Backyard Experts

I had the opportunity to talk to Renee Kar-Johnson of RKJ Designs about her work in the fashion industry! Take a listen

Chris Beltran works at House of Highlights, he's the man behind a bunch of your favorite Youtube Shorts, TikToks, Instagram Reels, or wherever you get your bite-sized sports content. Listen to his story here.

Shachi is on her great british bake off vibe and I got to talk to her about how she made one of the most courageous decisions to pick up everything and go to culinary school in London!

Thanks for listening. :)

In this week's episode, I am joined by Milind Mishra, a writer for the Jacksonville Jaguars' SBNation affiliate, BigCatCountry. We talk about his path to becoming a freelance sportswriter and discuss his coolest memories from the gig.

In this week's episode, I sit down and chat with my pal Vythu about his experience in the Army ROTC at UM and the US Military. We go over what made him want to join, his best and worst times, and much more! If you're interested in speaking to Vythu further about this topic, feel free to e-mail him at [email protected].

Sorry 4 Tha Wait - Lil Wayne (I had some unforeseen circumstances come up but I'll start the weekly episodes now!)

This week, we brought on one of my good friends Will! Will has been one of the men behind the legendary UM mascot, Sebastian, for his entire collegiate career! He tells us about his favorite memories, a day in the life of Sebastian, and about his undying 'Canes spirit! 

This week we have my friend Azam Lalani, an ORISE Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talk to us about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic from his perspective working at the CDC! I hope you enjoy! DISCLAIMER: Azam's opinions are his own and do not reflect the perspective of the CDC.

Timestamps:

0:32 - Azam's Introduction

1:22 - Azam describes his path to the CDC and public health in general

8:18 - Azam talks about hosting a CDC Livestream about COVID-19 with the Deputy Director of Immunization

11:02 - Azam talks about life at the CDC pre and post-COVID-19

14:15 - Azam talks about his opinion on news affecting public opinion on COVID-19, ideal ways to spread information about COVID-19

19:45 - We discuss the video of the Jacksonville Lady claiming we don't have coronavirus in Jacksonville

23:13 - Azam talks about USA vs other countries in terms of COVID-19 response effectiveness

29:51 - Azam tries to think of good things America is doing in the fight against COVID-19

30:33 - Azam estimates how long social distancing will last

32:28 - Azam spills the tea on his opinion of how the CDC has dealt with COVID-19

35:19 - Azam talks about if he's ever been attacked by an anti-vaxxer

36:16 - Azam gives his CERTIFIED advice for how to deal with COVID-19

37:02 - Azam gives us a quarantine #dayinthelife

38:17 - Azam makes a controversial take about COVID-19

39:56 - COVID-19 and the future

41:43 - Azam signs off 

Intro and Outro Music: Kivi Beats AKA Kavish Kishan

Azam's e-mail: [email protected]

Hey! This is the zeroth episode of the podcast! I talk a little bit about myself, what this podcast is about, and say a lot of thank-yous. Thank YOU for listening! See you soon with the official first episode in less than a week!