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Borah Pridecast
by Borah Pridecast
Our goal is to explore and celebrate all the cool aspects of this high school. We have great, interesting, exciting students, teachers, and staff and we hope to share many of their stories with our listeners. We think Borah is a special place and we hope this podcast offers our listeners a glimpse into why it is so special. These are Borah voices.
Episodes
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#42-- 10.9.26-- Peachey and King Mix Tape #4: “Surprise! I Like it"
Welcome to Mix Tape #4! In this episode Kris King, Brad Peachey and host Chuck McHenry celebrate their pick of “distinct” singers who prove you don’t need the vocal chords of an angel to capture a listener's heart (or ear) — sometimes, sounding like a gargling garbage disposal works just...
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#41-- 9.22.26-- “It's The Principal Of It"
Welcome to Episode 41 of the Borah Pridecast! In this episode, host Chuck McHenry sits down with Borah High's new principal, Trevor McKenna. You'll hear McKenna's vision for the school, his hopes for the future, and what walk up song is on repeat in his head. Welcome to Season Ten of the…
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Season 10 teaser
Welcome back to the 10th Season of the Borah Pridecast! Produced by the dedicated faculty and staff of Borah High School right here in Boise, Idaho, the Pridecast continues to be the definitive audio hub for everything happening in our school and the Borah community. Interviews, stories, student...
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#40-- 5.18.26-- “The Cafeteria Plan"
In Episode #40, we offer some teacher quick takes on that universal part of everyone’s school experience: lunch in the cafeteria. Ms. Compton, Mr. Rose and your host spent some time in the studio reminiscing over our own histories with school cafeterias of our pasts, and then we recently spent a...
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#39 -- 4.3.26-- “Book Nerds.....Assemble!"
How many books have you read in the last year? Go ahead—pick a number and hold onto it. Now, press play on this episode of the Borah Pridecast and meet a group of students who are driven readers and rabid competitors. For the past four years, Borah High School’s Idaho Battle of the Books...
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#38 -- 2.26.26 -- “Peachey and King Mix Tape #3 -- the “We have you covered” episode
This third installment of our Mix Tape series has the music-minded duo of Kris King and Brad Peachey contemplating covers -- those songs that find different interpretations with different bands and different singers. As an added “bonus” -- those are sarcastic quotes -- Chuck McHenry offers a…
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#37 -- 1.30.26 -- “Embrace the Future You!”
Welcome Pridecast listeners! This episode of the Borah Pridecast is all about anticipating and planning for a future after high school and includes an interview with Sherise Porchia, Borah’s College and Career counselor, who spends her days at this school instilling hope for that future in young...
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#36 -- 11.20.25-- "Watching the Sausage Get Made"
Welcome to Season 9, Episode 36 of the Borah Pridecast! In this episode, AP Government Teacher Korrin Rue interviews a couple of Borah High seniors who spent 6 months as senate pages in Washington D.C last year.; you'll also hear a couple local club spots, and back by popular demand, art teacher...
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Season 9 Preview -- 10.20.25 -- Fall is Here!
Welcome to Season 9 of the Borah Podcast! This quick overview of the coming season offers new student voices to the Podcast! Student hosts and commentators have been working tirelessly to put together new bits, interviews, and a few surprises. The Borah Pridecast is devoted to everything Borah…
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#35-- 5.21.25-- “What Would James Madison Say?”
As the school year comes to an end and we set our sights on summer break, the Pridecast sits down once again with Borah social studies teacher, Korrin Rue to chat about the president's first 100 days and teaching a U.S. Government class in these politically charged times. We also offer a brief...
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#34 -- 4.17.25 -- “Alum Spot: Boise Dev's Don Day”
For this Pridecast episode, we sit down with Don Day, founder and publisher of Boise Dev – an online news and growth publication for Boise and the Treasure Valley. A 1999 alum, Don began his journalism career as an editor for Borah High School’s newspaper, the Senator, where he honed his skills…
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#33 -- 1.15.25 -- “Peachey and King: Mix Tape #2”
If you’ve ever heard an old favorite song and it reminded you of a bygone time, or event -- the high school dance, the first kiss, your first job -- you understand the special relationship between music and the human psyche. And if, like us, you constantly keep shuffling and reshuffling pieces of...
