The Be-U Podcast

Have thoughts about your future beyond high school; college applications, or even making the most of senior year? On this last episode for Season 3 of the BE-U Podcast, rising college freshman (+ former BE-U Podcast editor-in-chief) Hannah Kwok, and incoming high school senior Lucas de Paula discuss all this, advice and more. Both sharing experience as members of Pepperdine's Youth Leadership...

Today's guest speaker is Mary Sneed, who holds positions as an elected member on TCUSD’s Board of Education, the President of Temple City’s Women’s Club, and Museum Director for the city’s Historical Society.  After working as an independent Graphic Designer, Mrs. Sneed started her career in Temple City Schools as a parent volunteer and later instructional aide at Longden Elementary for 5 year...

Christy Lee is an eighteen-year-old senior in high school who at the age of 3 years old, was diagnosed with Group E Retinoblastoma, an eye cancer common in children. Christys condition has caused her right vision to be impaired in which she underwent her first procedure to remove a tumor that took her right eye. Christy endured chemotherapy at the Children Los Angeles Hospital and had an ocularist...

Today we have the opportunity to speak with body acceptance coach Kristina Bruce (@ kristinabrucecoach ) Our first podcast of Season 3 is out now! Kristina Bruce is a Body Acceptance Coach that helps people remember that we are all born knowing we are good enough, and that we don't need to change or force our bodies to be different. Growing up in Ontario, Canada, Kristina struggled with thinking t...

Biedac Season 3 is here! We are so excited to feature new bi-monthy episodes and speakers with our 2022 Biedac Cabinet! Follow us @tchsbiedac on Instagram to be up to date on podcast releases and future club events! Stay tuned and don't forget to Be-U! 🐝

In today’s episode, we will be discussing body politics with guest speaker Erika Dvorak, a sociology major at UC Davis whose interests involve breaking down the intersectionality of feminism and body liberation and how it relates to social constructs, sexuality, race and fatness with her goal of redefining the concept of beauty.

In today’s episode, we will be discussing the importance of confidence, and body empowerment as well as the power of art and self-expression with guest speaker with Marissa Healy: 2020-2022’s Miss Temple City, as we go in depth on her journey through the Miss TC program as well as her representation of Temple City for the Queer and plus-size community. For two years during the Covid Pandemic, Mari...

In today’s episode we will be talking to Audrey Baxter, a Holistic Dietitian who specializes in implementing intuitive eating into fitness. Audrey began her journey at Michigan State University as a dietetics major and later did clinical rotations at Wayne State University. Currently, she is a 2-year Primary Care office's sole Dietitian; and on the side, is the independent business owner of Fituit...

Today we have the opportunity to speak with entrepreneur Annie Calvaneso (@theglamfitdiva on Instagram) who is a health and fitness and business coach as well as professional singer. Annie specializes in helping her clients heal their relationship with food through empowering exercise. From her past experience with the eating disorder Anorexia, that caused a rupture to her abdomen and had affected...

Today we have the privilege of speaking with 17 year-old Stella Tran, a Los Angeles model, actress, and former badminton athlete. She currently works for model agency Elite, and has been featured for brands such as Nike, Alexander Wang, Sephora, and more. Currently, Stella uses media sources such as Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube to spread her knowledge on the fashion industry as well as create vl...

Biedac Season 2 is here! We are so excited to feature new bi-monthy episodes and speakers with our 2021 Biedac Cabinet! Follow us @tchsbiedac on Instagram to be up to date on podcast releases and future club events! Stay tuned and don't forget to Be-U! 🐝

In this short episode hosted by our President and Vice Emily Kwok and Amber Lopez, we sign off on Season 1 of the Be-U Podcast. Check out our instagram @tchsbiedac for more news coming soon and updates on Season 2 with featuring our new Biedac Cabinet! 💕🐝

Anorexia is the second most common eating disorder and has become the third most common chronic illness amongst adolescents. In this episode, we will be talking with Daniel Krog, a classically trained opera singer, a writer, a published award winning interior designer, and a recovering Anorexic. Together we recognize Daniel's hardships and struggles as a person who experienced Anorexia; and how th...

In today’s episode, we will be discussing the importance of destigmatizing mental health, promoting mental health awareness, and talk therapy with guest speaker Priscilla Agyeman. Priscilla Agyeman is the founder and creator of Saddie Baddies— the virtual sanctuary to provide community, resources, and dialogue surrounding mental health awareness. Saddie Baddies goal is to remove the stigma surroun...

To heal from any mental or physical pain, it’s vital to receive help from professionals who are equipped to handle any mental health situations that could possibly lead to an eating disorder. Today’s episode features Amara-Grace Riparip, a registered dietitian nutritionist who works at an Eating Disorder Treatment Center to help patients towards the path of recovery. In this episode we will be dis...

This month's episode features Kim Allen, a CTE Business/Fashion Marketing/Food Business Management teacher. We discussed eating disorders, how negative diet culture is powered by beauty standards from the fashion industry/pop culture, and Mrs. Allen's own journey with an eating disorder. 

This episode features Jamie Hagiya, former USC athlete and professional basketball player who is also 6-time CrossFit Regional competitor and 2-time CrossFit Games athlete; In this episode we will be discussing the many pros and cons of being an athlete and how Jamie manages her own body image in her industry.

In this week's episode, we will be talking with Ai Kusayanagi, a human rights activist who attends Kyushu University in Japan. We will discuss how Ai overcame negative body image in high school and how creating confidence in herself changed her life. 

In this episode we are talking about health and tips to  live a healthy lifestyle with Samantha Peebles—a registered dietitian  nutritionist (RDN). Together, we learn about the importance of a balanced  diet, positive body image, and so much more!

In our October episode, we are talking with Bailey Franklin--a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in LGBT affirmative therapy who discusses the importance of self-image, mental health and what it means to BE-U. 

Today we are discussing body image and representation in the media. Our September speaker is former Los Angeles Journalist, Anna Lisa Raya, who has worked in the journalism industry for more than 20+ years. Together, we talked about the struggles that she faced as a journalist and her overall outlook concerning body image and the lack of representation in the media industry.

Today we are talking with the previous President and Founder of BIEDAC--Janna Elhawary. We will be discussing Janna's story and her take on Body Image and her own definition of beauty. 

Stay tuned for more episodes coming soon!