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After a short hiatus while Franziska and Emily were off galavanting in the Big Apple, they're back with a new episode of the Idea Industry podcast to give you the low down on their trip. They discuss some tips on how to prepare for informational interviews, what to expect when visiting different organizations and a few of their favorite NYC stories.

This episode was produced by Franziska Monahan.

In this week's premiere Bachelorette podcast, Arts & Culture writers Casey Miller and Sarah Urban discuss the season premiere of The Bachelorette, featuring Rachel Lindsay as the Bachelorette. We talk about the crazy antics of the Bachelors trying to make a good impression, the Bachelor whose life motto is "Whaboom!", notable moments from the all-night cocktail party at the mansion, and our top picks for the season. Don't miss out on all of our fan theories, predictions, and more on this episode of the Emerald's Bachelorette podcast.

Spotlight on Science is a new series from the Emerald Podcast Network in which we bring in some of the members of the University of Oregon science community to explain what their research is in simple language we can all understand.

In this episode, Franklin Lewis speaks with Scott Fisher of the University of Oregon Astronomy Department, about his research at Pine Mountain Observatory near Bend, the upcoming solar eclipse this August and why it is important to fight science illiteracy.

Fisher has been working at UO since 2012. He is the outreach director and director of undergraduate studies for the UO's Department of Physics.

This episode was produced by Emerson Malone. Our theme song is "Zombie Disco" by Six Umbrellas: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Six_Umbrellas/The_Psychadelic_And/6_Six_Umbrellas_-_Zombie_Disco.

Days ahead of Sasquatch! Music Festival this weekend, let us remind you that the trials of attending a music festival are catastrophically underestimated.

In this episode from the Emerald Podcast Network, podcast editor Emerson Malone, web editor Meerah Powell and managing editor of Ethos Hannah Steinkopf-Frank discuss the best way to prepare for it.

These three seasoned veterans of the music festival circuit discuss the optimal footwear, how to sleep at night, staying hydrated and the best and worst food to bring.

This episode was produced by Emerson Malone. Evan DuPell wrote our theme music.

It is Saturday, May 6. Here are this week’s biggest news stories.

In this week’s Daily Emerald weekly news wrap-up, Alec Cowan, Max Thornberry and Franziska Monahan discuss the week's biggest stories: The SOJC announced a budget plan for 2017-18 that will save approximately $500,000; the HECC denied UO’s 10.6 percent increase for next year’s budget plan, and controversy among the ASUO has sprung up over how to handle the University’s projected $8.8 million deficit; Alex Tizon, a professor at the SOJC who passed away on March 23rd, had his story “My Family’s Slave” published posthumously on the June cover of the Atlantic Magazine and it has received mixed reactions.

This episode was produced by Franziska Monahan.

This is the second part of our conversation with UO marketing professor and former Disney Imagineer Troy Campbell.

This episode was produced by Alec Cowan and Emerson Malone. Evan DuPell wrote our theme music.

In this first part of a two-volume podcast, Daily Emerald film critic Dana Alston joins UO professor Troy Campbell to discuss Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Prof. Campbell, a former Disney Imagineer, also offers insight into the goals and future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

This week: the proposed 10.6-percent tuition hike was voted down in Salem; the four finalists for the renaming of Cedar Hall (formerly Dunn Hall) have been announced; and the journalism school's Portland Senior Experience has been suspended for this term. Listen about all this in this weekly news wrap-up from the Emerald Podcast Network.

This episode was produced by Emerson Malone. Special thanks to Dikembe Mutombo.

Daily Emerald writer Alec Cowan reports on how conservative and republican students on the University of Oregon campus are represented, and what kind of stereotypes and misconceptions they face.

This episode was produced by Alec Cowan.

In this week's Daily Emerald weekly news wrap-up, Alec Cowan, Sararosa Davies and Craig Wright discuss this week's biggest news stories: Tuesday was the 69th anniversary of Israel's independence, and Israeli and Palestinian students are talking about their differences at what is dubbed the Manzil Midrash; and the Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) is being cut, along with five faculty members from the School of Journalism and Communication and beloved professor Kevin Alltucker.

This episode was produced by Alec Cowan.