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Season 8 is coming! 11.5.24
Welcome to Season 8 of the Borah Pridecast -- the only school podcast in the Boise School District. This season promises to be -- as the kids say -- totally FIRE (or is it rizz?). Now would be a good time to subscribe to the Pridecast, and its sister podcast, Borah Voices, which is totally…
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#32 --4.17.24--"Peachey and King: Mix Tape #1"
If you’ve ever heard an old favorite song and it reminded you of a bygone time, or event -- the high school dance, the first kiss, the bitter breakup (you know who you are!) -- then have a listen to a couple of Borah High's unofficial musicphiles and life-long friends, Kris King and Brad Peachey....
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#31 --4.6.24--"I'm on the [Pridecast] thinkin' 'bout the government"
The 7th season of the Borah Pridecast has been a "restructuring" year. Our audio expert, Mr. Wray, did what a lot of teachers hope to do: he retired. So, we've been trying to get some episodes done while learning the editing ropes; and it's been a tough year, but we've finally found the "on air"...
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Season 7 is coming!
The Pridecast is set to go for Season 7 and the podcast crew is eager to drop some episodes. Stay tuned, too, for the 2nd Season of Borah Voices, the completely student generated podcast from Borah High School. It's going to be a great year! These are Borah voices.
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#30 Promcast Redux 4.26.23 : Episode #7 -- The Grand March, 5 years later
Pin on your boutonnieres, and tighten your cummerbunds! This episode dropped back in April of 2018 -- before COVID ruined the high school prom. A little romcom, a little tragicomedy as Borah teachers offer a nostalgic look back at their own high school prom nights. Hattie Smith (2018 grad) gives...
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Borah Voices S1 E3 4.4.23: "It's Springtime and the Food Trucks are in Full Bloom"
Episode #3 finds the podcast team sliding into the 4th quarter with the slight, exciting twinge of summer break on the horizon. We chat up students standing in line for the Friday Food Trucks; seniors share their graduation plans, the podcast crew introduce themselves. We also reached into the...
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Borah Voices S1 E2 1.16.23: "Winter: it's debatable"
The winter episode of Borah Voices features interviews with Borah Debate students, whacky and weird holiday gifts and traditions; Mr. Samano talks up the Borah Snow Team. There's a movie review in the mix, as well as an interview with the Youth Programs Coordinator at the Boise Brick House full…
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Borah Voices S1 E1 12.20.22: "Cross Country, Carnival, and Comic Books"
Welcome to Episode 1 of Borah Voices -- A sister podcast of the Borah Pridecast and the first podcast in the Boise School District (and probably the state of Idaho) produced, recorded, and edited solely and completely by students. Your hosts for this episode, Camille, Tommy, and Scarlett, bring...
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#29 -- 11.18.22 -- Borah Voices: A New Hope
Welcome to Season 6 of the Pridecast. This season opener introduces a new podcast in the Pridecast family. "Borah Voices" is totally student-produced and hosted, offering a focused look at student life at Borah High School. In this opening episode, Camille and Sloane offer listeners "Will You...
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#28 -- 4.25.22 -- Find a Racket, Find a Friend, Get Out There
Carlos and Miles talk some shop, Tommy talks to band kids, an interview with Borah Tennis Coach, Mr. Stafford, and the Borah Debaters talk really fast and will argue about anything! These are Borah Voices!
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#27 -- 11.16.21 -- Twisting Tropes: Carlos and Miles' Excellent Podventure
Episode 27 is this year's first fully student-produced podcast. Senior Co-hosts Carlos and Miles and their bevy of student correspondents report in on the first semester happenings at Borah High School. Interviews, movie reviews, and student-on-the-street Homecoming questions. These are Borah...
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#26 -- 10.5.21 -- Giving it the Ole College Try
Well, it's October at Borah (it's October everywhere, probably), and our seniors are starting to get the College itch. Time to start thinking FAFSA, letters of rec requests(we hear plying a certain English teacher with a bottle or two of strawberry milk will greatly improve that recommendation...
