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Zach Lewis returns to the podcast and is joined by new guest Nizar Khawam as the four talk about their favorite memories from Physics class. Nizar now attends Ohio State University but he says he definitely misses Physics class and not because of the actual material. If you ask anyone from that class, one can say that Nizar was the class clown. We do not want to say too much because this was one of the funniest episodes to date. All we ask from you is that you listen and laugh at our very interesting conversations!

Caleb Doutt is a friend of ours from AP Statistics. He was one of the funniest people from that class and often did well in quizzes/exams. Something not many people in that class could do due to the level of difficulty. After listening to a few episodes of our podcast, he really wanted to be a part of it. In this episode, he talks about the difficulties of doing online learning during college as well as new hobbies he picked up since the pandemic started such as reading books. 

No this is not the 1992 United States Men's Basketball team, we are talking about 5 classmates from Hamza and Carter's 7th period AP Statistics class who played an important part in making Statistics a class to remember. Luke Ault, Masashi Yoshida, Seth Walczak, Ethan Van Deusen, and Justin Hood all join the podcast to reflect on the fun times they had during that class and what they miss most about high school. This is the first and probably last time we will ever have a podcast with more than 4 people.

Three guests from Ohio State join the podcast for a unique episode. They are getting ready for a special election or the Undergraduate Student Body elections at Ohio State and want your help in order for them to win their respective races. Jacob Chang is running to become the Undergraduate Student Body President and would be the first international student to hold that position. Kailash Mishra is running to become an Off-Campus Senator and Sundus Deif is running to become a Social Worker senator. All three discuss issues that need to be fixed and why they should be the ones representing undergraduate students at Ohio State.

No guest(s) this week so Hamza and Carter reflect on the first guests of the podcasts and how fun it was to reconnect with old friends. They hope there are more guests to talk to in the future. In the second part of this episode, they talk about how some schools are starting to go in person. Schools such as Hilliard Davidson as they had announced a few weeks earlier that students will be going all in - except for those who signed up to be fully online during the school year.

Zach Lewis is one of THE most interesting people you will ever find. Hamza and Carter remember Zach from both AP Statistics and Physics class. The best memory would be from the class' first quiz in which while many did not do their best, it would be Zach who ended up getting a 4/20 on the quiz. Despite that, he still managed to finish the class with an A. In this episode we talk to Zach about high school memories - not just from Statistics and Physics class - and his reaction to finding out that classes were going be delivered online rather than in-person during the last few months of his senior year.

This episode released a day after Valentine's Day but nevertheless we are joined by an awesome guest: Katherine Sarkel. Katherine is Carter's girlfriend and in this episode the three talk about how she and Carter first met and even offers tips as to how to find the right person for you! Hamza on the other hand talks about why dating can be a difficult thing even as simple as asking a person out in the first place. Who knows, maybe this episode could help Hamza find the perfect person!

We do not know how we did it, but our guest this week is Gretta Syrett. She is one of the smartest people you will ever meet. Hamza calls her a "human calculator" because she is that smart even if she denies it. Many people from Davidson respect her for the type of person she is so we are really excited for this. Gretta joins the podcast to talk about her love for traveling, how her time in college has been going, and why she does not eat meat anymore.

We have our first guests of the podcast as Anna Sampson and Kate DeSanti - both of whom were from our AP Statistics class - join Hamza and Carter. If there was a way to best describe them, think of Phineas & Ferb. That's how close they are as friends and we are so happy to have them as guests on the podcast. The four talk about the differences between high school and college so in a way think of this as a part two from our last episode as well as how hard it was for both Anna and Kate to move away from family. 

Carter is entering the final months of his senior year of high school just like many others from the Class of 2021. While it is a great accomplishment to graduate high school, many find it hard to still motivate themselves to do their best. It can lead to bad grades and sometimes the college of your dreams will end up denying you. Hamza - who is now a freshman in college - talks with Carter to give tips to all the seniors around the country on how to finish their senior year strong.