Continental Drift: Student Spotlights

Episodes

1. 15

   15: Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah's Spotlight

   I'm so honored to have the founder of The Melacast Network and the author of "she found herself and other things" join me in this episode. Ewurakua has an Instagram account, @raekua, that you absolutely need to follow so you can fall in love with her poetry. Our conversation goes deeper into two...

   Jul 30, 2020

   14m
2. 14

   14: Dr. Jeremy Teissere's Spotlight

   For the first time on this show, I don't have a student spotlight for you. Instead, I've asked a professor to join me: Dr. Jeremy Teissere. As the head of Muhlenberg College's Neuroscience department, he has many thoughts on how his discipline fits into the current anti-racism conversation…

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   Jul 29, 2020

   25m
3. 13

   13: Taj Singh's Spotlight

   This podcast certainly tries to illuminate the many ways in which we are more alike than we are dissimilar, but this episode tries to educate on one of the ways we may be different: our education background. Across the country, there are underserved schools due to insufficient funding and lack of...

   Jul 26, 2020

   26m
4. 12

   12: Renee Audrey's Spotlight

   This episode's guest comes from a family of healthcare professionals . . . but she deviated from that legacy and chose her own: a career in music & communications. Renee is a singer-songwriter and the host of her own podcast, Fine-Tuned: Between the Lyrics. In her interview, we talk about the...

   Jul 23, 2020

   24m
5. 11

   11: Olivia Liu's Spotlight

   Olivia joins me in this episode to talk about how she wrote an entire novel . . . in one month. Yes, you read that correctly. One month. And she managed to do it in April so, yes, the pandemic was happening even while she was drafting. But after talking to Olivia about it, the idea of achieving...

   Jul 21, 2020

   20m
6. 10

   10: Rebecca Shear's Spotlight

   I still remember when the conversations on campus changed from "the coronavirus isn't going to be a problem in the U.S." to "we need to leave college and go back home" . . . it was when the virus took a toll on Italy. And while that meant I had to cancel my spring break trip to the country, it…

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   Jul 18, 2020

   21m
7. 9

   9: Amisha Datta's Spotlight

   You may have heard about studying abroad for a semester, but this episode's guest was supposed to be abroad for a full academic year! Well.. most of it, at least. Amisha was in London for the fall term, and then Dublin for the spring. While in England, she was able to explore the differences and...

   Jul 17, 2020

   24m
8. 8

   8: Brooke Weber's Spotlight

   In this episode, you get to eavesdrop on my conversation with the former editor-in-chief of The Muhlenberg Weekly. Brooke recounts the long production nights every Tuesday and how she found a family along the way. We also get into what it takes to carry stories forward, especially since it…

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   Jul 16, 2020

   20m
9. 7

   7: Das' Spotlight

   In this episode, I get to have a conversation with one of my favorite artists: das. She is a pop-soul singer-songwriter and her style combines Pop, Soul, Classic Rock, and Bollywood... so, naturally, I'm in love with her music. But what really inspires me about her is the fact that das is…

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   Jul 13, 2020

   17m
10. 6

    6: Robin Chodak's Spotlight

    As though surviving a global pandemic wasn’t difficult enough, many Asian-Americans must also face another virus: racism. In this episode, Robin talks about the #HateisaVirus campaign, a movement created to combat the xenophobia against Asians spurred by the onset of COVID-19. He is the...

    Jul 12, 2020

    22m
11. 5

    5: Adebisi Adetoye's Spotlight

    As a student leader at Muhlenberg College, Adebisi has plenty of experience in enacting change at a personal level. So when Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 require changes from our college, her positions give her the opportunity to aid the school in its response. She is on the Student Conduct...

    Jul 11, 2020

    30m
12. 4

    4: Laura Styer's Spotlight

    Back in March, when Muhlenberg students were booking plane tickets or packing their cars, Laura decided to remain in her off-campus house. She watched as the final semester of her senior year transitioned into an online format. It seemed like the world was coming to a standstill as everyone began...

    Jul 10, 2020

    14m
13. 3

    3: Ashley DiMeo's Spotlight

    For many people, COVID-19 changed their lives in myriad ways; but for Ashley, her routine didn't change. In the third episode of the podcast, we hear about Ashley's experience as a healthcare worker at a mental hospital. When her friends and family began to shelter-in-place, she continued to go…

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    May 28, 2020

    13m
14. 2

    2: Ruhani Singh's Spotlight

    This episode's all about Ruhani, an international student from India. When Muhlenberg College had to close due to COVID-19, Ruhani was left with two options: pack for a month or for the rest of the semester. So, in about 24 hours, she and her friends packed up her room, left a few things in...

    May 20, 2020

    15m
15. 1

    1: Roshni Patel's Spotlight

    In this episode, Roshni tells me about her COVID-19 transition from on-campus to on-line and how that's affected her. We also talk about how to change our standards of productivity rather than holding ourselves to pre-pandemic expectations. She also shared some tips with me on cultivating moments...

    May 20, 2020

    14m