The SOTA Pop Podcast

Join Kiya and Cooper as they talk about fast fashion with their friend and small business owner Yasmina Assajeri! What inspired Yasmina to make mushroom hats? Who can you trust when buying clothes online? And what is the best way to shop with a positive impact? Find out all this in more in this fashionable episode!

This episode is music to my ears! Oh wait, that's just the intro. Still, there are people talking about music! Cooper and Kiya are joined by Cade Garcia, who plays strings for Shoals Symphony, and Dr. Suren Petrosyan, the Shoals Symphony's new conductor. What is it like being a conductor? What would they play if they had to change their instruments? And which host not-so-secretly plays the bugle? Find out all this and more in this week's harmonious episode!

Someone call the Christmas-themed exterminator because we have a humbug infestation! Kiya Williams is joined by the director of UNA's A Christmas Carol, Amanda Perry, as well as by fellow cast members Grayson Waggoner, Cooper Townsend, Davis Farlow, and Deyanara Holt. What makes this Christmas Carol so unique? What is everyone's favorite Christmas Carol adaptation? And what does a Fred laugh sound like? Find out all this and more in this very merry episode!

This week Kiya is joined by UNA student Elise Armstrong to discuss fan culture. Who are their favorite Disney girlies? Who owned a Lemonade Mouth CD? And who had a "not like other girls" phase? Find out all this and more in this FAN-tastic episode!

Listener beware- you're in for a scare! On this terrifying Halloween special, Kiya, Cat, Grayson, and the one and only Dave talk all things spooky. What Halloween related thing drives our beloved hosts batty? What does Future Kiya have to say? Plus, two bone chilling tales will be pitted against each other in the ultimate horror battle...

This week, Grayson and Cooper discuss the ins and outs of their creative processes. Who copied Captain Underpants? Why does Grayson write a terrible draft first? And what creative projects are these beloved rapscallions working on now? Tune in to find out all this and more!

Join Kiya and Cooper as they talk with local TikToker icaruspendragon about different fandoms and how the fandom space on TikTok and other social media has changed since the beginning of the pandemic!

Join our SOTA Pop crew as they are on location at UNA's homecoming football game! Listen in as they pull people from homecoming festivities and have fun on the spot interviews! Keep an ear out for where the title of this episode came from!

Join Kiya as she chats with the cast and the director of UNA's upcoming play, The Folklore Project. What the heck is devised theatre? Is The Folklore Project a Pollock or a DaVinci? And whose character is having a sugar rush? Tune in for all this and more!

Stop by for some Club SOTA! On the first episode of this adorably named recurring segment, Kiya and Grayson are joined by the founder of the Animation Club, Landon Lovette, to discuss his history with animation and play a game involving a lot of incorrect guesses. Who used to host a SpongeBob podcast? Is animation a genre? And what movie has a pretty lady? Find out all this and more in this week's episode!