S-Town
Sep 16, 2026
⋮⋮ Program
- 12.05 Warm-up
- 12.20 Donkeys
- 12.35 S-Town
- 12.50 Break
- 13.05 Podcast listening
- 14.05 Break
- 14.15 Groupwork
Warm-up
Rhetorical constraints
- Connect the strategies and audience on the worksheet
Donkeys
- If you were to write an article or a book about a topic many would find uninteresting (say something about molecules, steelproduction in eastern europe, or why many major Indian cities have changed their names), how would you engage your audience? How would draw them in?
Lawrence Wright
- Read the interview excerpt
- Discuss:
- What are some topics you have become interested in because of a personal story?
- How could you use a ‘donkey’ in your “uninteresting” article from before?
S-Town
- This podcast begins with an e-mail enticing Brian Reed to travel across the country to investigate what happens in Woodstock, AL. What kind of an e-mail would make you travel across the country going after a story you think would be interesting to your listeners?
Podcast listening
- Pay attention to narrative- and audio techniques
S-Town: Chapter 1
Groupwork
- See your groups and assigned questions on edaptio. LChose an extra question to work with. Post answers on the whiteboard.