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By UAlbany Podcast Team
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The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.
Season 6: Episode 6
Title: Meet the Podcast
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students Arely Gonzalez Hernandez, Asia Harris, Bianca Zazzarini-Leon, and Alexa Crespo discuss their experience while working on the podcast. They talk about their favorite moments and episodes, their plans for the future, and the creative and editing processes of the podcast. The four of them reflect on how working on the podcast helped them grow together and individually. They also give advice to future teams on how to schedule, how to come up with ideas for each episode, how to create a title, and how they repurposed an idea from last season’s team.
Warning: Explicit Language
Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Introducing the team
01:21 Why we joined the podcast
04:51 Our favorite moments/episodes
07:38 Editing
09:08 Advice for women in editing
11:30 Tips for next season’s team
15:27 The team’s plans for their futures
17:23 Editing while not being technologically advanced
19:54 Resources in teams
21:16 The creative process
22:14 Bianca’s experience between different seasons
24:33 Creating titles
25:44 The experience of being a smaller team
28:17 Stepping out of our comfort zones
32:32 The microphones
33:04 Making a schedule and coming up with topics
34:28 Growing with the podcast
39:28 How Bianca helped guide us
40:15 Making old episode ideas our own
42:46 What we think our most popular episode will be
43:27 Reflecting on our work
44:52 Thanks for watching! See you next season!
Contributors:
Arely Gonzalez Hernandez (Co-host), Asia Harris (Co-host/Editor/Marketing), Bianca Zazzarini-Leon (Co-host), Alexa Crespo (Co-host/Editor), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 6, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: [email protected]
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Season 6: Episode 5
Title: Get to Know Serendipity A capella!
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:45 What even is a capella?!
2:35 The history of Serendipity
3:15 So... Why Serendipity?
7:55 The audition process
10:06 Come one, come all, no prior music
12:25 Balancing cohesion and individuality
16:38 How does Serendipity select music?
18:42 Choreography!
21:50 From rehearsal to stage
25:00 Fine tuning your musical ear (pun
29:12 A trip down memory lane
34:40 Self-expression and more on solos!
40:00 Reminiscing on performances
46:23 The Serendipi-fication of music
48:40 Advice for prospective members
52:48 Shameless plug, come see Serendipity
54:54 Peace out
Contributors:
Chia Salisbury (Guest), Arely Gonzalez
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital
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Season 6: Episode 4
Threads of Change: Dissecting the Fashion World
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students Arely Gonzalez, Alexa Crespo, and Asia Harris have a roundtable style discussion about the fashion industry, including important topics such as self-expression, trends, and sustainability. Each of the women go in depth about their own individual relationships with fashion and open to a broader conversation about the fashion industry’s societal impact. They further talk about social media’s impact on trends and fast fashion, and fast fashion’s impact on the environment. They touch on topics such as ethics in shopping, capitalistic overconsumption, and the fate of the fashion industry at large. Their collective perspective as college students contributes greatly to the conversation.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Our relationships with fashion and self-expression
3:26 Plus size fashion and inclusivity
7:25 The fateful battle: short legs vs bell bottoms
9:20 Social media, fashion trends, and body image
14:00 Trend participation and individuality
16:50 Internal and external perceptions of self
18:35 Gen Z’s relationship with fashion
21:15 TikTok’s negative impact: fast fashion and overconsumption
24:06 Stop throwing out your clothes!!
25:44 Ethical and environmentally conscious shopping
36:58 The college student dilemma
42:02 The future of the fashion industry
45:36 Signing off
Contributors:
Arely Gonzalez Hernandez (Co-host/editor), Asia Harris (Co-host/Marketing), Alexa Crespo (Co-host/Editor), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 6, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: [email protected]
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Season 6: Episode 2
Title: “You are Kenough”
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students Dylan Fumarola, Asia Harris, and Arely Gonzalez discuss how Barbie, a movie that communicates the effects of patriarchy and feminism, reinforced their views on
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Time Stamps:
Introduction:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Host and Guest Introductions
1:30 How do you feel about Barbie land?
3:10 Social Consciousness and Toxic Masculinity
5:00 Effects of the Patriarchy
8:20 Objection in the Real World
14:00 What does Feminism look like?
18:31 Calling out Contributors: How to recognize misogyny
23:23 Homoeroticism and Hyper Masculinity
29:15 How Capitalism Profits off the Fear of Women
33:36 A System Created by Men for Men
36:48 Being your Authentic Self v. Conformity
39:27 The Emasculation of Black Women
41:02 Navigating Space through Barbie Lenses
42:00 Team Ken or Allen
42:51 Final Thoughts and Credits
Contributors:
Dylan Fumarola (Guest), Arely
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow,
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Season 6: Episode 2
Don’t Give up on the Dream - The
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students Ariel
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Time Stamps:
:00 Introduction
00:41 The college application process
7:42 Ariel committing to the College of St.
