Slug Stories

My peers and I put together this podcast to shed light on the hard work and persistence our families have gone through. We recognize how much harder our immigrant families have to work because they were determined to provide better lifestyles for us. Each of us has a story to tell that contributes to who we are and how we view the world.

Act 1: The Thankless Providers by Desiree Saechao

Act 2: Cheap Immigration? Not So Much by Krish Praseeth

Act 3: The Hardworking Mother by Ivan Cabrera-Perez

Act 4: Olivia's 5th Birthday by Cynthia He

In our slug story we tell three different stories, each from a different perspective. No two families are alike so the same theme manifested itself as three very different stories. Rahul talks about his hard working immigrant father and the dog that tied his family together, August talked about how his mom didn’t get the career she wanted because of his dad, and Elisa describes how her parents made her do extra schoolwork as a kid to “build her brain like a muscle.”

Act 1: Elisa Trejo “Gettin By”

Act 2: Rahul Ganesh ”Work-Life Balance”

Act 3: August “Who Stayed Home?”

Credits

Hosted by Rahul Ganesh

Compiled and edited by August

Music: Garden Music by Kevin MacLeod -- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3796-garden-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Our podcast includes stories on cultural shocks. Sometimes, when traveling or meeting new people, we are exposed to different cultures. We aimed to tell stories that are unique and interesting to show that we’ve experienced cultures different from our own and demonstrated that we are part of an interconnected world with different ideas from all over.

Act 1: When Color Shocks by Justin Yoon

Act 2: Familiar, Yet Still New by Marcus Chan

Act 3: The Journey from India to the United States by Aditya Pooruli

Act 4: A Shock for Both Cultures by Claude Schroepfer

Produced by Justin Yoon

In this episode, you’ll hear four people’s stories revolving around the fear of failure. From college applications to summer camp, each person in this episode captures a moment in their lives, revolving around this topic, that made an impact on them. Along with letting people know that it is normal to experience the fear of failure, it’s also about how one overcomes the obstacles that they face that prevents them from succeeding.

How the three of us experienced injustice and how we dealt with that injustice. What we learned, how we grew as people. Thinking about it maybe in some ways it was fair but maybe again it was not fair. How people are treated differently. This and more is told in our podcast.

Theme: Injustice Provokes Anger

Act 1: My Cousin in Florida, by Jack LeValley

Credits: Voiced by Gabriel, Jack, and Nikitas. Editing was done by Jack.

"Several Roadblocks at a Time" is a podcast about setbacks a group of friends have each experienced in their lives. Though each story is very different, the underlining theme is the same: life isn’t always fair and there will be turbulence in the water. How you deal with that and push through these roadblocks, is all up to you. Whether you can control the situation, or not.

Act 1, “They’re Failures, Not Me” (Anonymous)

Act 2, “Meliorate”, by Andy Contreras

Act 3, “Overcoming Adversity” (Anonymous)

America is a country of immigrants, each with their own story to tell. Some came for economic reasons, others for personal reasons, and others came for their very survival. In this podcast, you will hear three of these stories. The immigrants in these stories originated from places as far apart as Cambodia and Mexico, but all of them were able to build a life here in America.

Act 1: A Dream Across the Way by Skylar Pickens

Act 2: From Harvesting Crops to Studying Crops by Anonymous

Act 3: The Hidden Story by Dede Hoisington

Credits: The hosts of this podcast in the order in which their stories appear are Skylar Pickens, Anonymous, and Dede Hoisington.

Mixing and narration were done by Anonymous

Both Skylar Pickens and Dede Hoisington served as creative and content leads.

We'd like to give an extra special thanks to anyone listening for their time.

Shuqi Li, Chyenne Loyd and Anelah Cooper, three teenagers with different childhood experiences, different countries and different lives, have the same 17th birthday. What interesting things happened to them, and how did they react to them? What are their feelings when they look back on their seventeen years? Let's listen to their 17th birthday stories!

Team:

Act 1: Lost in Paris by Yunlong Ren

Got lost in Paris during a trip, I was able to return to my motherland safely with the assistance of the state. A person's character and morality depend on the environment in which he lives. Under the influence of my country, I have acquired the advantage of being ready to help others. Even now, many years later, when I am abroad, I still feel my country is near me.

Act 2:  Nurturing Roots by Stephany Lopez

Coming to a new country came with multiple barriers that I overcame with certain skills my homeland had taught me. It’s about remembering what your roots planted but also what they harvested in you. You can be away from your homeland and enter a whole new society but you could never forget your roots.

The story centers around myself and my experience during and throughout a holiday trip with my father, we went to northeastern Brazil to go visit our extended family and to also visit the Sand Dune Lagoons located in the Lencois Maranhenses National park, however along the way we got a surprise.

Act 1:  Memory of a lifetime  [3:41]

Credits

Produced and Directed by Igor Gaspar Lacerda Moreira 

Appearances by Igor Gaspar Lacerda Moreira