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Season 5 Teaser
Here comes season 5 of the Borah Pridecast! We have new hosts, new segments, and, just like Episode 4 of Star Wars: A New Hope. What is it? You'll have to subscribe to find out! These are Borah Voices.
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#25-- 5.14.21 -- Jad Abumrad: "The Interview"
On Saturday, February 1, 2020 Jad Abumrad, host of Radio Lab and Dolly Parton’s America podcast series, visited the Borah High School library in Boise. For over an hour, in a library jammed with eager students, Jad graciously sat for an interview with Borah Pridecast student host, Ellie Smith...
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Teaser -- Episode #25
After 10 months out of the studio at Borah High School, the Borah Pridecast team is back! In February of 2020, Jad Abumrad -- host of Radio Lab and Dolly Parton's America -- stopped by Borah to meet and talk to our Podcast club. Our (now graduated) Ellie Smith interviewed Jad for over an hour…
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#24-- 5.7.20- Wake up, game, do the homework, and it's that forever
School in the time of Coronavirus. We interview some students about their day-to-day lives during the pandemic. Borah's social worker, Becky Woodland walks us through the help available to students during this closure -- plus some "Price is Right" memories on the Pandemic Period Cold Call. And...
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Episode 24 Teaser: Pridedemic? Coronacast? Episode 24 is coming!
We're sequestered but not silenced! The Borah Pridecast team -- while social distancing -- is putting together the next episode of the Borah Pridecast. Interviews, day-in-the-life stories, and a special Pandemic Period Cold Call. Stay tuned! These are Borah Voices!
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#23-- 3.2.2020-- Love Shack
Cupid has already stashed his love bow and arrows, but love is timeless and eternal (so they say), and this episode is devoted to that butterflies in the stomach, why haven't they texted, dumbstruck love feeling we all hold dear. Love 101 stories, interviews with our forever-alones, couples, and...
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#22: 2.7.2020-- Weird Science!
Welcome back to the Borah Pridecast! We're coming at you with Weird Science, its the S.T.E.M one. I hope you like information about sand, trivia, soccer, and Oingo Boingo: if you don't, you will soon! Thank you for listening, these are Borah Voices.
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#21: 1.13.20 -- Is your Dad in a Band? The Music Episode
Welcome back to the Pridecast episode 21! This is our first ever fully student-created podcast, so please be gentle. You'll hear interviews from Borah students about all programs music at Borah, as well as an interview with guitar teacher Mr. Hirtle. All music in this episode was played by Borah...
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#20.5 -- 12.2.19: Did you forget to listen to #20? Well, do it!
This is a teaser for our 20th episode --which has to do with college: what it's like to apply, to write your college application essay, to drop your kid off at the dorms, to be a college student for the first time. Lot's of good advice and many different perspectives. These are Borah voices!
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#20: 11.15.19 -- What's your mascot going to be? The College episode
Episode 20 of the Pridecast is dedicated to the college experience. College essays, the out-of-state dormitory drop-off, Ellie interviews our perpetually peppy College and Career counselor, Jenni Kimball. Also, a special, throwback to the Hattie Minute. These are Borah Voices!
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#19: Halloweeny stories!
In this episode, Borah Creative Writing students share their "Scary 101" stories -- One hundred and one words of scarifying, nightmarish tales!
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#18: Homecoming: lost sophs, carnival kids, new voices
As we kick off the 4th season of the Borah Pridecast, our new senior student host, Ellie, chats up some sophomores; Mr. Rose cold calls the new art teacher, and Homecoming Carnival goers swing by the Pridecast booth to answer some questions and get some candy. These are Borah voices.
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2019-20 Season Teaser
The 2019-2020 school year is underway and our intrepid Pridecast hosts are eager to get started with our 4th season! We think this will be a stellar year and we hope you'll SUBSCRIBE to the Borah Pridecast. Episode 18 -- devoted to all things "New" at Borah--will be dropping soon. These are Borah...
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Summer Bonus Pridecast Review!
