Life Is The Future

High School Seniors react to their old 8th Grade podcast! Previous Life Is The Future hosts, Nonye, Debo, and Connor (S4 2021-2022), return to revisit the podcast they recorded back in middle school. Plus, as an added bonus they open their Letters to the Future and share a few things their 8th grade self wrote to their Senior year self. Cool concept, right? We are fortunate these alumni were still...

Throwback Episode! Season 8 hosts interview Season 4 hosts. Cool concept, right? This is a special opportunity where previous 8th grade podcast hosts return to visit our current middle school hosts. Maddie, Piper, and Mwanashe (S8 2025-2026) welcome back Debo, Nonye, Sparsh and Connor (S4 2021-2022) to reminisce about the last 4+ years. The 8th graders ask the graduating seniors all about life aft...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Growing Up Fast - Teens Talk Life Changes Before High School” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E11. BACKGROUND This video series provides the...

How do teens view the myriad of life changes they are experiencing? Video Podcast - Life Is The Future - Season 8, Episode 11This season's 8th grade hosts, Piper, Mwanashe, and Maddie review their year on the podcast. The teens discuss life changes, focusing on academics, friendships and social life, extracurriculars, growing up through middle school, advice to others, and look ahead to the tr...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Under Pressure - Stress Management For Teens” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E10. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a lo...

What do teens do to manage their stress? Video Podcast - Life Is The Future - Season 8, Episode 10 Stress: The body's response to change. Distress is a negative pressure or threat; the "bad" stress. Eustress is beneficial challenge; the "good" stress. This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Maya and Reya. The teens take on the...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Connected or Consumed? Teens Talk Phone Use” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E9. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a look...

How do teens view smartphone use in the 21st century? Video Podcast - Life Is The Future - Season 8, Episode 9 This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Sarah and Aanya. The teens take on the topic of phone use and its impact in teenage life. They talk about managing screen time, social media, age limits and maturation, overnight phone habits, safety issue...

Motivation through Animation! Check out this audio blog-- having fun and continuing a series using Adobe Character Animator and other creative tools. What do you think? Feedback welcome :) Read the full blog post here: https://lifeisthefuture.com/teaching-blog/attention We live in an era that competes for our attention 24/7. Even boredom now comes with a screen attached. Notifications. Tabs. Messa...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Holidays Through Teen Eyes” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E8. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a look into our recordi...

What do holidays look like as an aging teen? This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Emma and Ishani. The teens take on the topic of holidays while growing up-- specifically focusing on December tradition and Christmas. They talk about the excitement changes, celebrating in a unique manner, religious differences, travel, gift-giving, family get-togethers...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Outside the Classroom - Friends, FOMO, and Freedom” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E7. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with...

How do teens handle social life after school? This week's 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, partner up to interview classmates Kaitlyn and Mustafa. The teens take on the topic of social life, focusing on after-school and weekend activities. Specifics include hobbies, social hangout spots, parties, size and gender mix of group events, freedom in growing up, peer influence, FOMO, time away fro...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Future Freshmen” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E6. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a look into our recording ins-and-...

How do teens see the next step in school? This week's 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, partner up to interview classmates Larry and Ayaann. The teens take on the topic of growing up and moving on. Specifics include transitioning from middle school to high school, stress, expectations, extracurriculars, bullying, misconceptions, social status, and dealing with an unknown future. What other conce...

What do holidays look like as an aging teen? This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Irika and Avery. The teens take on the topic of holidays while growing up-- specifically focusing on Halloween. They talk about the excitement changes, celebrating in a different manner, mischief vs. kindness, teen stereotypes, and of course favorite candy to get while t...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Do Teens Trust A.I. in Media?” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E4. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a look into our reco...

Media or Mind of Its Own? This week's 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, partner up to interview classmates Mason and Alicia. The teens take on the topic of social media and artificial intelligence. They talk about the impact of media on social health, positives and negatives of connecting with friends online, the influence of the internet felt in a school setting, the increasingly real look of A...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Religion & Bias” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E3. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a look into our recording ins-and-...

How do teens view religion in a modern world? This week's 8th grade hosts, Piper and Mwanashe, partner up to interview classmates Aadhya and Meera. The teens take on the topic of religion and related social issues. They talk about spirituality, practicing vs. non-practicing faith, bias and prejudice, tolerance and empathy, theism and atheism, and other related connections to religious differences...

We present to you our 7th grade understudies! These students are a part of our Health Class Media Crew and help record raw, unedited footage of our podcast AND live, on-the-spot reflection both during and after each episode. Watch the behind-the-scenes of “Athletics & Academics” - Life Is The Future Podcast - S8 E2. BACKGROUND This video series provides the public with a look into our recordin...

How are teens able to balance athletics and academics? This week's 8th grade hosts, Maddie and Arbaaz, partner up to interview classmates Mason and Carys. The teens take on the topic of life balance as it relates to athletic and academic performance. They talk about stress for both sports and grades, time management, pressure from coaches and teachers, training and study discipline, future hopes a...

Motivation through Animation! Check out this audio blog-- having fun and continuing a series using Adobe Character Animator and other creative tools. What do you think? Feedback welcome :) Read the full blog post here: https://lifeisthefuture.com/teaching-blog/growth-mindset People tend to fall into one of two mindsets when it comes to learning: 🧱 Fixed Mindset Believing that your intelligence, s...

Say hello to our new leaders! We meet our Season 8 podcast hosts, Arbaaz, Maddie, Mwanashe, and Piper. They will take control of the mic in our new school year, and join two other students to be our 8th grade leaders. We hear about the 8th graders hobbies and interests, how the school year has started in comparison to previous grades, potential topics and guests, social media, and a bit on the who...

High School Seniors react to their old 8th Grade podcast! Previous Life Is The Future hosts, Naomi, Tami, and David (S3 2020-2021), return to break down a few of the episodes they recorded back in middle school. Cool concept, right? We are fortunate these alumni were still in the area to analyze their prior opinions on life as teenagers. Focus points include mental health, dating relationships, an...