Express Yourself!

Steven Zhou and Jacqueline Tao host this program all about being positive. Youngjoo Ahn, our Artsy Gifts reporter, gives us a segment on how to create a positively fun container for ourselves. Mason Windatt puts a positive spin on his sports segment, On the Ball. Our guest is Mr. Positive, AKA, Ken Bossone, President of the World Positive Thinkers Club. He tells us how positive living makes for a...

Express Yourself!™ delves into the creative world of art with renowned fine artist and computer games specialist, Armand Cabrera currently living and working in Virginia and Leslie Swartz, a California resident who began her art career in South Africa which teaching children. Field reporter Nicole Eubanks discusses the benefits of art for healthy living in her segment, Health Beat. Reporter Rachel...

It's a dream song fest on Express Yourself!™ today. Hosts Steven Zhou and Courtney Cheng are serenaded by the two winners of The First Annual South Bay Teen Idol competition as well as our own Express Yourself!™ chanteuse, Vivien Lee. Artsy Gifts reporter, Youngjoo Ahn crafts unique gifts for the musicians in your life and Courtney Cheng morphs nto Radio Junkie with insights into the American Idol...

Courtney Cheng and Vivien Lee co-host a girls rule program with an interview with New York Times best selling YA author of the Gallagher Girls, Ally Carter whose books have sold more than 1.8 million copies in fifteen territories worldwide. Our hosts also interview a teen concert promoter of heavy metal bands, Victoria Payne, who has been going to concerts since the age of 12 and talked her way in...

Express Yourself!™ embarks on global teen travel treat. Host Steven Zhou welcomes Hong Kong born, Henry Eu, Vice President of Educational Services International. He recruits young people to teach conversational English in eleven countries. New field reporter, Mason Windatt, shares his segment On the Ball to talk about how sport teams travel. Health Beat reporter Nicole Eubanks gives us the six top...

Around the world with Express Yourself!™ Hosts Steven Zhou and Courntey Cheng travel across the big POND to interview London's entrepreneur, Danny Tyler, who launched Tyler Tours with his brother for visitors to see an inside look at the city. They'll continue across the Channel to France to meet global nomad, Saturn Range in Paris to learn about her gypsy lifestyle living in many cities and learn...

All girls for a full hour. Vivien Lee co-hosts with Chan Dara Paschal plus field reporters Courtney Cheng with her review of The Hunger Games in Book It! and Jacqueline Tao talks about females being objectified in Campus Calling. The girls introducie and audition thirteen-year old Nicole Eubanks from Florida who is interested in becoming a health field reporter on Express Yourself!™. Nicole believ...

OPINIONS DURING THIS SHOW DO NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF VOICE AMERICA AND OR WORLD TALK RADIO PLEASE CONSULT A CRISIS PROFESSIONAL. Every fifteen minutes someone commits suicide. Suicide claims more than a million lives each year and leaves more than five million to mourn them. Its victims are drawn by drugs, depression, disease, sexual confusion, bullying, peer pressures, feelings of desperation...

Be the Star You Are!® is a literacy charity dedicated to empowering women, families, and youth. Express Yourself!™ is committed to developing opportunities and showcasing young people who are bringing the gift of reading and writing to others. In today's show, our hosts Steven Zhou and Chan Dara Paschal introduce us to thirteen year old Megan Mettler who created a program to bring books to low inc...

The Brits are back! Steven Zhou interviews British teen living in Italy, Joeleen, with her new CD, Welcome to My World and both Steven and Chan Dara Pashal talk with London/Lagos raised poetry/hip hop star, Karl Nova. Reporters Jacqueline Tao and Eric Pawlakos chime in with Campus Calling and The App Rap. Watch Joeleen: http://joeleenworld.com/Home.html. Watch Karl Nova: http://www.youtube.com/Kar...

Chan Dara Paschal and Courtney Cheng host today's music program featuring band major, Mackenzie Dimler. Radio Junkie Reporter, Courtney Tran offers more musical commentary. In the Tough Talk segment, Chan Dara and Courtney discuss the prevalence of kids being forced to sing, dance, and perform. Mackenzie Dimler has been playing music since he was in the 4th grade. He plays the clarinet, the bass c...

Reproductive health professional, Heather Brittany joins our hosts Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou to discuss teen sexuality. Field reporters, Vivien Lee and Courtney Cheng add their research and opinions on the subject with Say What? and Book It! Heather Brittany is a reproductive health professional specializing in teen sexuality. Heather has been bringing her research, enthusiasm, and healthy...

