Life Is The Future

We present to you our 7th grade understudies!

These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode.

Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Religion & Bias” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E3.

BACKGROUND

This video series provides the public with a look into our recording ins-and-outs while simultaneously allowing younger students to learn from our 8th grade hosts. Imperfections are part of the learning process! We are witnessing the development of adolescents as they practice life skills and navigate the ever-growing internet world— all with a positive lens.

🎙️ Full podcast episode:

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/SuEqTglPbOE

Audio Only: https://open.spotify.com/show/0nbMOW9gyhyyKkNR3QmIIj

DETAILS

This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Aadhya and Meera. The teens take on the topic of religion and related social issues. They talk about spirituality, practicing vs. non-practicing faith, bias and prejudice, tolerance and empathy, theism and atheism, and other related connections to religious differences in today’s society.

This week’s 7th grade understudies, Kyzen and Advik, offer their own opinions on important quotes, meaningful takeaways, and additions or corrections to their slightly older peers.

REFLECTION

Chime in: How did everyone do? What other related concepts did the students forget to mention in this episode?

Tune in soon as our other two 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, take over with a new topic and a new set of guests while our other two 7th grade understudies provide a sneak peek into the podcast and reflections of their own.

Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our work throughout the 2025-2026 school year!

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

How do teens view religion in a modern world?

This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Aadhya and Meera. The teens take on the topic of religion and related social issues. They talk about spirituality, practicing vs. non-practicing faith, bias and prejudice, tolerance and empathy, theism and atheism, and other related connections to religious differences in today’s society.

What other concepts should the students have mentioned in this episode?

Tune in soon as our other two Season 8 hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, take over with a new topic and a new set of guests.

Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the 2025-2026 school year!

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

We present to you our 7th grade understudies!

These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode.

Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Athletics & Academics” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E2.

BACKGROUND

This video series provides the public with a look into our recording ins-and-outs while simultaneously allowing younger students to learn from our 8th grade hosts. Imperfections are part of the learning process! We are witnessing the development of adolescents as they practice life skills and navigate the ever-growing internet world— all with a positive lens.

🎙️ Full podcast episode:

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/ly_TSW6lVfw

Audio Only: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xIfjYlAQPOJi0rFehaWFJ?si=sFgPf0XGQvGYHuyHpOebDg

DETAILS

This week's 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, partner up to interview classmates Mason and Carys. The group of teens talk about life balance as it relates to athletic and academic performance. They examine stress for both sports and grades, time management, pressure from coaches and teachers, training and study discipline, future hopes and potential, increasing responsibilities, and other related benefits of being a teen athlete in today’s society.

This week’s 7th grade understudies, Nivi and Aaliyah, offer their own opinions on important quotes, meaningful takeaways, and additions or corrections to their slightly older peers.

REFLECTION

Chime in: How did everyone do? What other related concepts did the students forget to mention in this episode?

Tune in soon as our other two 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, take over with a new topic and a new set of guests while our other two 7th grade understudies provide a sneak peek into the podcast and reflections of their own.

Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our work throughout the 2024-2025 school year!

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

How are teens able to balance athletics and academics? This week's 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, partner up to interview classmates Mason and Carys. The teens take on the topic of life balance as it relates to athletic and academic performance. They talk about stress for both sports and grades, time management, pressure from coaches and teachers, training and study discipline, future hopes and potential, increasing responsibilities, and other related benefits of being a teen athlete in today’s society.What other related concepts should the students have mentioned in this episode?Tune in soon as our other two Season 8 hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, take over with a new topic and a new set of guests. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the 2025-2026 school year!BOOKING & CONTACT 🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

Motivation through Animation!

Check out this audio blog-- having fun and continuing a series using Adobe Character Animator and other creative tools.

What do you think? Feedback welcome :)

Read the full blog post here: https://lifeisthefuture.com/teaching-blog/growth-mindset

People tend to fall into one of two mindsets when it comes to learning:

🧱 Fixed Mindset

Believing that your intelligence, skills, and talents are unchangeable. If you’re bad at something now, you’ll always be bad at it. You either have it or you don’t.

🚀 Growth Mindset

Believing that your intelligence, skills, and talents can improve through effort, practice, and learning. If you struggle with something, it just means you haven’t mastered it yet.

Listen in for details.

"Mindset," "Grit," and more books & resources:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand/list/17A4NA0XZJGP2?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_aipsfscottampersand_8CAC9583RP857ZR8K0WZ

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

Say hello to our new leaders!

We meet our Season 8 podcast hosts, Arbaaz, Maddie, Mwanashe, and Piper. They will take control of the mic in our new school year, and join two other students to be our 8th grade leaders.

