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In their ninth episode of their podcast “Over the Popcorn Bowl,” seniors Christi Norris, Amanda Hare, Gabriella Winans and Alyssa Clark discuss the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo.” This documentary came out in 2018, and covers the rope-free climb of Alex Honnold, who was 21 at the time, on El Capitan in June of 2017. El Capitan is a 3,000 ft. mountain made of sheer granite in Yosemite National Park. Honnold is a free-solo climber, which means he climbs mountains with no gear or equipment. There has been no known attempt to free solo this mountain until Honnold.

Topics Discussed:

Alex Honnold

Jimmy Chin

El Capitan

Yosemite

Amygdala

Ratings:

Christi: 100/10

Amanda: 5/10

Gabriella: 8/10

Alyssa: 8/10

In their eighth episode of "Over The Popcorn Bowl," seniors Alyssa Clark, Amanda Hare, Gabriella Winans and Christi Norris discuss and review one of the newest Netflix Original movies, "Don't Look Up." The movie came out Dec. 5, 2021 on Netflix, and stars big names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawerence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande and more. The main plot follows Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate DiBlasky (Jennifer Lawerence) who go on a media tour to alert everyone of a nine kilometer wide comet, named Comet DiBlasky, that will send mile-high tsunamis across the Earth, ending human life permanently.

Netflix Originals

Don't Look Up

Leonardo DiCaprio

Climate Change

Rotten Tomatoes

Alyssa: 9/10

Amanda: 9/10

Gabby: 6.5/10

Author's Note: This episode contains major spoilers for "Spider-Man: No Way Home."

In their seventh episode of "Over The Popcorn Bowl," seniors Amanda Hare, Gabby Winans, Christi Norris and Alyssa Clark discuss the latest Marvel release "Spider-Man: No Way Home." The movie released Dec. 17, and stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker, Zendaya as Michelle Jones, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, and Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin. The seniors shared their opinions over the movie as a whole as well as comparing the three different Spider-Man universes and discussing the movie's plot twists and Oscars campaign.

Ratings:

Gabby: infinity/10

Alyssa: 11/10

Christi: 35/10

Amanda: 30/10

Author's Note: The students said that the Oscars award ceremony wouldn't be televised this year, but that is incorrect. The Golden Globes that occured Sunday, Jan. 9, was not be televised.

In episode five of season two of the "History's Forgotten" podcast, seniors Christi Norris, Caleb Audia and Amanda Hare discuss the history of New Year's Day. They talk about how the day has changed over time. They also share their own traditions and resolutions.

Topics Discussed:

New Year's Day

Ancient Rome

iHeart Radio New Year's Eve Show

In their sixth episode of their podcast, "Over the Popcorn Bowl," seniors Christi Norris, Alyssa Clark, Gabriella Winans and Amanda Hare discuss their favorite holiday movies and plenty of others. This episode consisted of movie opinions, topics and a thank you to listeners as the staff heads into winter break next week.

Topics Covered:

Elf

Phineas and Ferb

A Christmas Story

White Christmas

Last Christmas

The Holiday Calendar

Home Alone

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Die Hard

Grinch

Iron Man 3

In this second episode of "The Game Room," freshman Jake Radcliffe, sophomore Christian Alfano, and seniors Michael Ramirez and Aiden Ulmer recommend video games to buy for Christmas. They talk about why they recommend these games, the age ratings of the games, and what platforms the games are playable on.

Spoiler Warning: This review does contain big spoilers for the movie "Red Notice."

In their fifth episode, seniors Gabriella Winans, Alyssa Clark, Christi Norris and Amanda Hare discuss the recent Nov. 5 movie release, "Red Notice." The movie sets as an art-heist, featuring actors Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. The movie is currently in theatres and streaming on Netflix, and has become Netflix's most-watched movie of all-time.

Topics Covered:

Red Notice

Netflix

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Ryan Reynolds

Gal Gadot

On the anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor which brought the U.S. into World War II, seniors Christi Norris, Amanda Hare and Caleb Audia discuss the World War II Colonel Lieutenant Matt Urban in episode four of their "History's Forgotten" podcast. Urban is most well known for being one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II and his perseverance through several injuries during his service. 

Topics Covered:

World War II

Matt Urban

Medal of Honor

In their fifth episode, seniors Alyssa Clark, Christi Norris, Amanda Hare and Gabby Winans discuss the 2008-2012 teen-drama movie saga “Twilight.” The saga features a love story between vampire Edward Cullen, played by Robbert Pattinson, and human Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart. the saga is based off of a five-book series by Stephanie Meyer and contains six movies.

Ratings:

Christi: 6/10

Alyssa: 4/10

Gabby: 3/10

Amanda: 3/10

Topics Covered:

“Twilight” Book Series

“Twilight” Saga

Robert Pattinson

Kristen Stewart

Taylor Lautner

Seniors Caleb Audia and Christi Norris dive into the characteristics that surround Adele's latest album, "30." The album became available on all streaming platforms Friday, Nov. 19. An accompanying track-by-track review of the album written by Audia can be found on Eagle Nation Online.