Special Episode: The Power of Storytelling  

Season 4: Episode 3    Title: UAlbany Student Stories - The Power of Storytelling     In this episode, UAlbany Student Stories’ Executive producer and editor, Dr. Carmen Serrano, along with Season 4 co-hosts, Yesenia Melo, and J-Lyn Thomas, are interviewed by hosts Dr. Eric Hardiman and Alyssa Lotmore on the Social Workers Radio Talk Show. They talk about how in 2019, armed with a $6,500 University StAR grant, the Director of the Spanish program in Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) department and the Associate professor, Carmen Serrano set out to establish the largely student-run podcast; UAlbany Student Stories. This podcast was created to help amplify the voices of underrepresented and marginalized UAlbany students and alumni, with storytelling that would prove both instructive and inspiring to others.     00:00 – Intro     00:15 – Social Work month – Events coming up.     02:48 – Carmen Serrano’s Intro     03:12 – Creation of UAlbany Student Stories     03:52 – Yesenia Melo and J-Lyn Thomas intros    04:26 – How did the idea for this podcast series come about?    06:27 – COVID’s impact on the podcast    06:43 – Sound notes recorded during the pandemic.    07:03 – What are sound notes?     07:43 – Topics shared on UAlbany Student Stories     08:01 – How’s the process of preparing for podcast participation?      10:12 – Was the podcast something we had an interest in before?    11:44 – How are students selected to tell their stories?    12:29 – What is the response to the podcast? How do we navigate it?     14:36 – UAlbany’s rich diversity and student background     15:24 – What are the most important aspects of storytelling?    18:20 – Did we expect the podcast’s success?  20:32 – What’s the notion of discourse a podcast gives you?    23:03 – Practical skills of interviewing.    23:54 – How the Social Workers Radio Talk Show started.    24:12 – Guest’s authentic stories and expertise.     25:22 – Next steps and expectations for UAlbany Student Stories     28:30 – Where can you find UAlbany Student Stories? Our platforms and social media     31:13 – Outro     Contributors:     The Social Workers Radio Talk Show:    Eric Hardiman (Host), Alyssa Lotmore (Host)     UAlbany Student Stories:     Carmen Serrano (Storyteller/Editor/Executive Producer), Yesenia Melo (Storyteller/Host), J-Lyn Thomas (Storyteller/Host), Brandon Lemus (Editor), Yehara Gutierrez Rodriguez (Marketing), Christopher Miller (Marketing). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 4, Episode 3 [podcast].     More about the Group: https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2022-indigenous-students-host-vigil-honoring-residential-school-survivors     Funding provided by the UAlbany Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP).       Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.       Email Carmen Serrano: [email protected] or the Podcast team: [email protected]       Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify “UAlbany Student Stories.” Click on the following link:    https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=399&cid=1042&bledit=1&dids=156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort=           Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ualbanypodcastteam/message