobile phone records and how the body of the murder victim was found. The first episode focuses on how easy it is for a defendant to remember events from 6 weeks ago (as Syed was asked to) in order to provide an alibi. In each episode, Koenig looks at a different aspect of the case.
SERIAL PODCAST EPISODE 9 TRANSCRIPT SERIAL
What makes the Serial podcast different is that over a series of episodes, a radio journalist called Sarah Koenig is investigating a real-life murder case from 1999, trying to work out whether the teenager convicted of the murder, Adnan Syed, was guilty or not, and also (for the two may be mutually exclusive) whether there were flaws in the prosecution against him. There are podcasts on subjects like football, politics and comedy and usually, they focus on something different each week (such as the latest football results).
Podcasts typically feature discussions on various subjects – a bit like radio shows – except they’re downloaded and usually listened to on smart phones. It’s also broken all kinds of records on iTunes. About a month ago, I started to see articles popping up online and in print about a podcast called Serial, which was being described as a real game-changer in terms of what a podcast could be.
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