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Offbeat: A Podcast from the Diamondback
by The Diamondback
Offbeat, a podcast from The Diamondback, the independent student newspaper at the University of Maryland
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Offbeat: Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' rides into country music
Beyoncé's latest album, Cowboy Carter, dropped March 29 with acclaim from critics and fans. But her latest venture into the country genre has sparked a wider discussion about the music industry and Black artists, as well as whether or not Beyoncé has legitimacy as a country musician. On this...
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Offbeat: What to look out for in this year's Oscars
Between Barbie, Oppenheimer and American Fiction, this year's Academy Awards are stacked. If you don't know how to make heads or tails about what to expect at Sunday's awards ceremony, the Offbeat team has you covered. The music for this episode is Lazy Love by KEM, brought to you by Uppbeat.
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Offbeat: Inside the coolest 'All Niter' UMD has ever pulled
What do breakdancing, stuffed animals and Survivor have in common? They were all features of this year's All Niter event at Stamp Student Union – an annual carnival of activities, performances and free goodies. For this episode of Offbeat, we interviewed students to see what makes this all…
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Offbeat: How are Terps making sense of the AI Era
Across the last two years, programs such as ChatGPT have ignited conversations about the role of AI in the workforce. But how are students feeling as they prepare to graduate with this computerized elephant in the room? In this episode of Offbeat, we spoke to University of Maryland students…
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Offbeat: UMD Native and Indigenous alumni teach staff and students how to Powwow
Offbeat takes a look at one of the events the University of Maryland planned for Native and Indigenous Heritage Month. Take a listen to learn about Powwow etiquette, traditions and dance styles. For those who want to listen to what the attendees were dancing to, here's the Spotify playlist link....
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Offbeat: Cracks In The Glass Ceiling
In honor of Women's history month, the women currently serving us in our government, as well as those running for positions in 2024, Offbeat took a deep dive into women in politics. More specifically, a look into disparities in media coverage and how women on UMD's campus feel about their own...
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Offbeat: Oscars Everything Everywhere All Over Your Feed
Students are still reeling from the Oscars Sunday night, a ceremony full of emotional speeches, historic wins and a few fashion misses. For this episode, Offbeat sat down with Diamondback reporters to break down all things Academy Awards. Warning: spoilers and hot takes are not sold separately…
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Offbeat: Yes Dating Is Hard (But It Gets Better)
Dating in college. It’s easy to say that it’s one of the hardest things to navigate in our young adult lives. From dating apps, to hookup culture, to simply not feeling ready, many college students feel lost when it comes to finding love. For this episode, Offbeat investigated the dating pool at...
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Offbeat: Love in CP, It's Harder than You Think
Chocolates, teddy bears and candy hearts hit shelves as University of Maryland students are ramping up for Valentine’s Day, but how do students really feel about dating on campus? The Offbeat team took to the streets of College Park to find out students’ dating “icks” and “awws”. The following...
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Offbeat: Exploring the Maryland Renaissance Festival
As the renfaire season comes to a close, the Offbeat team takes listeners all the way to Revel Grove, or the Maryland Renaissance Festival. To understand why so many people have fallen in love with this weekend escape, we took to the town square to see for ourselves. Explore alongside as we…
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Offbeat: Polling, Ballots, and Voters OH MY! All About Midterms
We are now a week out from midterm elections, results are still rolling in, and voters across the nation are anxiously awaiting to see who the winners are. This episode Offbeat took to the polls to see how UMD’s voters actually felt about the midterms, and spoke to experts on what young people’s...
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Offbeat: UMD Creeps It Real This Spooky Season
Listen up ghouls and ghosts ‘cause it’s time to get spooky! To get ourselves in the Halloween spirit, Offbeat reporters asked UMD students what their favorite flicks, traditions, and, of course, costumes are! From our favorite scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis to the nostalgia that is Halloweentown,...
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Offbeat: It's More Than Just Hair
College is for exploration, learning, maturing…. and finding out what you want to do for the rest of your life. Career fairs and job interviews are stressful for everyone, however, for some students resumes and cover letters are not the only things that they think about. Hair discrimination…
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Offbeat: Lost in the (Marathon) Sauce
About every college town has a place like this... one that's open all night, easy to get to and has delicious food. Add those all up, and you have the most optimal place to go post-shenanigans. In College Park, that place is Marathon Deli. This episode, we bring you a night spent at Marathon…
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Offbeat: The Gameday Episode
Football season is in full swing, and whether the Terps win or lose, Maryland fans make the most of the gameday experience. From the first stirrings of a morning tailgate to the last strains of the marching band at the end of a game, the sights, sounds and smells of football are familiar to the...
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Offbeat: Moving In
For the first time in over a year, campus is returning to a semblance of normal. Sidewalks fill between classes, professors dust off their projectors and a new freshman class finds their homes in the dorms. This month we’re taking you inside freshman move-in. From tearful parents to packed...
