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Welcome to the Commuter Corner, your one stop podcast to find out everything you need to know about what's going on and around campus for commuters. This episode, We are talking all about Homecoming here on the campus of Montclair State University.

Electronic music producer/DJ Jesse Kardon, also known as Subtronics joins our host for this episode, Dani Giacumbo to talk about creating electronic music and making a name as a DJ. Jesse has been following his music passion ever since he was a little boy. Whether it was strumming away at his guitar, pounding away at the drums to stomping heavy bass rhythms at nightclubs around the globe. Host/ Pr...

Tom Hall, Executive Director of Montclair Film joined Lise Raven, Associate Professor of film here at Montclair State to talk about the upcoming Montclair Film Festival. Engineer: Corey Sullivan Producer: Mike Stringham Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

Juan Contla, student station manager and Anabella Poland, General Manager of WMSC FM, the Voice of Montclair State join Samantha Williams to discuss the upcoming 100-hour marathon of live event programming in celebration of the station's 50th Anniversary. Engineer: Thomas Formoso Producers: Corey Feldman, Mike Stringham and Samantha Williams Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

Eric Umansky, deputy managing editor of ProPublica and the man behind a series of 15 tweets to Press Secretary Sean Spicer Monday evening, joins guest host Joe Amditis of the Center for Cooperative Media to talk about how professionals journalist go about fact-checking statements and other information especially as it trickles down via official channels of information. Yesterday, ProPublica report...

Steve McCarthy, News Producer here at Montclair State joins host and colleague Tom Franklin for a conversation about freelance work on the professional field while teaching; and how to land those long form segments on network television news, including the recent passing of Jimmy Breslin and McCarthy's recent trip to India with Montclair State students. Steve has over 30 years experience in the in...

Tara Sullivan, an award winning sports columnist for The Record joins Tom Franklin to discuss an upcoming panel about "Women in Media" at the Yogi Berra Museum this Thursday. Sullivan will join legendary columnist Claire Smith and our very own Kelly Whiteside in this discussion. Tara Sullivan has been covering sports in New York for over 20-years. She is a lifelong New Jersey native, a Rutgers gra...

Mike Kelly, a longtime columnist for The Bergen Record newspaper, now part of the USA Today network joins us on this episode of Media Download to talk about his interview with President Trump's senior counselor, KellyAnne Conway. His interview made national headlines earlier this week after Conway alleged that surveillance of the Trump campaign went beyond wiretapping…saying “surveillance” may be...

Dr. Susan A. Cole, President of Montclair State University is featured on this episode of WMSC's series "Women Who Rock:" a program that highlights strong, brave women creating positive change in their respective fields. Doctor Cole is a force of nature in higher education. In her close to 20 years at Montclair State, her vision has led to massive expansions of our campus, curriculum, dorms, parki...

Merrill Brown joins this episode as our featured guest. After almost 5 years at the helm of Montclair State University's brand new School of Communication, he is leaving this position next month. Brown is an educator, consultant, investor, veteran media executive and journalist.  Merrill has worked at The Saint Louis Dispatch, The Winston-Salem Sentinel, The Washington Star and Washington Post … s...

Stuart Rohrer joins to discuss this year Oscars' race. His love of film and movies has drawn him to write a weekly movie roundup on his blog, poorstuart.com, and produce a crowd-sourced Academy Awards prediction contest. Rohrer is also executive producer and founder of SRmedia Digital Publishing, a company that helps editors, publishers and content owners create engaging digital products. Stu bega...

Dr. Rob Quicke, Founder of The College Radio Foundation and College Radio Day joins us to talk about the importance of college radio and tackle a question we hear often, Is college radio dying? This is the basis of an article on Pitchfork magazine last week, where the author asked“Does College Radio Even Matter Anymore”? Engineer: Daniel Giacumbo Producer: Katie Leonard & Mike Stringham Social Str...