Hollywood's celebrity numerologist, Glynis McCant, joins our hosts Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou for our Valentine's Day Love Special. Teen field reporters, Courtney Tran, Courtney Cheng, and Jacqueline Tao bring their unique voices to the topic of relationships with their segments of Radio Junkie, Book It, and Campus Calling. Lots of humor, singing, joking, and numerology on this Valentine's...

PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED Gender Issues As part of our Tough Talks series, our hosts, Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou interview experts on gender issues including health educator from the University of California at Berkeley, Sarah Gamble and Orange County/Long Beach Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League and GLSEN, Kevin O'Grady. Topics discussed include gay, lesbian, transgender,...

Most youth have aspirations of being in the spotlight, whether it's as a sports figure, politician, or movie star. Hollywood acting dreams is the focus of Express Yourself!™ Courtney Cheng reviews the acting bible, The Business of Show Business in Book It! Sarah Jean Allen, a 21 year-old actor from San Jose, has been on stage since the age of six, currently studying Theater Arts in college. What s...

Jacqueline Tao co-hosts with Chan Dara Paschal as Steven Zhou is playing prosecutor in a mock trial. Bullying is the most common form of violence in our society. Our two guests, Helice Bridges and Roberto de la Pena bring us the facts about bullying-the causes, effects, and ways to eradicate it. Our segment Radio Junkie with Courtney Tran presents musicians including Pink and Taylor Swift, who sin...

Hosts Chan Dara Pascal and Steven Zhou focus on the game that is uniquely American-football. They interview two stars-one a high school senior, Mason Windatt whose underdog Campolindo Courgars went all the way to the state championships and a professional, multi million dollar earning football player, defensive lineman, Demetric Evans who played for the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49'ers, and th...

Happy 2012 and welcome to an hour of stimulating teen talk as co-hosts Steven Zhou and Chan Dara Paschal introduce the stellar team of Express Yourself!™. Meet a sampling of our field reporters as producer and creator of Express Yourself! TEEN Radio, Cynthia Brian introduces Courtney Cheng, Vivien Lee, Eric Pawlakos, and Jacqueline Tao. Cynthia Brian is also the Founder and Executive Director of B...

Every teen needs to know how to manage money. In our show today, our hosts Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou interview two experts plus two teen field reporters with big dollar news. Eric Pawlakos shares two great apps in The App Rap with Borrowing for College and the Student Loan Calculator. If you are on your way to university, you need to hear this segment. Ron Melvin, Manager of US Bank in Laf...

Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou interview a renowned hip hop orchestra conductor, a radio program director/former DJ, and hear from two field reporters. Welcome to our newest on-air field reporter, Courtney Tran who presents an inside look at the music of Glee Courtney is also the beautiful voice behind our theme song for Express Yourself!™ The award-winning documentary "Hip Hop Maestro" is the...

What is branding and how can it help you launch your products, services, and self? Our hosts, Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou interview experts on branding. Jacqueline Tao brings us the latest news from life at Stanford University with Campus Calling. Co-chair of the Orinda Teen Advisory Council and a competitive speaker, Alex Glazer, is a high school senior who wants to pursue a career in commu...

How do you find your purpose in life? Do you know how to identify your special gifts? Chan Dara Paschal and Steven Zhou interview experts on the subject. Courtney Cheng, field reporter for Book It! shares the latest good read by Mary e. Pearson. Brooks Olbrys, author of the children's picture book series, Blue Ocean Bob, provides insights on how children and youth find their purpose and their pass...

Music through ages in today's show plus tech field reporter, Eric Pawkalos, shares a great free app for music lovers, Soundhound. Dana Messing, founding member and the only "original" member of The Fabulous Cruisetones shares his band career beginning in the 1960's through today. He has appeared in concert with War, Muddy Waters, Flash Cadillac & the Continentral Kids, the Tubes, Sugarloaf, Bo Did...

Co-hosts Steven Zhou and Chan Dara Paschal broach the subject of what life is like after high school. Field reporter, Jacqueline Tao will chronicle what her first few weeks have been like attending Stanford University as a freshman with Campus Callling. Rachel Glass, field reporter in Eurgene, Oregon, shares her impressions of college, sororities, and activities at the University of Oregon. Michae...

Welcome to the first hour of stimulating teen talk as co-hosts Steven Zhou and Chan Dara Paschal introduce the world to Express Yourself!™. You'll meet the five field reporters who will be providing exciting content that entices teens everywhere. Courtney Cheng: Book It! Rachel Glass: Making a Difference Vivien Lee: Say What! Eric Pawlakos: The App Rap Jacqueline Tao: Campus Calling In addition, C...