We hear about the 8th graders hobbies and interests, how the school year has started in comparison to previous grades, potential topics and guests, social media, and a bit on the whole process of practicing Health Ed life skills to create debates and discussions.

Subscribe and tune in to catch all of our episodes as the 2025-2026 school year begins!

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: http://LifeIsTheFuture.com⁠

High School Seniors react to their old 8th Grade podcast!

Previous Life Is The Future hosts, Naomi, Tami, and David (S3 2020-2021), return to break down a few of the episodes they recorded back in middle school.

Cool concept, right? We are fortunate these alumni were still in the area to analyze their prior opinions on life as teenagers.

Focus points include mental health, dating relationships, and social life all as they relate to growing up through the COVID pandemic.

Do you agree with their opinions? Which were “good takes” and which were “bad takes” from four years ago? How has the world changed in the meantime?

Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes as we begin the 2025-2026 school year and Season EIGHT of the Life Is The Future podcast!

RESOURCES

"Middle School Issues Commonly Faced By Kids"⁠⁠

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/parenting/academics/fixes-for-7-common-middle-school-problems/

"⁠What is High School Really Like?⁠"

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/starting-high-school.html

"⁠⁠Advice for High School Freshmen from Departing Seniors"

https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/advice-for-high-school-freshmen-from-departing-seniors1808.html

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

Throwback Episode! Season 7 hosts interview Season 3 hosts.

Cool concept, right? This is a special opportunity where previous 8th grade podcast hosts return to visit our current middle school hosts. Sree, Samarth, Dhruva, and Kanishk (S7 2024-2025) welcome Naomi, Tami, and David (S3 2020-2021) to reminisce about the last 4+ years.

The 8th graders ask the graduating seniors all about life after middle school. Focus points include life balance, sports, academics, stress, friendships, extracurricular activities, emotional maturation, working through COVID, and recommendations for surviving and thriving through teen years.

What did you think of this conversation? We'd love to hear feedback. Did the group miss any main points about middle or high school?

Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes as we conclude the 2024-2025 school year and Season 7 of the Life Is The Future podcast!

RESOURCES

"Middle School Issues Commonly Faced By Kids"⁠⁠

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/parenting/academics/fixes-for-7-common-middle-school-problems/

"⁠What is High School Really Like?⁠"

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/starting-high-school.html

"⁠⁠Advice for High School Freshmen from Departing Seniors"

https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/advice-for-high-school-freshmen-from-departing-seniors1808.html

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

We present to you our 7th grade understudies!

These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode.

Watch the behind-the-scenes of “How Do Teens Relax in a Fast-Paced World?” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S7 E12.

BACKGROUND

This video series provides the public with a look into our recording ins-and-outs while simultaneously allowing younger students to learn from our 8th grade hosts. Imperfections are part of the learning process! We are witnessing the development of adolescents as they practice life skills and navigate the ever-growing internet world— all with a positive lens.

🎙️ Full podcast episode:

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/Fq4WlBVh3pc

Audio Only: https://open.spotify.com/show/0nbMOW9gyhyyKkNR3QmIIj

DETAILS

This week's 8th grade hosts, Dhruva and Kanishk, take on the topic of life balance-- relaxation, down time with friends, healthy habits, weekly routines, social media favorites, high school preparation, summer plans, and more.

This week’s 7th grade understudies, Deyaan and Niko, offer their own opinions on important quotes, meaningful takeaways, and additions or corrections to their slightly older peers.

REFLECTION

Chime in: How did everyone do? What other related concepts did the students forget to mention in this episode?

Tune in soon as we wrap up the school year with final releases featuring our graduating high school seniors! Season 3 hosts will be back to visit for a throwback interview as well as a "self-reaction" episode to close out the season. These are always must-watch blasts from the past.

Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date as we finish the 2024-2025 school year!

BOOKING & CONTACT

🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand

🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter

🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program

📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com

How do middle schoolers find down time to relax, especially during summer months? Video Podcast - Life Is The Future - Season 7, Episode 12 This week's 8th grade hosts, Dhruva and Kanishk, partner up to interview classmates Arnav and Aaron. The group of teens take on the topic of life balance-- relaxation, down time with friends, healthy habits, weekly routines, social media favorites, high school preparation, summer plans, and more.What other related concepts did the students forget to mention in this episode?Tune in soon as all four hosts wrap up Season 7 of our podcast. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date as we finish our episodes for the 2024-2025 school year! BOOKING & CONTACT 🛒 Shop & Gift Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/scottampersand🗞️ Email Newsletter: ⁠http://tinyurl.com/LifeIsTheFutureNewsletter🎙️ Partner Program: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com/partner-program📲 Teaching insight, blog posts, books, and more: ⁠http://LifeIsTheFuture.com