Inspired by WNYC's master book of clocks. Backstory:  http://wnyc.tumblr.com/post/60283950705/now-this-is-cool-several-months-ago-we-post

Glossary:
act (actuality) - cut or clip in a story
DACS (DACS lines or lines) - brief descriptions of stories
buttons - short clips of music intended to break up two pieces in a segment
breaking - to drop national programming to air local news, or to change the program clock on an exceptional basis
feed - audio sent by NPR to local stations
M-E - Morning Edition
themes - each show's signature music, distributed "dry" (without talking over it) for hosts to localize
A-T-C - All Things Considered
bed - music broadcast between segments for local hosts to talk over
cutaways - moments in the show designed to be dropped by local stations in exchange for local content
clean cutaway - a planned cutaway at a specific time, versus a "floating" cutaway that local hosts must listen out for
Newscast 3 - a third tier of national news broadcast at :06 past the hour that is generally dropped for local news


The Book Of Clocks

Audio of Digital Wesleyan's "Radio on the Internet" panel discussion about the state and future of podcasting. Featuring:

+ Aaron Lammer, Co-founder, Longform.org
+ Jenna Weiss-Berman, Director of Audio, Buzzfeed
+ Andrea Silenzi, Senior Producer, Slate's The Gist; Host, WFMU's Why Oh Why
+ Nicholas Quah,  Writer, Hot Pod
+ Jody Avirgan, Host/Producer FiveThirtyEight and Ask Roulette

More information: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-wesleyans-radio-on-the-internet-tickets-15634466109

Thanks to Digital Wesleyan and WNYC for hosting.

"Radio on the Internet: The Future of the Podcast"

Producer at WNYC radio in New York, host of Ask Roulette, founder of Longshot Radio. Other stuff.

"Radio on the Internet: The Future of the Podcast"

Jody Avirgan

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