Long Beach Current Podcasts

Welcome back to the Beach, CSULB! This new season of Beach Weekly comes with several changes, particularly a new sports segment. In this Beach Weekly trailer, veteran Beach Weekly host Hannah Getahun introduces news co-host Perry Continente and sports segment hosts Manny Valladares and Ralston Dacanay. Tune in every Monday at 6am to get your weekly dose of news and sports at the Beach!

James Chow and special guest Paula Kiley go over this past week’s stories as well as next week’s special multimedia package. Tune into this episode of Beach Weekly to get a hint of what’s to come. 0:18 A look into how Cambodian Americans are acclimating to Long Beach 7:00 May Day and the march for worker’s rights 12:00 A special interview with the queen Music used: Bensound – High Octane RuPaul –...

James Chow and Hannah Getahun go over this week's hottest topics in sports and Associated Students Inc. student government. Listen in to learn more about tennis coach Jenny Hilt-Costello's recipe for a winning team, the inside scoop on ASI's $18 million budget and the details behind men's volleyball assistant coach Scott Touzinsky's departure. 0:16: A feature on women's tennis and its head coach 7...

Beach Weekly is back with commentary on the diverse pieces in the art galleries and the coverage of Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day in Long Beach. 0:17 When Life Give You Limones (Ceramics piece) 3:29 Jinja (Animated film piece) 6:27 Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day

James Chow and Hannah Getahun go over the tastiest bits of the Daily 49er special food issue on stands until April 7. Stories in this podcast include a brewery roundup, a feature on an upcoming Long Beach co-op and a story about a small farm told in a new multimedia experience. 0:16 Long Beach brewery crawl 5:14 Damon Lawrence’s grocery co-op 11:02 Farming under the wire Music used: Bensound – Jaz...

Co-hosts Hannah Getahun and James Chow spill the tea in the flashiest, bizarre and cutest things in news. This week’s roundup includes a CBS show filmed at Long Beach State, wild coyote campus trends and a feature on a 94-year-old student at the university. 0:17 Filming for new show “Under the Bridge” 6:13 The Coyo-tea 13:13 Harold Katz: The man who lives to learn Music used: Music used: TLC – Cre...

Co-hosts James Chow and Hannah Getahun go over the most recent Daily 49er special issue highlighting the 49th annual Long Beach Pow Wow. The coverage includes Samantha Diaz’s feature on the head man dancer of the event, Rachel Barnes’ article on the intergenerational traditions of American Indian tribes and Chow’s story on the significance of regalia adorned by Native dancers. 0:25 Head Man Dancer...

Hannah Getahun and special guest host Kevin Colindres go over all things news and sports. Topics addressed in this podcast include the recent Associated Students Inc. meeting, the social media backlash with a recent Daily 49er headline and a feature article on Long Beach State’s star men’s point guard Deishuan Booker. 0:19 ASI Senate coverage 5:59 “We ‘fucking’ won” controversy 11:09 Chugg it at t...

Co-hosts James Chow and Hannah Getahun spike this regularly scheduled news roundup with volleyball coverage from this week’s special issue. They interview Managing Editor Samantha Diaz and Assistant Sports Editor Bryan Aparicio for their stories featuring the Big West outlook and the men’s volleyball team’s newcomers. Furthermore, Associated Students Inc. Senate’s  controversial abortion bill...

Co-hosts Hannah Getahun and James Chow discuss the tea of the week including continued debate over a controversial ASI resolution, a behind the scenes scoop on California Repertory’s “Cabaret” production and a look into LBSU’s award-winning construction management team. 0:17: ASI passes controversial abortion resolution for a second reading 7:28: Arts and Life Editor Rachel Barnes gives an inside...

Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable for your daily commute. Co-hosts James Chow and Hannah Getahun go over this week’s news topics featuring a heavily debated Associated Students Inc. resolution, a new Senate bill that could possibly waive tuition and the slippery hallways at Long Beach State. 0:19: New ASI resolution debated over abortion clause 6:25: California legislature introduces a tuit...

For a special 10th edition in the news roundup, this podcast delves into all things related to the Long Beach State mascot, or lack thereof. Beach Weekly host James Chow interviews reporters Perry Continente, Rachel Barnes and Paula Kiley, who helped cover and contribute to the new mascot conversation. While Continente and Kiley go over their own stories, Barnes discusses an opinion piece wri...

James Chow and Hannah Getahun round up this week’s news content with special guests Opinions Editor Rachel Barnes and News Editor Austin Brumblay. Stories include the cancellation of Week of Welcome, the new Golden Girls class, a chemistry professor who received Wang Family Excellence award and a possible referendum on a new school mascot. WoW gets cancelled: 0:41 Golden Girls class: 3:51 Chemistr...

On the first Beach Weekly of 2019, James Chow talks with Daily 49er reporters about construction updates from university administration to the Long Beach community, the CSU wide tuition freeze and the new Student Success Center. The special guests on today’s podcast are Hannah Getahun, Austin Brumblay and Paula Kiley. Community updates: 0:36 Tuition freeze: 7:39 Student Success Center: 10:43 Music...

In this week's podcast, Assistant News Editor James Chow interviews Special Projects Editor Carlos Villicana about the eight-story special issue on Long Beach State's colleges. Villicana gives a sneak peak of each story, while giving his take on the process of putting the paper together. 2:24 College of Business 3:30 College of Health and Human Services 4:57 College of Engineering 5:42 College of...

Assistant News Editors Hannah Getahun and James Chow discuss this past week's notable news topics: LBSU mourns the death of two professors, the San Ysidro border closure and a flooded animation lab. 0:38 LBSU mourns the death of two professors 0:41 Math professor Kent Merryfield 1:20 Linguistics professor Alexandra "Misty" Jaffe 3:59 San Ysidro border closure 6:20 Flooded animation lab

News Editor Emma DiMaggio and Assistant News Editor James Chow give a roundup of this week's notable news stories: California State University Board of Trustees meetings, Associated Students Inc. homelessness panel and the Imagine Beach 2030 initiative. Board of Trustees: 0:32 ASI homeless awareness panel: 8:11 Beach 2030 10:10

In this week's regularly scheduled podcast, Assistant News Editor James Chow goes over the new alumni center and talks to Daily 49er reporters who covered this week's ASI and Pregnant and Parenting Students Club's meetings. Alumni Center: 0:26 ASI Senate Meeting: 1:04 Pregnant and Parenting Students Club 7:01

Daily 49er News Editor Emma DiMaggio and Assistant News Editor James Chow discuss the results of the 2018 midterm election. State representatives: 1:13 State propositions: 3:48 Local Long Beach measures: 11:55

This week's podcast covers a range of different news topics. Assistant News Editor James Chow interviews the Daily 49er reporters who covered the Campus Clash event, a story on college affordability and the Climathon event. Campus Clash: 0:31 College Affordability 5:50 Climathon 10:41

Daily 49er News Editor James Chow and City Editor Emma DiMaggio give a roundup of last week's news including the broken University Student Union escalators, a protest honoring murdered Humboldt State student David Josiah Lawson and an art piece recognizing victims of police brutality. Music used: Lee Rosevere - Wireless