The Highlander Podcast

(CONT.) Jenny Macler interviewed staff at the US embassy of Ghana to ask about how their culture plays a part in what morals and responsibilities are to be a good citizen.  Each person was asked about the culture in their home country and how that translates into being a good citizen.

Jenny Macler interviewed staff at the US embassy of Ghana to ask about how their culture plays a part in what morals and responsibilities are to be a good citizen.  Each person was asked about the culture in their home country and how that translates into being a good citizen.

In the inaugural episode of Season 3, Editor-in-Chief Bridie Strowe and Chief Political Correspondent Jenny Macler interview Vermont State Senator Becca Balint. Senator Balint is running for Vermont’s only US House of Representatives seat. If elected, she will become the first ever woman elected to Congress from Vermont. On the podcast, she discussed the depolarization of politics and gave advice to young people on the importance of becoming active citizens in their schools and communities. 

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we are joined by Maddie Aitken, a 2019 graduate of Gunn, who also was an editor at the Highlander Newspaper during her junior and senior year.  She is now pursuing her studies at Tufts University and had the role of the editor on the Tufts' Daily recently. 

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we talk to two Gunn Girls Varsity Hockey alumni who recently competed on the Olympics for team Czech Hockey: Nemo Neubauerova '18 and Tynka Patkova '18. We hear about their hockey journey and their experiences at the Olympics.

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we talk to Ellen Hamlett and Porter Enstrom who work on the activism team at the Institute for Justice in Washington D.C. We learn about their roles and the process of becoming actively engaged citizens using techniques and skills they have honed at their time at the Institute. 

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we talk to the founders of the Gunn Mentoring and Networking Program: Andrew Powers '11, Hilary Benjamin '08 and Wyatt Clark '13.

They've grown the program to over 100 alumni mentors spanning 63 class years since its inception and it has benefitted over 50 alumni in the classes of 2013-2019. We are excited for current students to hear about what is available to them as graduates of the Frederick Gunn School.

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we hold a joint BALU and Grey Party discussion table, touching upon a variety of topics including the criminal justice system, the war on drugs, and the educational system.

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we talk to various students and faculty members about their return to campus, a student about an organization she founded, and four of next year's prefects.

On this episode of the Highlander Podcast, we talk to current students about what kept them busy, including jobs, hobbies, classes, and interests, over virtual winter term.