This podcast features a guest, who gives a different perspective on today’s topic of social media. Harrison’s sister, Caroline, is 14 years old and attends Catlin Gabel. Her experiences are much different than a 16 year olds, due to age and other factors. Today on the podcast, we dive deeply into the benefits and costs of social media, and the massive impact it has on young people’s lives. Many questions are attempted to be answered, and multiple viewpoints are given. Enjoy!

Episode Summary:

In this episode we discuss all the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). We cover our favorite parts of some of the movies, and some plot lines we wished they had explored in the films.

Episode Notes:

The following is a list of all the MCU movies in timeline order. If you click on the titles, there is a link to the IMDb pages if you want more detailed information about each movie.

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain Marvel

Iron man

Iron man 2

Thor

Avengers

Thor: The Dark World

Iron man 3

Captain America: The Winter Soldier 

Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Ant-Man

Captain America: Civil War

Black Panther

Doctor Strange

Thor: Ragnarok

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgame

In this episode, Ava and Claire talked about the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They started by talking about which character was their favorite. Later they dove into which characters they think we're done well and others that weren’t.

Episode Notes:

This episode contains spoilers, if you haven’t seen all the marvel movies and you don’t want anything spoiled I recommend watching all the movies(this episode also contains spoilers from the Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Wandavision)

Characters mentioned:

Tony Stark/Iron Man

Sam Wilson/Falcon

Valkyrie

Natasha Romaoff(Nat)/Black Widow

Clint Barton

Steve Rogers/Captain America

Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier

Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel

Whiplash

Loki

Groot

Peter Parker/Spider Man

Thor

John Walker

Monica Rambeau

In today’s show I have invited my friend Jake to explain about diophantine equations. Jake has been one of my best friends for quite some time and he is an extremely bright sophomore that goes to Lincoln High School.

Topics Covered:

As always, a huge thanks to Jake for joining me on the show and also to the Soundtrap music library for the sound effects in the podcast.

This episode is an interview with my friend Oscar on the Portland Trail Blazers. We discuss what Oscar enjoys about the Blazers and some memories he’s had. We talk about specific players and moments that stood out to us. Overall, this is a fun interview podcast about basketball.

Topics Covered

Credits

Music by Neighbourhood Vandal - Shikutomoto [Lofi Hiphop/Chillhop] on Soundcloud}

Works Consulted/Further Reading

“Half of the World is Bilingual. What’s Our Problem?” by Jay Mathews:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/half-the-world-is-bilingual-whats-our-problem/2019/04/24/1c2b0cc2-6625-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html.

“How a Second Language Can Boost the Brain” by Ramin Skibba:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2018/how-second-language-can-boost-brain#:~:text=Studies%20show%20that%20learning%20a,such%20as%20for%20working%20memory.

“Learning a New Language at Any Age Helps the Brain” by Christopher Wanjek:

https://www.livescience.com/46048-learning-new-language-brain.html.

In today’s episode a couple guests and I go over the Premier League. What teams have been a surprise to fans? What teams are not exceeding their expectations? We answer these and many more questions. Come check it out.

Show notes:

This episode we have welcomed our guest Giancarlo Rendon Benitez once again. Giancarlo is a soccer player in Southeast Portland who dreams of being a professional soccer player one day. Him and I go for rival teams so you might catch us backing up our teams a couple of times in the episode. 

We also welcome a new guest to the podcast. He goes by the name of Raul Rendon and is also my dad. He has coached soccer for over ten years and is very engaged with soccer around the world.

In this episode, I invite Rishi Alluri to discuss aspects of Infinity Ward’s recent title in the massive online multiplayer shooter franchise: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019).  We will cover everything from innovative new additions to map design to the impact it had on the gaming landscape.  Listen as my guest and I debate what succeeded and what didn’t with the highest grossing game of 2019. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused chaos and disrupted the lives that we used to live. There have been numerous changes to how everyday life, such as wearing masks, sports and other activities being canceled, and other things that have changed how life is lived. In this podcast, a current student, Tai, will interview a peer on how COVID-19 has affected life as a student. In this interview, you’ll learn about what it’s like to be a student during these strange times.

Today is a talk about music, both by myself and with professional songwriter Sam Hollander. I talk about how music has affected me, and my own personal tastes. Then we transition to an interview with Sam, and we talk about how music has changed, the music industry and other unrelated topics. It's a super fun episode, so tune in.

Visit Sam’s website: http://www.samhollandersongs.com