Surviving to Thriving

Surviving to Thriving

By Allie and PriyaEducationSelf-Improvement
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Surviving to Thriving episodes

  • Chill Episode #3

    Welcome back to our podcast! In this episode we discuss college applications, Allie's work-in-progress screenplay, and missing our senior year.

    23 min
  • Perplexing Politics Part 3

    Continuing the political party quiz from the last episode, in this episode we discuss the second half of the questions, our results, and their implications on our future ballots. 

    29 min
  • Perplexing Politics Part 1

    Since we're just under voting age, we thought it was time to school ourselves and learn Politics 101. Join us on the first episode of our political series where we compare and contrast different economic and political schools of thought!

    20 min
  • Chill Episode #1

    After finishing our first political series, we catch up about feelings on the new format, college applications, returning back to virtual school, and many other topics

    28 min
  • Black Lives Matter: Taking Action at an Individual Level

    In this episode, Allie and Priya are joined by Micki, a Black Lives Matter activist. They discuss steps to take in your everyday life to take action against systemic racism from how to amplify but not speak over black voices to addressing with microaggressions.

    Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15IPIKTK8ZNyxFTbgwHPYWjHsRTEmaNLsR2kppimk4_Y/edit?usp=sharing

    43 min
  • Black Lives Matter: An Introduction

    In the first episode of our Black Lives Matter series, we take a deep dive into the perspectives of Black Lives Matter, as well as the counter movements All Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter. 


    Links used:

    • https://www.thewrap.com/what-is-all-lives-matter-a-short-explainer/
    • https://all-livesmatter.weebly.com/
    • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/puar.12956
    • https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11879804/what-is-blue-lives-matter-racist/
    • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/heres-whats-wrong-with-bl_b_10906348
    • https://blacklivesmatter.com/
    • https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/08/black-lives-matter-movement-explained/
    • https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/movement-black-lives-platform/494309/
    • https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html
    • https://www.vox.com/2015/8/21/9188729/police-black-lives-matter-campaign-zero
    • https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws
    • https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html
    • https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html
    • https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws
    • https://www.thoughtco.com/systemic-racism-3026565
    • https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885878564/what-systemic-racism-means-and-the-way-it-harms-communities
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-you-dont-believe-systemic-racism-is-real-explain-these-statistics/2020/06/12/ce0dff6e-acc7-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html
    • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/
    • 27 min

    About Surviving to Thriving

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    A teen declassified school survival guide from two high schoolers. In the podcast, we talk about relevant topics that all teenagers can relate to.