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Senior Memories
From flag football to squirrels, this year’s graduating class will remember College Park for more than the pandemic. They will tell the stories of a campus that, for a brief time, was their home. Plus, in this month’s question segment: What will Diamondback seniors remember about their time on...
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Offbeat: Mysticism and Spirituality
America’s religious and spiritual landscape is changing. According to data from the Pew Research Center, the share of people who identify as religiously unaffiliated has risen nine percentage points since 2009. But that doesn’t mean that believing in something larger than yourself has gone out of...
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Extra: From Autism Awareness to Autistic Empowerment
April is Autism Month. Through this episode, multimedia reporter Amelia Jarecke seeks to take listeners beyond autism awareness to autism inclusion and empowerment by: featuring autistic students who explain what having autism feels like explaining the history of autism misinformation and the...
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Offbeat Extra: Mental Health During The Pandemic
In this bonus episode of Offbeat, assistant special projects editor Clara Longo de Freitas leads a roundtable on mental health and coping during a global pandemic. Mentioned in the episode: https://www.fastcompany.com/90612974/you-are-not-the-person-you-were-before-the-pandemic...
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Offbeat: The Year We Lost
Over the past year, we’ve all lost little things in our lives. Restaurant dinners. Birthday parties. The hum of a crowded room. This episode of Offbeat is about all those smaller griefs. It’s about the year we’ve lost. And in this month's question segment, Clara Longo de Freitas leads a…
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Offbeat: Queer TikTok In Quarantine
TikTok’s popularity skyrocketed as young people were stuck indoors because of COVID-19. And among the dances and viral challenges on the app, there’s a thriving queer community. This month on Offbeat, we dig into LGBTQ TikTok. How has the app helped viewers and creators feel less alone? And, in...
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Offbeat: The Happiness Episode
(We get the irony.) 2020 has been hard for everyone, and it can be hard to find the lighter moments. On this episode of Offbeat, we find some cool things University of Maryland students made or did in this weird time that brought smiles to our faces and ask how we take care of ourselves and our...
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Offbeat: The Electoral Limbo
No matter who you voted for or what party you favor, the week of the election was long. At the University of Maryland — less than 10 miles from Washington, D.C. — students sat in "election purgatory" for five days, waiting to find out who the next president of the United States would be. Welcome…
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Offbeat: Love In The Time Of Corona
In the midst of a global pandemic, it’s hard to find love and relationships. But at the University of Maryland, some students are really trying to make it through this cuffing season. Listen to stories of love (and heartbreak) in the time of coronavirus. On this episode of Offbeat, we answer your...
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Offbeat: Locked in Leonardtown
Apartments in Leonardtown have become home for many students who test positive for COVID-19. Students have stories of living in quarantine and isolation: the good, the bad and the boring. Welcome to Offbeat, The Diamondback's podcast where we go beyond our typical coverage to find the most...
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Offbeat: The Final Print Edition
For 110 years, The Diamondback has served as local newspaper for the University of Maryland and city of College Park. Now, it's moving online. Welcome to Offbeat, The Diamondback's podcast where we go beyond our typical coverage to find the most entertaining stories from the University of...
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The Dive — 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' season 12
The promo for season 12 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' is out, so we're here to break down the 13 queens' looks ahead of the season premiere.
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Offbeat: Lift Every Voice and Sing
For more than two years, Eugene Williams, 78, has been on a mission: get basketball teams across the country to play "Lift Every Voice and Sing" alongside the national anthem. He finally (somewhat) succeeded at the University of Maryland. Welcome to Offbeat, The Diamondback's podcast where we go...
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The Dive — The best and worst of on-screen kisses
Welcome back to The Dive, and happy Valentine's Day! Instead of going on dates, we sat down and figured out what makes some on-screen kisses so good and others so, so bad.
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The Dive — The Oscars
Welcome back to The Dive! This week, we're taking on The Oscars, and we're covering it all — from our overlooked faves to our predictions about who's winning what.
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Offbeat: Little Bus of Horrors
October may be over, but in this episode we got ~*~spooky~*~ anyway. We rode the green and orange buses all night long on Halloween. Along the way, we found some great costumes, a lively game show and a romance for the ages. Then, we answer the question many people dare not ask: What causes those...
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The Dive — Our Halloween Entertainment Suggestions
Welcome back to The Dive! In this episode, we go over all things spooky season. For the best music for the ultimate Halloween playlist to 'American Horror Story' seasons worth binging and spooky movies you have to watch — we've got you covered.
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Offbeat Ep. 1: The Smoke Spot
Welcome to Offbeat, The Diamondback podcast where we go beyond beat reporting to find the most entertaining stories from the University of Maryland’s campus and College Park. This week on Offbeat we: - talk to the McKeldin Smokers - explain why last week’s demonstrators were allowed to stay on...
