{"product_id":"narrative-podcasting-in-an-age-of-obsession-9780472055210","title":"Narrative Podcasting in an Age of Obsession","description":"It has been a decade since \u003ci\u003eSerial \u003c\/i\u003ebrought the narrative podcast to the center of popular culture. In that time, there has been an enormous boom in the production of podcasts that tell stories, particularly in the fields of true crime, storytelling, history, and narrative fiction. Now that the initial glow around the medium has begun to fade, it is time to reevaluate the medium's technological, political, economic, and cultural rise, in particular what types of storytelling accompanied that rise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarrative Podcasting in an Age of Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to look back on this prodigious body of material and attempt to make sense of it from a structural, historical, and analytical point of view. Focusing on more than 350 podcasts and other audio works released between Serial and the COVID pandemic, the book explores why so many of these podcasts seem \"obsessed with obsession,\" why they focus not only on informing listeners but also dramatizing the labor that goes into it, and why fiction podcasts work so hard to prove they are a brand new form, even as they revive features of radio from decades gone by. This work also examines the industry's reckoning with its own implication in systemic racism, misogyny, and other forms of discrimination. Employing innovative new critical techniques for close listening--including pitch tracking software and spectrograms--\u003ci\u003eNarrative Podcasting in an Age of Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major contribution to podcast studies and media studies more broadly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Verma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472055210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Verma\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sound Studies in the Department of Radio\/Television\/Film at Northwestern University. His books include \u003ci\u003eTheater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics and American Radio Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and, as coeditor, \u003ci\u003e Indian Sound Cultures, Indian Sound Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Sound: Norman Corwin and Media Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43781837553779,"sku":"9.78047E+12","price":59.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_867d3158-d597-462a-b5c2-921eb3532b54.jpg?v=1757596193","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/narrative-podcasting-in-an-age-of-obsession-9780472055210","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}