This summertime "best of" features Anna's college essay about Borah (that helped get her into Yale), some teacher prom tales, Mr. Hofstetter explains what happens when you are sucked into a black hole, and Ms. Lockwood talks up primates with Mr. Rose (one of our favorite primates)on the Prep…
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#17: 5.30.19 -- Graduation Night: nervous, happy, and excited all at the same time
Borah High School's 2019 graduation took place on May 22nd, and we were there to talk to a few students who were just moments away from hitting the arena floor, getting their diplomas, and stepping into their futures. Good luck, Class of 2019! These are Borah voices!
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#16: 5.21.19 -- You can be a WEB Scholar and still have fun!
We got all six of Borah's 2019 William E. Borah scholars into the studio; and, you'll hear some snippets of their banquet speeches. Also, Mr. Rose interviews Borah's newest counselor, Stephanie Inlow, on the Prep Period Cold Call. These are Borah Voices!
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#15: 4.10.19-- Borah alum special: Polyester, mix tapes, and a nickel in your ear
This special episode of the Borah Pridecast brings listeners the stories of former Borah students who went out into the world after graduation, only to find themselves returning to work at Borah HIgh School. Borah alum from the 1970's, 80's, 90s, and 00's share stories of their high school days…
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#14: 2.13.19 -- This isn't a dating service, it's just a podcast
Our Valentine's Day show, this episode offers some poetry, some heavy drumming, and some musings on the psychology of love. These are Borah Voices!
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#13: 12.18.18 -- Serenity, Love, Joy
As the 1st semester comes to a close and the holiday break begins, we sit down with Haadiya and Korina, two senior girls who organized a S.T.E.M. fair at Borah that was a huge hit. Mr. Sullivan chats up the jazz band, in the Prep Period Cold Call, Ryan plays his saxophone, and we hear a little...
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#12: 11.16.18 – Thankful for this Star Salad
As we head into Thanksgiving break, Borah students and staff reflect on what they are thankful for; seniors talk about voting for the first time; Drew plays some sweet guitar, and Mr. Drobny gets nostalgic on the Prep Period Cold Call. These are Borah voices.
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#11: 10.29.18 – It’s Like A Steampunk Horror Novel Down There!
It's Halloween time at Borah High School, and this episode explores some spooky territory: students' 100-word horror stories, a "senior moment" rant about trick or treating and the law, the Prep Period Cold Call goes "Addams Family", and an underground trip into the tunnels under the school...
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#10: 10.5.18 -- Homecoming: Unicorns, Vampires, and Chess Boxing
The sounds and voices of Borah's Homecoming Carnival, student answers to random questions, the debut of the Lecturnette, Prep Period Cold Call, and news of things to come! We are Borah voices.
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2018 Season Teaser
The 2018 school year is underway and the Borah Pridecast team has dusted off the microphones in preparation for a new season of podcasts. We hope to double the number of episodes this year, bringing in new student voices and cool new segments as we celebrate Borah High School. These are Borah...
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#9: 6.1.18 -- Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
On May 23, over 400 Borah seniors walked across the graduation stage. Our final episode of the 2018 season offers some words of wisdom from these hopeful graduates. Borah’s principal breaks down the academic successes of the Class of 2018, and Hattie Smith ends the show with a poignant reflection...
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#8: 5.22.18 - 1850 degrees
In this episode, our student correspondent Morgan chats up students and teachers at this year's ceramics Raku; Math teacher Bill Donaldson talks missile launches and concentric circles; students join the National Guard, and the Culinary Arts students prepare an end of the year breakfast buffet…
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#7: 4.27.18 - The Grand March
Pin on your boutonnieres, and tighten your cummerbunds! This episode is our official "Prom"cast of the school year. A little romcom, a little tragicomedy as Borah teachers offer a nostalgic look back at their own high school prom nights. Hattie gives her minute -- and two cents -- about student...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Our goal is to explore and celebrate all the cool aspects of this high school. We have great, interesting, exciting students, teachers, and staff and we hope to share many of their stories with our listeners. We think Borah is a special place and we hope this podcast offers our listeners a glimpse into why it is so special. These are Borah voices.
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