David Brancaccio, host and senior editor of the Marketplace Morning Report broadcast on public radio and at marketplace.org joins Merrill Brown to discuss business and media in a Trump presidency. You may also know David as the former anchor of the television news program “Now on PBS.” He does a podcast titled Esquire Classic with Esquire Magazine where he explores the most memorable non-fiction p...

Andrea Syrtash, relationship expert discusses a subject often left out of the conversation in the media—fertility. And in the current political climate, when women's health and Planned Parenthood have become popular topics of discussion; she filled a void in the industry by creating a new website she named Pregnantish. This is the first online magazine dedicated to helping women and men navigate i...

Santa Claus joins Merrill Brown on this holiday edition of Media Download. Producer: Juan Contla Executive Producer & Social: Anabella Poland Music courtesy of Tom Tuminello - Santa & The Toymakers.

Nicole Home and Jenna Inganamort, Austin Reznick and Samuel Flesher, undergraduate students at Montclair State University's School of Communication and Media join Merrill Brown to discuss the state of media 2016. Engineer: Shawn Latham Producer: James Coffey Social Media: Brandon Simanski Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

Tim O'Brien, Executive Editor at Bloomberg View and Bloomberg Gadfly and Trump expert joins Merrill Brown on this episode of Media Download to discuss the incoming administration, Trumps transition into the White House, the prospect of conflicts of interest throughout a Trump presidency, his family and his cabinet. Engineer: Jenna Inganamort Producers: Sam Flesher & Melissa Negron Social Media: Br...

Carroll Bogert, President of The Marshall Project joins Merrill Brown on this episode of Media Download, to discuss her nonprofit news organization, the state of criminal justice and criminal justice reform, prisons, the election of Donald Trump and her work in building a news organization from scratch. Engineer/board op: Jessica Conroy Producers: Brandon Simanski & Nicole Hom Social Strategy: Bra...

Monica Crowley, columnist and online opinion editor at the Washington Times best known as a political commentator on Fox News, joins Merrill Brown to discuss president-elect Donald J. Trump. Engineer: Austin Resnick Producer: Kevin Rabanal Social Media: Brandon Simanski Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

Hari Sreenivasan, anchor and senior correspondent of PBS NewsHour joins Merrill Brown to pay tribute to the late Gwen Ifill, one of the most gifted print and television journalists of our time. Engineer: James Coffey Producer: Brendan Clonan Social Media: Brandon Simanski Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

Tim O'Brien, Executive Editor at Bloomberg Gadfly & Bloomberg View executive editor, one of the world’s top experts on the background and sensibility of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump joins Merrill Brown on this episode of Media Download. Hear his take on the campaign’s final days and on how Trump will react to its outcome. O'Brien is the author of "Trump Nation, the Art of Being t...

Arnon Mishkin, director of the Fox News elections decision team will be calling the race for the network on November 8. He joins Merrill Brown to discuss the wide disparity at the polls for both presidential candidates. Engineer: Nicole Hom | Nick Franciosa Producers: Brandon Simanski Social Strategy: Jenna Inganamort Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

Jonathan Greenblatt, President of the Anti-Defamation League, joins Merrill Brown to discuss a study the ADL is releasing this week detailing the harassment and threats of over 800 journalists who have reported on Republican nominee Donald Trump and as a direct result, have been recipients of hate speech and threats over social media, as this current divisive campaign enters its final three weeks....

Jonathan Alter joins us just a few days away from the third and final debate on Oct. 19. We’re counting down to four weeks from today when Election Day ends the longest and most intensely dramatic presidential campaign, perhaps in American history. Jonathan Alter is a best-selling author, MSNBC analyst, and DailyBeast columnist. He also co-hosts Sirius XM’s " Alter Family Politics" and today he’s...

NYCC is expecting 180,000 fans to pack the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan this week in a yearly pilgrimage to the Javits Center for the biggest Comic Con around the world. This convention that began in 2006 by taking one hall in the basement of the Javits Center has not only taken every square inch of the building but they have been forced to expand to three other venues around the city....