For the first installment of Sparkle x Madi Mikay we are joined by Junior Efua Osei who grabs the mic to recount her experiences starting as a first year at Wash U in her triple, what surprised her about her new college life, and starting RIZE media, Wash U's independent black student magazine which is a proud supporter of Spemma: The Homo Sapien Podcast. There is only one microphone in this episode so Sparkle and Madison are definitely quieter when asking the questions but Efua is very good ...

Join Sparkle and Emma on a listen back at Season 2A where they asked each of their guests to answer the questions "What is Human?" before answering the question themselves. Spemma would like to thank all of our listeners and our supporters, Emma will be gone next semester and the role of co-host will be played by the lovely and talented Madi Mikay.Spemma is supported by RIZE Media and Gosha Guppy. We will return with new guests, new topics, and new (and better) equipment.

Georgia Binnington began her relationship with Wash U when she came here as a student, and has stayed here to become the Associate Dean of Students in the Sam Fox School; she is also Sparkle's four year advisor. She sits down with Emma and TOAO to discuss art, her relationship with Wash U, her love of the students here, and how this university has changed in her time on this campus. They discuss the importance of the arts, how draining they can be at times, and Emma's favorite topic in the en...

After a brief hiatus where Emma tried to get her life together, SPEMMA IS BACK! Spemma sat down with Campus Celebrity WUPD officer Casem known widely across campus for telling people to keep track of their items and LABEL THEIR PHONES! You can often see Officer Casem in BD late at night making sure everyone knows to put their student ID number in their phones/laptops. Officer Casem recounts his emotional journey serving as a police officer for the Ferguson police department, and offers up his...

It is TIMEEEEE to stop running from the uncomfortable and learn from it!! Listen up to how you can go about that risk that you're afraid of taking. So happy to continue the SOS Sessions with you beautiful people.

Spemma is taking a throwback with Eromosei (Daniel) Osemobor, a sophomore at wash u on the pre med track and one of Sparkles good friends from FSAP. He sat down with SPEMMA this week to talk about being an EMT on campus and the misconceptions that surround being a part of EST. He talks a little about his hometown in Connecticut and plays a round of unpopular opinions where he confesses to not liking cheesecake and Emma for some reason attacks almost every single one of her friends. In the end...

Ola Adebayo is a Sophomore from Minnesota on the PreMed track and one of Sparkle and Emma’s favorite Homo Sapiens on campus. Ola sat down in the SPEMMA LAIR this week to discuss her experience as the CS40 Speaker, contemplate the end of the world, and reminisce over watching the Jonas Brothers' music video for "Sucker" with Emma for the first time (arguably one of the highlights of both their lives). The three talk about being “involved” in politics, how they do their best to stay informed, a...

This week Spemma sat down with their former faculty fellow Professor Jeffrey McCune. Professor McCune lives in Umrath House on the South 40 and taught Sparkle last semester in his class focusing on Sparkle's favorite topic, Kanye West. Professor McCune recounts growing up in the South side of Chicago, being a "big fish in a small pond" throughout his college years, and joining a queer affinity group which he can't remember the name of. He offers just a few of his thoughts on Kanye West, corpo...

Sparkle and Emma recap their summers off, tease some of their upcoming guests, play an exciting round of "Unpopular Opinions", and offer their two cents on how to make new years resolutions (or new school year resolutions) that you can actually keep.

Sparkle of Spemma goes on an intellectual rant about why language is more than just words. Language becomes a way in which we allow ourselves to experience life, and one of the most important words that direct the way that we live is that of our names. She highlights the importance of seeking out your purpose as a homo sapien through the significance of your name and holding that purpose dear to you and no one else. Though some of us may share a name, our names and individual lives ...