The Adventures of "The Other F-Word"

     After looking through the majority of the podcasts, my partner and I found Lexicon Valleys' The Other F-word a great show to emulate. Why have I chosen this show? I liked how Mike Vuolo took a controversial word and traced it back to its origins and how it helped form several meanings used today. I also liked how this particular podcast did not put me to sleep. I found myself being engaged and wanting to hear more about the topic. I think it is because of the pod cast’s informing and laid back style. Plus, the topic itself was presented in a personal story telling manner which is evocative since the topic is about a controversial word. That being said, I would like to emulate the style of the show. If it is possible I would start like he did, by asking a series of questions related to the word and then engage my audience with personal experience.

Our topic was formed after Mike Vuolo started talking about a word being found in novels. That got my partner and I thinking about the topic we wanted to do. We decided our topic to be an extension of finding controversial words in novels and how it has led to the banning of books that featured a controversial  word.

I gathered advice from Owl Purdue on how to select a topic. The site offered that to select a topic it is a good a idea to to brainstorm by writing ideas down. The site advised that writing can be a great way to form a topic. I agree, since I am one to write when I brainstorm. I find it a great way to form ideas and keep track of them. However, with this topic formation my partner and I just brainstormed by discussing our ideas out loud until we found a topic. I found that when working with partners communicating through speech is a lot easier when it comes to brainstorming then it is writing. Needless to say, it is an option to write down the ideas that both partners come up in order to help formulate a topic. Anyways, I am excited to move forward with this project and I cannot wait to start this podcast.