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How to Pitch a Podcast in a Pandemic

How to Pitch a Podcast in a Pandemic (HTPPP) is a think tank for dreaming up ideas for podcasts, based at the School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) in Makhanda, South Africa. The podcast started in 2021 when a group of senior JMS students decided that it was time to convince the school to begin producing its own podcasts. Even if it was the middle of a pandemic. They recorded the journey of pitching the podcast to the school and captured this in the first season of HTPPP. In 2022, students in the school’s second-year program are again pitching podcast ideas. For Season Two of HTPPP, they produced a whole series of pilots, each dealing with a different podcast concept. Because even if Covid 19 is not yet done with us, life continues.
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18 Episodes

Who is Who - Pilot

Show Description Who is Who? It is a podcast designed to spark thoughts and conversations around masculinity and femininity in society and the transitions of these phenomena throughout the years. Proudly brought to you by the second-year Journalism and Media Studies podcasting class from Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape,…
23 Oct 2022 19 min

Misconceptions - Pilot

Welcome to the Misconceptions podcast's debut episode. The main goal of this podcast is to expose and dispel widespread myths in the culture we live in today. These beliefs may or may not be the consequence of ignorance but rather of a worldview that reinforces a particular misconception and discourages…
23 Oct 2022 11 min

Things We Don't Talk About - Pilot

Show description: Things we don’t discuss is a podcast that brings forth topics perceived as taboo. Its focus is to dismantle controversial themes one conversation at a time. This podcast is created by a second-year podcasting group of students from Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape; who challenge the rules…
21 Oct 2022 19 min

The Search Bar - Pilot

As you will know, this podcast focuses on giving academic insight to students all over South Africa, from matric to higher education. This episode consists of four segments: a vox pop, an audio talk, and two narrated interviews. The stories are all produced by the JMS 2, 2022 class, where…
21 Oct 2022 17 min

RU Shap? - Pilot

Show description: The RU Shap? podcast is proudly brought to you by the Journalism and Media Studies 2 class of 2022. The podcast focuses on Rhodes University students and their mental and physical journeys to the small town of Makhanda. We discuss various topics, such as how they ended up…
21 Oct 2022 17 min

RUAdulting - Pilot

Show description The themes of the podcast entail the transition and changes in which we make as individuals when we leave the comfort of our parent's home and make the change to come to an institution such as Rhodes University. Overall, the podcast will cover various themes of adulthood, beginning…
21 Oct 2022 20 min

Bridging the Gap - Pilot

In this episode, we look at the challenges Rhodes University students face in their transition from high school to university. We speak to extended studies programme’s lecturer, Corrine Knowles, who works in the humanities department for the extended studies programme. She details what the extended studies is about, how it…
6 Jun 2022 16 min

Rhodent Rotary - Pilot

In this episode, Mihle Mdashe welcomes us to the first episode of Rhodent Rotary. A podcast made for Rhodes students by Rhodes students, Giving students a peek into what Rhodes is all about. Mihle takes us on this journey to unpack and earn more about life as a student. Abigail…
6 Jun 2022 21 min

The Art of Making Art - Pilot

In the pilot episode of The Art of Making Art the host Luphelo, a second-year podcasting student from Rhodes University introduces the audience to the concept of the podcast. As well as the features highlighted in the episode mainly a voxpop complied by her tutor group of clichéd definitions art,…
6 Jun 2022 14 min

RU Lifestyle - Pilot

Siya Hlebani hosts the first episode on RULifestyle. Siya narrates and explains this episode that focuses more on relationships at Rhodes University. He introduces us to features about relationship dynamics and the meaning of friends. In this feature, we dive in exceptionally on types of friendships and the need thereof…
6 Jun 2022 24 min

Multifaceted - Pilot

Title: Voices of the Youth - Past and Present Show notes: In this episode, we discuss the answer to one very important question: what is the purpose of the youth? Speaking to the youth of today, the youth of yesterday and those in the middle, we hear what it means…
6 Jun 2022 15 min

Chasing Health - Pilot

Welcome to the very first episode of Chasing Health 101. In this podcast, the main objective is to recognize all kinds of health issues ranging from physical to mental health, but we also pursue ways of coping and maintaining one’s well-being. In today’s episode, we observe how people perceive health,…
6 Jun 2022 17 min

EP 1: Africa Media Review - The Pilot

The first episode of Africa Media Review is here! In this episode, host and journalist Steven Lang connect us with media teachers, theorists, and practitioners from around South Africa. My Only Story is making headlines and uncovering ugly truths about sexual violence in several prominent South African schools. Sibusisiwe Kumbaca…
14 Nov 2021 26 min

EP 5: THE PITCH

After grappling with the ‘a podcast of a podcast’ concept, the team has a concrete plan! In this episode, Yandiswa Calane and Noxolo Manyati introduce us to the team pitching the podcast idea to Rhodes Journalism Review (RJR) editor, Prof Anthea Garman, acting head of the school Dr Jeanne du…
14 Nov 2021 16 min

EP 4: WORKING ON THE PILOT

We are getting closer to the pilot episode the team has been working on! In this fourth episode, Sibusisiwe Kumbaca and Sakhe Tshoni connect us with the team, where we hear how they are making final decisions about stories they would like to include in the podcast. The team has…
13 Nov 2021 18 min

EP 3: LIVING UP TO A LEGACY

In episode three of HTPPP, the team is trying to make sense of what it means to be producing a podcast in the spirit of Rhodes Journalism Review. They connect with the editor of RJR, Prof Anthea Garman, and Brian Garman, a designer of the RJR. They ask: what would…
18 Oct 2021 18 min

EP 2: IN SEARCH OF AFRICAN STORYTELLERS

In this second episode of #HTPPP we are back at the School of #JMS at #RhodesUniversity to continue searching for #Africanstorytellers. Our lecturer Jeanne du Toit takes us through the history of podcasting. It does not end there; Sibusisiwe, Sakhe, and Zisanda embark on a journey of discovery, in search…
27 Sep 2021 23 min

EP 1: WHY ARE WE DOING A PODCAST ABOUT A PODCAST PITCH?

In the first episode, the HTPPP team meet for the first time. They do this remotely, via Zoom. We hear their teachers, Steven and Jeanne, explain that the class will pitch and idea for a podcast to the school’s leadership. On top of this, their job is to make a…
20 Sep 2021 16 min