This week on Cherry Street Chat, we're preparing for a momentous moment in Seattle U history. Quadstock, our school's annual music festival right here on campus, is celebrating its 35th anniversary. This year, the event will feature different musical groups from on and off campus. We were lucky enough to be joined by members of two of those groups, as well as a representative from SEAC. Fern Creson of All Friends Here, Renn Torigoe of Hidaka Taiko, and Marianna Villamil-Obregon of SEAC sat down with Caleb to talk all about the event. Another Cherry Street Chat banger is on the books this week. Until the next time, stay curr- I mean, see you next time on Cherry Street.

Quadstock is Saturday, May 17, in STCN 160. Find SEAC on Instagram @seac_seattleu

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This week on Cherry Street Chat, try saying that title five times fast. We've got Anabella Vucci and Gabby Prado in the studio this week! Anabella is the RHA President and Gabby is the director of programming. They're with Caleb this week chatting about their events, the Spring Carnival, and the fantastic prizes you can win there. (No one enter to win the Kendrick and SZA tickets, please!) At the end, they come together to determine the ultimate tier list of housing on campus. Sorry, Kolvenbach... we forgot you. Better luck next time.

The Spring Carnival is Saturday, May 10. Find RHA on Instagram @rhaseattleu

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This week on Cherry Street Chat, we have two very special guests: Zam Ortega and Ian Van Eeuwen. These two are very special to us because they are fans of Cherry Street Chat! Our first fans. How lovely. Anyways, I've buried the lede; Zam is also very beloved by all of us at Cherry Street Chat because she is The Spectator's Lead Designer and created the adorable cherry logo you see at the beginning, end, and middle of every episode! Did you ever notice the little hearts in the cherries? So cute. Zam and Ian are fourth-year design majors who came on the show to promote their upcoming design exhibition, Layer By Layer. They are the co-directors of the exhibition. We also have a spectacular Pictionary segment at the end... this is one of my favorites that we've done so far.

Layer By Layer opens April 24 with a reception from 4:30-7:30pm at the Vachon Gallery at Seattle University. The exhibition will run through May 14, 2025 and features the work of 18 designers from the 2025 design cohort. Find more information on Instagram @layerbylayerexhibition

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics (and guest!): Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This week on Cherry Street Chat, we're talking to three members of Hui O Nani Hawai'i Club, a club for the SU Hawai'i community. The club is putting on its 63rd (!!) annual Lū'au event on campus, which sold out within the hour this year. It's one of the most popular events on campus, and it takes a ton of work to put together. Nathan Shiraki, the Lū'au logistics chair, Lauren Marie Jose, the club historian, and Kylie Wong, the Lū'au food co-chair, sit down with Caleb to talk about this event and about the club. We also learn a fun fact that even the most dedicated CSC listeners have never before heard: Caleb is from Minnesota! We've never heard him mention that on an episode before, can you believe it??

Lū'au is sold out but it will be on April 26 in the Campion Ballroom, and you can learn more on Instagram @suhuionani

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

It's spring. The flowers are blooming, the sun shines upon Seattle once more, and Season 2 of Cherry Street Chat is here. And who could be better to join us for the momentous kickoff of this milestone for our entirely student-produced podcast but Isabella L. Richards and Collin Durfee, two fixtures of the Seattle University drag community? Isabella is a Seattle U alumnus and a past performer at the Seattle University Drag Show. Collin is a fourth-year political science major at Seattle U and the Event Coordinator for SU Triangle Club. SU Triangle Club is hosting their yearly drag show, titled "Wickedly Queer: A Drag Show” on April 16 at 7pm in the Campion Ballroom. More information can be found on their Instagram @su_triangleclub. Caleb and Chloe, our hosts this week, share their own drag names and songs. Caleb's answers might surprise you.

Find Isabelle on Instagram @isabellalrichards

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Cohost and Editor-in-Chief: Chloe Platt

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This is a special one. For the season finale of the first season of Cherry Street Chat, Caleb sat down with two members of Seattle University's Society of Women Engineers (SWE, rhymes with 'tree'). Enya Pu and Lexi Huwiler, two third-year civil engineering majors, came by to share about the work that SWE does to support women in engineering. This episode was also a record-breaker, with the highest-ever budget for a Cherry Street Chat episode. We spent a total of $5.63 on our final segment of season one. You be the judge of whether it was worth it or not.

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

Kenny Ishikawa and Sam Kane join us on Cherry Street Chat this week. Both are utility players on the Seattle U baseball team, meaning they can pitch, they can hit, and we now know they can podcast... is there anything they can't do? Cohost Diego Dumlao asks them about their preferences on and off the field and there are some truly shocking revelations about what Caleb likes to put on his hot dogs. A more sick and twisted individual, I never knew.

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Cohost: Diego Dumlao

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This week, three cast members from Scratched Out, a show presented by Seattle University’s Theatre Program, sit down with Caleb and Keagen from The Spectator. Who are these cast members, you ask? Why, it's Isa Sale, Nodoka Kondo, and Robin Wheeler, of course! These three theatrically minded souls go in-depth on the process of putting their winter production together and rigorously test Caleb's musical theater knowledge (he just might surprise you). Scratched Out is showing one weekend only at the Lee Center for the Arts on the Seattle University campus from 2/19-2/23.

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Cohost: Keagen Brooks-Torres

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This week, three members of The Spectator staff join Cherry Street Chat to talk about their roles! Abdullah El-Sherbeeny and Milan Damjanac are staff reporters and Sasha Volovnikov is a staff photographer. They describe their experiences working for The Spectator and get to the bottom of who's really paying attention with some Spectator trivia questions.

Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.

Host: Caleb Stipkovits

Producers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel Truog

Graphics: Zam Ortega

Editor-In-Chief: Chloe Platt

Special thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.

This week, Natalie Meléndez joins Cherry Street Chat to talk about all things music! Natalie is the station manager for KXSU, Seattle University's Student-Run Radio Station since 1994. Along with co-host Claire Kampmeier, they talk about Seattle music, the importance of college radio, and give their picks for the Grammys this year.Cherry Street Chat is a weekly podcast series hosted by the Seattle Spectator. Each week, host Caleb Stipkovits and a rotating co-host sit down with a guest from the Seattle University community.Host: Caleb StipkovitsCo-host: Claire KampmeierProducers: Natalie Schorr and Daniel TruogGraphics: Zam OrtegaEditor-In-Chief: Chloe PlattSpecial thanks to Alex Guevara from the Media Production Center at Seattle University.