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The Dive — James Charles is "CANCELLED"
The Dive — James Charles is "CANCELLED" The Diamondback's Diversions staff discusses the never-ending scandals around YouTuber James Charles.
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The Dive — Ariana Grande, "thank u, next" and cancel culture
The Dive — Ariana Grande, "thank u, next" and cancel culture In this episode, The Diamondback's staff discusses Ariana Grande's latest album "thank u, next" and the pervasiveness of cancel culture. Produced by Allison O'Reilly
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The Dive — Music, drugs, and some bands we can't pronounce
This episode of The Dive is presented in two parts. 2:02 — Music's muse | written and produced by J Reed 14:53 — Musical Secret Santa | written and produced by the Diamondback staff Be sure to check our SoundCloud page or dbknews.com for new content.
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The Dive — My grandma's yellow slicker and other love stories
This episode of The Dive is presented in three parts. 1:05 — My grandmas yellow slicker | written and produced by Hallie Miller 13:12 — Who doesn't love Hallmark? | written and produced by Susannah Outhier 16:05 — Chick-fil-a and dead people | written by DBK staff/produced by Hallie Miller New...
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The Dive — A Spooky Sequel
The Dive’s Spooky Sequel is presented in two parts. 1:12 — A Very Kendall Halloween | written by Cameron Neimand/produced by Anna Muckerman. 10:16 — That Devil Music | written and produced by Patrick Basler
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The Dive — When It's Over
Our final episode of the year is presented in three parts. 0:00 — First Look | Written by Taylor Stokes/Produced by Michael Errigo 5:10 — Cheek to Cheek | Written by Anna Muckerman/Produced by Patrick Basler 10:19 — Top Four | Written by Michael Errigo/Produced by Michael Errigo
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The Dive — Hip-Hop Hooray
Presented in three parts. 1:31 — From Spain with Bars | Recorded by Michael Errigo/Produced by Michael Errigo 13:16 — Sample Size | Written by John Powers/Produced by Michael Errigo 27:13 — International Man of Hits | Recorded by Patrick Basler and Cam Neimand/Produced by Patrick Basler…
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The Dive — La La Land vs. Moonlight: An Oscars Special
Our Oscars special is presented in three parts. 2:18 — What's at Stake? | written by Hannah Yasharoff/produced by Patrick Basler and Michael Errigo 6:27 — Why La La Land? | written by Taylor Stokes/produced by Michael Errigo. Read our original review of the movie here. http://bit.ly/2hBiPrD 10:20…
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The Dive — A Love/Hate Thing
The Dive — A Love/Hate Thing Our first episode of the second semester is presented in three parts. 1:40 — Maeve on the Mall | written and produced by Maeve Dunigan. Read our review of 'La La Land' here. http://bit.ly/2hBiPrD 4:46 — Valentine's Days Past | stories by Anna Muckerman, Danielle Ohl…
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The Dive Extra: Stranger Things, Frank Ocean and the Best of 2016
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! List season, baby. Every year, The Diamondback compiles lists of our favorite movies, TV shows, albums and songs. In this episode of The Dive Extra, we talked to some DBK Diversions writers who had hot takes about the best in pop culture in 2016. 1:37 —...
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The Dive — Millennial Daydream: On Drake and Uber
0:00 — Ride of Your Life | stories by Michael Errigo, Scott Gelman, Molly Podlesny, Cam Neimand and Brittany Cheng/produced by Michael Errigo. 12:59 — No New Fans | conversation between Patrick Basler, Brittany Cheng, Danielle Ohl and Casey Kammerle/produced by Patrick Basler.
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The Dive — Mr. President
The Dive Episode 4: Mr. President The Dive’s fourth episode is presented in four parts. 2:23 Scenes from Outside McKeldin | written and produced by J Reed. Read our story from the rally here. http://bit.ly/2eXOem9 6:47 In the Crowd | written by Josh Magness/produced by Michael Errigo. Read the...
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The Dive Extra: An interview with Jessica Williams
This is The Dive Extra, a series of short audio clips adding another dimension to our written coverage. Last week, Jessica Williams came to campus to deliver SEE's annual fall lecture. Before the talk, she sat down with The Diamondback's Patrick Basler to chat about the election, comedy and...
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The Dive — Books, Art and Outkast
The Dive: Episode 2 Our second episode is presented in three parts. 0:00 — Banning Books in 2016 | by Michael Errigo featuring Dr. Wayne Slater/produced by Michael Errigo. For more coverage of Banned Books week, check out this essay. http://bit.ly/2dp48Z6 17:19 — A review of the National…
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The Dive Episode 1 — Buffalo Chicken, Willy Wonka and Weezy F. Baby
The Dive: Episode 1 Our debut episode is presented in three parts. 1:45 — A Shortage of Buffalo Chicken | written and produced by Anna Muckerman. For more on this issue, read the original news story here: http://bit.ly/2cqWuK8 7:13 — Weezy’s Career in 10 Songs | written by Cameron…
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