For Alison Jones, a senior writer with Duke’s Office of News & Communications, part of her job is devoted to producing podcasts featuring the work and thoughts of Duke faculty members. Often, her challenge is to distill complicated research topics into compelling and approachable pieces of audio storytelling.
When she’s away from work, she likes to relax by getting outside and taking walks. On those walks, she’ll often plug in her earbuds and dive into podcasts on less-academic subjects such as true crime.
“You can do something else while you’re listening,” Jones said. “I think in our incredibly busy lives, there’s a niche for podcasts.”
With around a dozen active podcasts featuring faculty and staff and several student-produced programs, the medium is a good fit for listeners, including the Duke community.
“The more specific you can be in envisioning who a podcast’s audience is, and why they would want to listen, the better,” Jones…
