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The title “With the Opioid Crisis, Don’t Stop at Narcan” by Kristina Vakhman is effective because it grabs the listeners attention. Only based off the title you are able to make clear prediction on what the podcast will be about.
Opening: The podcast hooks the audience by bringing in statistics of deaths due to opioids. The podcast has no background music or sound and uses a stern vice which tells the audience the seriousness of the topic. In this podcast you are able to tell what it is about off the first few minutes. The topic is introduced by including deaths rates due to opioids. While including the personal experience of New Britain fire chief Raul Ortiz and his experience witnessing the affects of opioids on patients from 1991 to recents days.
Middle: The podcast builds on the theme of being more aware of opioids and it’s affect on people by bringing in a clip of an interview with Ortiz expressing how opioid can be a good thing to treat patients but it still doesn’t help the epidemic of opioids and it’s addiction. Lakhman includes statistics in this part of the podcast stating from may 2017-2018 narcotics had been administrated 150 times while also including research stating there are 5 overdoses a month. A clip of Ortiz is included speaking on new medications without a name are being created and brought into the health system. The podcast incorporates an experience of Raul Ortiz saving a patient from near overdose and later on claiming that they did not want to be saved. Throughout the podcast interviews with fire chief Raul Ortiz and emergency medical service captain Patrick Ciardullo and their experiences dealing with patients who have an opioid addiction and having to use opioids to medicate patients.
Outro: The podcast ends off by expressing that health systems should be more aware of what is being prescribed. Adding on how it is important to focus on mental health stigma. There is no sound or music it still follows the same structure as the beginning of the podcast. The podcast incorporates a voice clip of Ortiz stating that this is not a battle to be won alone. The rhetorical appeal used in this podcast is logos and ethos because statistics are used throughout the podcast to support major points as well as adding interview clips from Raul Ortiz and Patrick Ciardullo who both have years of experience with the opioid epidemic. The message being expressed is to bring awareness to mental health. Health Systems being more aware to what is being prescribed to patients to avoid furthering their addiction if it is already present. This podcast is for the general public more specifically health systems. The podcast is four minutes and fifty eight seconds long.
I will like to add the amount of statistics this podcast included while also adding my own ideas. I will include an expert perspective to further expressing the significance of my topic. I will takes notes on articles and news clips and pin point the most important parts that I can include in my podcast. I will find nutrition experts speaking about food labeling and it’s misleading affects on consumers. I will avoid having a quiet background I would like to add a background sound or music that will compliment what I am discussing.
