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Reading Summary: This podcast highlighted a group of transgender men and the difficulty that they faced upon making the gender switch. The vast differences in how men and women go about dating and pursuing dates makes it very difficult for both trans men and trans women. As a result, transgender individuals often have trouble withContinue reading “Views From The Other Half”

Reading Summary Abel’s article explained the creative process in developing a story based on interviews with storytellers. This process differs based on every author but overall strategy is similar. Stories are usually thought of in pieces and not all at once. The order in which the story is told is based on how the authorContinue reading “Story Structure”

SUMMARY This podcast in summary was about loops. We first hear about comedians who do a bit where they repeat the same phrase over and over again, sometimes for even up to 10 minutes straight. This is an opener for the main part of the podcast, the story of Mary Sue’s amnesia. We learn aboutContinue reading “Monday 3/2: Radiolab”

Summary The audio we listened to discussed the difficulties trans men face when having to relearn how to date and fall in love. As women, they were socialized a certain way when it came to approaching people they were interested in. However, after transitioning, they had to rediscover how to approach people they were interestedContinue reading “View from the other side”

Summary: View from the Other Half is a podcast episode by Griffin Hansbury. He describes his group of friends, which consists of men who were born in female bodies, transgender people. He goes further into depth on how each person navigates romance, which significantly changes after transitioning. Both Griffin and Ray were considered lesbians inContinue reading “View from the Other Half”

Reading Summary In this podcast, they discuss the notion of repetition and how it affects people in different ways. They begin the podcast by playing a skit performed by Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Shaal and in the skit we hear Braunohler singing an obnoxious and rather irritating song as Shaal danced around in a horseContinue reading “On Repeat, March 2 Blog”

Reading Summary The first part of this podcast talks about two comedians Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler who did a skit in front of an audience. At first, the audience finds it funny but the comedians keep doing the same thing over and over again and the audience begins to get tired of it andContinue reading “On Repeat”

Host Jessie Thorn explains a comedy skit where two comedians perform a duo skit involving a song and dance where Kristen Shaal dances like a horse and Kurt Braunohler sings a song. On first performance the audience laughs, but then they repeat it again and again. The audience doesn’t laugh. They duo keeps doing theContinue reading “Podcast for 3/2”

Summary This segment from This American Life shares the stories of a group of transsexual men and their experiences after making the transition from female to male. The purpose of the segment is to highlight the struggle associated with adjustments that must be made after the physical transition, including learning what exactly is needed toContinue reading “View From the Other Half”

Audio Summary The View from the Other Half narrates a few stories from transgender men on finding love and the adjustments they had to make following their transition. Prior to their procedure, most of these men were gay females. They describe how society’s upbringing of women affected how they socialized as men today. For example,Continue reading “The View from the Other Half”