9:28 Academic support at UAlbany
12:26 Ariel’s High School Mentor
16:29 High school support systems for Latino
22:44 Navigating the cost of college
28:04 Pressures of going and staying in
33:36 Advice for Latino high school students
38:21 Thanks for listening!
Season 6: Episode 1
Title: Exploring the LGBTQ+ Experience and Allyship
Summary:
In this episode, UAlbany students Mia Cannizzo, Alexa Crespo, Arely Gonzalez Hernandez, and Bianca Zazzarini-Leon discuss the experiences of being members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community. The conversation explores navigating sexual identity and confronting biphobia. Furthermore, the conversation goes into detail about the transition to college life, with a more supportive system and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, including the vibrancy of drag shows and pride parades. Mia’s background in sociology helps highlight the media misrepresentation of the community as well as the intersectionality of the LGBTQ+ identity with other aspects including race, gender, and religion.
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Time Stamps:
:00 Introduction
00:30 Self-Discovery of Sexual Identity
2:33 Confronting Biphobia
4:53 Transitioning to college
9:09 Our first Drag shows and Pride parades
13:47 The dulling down and overexaggerating of the LGBTQ+ community in the media
23:17 Attack on LGBTQ+ rights
34:44 Exploring the intersectionality of sexuality, gender, race, and religion
55:42 How do we make sexual health education more LGBTQ+ inclusive?
1:05:05 Unsafe relationships
1:08:00 Final thoughts
1:12:39 Thanks for listening!
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Season 5 Episode 6
Title: Meet The Podcast
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany Student Stories
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - Get to know the podcast team!
5:54- Differences from previous teams!
10:30- Our personal highlights!
18:10- Our goals after the Podcast!
27:29- Our aspirations for future seasons!
33:20 - Our future in the Podcast!
36:51-Goodbye! See you next season!
Contributors:
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Season 5 Episode 5
Title: Being our Barbie Selves
Summary: UAlbany students, Sarai Lewis and Alyssa Roman discuss their leadership positions and roles at UAlbany. The conversation centers around the Barbie movie and how patriarchal standards and norms impact Sarai and Alyssa in their leadership positions. Furthermore, the conversation surrounds women’s empowerment in society and highlights the harmful effects of the patriarchy within society. Alyssa and Sarai dive into the conversation in a multifaceted way discussing gender prejudices, issues of race, mental health, and beauty standards and how they combat these issues.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction to our Barbie’s
1:43 – Toxic femininity vs Toxic masculinity?
11:57- Fear of women’s power
21:53-Combatting toxic masculinity
46:26- Race as a factor in being our Barbie selves
58:37- Being women leaders
1:04:02- Recruiting for Orgs
1:06:21- Saying Goodbye
Contributors:
Sarai Lewis (StoryTeller), Alyssa Roman (StoryTeller), Ryan Pare (Host, Editor), Sophia Smith (Host), Bianca Zazzarini-León (StoryTeller/Marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 5, Episode 5 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: [email protected].
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Season 5 Episode 4
Title: How disability friendly is UAlbany?
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany student Sasha Chattergoon tells her
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Time Stamps:
0:00- Introduction
0:37- Sasha’s disability
1:18- Transition from Guyana to the U.S
2:21 - Stigmas Sasha faces
4:07 - Put some respect on Sasha’s name
7:17 - Sasha’s transition from SUNY Schenectady to SUNY UAlbany
8:52- How accessible is UAlbany?
14:50- Housing and classroom accessibility on campus
16:30 – Inaccessibility of professors and classes
20:04 – Navigating accommodations for teachers?
23:40 – How to make UAlbany more accessible
26:39- Excluded by clubs and people
29:16- Sasha just rolls with it
30:42 - Positive and negative highlights at UAlbany
31:57 - Future goals for Sasha
33:07 - Goodbye’s
Contributors:
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Season 5: Episode 3
Title: The Libros/arte and Cartonera exhibit: What is a book?
In this Episode,
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Time Stamps:
0:00-
0:30- The
1:40- The
6:05- What is
8:03-Behind
9:47- Libros/Arte is resistance
11:39-Yerbas Poderosas
14:39 - The
21:26-
23:27-
29:24 - A
32:02- What
36:10-The
40:30- Go
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The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.