Humor & Podcasting with podcaster, writer, comedian, actor Lisa Orkin, Project Woo Woo
Release Date: 09/24/2023
Teaching Sports & Life Skills with Ms. Jones
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Our student producers from Ray Graham interview one of their favorite teachers (they have a lot of them), Ms. Jones about her experiences playing, coaching, and teaching sports. They also touch on life skills, community-based instruction, and even... math. This episode was produced by Emilio, Gabby, Anabel, Semaje, Devonte and also features Uriel, Rafael, Diego, Daniel, and Patty. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices,...
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Open Mic: Summer Break, The Good & The Bad
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Coming out of summer break, fall is in full swing! What were your summer highlights and what, if anything, is the shadow side? What's so great about Roblox. Plus, WAS there a song of the summer? Our student producers weigh in on this open mic episode from summer 2024. This episode features Kayley, Diego, Rafael, José, Angel, Gabby, Daniel, Niimah, Ke’Nya, Jamyra, Alex, Edgar, Youssef, Devonte, Uriel, Jackie, and Rhianna. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After...
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Open Mic: The Mandela Effect
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What if it turns out something you clearly remembered never happened that way... but tons of people also remembered it the same way you did? Were you all just confused? Or did we slip into an alternate timeline? KitKat, The Monopoly Man, JFK... maybe it's all a conspiracy! Open Mic is where we pick a topic and then any of our producers can hop on the mic to say what comes to their mind. This episode features Adrian, Leo, Brian, Jayvon, Jaylin, Miko, AJ, Hysan, and Elijah. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the...
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Identity: Revealing at the Right Time by Leo
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Leo tells his coming out and offers advice for others who are struggling with revealing aspects of their identity. He also shares ideas for the friends, family and community who want to support them. This episode was produced, written and hosted by Leo. Graphic design by Mel. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology. Each season features a new group...
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Trying To Fit In with Alex
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Alex shares her experiences trying to fit in and find her friend group in high school. This episode was produced, written and hosted by Alex. Graphic design by Cha'Raye. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology. Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of , creating personal...
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BONUS: Ask us a question about the high school experience!
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What have you always wanted to ask a teenager about their high school experience? We are taking questions! Could be about classes, challenges, social media, pop culture, bullying, future dreams, our podcasting program, or anything you’re curious about. Keep the questions clean and classy! You can send them through our contact page or DM us on Our program director will forward the best ones to answer on a future episode of Power Your Story.
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Podcasting and Tapping with Pam Covarrubias from Café con Pam
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Pam Covarrubias is a podcaster (like us). On her show, Café con Pam, she hosts interviews over cafécito about mental health, liberation, and entrepreneurship. AND she teaches people how to use Emotional Freedom Technique, or "tapping", to help with anxiety, stress, and fear. She showed us how to do it and you can follow along and try it too. Don't forget to check out and listen to This episode was produced by Uriel, Angel, Dylan and Rafael and features student producers from our Podcast Tech program. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is...
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Teaching Special Education Wasn't the Plan with Mr. Amusa & Uriel
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Not every high school teacher goes to college with that as their career goal. Hear the story of how Mr. Amusa, one of Uriel's favorite teachers, came to love his work. Plus, he shares with Uriel the best and worst parts. This was recorded at school between classes. This episode was produced and recorded by Uriel. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting...
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Love: A round table with Devonte, Daniel, Jackie, Aliz
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A short round table looking at love from different angles. This episode was features Daniel, Devonte, Aliz, and Jackie. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology. Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of , creating personal journals, interviews, and discussions about the topics...
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Keep Dancing & Have a Good Time with Ramón Muñoz
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Dancer and Fitness Instructor Ramón Muñoz returns with more insight into how to teach an excellent dance fitness class, how to choose the right music, and hope for the future. We also got to take a mini-Zumba class with him before our interview. Everyone was smiling! This episode features Jayson, Dorian, Antar, Lailah, Keynia, Elijah, David, Zion, Nkili, Steven, Kenneth, and Darius. Enjoy! Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: *** Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse...
info_outlineLisa Orkin is a podcast producer, writer, comedian, actor, etc living and workin in Los Angeles, CA. She visited our program to help us develop our first ever comedy fiction episode: How To Save The Earth From Drowning. (Listen to the episode right before this one!)
We got to interview her about her work; her comedy podcast Project Woo Woo, where she interviews actors playing famous people (living or not); and why it's important to find humor in life. We also suggested future guests for her podcast if she decides to bring it back to the studio.
This episode features Emilio, Jayden, Daniel, Essence, Jonas, Uriel, and Brandy. Custom cover art by Bri.
Enjoy!
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Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.
Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and discussions about the topics that matter most to us.
Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.