Podcast Review

Summary 

This Podcast from Radiolab, "More Perfect - Mr. Graham and the Reasonable Man," is about a man named Mr. Graham, who wanted to sue the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. Throughout the podcast a narrator, Mr. Grahams lawyer, and Mr. Graham's son tell the story of why he wanted to sue the CMPD.  Listen to the podcast to find out if they could ever hold the CMPD accountable the alleged attack against Mr. Graham.

Types of Audio 

Interview Clips: In the beginning of the podcast a man that was a friend or relative of Mr. Graham is being interviewed by the host of the show. During the show they also put in clips of other radio shows during the civil rights movement to paint a more accurate description of the events that are happening and happened.  

Voice Over: A narrator is heard leading the story on while an interview of a former lawyer is telling the story of Mr. Graham. 

Natural Sounds: During the interview of the former lawyer the sounds of paper rattling are heard in the background. In some of the interviews they played were during the civil rights movement and during those interviews you can hear winds and cars in the background.

Ambient Sound: During intense parts of the podcast there is music and sound effects that are played to enhance intensity. For example, when he talked about talks about the effect that this event had on the community there was a deep beating setting the mood.

 "Non-knowledge, to a little bit of knowledge, to 'ehhh'"

The way this story was told was exactly has the founds of Radiolab said they like to do their podcast. There was limited to no information at the beginning of the podcast, "More Perfect - Mr. Graham and the Reasonable Man." The way the podcast started off was Mr. Graham walking into the lawyers office wanting to sue the CMPD. At this time the listener has no idea why besides what the title gives away. Then the story is told of why he wants to sue the CMPD, which gives us some more knowledge about the podcast. Then it drops down again to zero knowledge when the lawyers explains they couldn't prove that the officer used excessive force, therefore ending the case. This leaves the listener with the question of "where is this podcast going?" But this is exactly how the founds of Radiolab wanted their stories to be told.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-presents-more-perfect-mr-graham-reasonable-man