Bring energy efficiency close to home

Bring energy efficiency close to home

This Cold House

Here in Rhode Island, the gas or oil you burn to heat your home probably accounts for 1/3 of all your CO2 emissions, the same emissions that are causing climate change. But what else can we do? We need to stay warm in the winter, don’t we?

For this podcast episode, The MHC Group’s Megan Hall turned the microphone on her own family as she navigated the process of making their home more energy-efficient.

“This Cold House” aired on The Public’s Radio on October 8, 2018. You can listen here.

 

Client

The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Tasks

Transform concept into sound rich podcast.

Timeframe

Spring 2018 – Fall 2018

Make educational podcasts for physicians

Make educational podcasts for physicians
educational podcasts for physicians

Neurostories Podcast

Obstetricians treat pregnant women. Neurologists treat chronic migraines. But who treats pregnant women with chronic migraines? The answer is often unclear.

To address this gap in medical knowledge, The MHC group helped Rhode Island Hospital Neurologist Dr. Julie Roth make a series of podcasts.

“The Push,” uses patient stories and interviews with experts to describe the treatment options for pregnant women with epilepsy, chronic migraine, stroke and other neurological issues.

Listen on iTunes or at Neurostories.com

Client

Rhode Island Hospital

Tasks

Provide training, editing and project management for podcast series

Timeframe

Winter – Spring 2017

Create a how-to guide for making podcasts

Create a how-to guide for making podcasts
podcast how-to guide

Create a how to guide for making podcasts

After listening to your favorite podcasts for years, have you ever had the desire to make one yourself?

The MHC Group wrote this handbook with Neurologist Julie Roth to help health care professionals make podcasts, but most of the advice is general enough for any aspiring podcaster.

Use this guide to learn about recording gear, interview techniques and how to release your podcast into the world. Download a version here: Podcasting for Medical Education: A how to guide.

Client

Rhode Island Hospital

Tasks

Design, write and edit podcast handbook

Timeframe

Spring 2017

Ask Brown professors about the stories behind their research

Ask Brown professors about the stories behind their research

Faculty in Focus Podcast

The Office of the Provost is devoted to nurturing Brown University’s vibrant scholarly community.

The Faculty in Focus podcast, hosted by Brown’s Provost Richard Locke, puts that vibrant community on display through a series of interviews with some of Brown University’s most compelling faculty members.

The MHC Group produces and edits Faculty in Focus. Theme song, sound design and recording are by Tom Van Buskirk.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Client

Brown University’s Office of the Provost

Tasks

Record, edit, and produce interview podcast .

Timeframe

Summer 2019 – Winter 202o

Interview local civic leaders

Interview local civic leaders

Pioneers Podcast

When the Rhode Island Foundation wanted to launch its first podcast- a series of conversations with local leaders- it turned to The MHC Group to record, edit and produce the final product.

We turned live interviews with notable Rhode Islanders such as Hasbro’s Alan Hassenfeld, The Globe’s Amanda Milkovits and retired Rabbi Leslie Gutterman into 20 minute episodes as well as 2 minute and 30 second “teasers” to air on The Public’s Radio.

The teasers ran on The Public’s Radio in the summer of 2019. You can listen to the full episodes here.

 

Client

Rhode Island Foundation

Tasks

Turn live interviews into a high quality podcast.

Timeframe

Fall 2018 – Summer 2019

Interview Public Health Experts

Interview Public Health Experts

Humans in Public Health Podcast

How can we prepare for the next pandemic? What’s the best way to combat health misinformation? These are the types of questions that the faculty at the Brown School of Public Health explore every day. The Humans in Public Health podcast is a special series for National Public Health Week, devoted to talking to the people behind this work.

Megan Hall from The MHC Group is the host and executive producer of Humans in Public Health. Tino Delamerced was the producer of the 2022 series and Nat Hardy is the current producer.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Client

Brown University School of Public Health

Tasks

Conceive, Host, and oversee interview podcast .

Timeframe

Spring 2021 – Present

Answer your nagging questions about the environment

Answer your nagging questions about the environment

Possibly Podcast

What’s the deal with plastic straws? Does speeding waste gas? Is it worth it to buy a hybrid car? Possibly tackles these types of listener questions every Tuesday morning on The Public’s Radio.

Megan Hall from The MHC Group is the host of this podcast/radio show. She also oversees, edits, and advises the Brown University students who research the answers to each question.

Listen to past episodes.  Ask a question.  Subscribe to the podcast.

Client

The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Tasks

Host and oversee a weekly podcast offering science based answer to environmental questions

Timeframe

Winter 2018 – Present

Teach undergrads how to make podcasts

Teach undergrads how to make podcasts

Podcasting for the common good

How can we use podcasts to spread compelling information about the future of our planet? In this hands-on, interactive course, Megan Hall helps students integrate scientific research with audio story telling techniques.

Students learn how to find answers to environmental questions, use recording equipment, conduct interviews, write scripts, and make a finished product in this undergraduate course at Brown University.

Client

Brown University

Tasks

Design and teach undergraduate course

Timeframe

Spring semester 2020-present