The Teen Age
by Kaylen Pak
Originally set to represent teenagers in media, this podcast has become a mix between sharing teenage voices (literally) and educating people about topics that are important to others. I cover whatever topic that catches my interest, including interviews about religion, a book review on school-mandated literature, and a Would You Rather I thought about for a full year before finally asking some people. I'm happy that I get to work on this podcast, and I hope you enjoy it. -Kaylen Pak, founder and host of The Teen Age
Episodes
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Ep 16.2: A School-Mandated-Literature Book Review
Clare Zhang and I continue our book review, this time of the literature we read during our freshman and sophomore years. Prepare yourself to hear probably-wrong summaries, our memories of group presentations on "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", and a tangent on the sexiness of vampire…
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Ep 16.1: A School-Mandated-Literature Book Review
As second-semester high school seniors, my buddy Clare Zhang and I decided to take a look back at all of the books we've had to read for school over the past 4 years. In this first part, we look over works from senior and freshman year, including grade-wide favorites such as "Unflattening" and...
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Ep 15.2: A Look Back at 2019
Comrade Ayesha Khawaja and I continue our review of 2019 (until she had to leave, after which I had to go SOLO - how could she?). We cover July through December, recalling "Old Town Road", ranting about the Amazon wildfires, discussing Trump's impeachment, as well as MANY other things. After…
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Ep 15.1: A Look Back at 2019
2019 is almost over... which mEANS ANOTHER ANNUAL RECAP OF THE YEAR!! As per tradition (built over 2 eps), I invited my pal Ayesha to talk about (nearly) everything that happened in 2019. We laugh (in fear) over the Fyre Festival's Evian water meme, roast the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, and...
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Ep 14: From Teachers, To Students - Handling the College Admissions Process
As many anxious high school seniors know, a large amount of early decisions from colleges were sent out this Thursday. I knew that, no matter what, emotions would be turbulent and solace required. So, a few days beforehand, I went around asking teachers for what they would like to say to students...
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Ep 13: Insult His Meat! A Lesson from the Dobe Ju/'hoansi [Minisode]
A mini anthropology lesson! For free! Incredible! Who needs college when you have 11 minute minisodes! (Haha just kidding,... unless...?) As per suggestion from my swolemate Katie (check out Ep 11!), I share a story from anthropology class that I told at least 5 separate people immediately after...
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Ep 12: [Let's Go Clubbing with...] The RM Black Maskers
Every time fall rolls around, you know what that means... Time for the RM FALL MUSICAL!! 🍁🎭 In the first edition of the Let's Go Clubbing series (yes, night clubs aha ha just kidding... unless..?) I followed our drama club as they prepare for their autumn production of "The Addams Family". I…
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Ep 11: Take Care! A Health and Wellness Reminder #Swolemates
I know that a lot of teenagers put their health on the back-burner in favor of that sTuDenT GRinD, but my friend and I wanted to CHANGE that (or at least remind you guys to take care of your health). (Un)professional health nut Katie Zhang and I discuss her favorite health gurus ("I am a straight...
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Ep 10: The Student Athlete Grind TM
After finishing up the high school golf season for the last time, I wondered what it felt to be an athlete for a different sport, and furthermore, what it felt to be a really committed one. Personally, I play golf but not super seriously (as in, compete in 10+ tournaments in the summer), but I…
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Ep 9.2: A Look Back at Elementary School
My "friend" (aka nemesis) Clare and I continue our reminiscing on elementary school memories, this time from 4th to 5th grade, which is when we finally meet. In this episode, we cover the struggle to quell an epic fail of a math quiz, stabbing a kid with a paint brush, the perils of double dutch,...
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Ep 9.1: A Look Back at Elementary School
Before I (along with most of the people who listen to this podcast) head into the final year of high school, I thought it would be fun to look back at the ol' elementary school days. I invited my "friend" Clare to recall some memories from kindergarten to third grade. This is more of an audio...
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Ep 8: School Systems Around the World [Ramble]
School is starting in THREE WEEKS! I can't believe it! (But at the same time, I totally can.) Ever since my mom has told me her childhood (horror) stories about going to school in South Korea, I thought it would be fun to learn about school systems around the world, just to find out how this…
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Ep 7: [Would You Rather] $10 million vs. Soulmate
This all started from last year, when I was fooling around with my friends and started putting out random Would You Rather's. Somehow, we eventually got to "Would you rather have love or money?" and narrowed it down further to "At age 29, would you rather have $10 million or your soulmate?" Our...
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Ep 6: Student Activism for Gun Control
I remember how dramatic a shift there was after the 2018 March For Our Lives - since then, U.S. has seen a huge tide of student activists ready to take to the streets and government offices to demand stricter gun control laws. However, public interest in gun control can easily wane after the news...
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Ep 5: LGBTQ+ Pride Month!
It's June, babies! And that means it's Pride Month! In this episode, I chat with two bisexual/pansexual non-binary high school students about their experiences being LGBTQ. We start off with Logan, who talks about their journey to understand their gender identity and how the school only has...
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Ep 4: Leaving the Teen Age [Eowyn]
My sister (maybe) Eowyn is about to enter her twenties. To reach our 1 hour/year spend-time-together quota, I interview her about her teen years. We talk about her high school grind (she grinded HARD), middle school parties, advice, childhood, her favorite things, and hypotheticals ("If you could...
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Ep 3: The College Board [Ramble]
Every year since I was a wee freshman, CollegeBoard slaps in the face with fees for AP exams. This time, I decided to research why CollegeBoard charges so much money for a single test and why exactly it exists. In the process, I learn about how CollegeBoard works, their "non-profit" status…
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Ep 2.2: Religion
In this episode, I continue learning about the role of religion in the lives of my schoolmate buddies. Lilah Katz joins me to talk about Judaism and her own Jewish identity ("If someone asks,"Who is Lilah?", they would probably respond, "Oh she's, you know, that-that Jewish girl."" - classic...
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Ep 2.1: Religion
Religion has always been an interesting concept to me, but I didn't really know much about different faiths. In this episode, I open with a story about how I learned, in 9th grade, that I went to Catholic school in 1st grade. After that, Emnet talks about catholicism/Christianity (and her…
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Ep 1.2: A Look Back at 2018
My (eh) acquaintance Ayesha Khawaja and I continue our recap of 2018. We reminisce on memories from May to December, talking about our experiences from the Fifa World Cup to Let's get this bread. Take a shot (or dab) every time you hear us try to discreetly take sips from our ice cups - hope you...
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Ep 1.1: A Look Back at 2018
Cannot BELIEVE 2018 is over. Feels like just 12 months ago I wrote my New Year's resolutions (that I kept for maybe half of January then forgot all about). To commemorate the year, I invited my (ok) friend Ayesha Khawaja to take a look back at all that happened in 2018. We discuss events from...
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Ep 0: What This Is
When I told people about this project, I got a lot of questions about what exactly this podcast was going to be. So, for all those people, this episode is where I talk about what I'm going to talk about. Here I explain why I created a whole podcast dedicated to "The Teen Age", what it's going to…
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About this show
Originally set to represent teenagers in media, this podcast has become a mix between sharing teenage voices (literally) and educating people about topics that are important to others. I cover whatever topic that catches my interest, including interviews about religion, a book review on school-mandated literature, and a Would You Rather I thought about for a full year before finally asking some people.
I'm happy that I get to work on this podcast, and I hope you enjoy it.
-Kaylen Pak, founder and host of The Teen Age
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Kaylen Pak