The Daily Northwestern Podcasts

With priority numbers being released last week, the Daily Northwestern spoke to students about housing. Specifically, about how disparities in housing affect the residential experience. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/05/01/audio/digital-diaries-season-3-episode-4-the-problem-with-housing-once-again/

Northwestern’s special collections contain a variety of rare, fragile and notably comprehensive materials, including a significant amount of publications produced by members of LGBT communities. In this episode of Defining Safe, those who teach with and learn from this collection speak on the importance of archives in understanding the struggle for liberation. Read the full article here: https://d...

In this week’s episode of The Weekly, Campus Editor Joanna Hou and City Editor Shannon Tyler talk Week 4 of Spring Quarter and balancing being journalists and students with mental health, as well as their experiences covering a crisis near campus. Read the full article here:https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/24/uncategorized/the-weekly-campus-editor-joanna-hou-and-city-editor-shannon-tyler-talk...

For National Student Employment Week, The Daily spoke with student workers about their jobs and why they love them. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/23/audio/digital-diaries-season-3-episode-3-do-you-love-your-campus-job/

In honor of National Poetry Month, we’re sitting down with members of Helicon, Northwestern’s literary and arts magazine. Since 1980, Helicon has published student poetry, prose, photography and more. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/17/audio/nu-declassified-sitting-down-with-helicon-for-national-poetry-month/

In this week’s episode of The Weekly, Digital Managing Editor Erica Schmitt and Photo Editor Kimberly Espinosa talk Week 2 of Spring Quarter, explain the editing chain and look forward to Dillo Day. Read the full article here:https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/10/audio/the-weekly-digital-managing-editor-erica-schmitt-and-photo-editor-kimberly-espinosa-talk-week-2/

On Season 3, Episode 2 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern students share times they’ve pranked others. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/09/audio/digital-diaries-season-3-episode-2-pranks-jokes-scams-and-swindles/

For the first episode of Digital Diaries this season, The Daily Northwestern spoke to students about how they deal with a prevalent phenomenon in college: homesickness. Listen to their strategies, which include Chinese takeout and Jimmy Buffet. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/02/audio/digital-diaries-season-3-episode-1-curing-the-real-freshman-flu-homesickness/

This episode of Brainstorm covers environmental policy and culture Prof. Eli Suzukovich III’s “Maple Syrup and Climate Change” course, which combines lessons about indigenous philosophy, climate change and the economics of the sugar industry. Students also get hands-on field work opportunities as they navigate the sweet history of maple trees on campus.

On Season 2, Episode 9 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern students reflect on their Spring Break plans and the ways they prepare themselves for Spring Quarter.

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council covers two major pieces of legislation and a rooster. The Council voted to approve changes to its current licensing legislation, as well as to approve a contract for the Evanston Animal Shelter construction. Reporter Lily Shen also speaks to assistant city editor William Tong about his recent reporting on Ryan Field. Read the full articl...

On Season 2, Episode 8 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern students share their sleepy and sleepless nights of college.

On Season 2, Episode 7 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern students share their perfect roommate matches that were either randomly assigned or found online.

In this episode of The Weekly, sports editor Skye Swann and print managing Editor Angeli Mittal break down the record-breaking win for Northwestern men’s basketball against Purdue, the Spring Sports Preview and some other top headlines! Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/02/19/audio/everything-evanston-city-council-rapid-recap-talks-harley-clarke-and-funding-plans/

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council covers its discussion of Harley Clarke Mansion as well as other proposed amendments and ordinances. Angeli Mittal also spotlights a story on ETHS’ disproportionate suspension of black students. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/02/19/audio/everything-evanston-city-council-rapid-recap-talks-harley-clarke-and-f...

You may have seen their signature rainbow dildo but what do you know about SHAPE?

On Season 2, Episode 6 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern students share some of their worst dating experiences, from being ghosted to first kisses with nuns watching.

We talk to three Northwestern tour guides about the job. What do they do? Why do tour guides matter? What steps do they take to become tour guides? What are some memorable tour experiences? Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/02/13/audio/nu-declassified-a-behind-the-scenes-trip-through-the-world-of-tour-guides/

Caped Clinicians is a student-led startup with The Garage that aims to break down barriers in scientific research. This past quarter, the organization passed on the project to a new generation of leadership for the first time in Caped Clinicians’ history.

On Season 2, Episode 5 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern couples reflect on their relationship and offer advice. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/02/05/audio/digital-diaries/digital-diaries-season-2-episode-5-what-if-we-kissedunder-weber-arch/

This week’s episode of The Weekly highlights the top digital desk projects of the quarter with Data Visualization editor Ava Mandoli and Digital Managing editor Joanne Haner. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/02/05/audio/the-weekly-data-visualization-editor-ava-mandoli-and-digital-managing-editor-joanne-haner-talk-week-5/

On Season 2, Episode 4 of Digital Diaries, Northwestern students play Kiss, Marry, Kill with Northwestern buildings. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/29/audio/digital-diaries-season-2-episode-4-kiss-marry-kill-northwestern-buildings-edition/

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council includes discussions of ARPA funding and a new ordinance banning cashless businesses. We also dive into a story on the new environmental justice investigation initiative in Evanston. Click here to read the full article: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/26/audio/everything-evanston-city-council-rapid-recap-talks-arpa-funding-and-cash...

Long story short, it was a bad time for Northwestern students who spent six hours or more waiting in the Ticketmaster queue to get tickets to Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/24/audio/podculture-featuring-the-few-fearless-swifties-whose-wildest-dreams-came-true/

In this episode of Digital Diaries, we discuss surviving your first Northwestern winter, including how your skincare routine should change and how other students deal with seasonal depression. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/22/audio/digital-diaries-season-2-episode-3-adjusting-to-evanstons-big-freeze/