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From episode producer QQ Xing:
I’ve loved poetry since I was little. I read mostly Chinese ones. After I came to NY, I found that it is very fun to view literature, especially poetry, in another language. For the first time, I read Chinese ancient poetry in English translation, and my feelings were so complex. It seems like something crucial was lost in translation, while another very new form of beauty was brought in. 

In this episode, Professor Todd Foley from Asian Studies will share his perspective as an American scholar studying Chinese poetry, as well as English language poetry. We’ll hear about his journey into a foreign country’s language, what poem gave him his first impression of Chinese poetry, and which poet affects him the most. Then we’ll dive into the universality and peculiarity of poems from two different cultures.

From producer Emma Parry:

In the Soup and How to Get Out is a podcast about going from home cooked meals to cooking for yourself in college. In this series, we will explore college student guests’ favorite, most nostalgic dishes as they try and make them for us. Learning about where the food came from and its meaning, we’ll get to see how much these students really miss their private chefs. I mean, parents. In this first episode, Jacob, a student from Los Angeles is always greeted with a warm meal from his mother when he returns home. So how will his dish work out? Let’s find out.

From producer Jack Nunez:

My podcast will be a deep dive exploration of the concept of “looksmaxxing,” the various techniques and principles of the practice, and whether it’s all bullshit or not. In today’s episode, we’re talking about “mewing”. What is mewing? Mewing is a technique in which the tongue is placed on the roof of the mouth and is purported to make the jaw more square, improve sleep, and reduce mouth breathing.

In this podcast, producer David Feng shares stories about college students’ secrets to cooking restaurant quality cuisines on a student budget, a topic of great relevance for budget-conscious students in the current inflationary economy. Each story will be told from a fellow college student’s perspective, with advice from food professionals. 

In the pilot episode, Ariel, who learned spaghetti in Asolo, Italy and Ed Levine, the founder of Serious Eats, share secrets on how to make the perfect budget home cooked spaghetti. The origin, cultural significance, basic recipe, ASMR, and ways to level up spaghetti dinners will be discussed.

“Making It” is a podcast series that finds people who are starting to “make it” in their specific industry.  Whether that be entrepreneurship, film, or musical theater, the series follows different stories of young people who have some sort of accomplishment in their industry, but are just starting to. Each episode focuses on a particular industry, and it will be a narrative series that focuses on accomplishments, challenges, advice, and inspiration. In essence, the series aims to inspire people of that particular industry and also to “discover” and give a platform to the interviewees’ amazing stories.

In this episode, Pierce Wheeler decided to almost leave university completely after getting the life changing opportunity of being the understudy in the Dear Evan Hansen National Broadway Tour. He talks about his story and how he got the role, the tour, challenges, and inside information about the musical theater industry. We also hear from journalist Jeff Lunden about the challenges around building a career in the theatre world.

Produced by Camila Ceballos

Upon receiving a birthday card from her grandmother, Avery Garig is stunned at the closing statement, “Follow your dreams and face everyone, I did it.” In this episode, Forget-Me-Nots gets personal. Avery, alongside her brother Nicholas Garig face the simple task for some, but difficult task for Avery, of calling her grandmother. After years of not calling, she finally faces the silence to unveil the stories that live within the lines. You may even begin to question, when was the last time you called your grandmother? 

Through the lenses of three other artists, we see the philosophy and a glimpse of the life of the iconic character Stacy, along with their active pursuit of giving less fucks in life. 

Produced by Roy Bao Xu

Music from royalty free classical music collection downloaded from Youtube

Sound Effects from freesound.com

Interviewee: Tian Pei, Monimar Mancillas, Eric Chen

Producer Tommy Joia on this episode:

Last year, I went to my town’s board of education meeting with some friends and saw parents advocating for twelve books to be taken off of shelves. We were all taken aback by this, as we never really expected it to happen in our own hometown. 

Since then, book banning has only become a more prevalent issue. Through this podcast I’d hope to bring awareness to it so it doesn’t slip from the public consciousness. I would also hope to break down some of the beliefs parents have so that listeners could gain an understanding of why they want books to be banned, and why their arguments can be disingenuous or ill-informed. 

When books are banned, topics surrounding various minority communities are kept from students in schools. With that, there is not only a lack of representation, but also a lost opportunity for students to understand their peers and themselves.

You can listen to more work from the producers in the podcast workshop on Spotify.