Welcome to Season 4 of the O Podcast! This season brings new voices and creativity from the Observer Audio Team. Short and sweet, these episodes are your walk to class companions for the Fall 2022 semester! This episode is a pairing with the most recently released issue of the Tufts Observer entitled and themed Rejuvenation (Issue 1 Volume CLI).

This episode was hosted and produced by Ethan Walsey, Alice Fang, Noah DeYoung, and Grace Masiello. This podcast is directed by Caitlin Duffy. Thank you for listening!

This episode takes a deep dive and unpacks the world of TFL, a comedy group at Tufts that strives to create space for underrepresented people in the comedy realm. The first interview featured is with Clara Davis who wrote the print article, "Try Not to Laugh at TFL Comedy." This episode also highlights interviews from Casey Weaver, Grace Abe, and Sam McQuaid, who are all executive board members currently creating content and community for TFL.

This podcast is hosted by Bronwyn Legg, Jill Yum, Noah DeYoung, and Grace Masiello. This podcast is directed by Caitlin Duffy.

We are taking a deep dive into the Sidechat app, an anonymous Tufts social media platform. We interviewed Eloise Vaughan Williams, writer of the Observer article "The Sidechat Sensation: Tufts's Marketplace of Inane Ideas." In addition to this conversation, we also included an interview from a current Sidechat user, who has chosen to stay anonymous in this interview - which maintains the spirit of anonymity generated by the app.

This episode contains some sexual references as well as some strong language.

This episode features two interviews with the poets from the latest issue of the Observer Magazine which was based around the theme of love languages. Aden Malone compiled anonymous typewriter responses to the prompt 'love is pain' to create his poem "When You Were Held." Layla Kennington wrote the poem "Possession" about the hesitancy to enter a relationship.

Episode 5 explores the campus social networking app 'Markit,' which has changed the party and event culture at Tufts over the past year. This episode features an interview with Brawner Quan, the 'Markit' growth lead.

In this episode, Tara Steckler gives us behind-the-scenes insights into the creation of 'The Edible Complex', teaches us “crosswordese”, and brings some love to an often underappreciated art form.

Episode 2 features perspectives from WMFO, Tuft’s freeform radio station, and Melisma magazine, Tufts’ premier music magazine. We will be exploring the return of music to campus. In this episode, we will hear from Zoe McKeown and Ella Fasciano, the general manager and assistant general manager of WMFO. We will also hear from Julia Bernicker, the music director of WMFO. From Melisma, we will hear from the three editors in chief: Ethan Lam, Julia Bernicker and Lola Nedic.

For The Observer’s second issue, ‘Cycles’, Ella Fasciano wrote “Strike Up The Band”, an exploration of live music’s return to campus.

When COVID suppressed the essence of live performance, radio and literature persisted, bringing us together through the shared experience of the music we love.

This is the O-Podcast: The Return of Music.

CONTENT WARNING: discussions of abortion and assault

In this episode, we will hear from Leah Cohen, author of ‘I dream of bodily liberation’; Layla Landrum, author of ‘Bleeding Stars’; and Michelle Setiawan, author of ‘Ordinary Troubles’, about the relationship between words, writing, and power.

The O Podcast presents our final episode of the semester: Destination. In the first segment of this episode, our Voices team had a conversation with Haruka Noishiki about her piece, Pas de Panique. Carolina Olea Lezama and Rabiya Ismail wrote an opinion piece for the print issue titled Progressing Forward, Going Nowhere: Why Local Sororities are Still Part of the Problem. In our second segment, our news and opinion team spoke with Rabiya and Carolina about their motivations behind the article, how they feel in light of the response, and what they envision for the future of Tufts sorority and fraternity life. In our final segment, our arts & culture team asked seniors to reflect on what destination means to them, looking back on their time at Tufts and sharing their plans for the future.

Shoutout to the incredible members of the O Podcast Team this year: Devki, Jamie, Emma, Reina, Hanna, Suhasini and Alexis. Thank you for all your hardwork!

The theme of this print issue of the Observer was Body and Sex.

In the first segment of this episode, our Voices team had a conversation with Alice Hickson about her original poem, the summer after. They also spoke to the designer for did the layout for her piece, Julia Steiner. Written and produced by Hanna Bregman, Suhasini Mehra, Alexis Enderle.

In the wake of the Atlanta mass shootings, Sabah Lokhandwala And Silvia Wang wrote a piece for the print issue on the surge in anti-asian hate crimes this year. In our second segment, we spoke with Aaron Parayno, the director of the Asian American Center, about anti-racism in our institution and about community resources in the aftermath of the shooting. Written and produced by Emma Downs and Reina Matsumoto.

The print issue featured a piece by Emily Thompson on the student-written jukebox musical Is There Anybody Out There?. The final segment features conversations with playwright and lead actor, Athena Nair, and Mona Tavangar, the music director of the show. Written and produced by Jamie Gareh and Devki Kalra.

This podcast was executive produced by Florence Almeda and Sofia Pretell..