Nonfiction Script Writing for Narrative Podcasts

Podcasts are a versatile and accessible means of communication that are well-suited to many forms and styles of storytelling. Reporter, writer, and podcaster Chico Felitti, creator of one of the top fifteen most-listened-to podcasts in Brazil–Além do Meme–travels the world in search of biographies, reports, and stories that, without him, would perhaps never be told.

In this course, learn how to identify an interesting topic and explore different ways to present it by writing and recording a nonfiction script. Discover how to tell real stories that engage your audience in the podcast format.

Meet your teacher Chico Felitti and hear about his professional career as a writer and reporter. Discover how he began producing podcasts and the set of values that dictates his research and investigative work.

Learn how to recognize a good topic that has potential for a podcast and how to dig deeper into it. Decide on the length of your story and how you want to tell it to match your voice and the chosen format.

Next, Chico shows you all the equipment you need for your interviews. Explore different approaches to conducting them and discover how to capture the world of your interviewee through sound. Once you’ve done the interviews, transcribe your recordings highlighting the most notable fragments as you go and start working on your script.

Learn how to determine whether your podcast meets the criteria to be turned into a series and see how to post it on different digital platforms. Your teacher then gives you some tips on how to create a visual identity for your program and promote it online.