“This Is A Numbers Game And The Math Isn’t Adding Up.” A High School Senior’s Perspective On High School, America’s Youth, and Democracy.

Should this podcast become a food podcast? Eddie and Steph debate as they recount their visit to Francesco’s. They decide against it and Steph provides some clarity on the one mil referendum vote and shares some of her graduation remarks before welcoming special guest, Elizabeth Vanos (16:48). Elizabeth talks about how it feels to be a nearly 18-year-old in this world (18:00) and how she often finds that a basic knowledge base and factual arguments are missing in debates with her classmates (21:09). She touches on the unresolved impact of Covid (26:41) and gives us a young woman’s perspective on what’s going on with the boys (29:14). Eddie and Steph learn what a FOID is (33:11) before Steph steers the conversation to how Elizabeth would improve the student experience in high school (40:00). Elizabeth shares what it’s like to have a mom who is a School Board Member (57:29) and contextualizes current events from a historical perspective (1:01). They then discuss A.I. (1:14:17) and Elizabeth provides predictions for herself (1:25:32). Extracurricular Podcast Stephanie Vanos Eddie Geller