Vistamar Podcast

With so many changes that Vistamar has gone through during the transition to online learning, one thing that has stayed consistent is Morning Meeting. Listen as Danna C ('22), Chris S. ('21), Mr. T., Ms. Garcia, Damari N. ('20), Olivea K. ('20), and Lola W. ('23) discuss how VSN and Morning Meeting have evolved to their new virtual formats.

Lourdes C. ('20) and Ike T. ('22) join this week's Vistamar Podcast to discuss their involvement in film production and its transition to an online format. They dive into everything revolving around the Vistamar Theater department, including the Vistamar movie, their webseries, as well as acting in the school plays.

This week on the Vistamar Podcast, we have Natalie A. ('21) and Michael C. ('20) to talk to us about how the recent COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of our juniors and seniors. Natalie is a rising senior who needs to take the SAT and ACT to get into college, but many of the exam dates have been canceled. Michael is a graduating senior who gives us his thoughts on potentially beginning his first college year in a virtual classroom. Listen to how they really feel about these standardized tests and how schools should change their requirements after the pandemic.

It's our first virtual episode and we have a very important discussion to get into! This week, we are joined by Mandy Y. ('23) to discuss her recent move to China. She shares her experience having to travel to a Chinese airport and lets us know what its like to be quarantined in a hotel for 2 weeks. Dr. Barton, Yilin S. ('22) are also here to tell us about the recent negative stereotypes that have impacted the Asian community.

On the last episode of the season, we sit down with Joelle and Avery. They attended the National Association of African American Studies conference and tell us all about their experience presenting their papers. After that, we talk a little about the Corona Virus and then Ike leads us in some ethical discussions.

This week on the Vistamar Podcast, we continue our discussion on the philosophical question: If everyone on Earth had to relocate to Mars, who would go first and who would go last? Mr. Dawson expands on this question by asking the group "What will happen to people who sneak to Mars before it's their turn?" The answers to these question get very interesting when the fact that that their responses resemble today's immigration policies. Listen to this episode to find out their answers!

Our students are refreshed from our mid-trimester break and they also bring some refreshing topics this week. We start by having Colin, Damari, Sophia, Jaylen and Josh telling us about their experience with Soulful Celebration. Then, Ike is planning on adopting a cat and wants to hear our thoughts on pets (we have a lot of strong opinions!) After that, Mr. Dawson revisits our ethical space travel question from last week.

This week on the Vistamar Podcast, we have a full week of topics! We start by having Damari, Sophia and Mr. Dawson discuss their experiences during the school's adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. Damari and Demetrius then discuss our basketball and soccer teams competing at CIF playoffs this week. After that, Mr. Dawson asks an ethical question about space travel. Finally, Damari gives us a quick rundown of this year's Soulful Celebration.

The Iowa Caucus happened yesterday, and we have Mr. Pham and and one of his students, Sofia on the show to break down what happened. After that, Andre and Sophia talk about their work with Soulful Celebration and the importance of this community event.

This week is all about the arts! Next weekend, is the Vistamar Theatre's adaption of Romeo and Juliet! Justin joins Ike to discuss all of the mysteries surrounding the play. After that, we interview Ike about his writing process. He is currently in the process of writing a 100-chapter novel and we talk all about it!