We Are ... Penn State Voters
Episode 1, "Project 26"
How important is the youth vote in the upcoming presidential election? Merrick Morneweck talks with Caroline Paterno and Megan Young about getting involved in politics and finding issues to be passionate about.
Episode 2, "School Shootings and Young Voters"
A parent's worst nightmare is getting a text from their child or school that there is an active shooter in the building. But as these students grow up and gain the right to vote, their experiences shape their stance on one of today’s most crucial issues–gun control. Alexis Boyle talks with an alum of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of the deadliest mass shooting at a high school in U.S. history.
Episode 3, "Free Speech"
Accountability or cancel culture? Free speech has become an issue in the presidential election. Adam Pietrzak sits down with Penn State College Republicans Chief of Staff Mia Humpherys who says that no student should not be ashamed of their political beliefs.
Episode 4, "Voting on Foreign Policy"
American support for Israel and the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza have pushed foreign policy off the back burner in the 2024 election Milena Velez sits down with Ethan Capitano, a Penn State student journalist who spent the past summer in Israel and has been writing for the Daily Collegian about the crisis in the Middle East.
Episode 5, "On the Hunt for Votes: Gun Control and Gun Violence"
Rising gun death rates and mass shootings sparked the U.S. Surgeon General to declare gun violence to be a public health crisis. Yet, about four-in-ten U.S. adults say the live in a household with a gun, and many of them say they want little or no regulation of their gun rights. Kylie Augis sits down with Penn State student Sean Houston who has owned guns since he was 8-years old and believes that any regulation leads down a slippery slope.
Episode 6, "Borderline Crisis"
Immigration reform has eluded both Democrats and Republicans for decades, but the issue has taken center stage in the 2024 presidential election. Thomas Miro talks with Enriqué Barraet who came to the United States as a child from Venezuela. He shares his family immigration story and his own views on what the next president should do.
Franco's Immaculate Legacy
Episode 1, The Steel City Sweetheart
Ethan Kovac sits down with Franco Harris’s wife Dana and their son Dok Harris who recount stories of how he used his football fame to make a difference in the lives of people who needed help.
Episode 2, Be Like Franco
Teresa Conn and other members of the Pittsburgh Passion talk with Josh Moyer and Ben Taylor about the boost Franco Harris gave to their professional women's football team and the impact he had on their personal lives
Episode 3, From Hero to Legend
Hosts Adam Babetski and Karyn Schaller talk with Jim Rooney, Ryan Shazier, and Pat Freiermuth about how Franco Harris influenced and inspired them through his achievements on and off the field.
Episode 4, Franco and the Special Olympics
Tyler Towers and Chloe Sobel talk with Sue Paterno about Franco Harris' involvement with the Special Olympics. They also talk with Special Olympian Matt Porter.
Episode 5, Franco and the Pittsburgh Promise
Franco Harris' life changed when he earned a full scholarship to Penn State. He paid it forward through his work with the Pittsburgh Promise, an organization that supports post-high school education for students in Pittsburgh city schools. Zach Duncan talks to the Promise's executive director Saleem Ghubril about the impact Franco made.
Episode 6, Forever Friends
Renee Powell, a renowned professional golfer, talks to Cade Miller and Maddie Skaw about her enduring friendship with Franco Harris and the significance of carrying on a good friend's legacy.
Support for AEDs
Two proposed laws in the Pennsylvania state legislature aim to require AEDs and emergency training in high schools to deal with instances of sudden cardiac arrest, the most common cause of death in high school student athletes.
Producer - Casey Kreider
Support on Campus Amidst Conflict
Penn State students receive community support for dealing with antisemitism and Islamophobia in the wake of the Gaza war.
Producer - Rachel Fisher
A First for Alpha Fire Company
When three Alpha Fire Company volunteers responded to a fire in State College last fall, they became the first all-female initial attack crew in the company's 124-year history.
Producer - Jonathan Hartley
Mental State at Penn State
Mental health issues can surface in any profession or lifestyle. In this series, Penn State students in a podcasting class in the Bellisario College of Communications dive deeper into struggles with mental health and motivations to find help.
Episode 1
Mental health issues can surface in any profession or lifestyle. In this series, Penn State students in a podcasting class in the Bellisario College of Communications dive deeper into struggles with mental health and motivations to find help. On Episode 1, Kyle Schmidt talks to licensed therapist Shernell Elibox about the ins and outs of therapy and how the brain functions or sometimes dysfunctions.
Episode 2
Alex Waterman talks to award-winning American film, TV, and voice actor, Elisabeth Noone about her personal experiences with mental health in childhood and the importance of finding a community you can share your mental health journey with. (Dec. 16, 2022)
Episode 3
Penn State basketball player Anna Camden talks to former soccer player Angela Aguero about her diagnosis of compartment syndrome which required nine surgeries and abandonment of her lifelong goal of playing high level soccer. They discuss sports injuries and the profound sense of isolation that accompanies them. (Dec. 16, 2022)
Episode 4
Mental health issues can surface in any profession or lifestyle. In this series, Penn State students in a podcasting class in the Bellisario College of Communications dive deeper into struggles with mental health and motivations to find help. On Episode 4, Penn State basketball player and mental health advocate Anna Camden talks to former teammate Maddie Burke, a Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year, about playing basketball during a global pandemic, coping with performance anxiety, and striving to start over at a new school.
Beyond Accommodations at Disability U
Episode 1, Central Auditory Process Disorder with Sydney
Christina Baker talks to Sydney Cicchini about Central Auditory Processing Disorder and ADHD. Plus, asking for help and why non-disabled students should be eligible for accommodations.
Episode 2, Autism with Percy and Vincent
A school without deadlines or tests? Christina Baker talks to Percy and Vincent about what schools would look like if they were created for autistic students.
Episode 3, Migraines with Elizabeth
Christina Baker talks to Elizabeth Bagely about having migraines, how stress impacts students’ health, and why she thinks everyone should be able to reschedule tests.
Episode 4, PTSD and Bipolar Disorder with Nevin
Ignored accommodations and hallucinating in class...Christina Baker and Nevin discuss what school is like when you have PTSD and bipolar disorder.