The Daily Northwestern Podcasts

Teaching classes from home can be tough, and doubly so when you’re raising children at the same time. Weinberg profs. Sera Young and Mark Witte talk about how parenting and teaching have changed under lockdown. dailynorthwestern.com/nu-declassified-raising-kids-under-lockdown

Channing Russell is a sophomore in Medill. He recently has launched his rap career as “Chanbino.” Hear from Channing and his producer, Communication sophomore Sean Malaisrie, on what goes into creating a track. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/06/03/multimedia/sound-source-creating-another-definition-of-hip-hop/

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Life looks different than it did a few months ago. We checked in with a few Evanston residents to see how their lives have shifted after COVID-19 hit. For architect Jane Sloss, more time at home means more time to connect with an international community of sketchers. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/29/multimedia/audio/everything-evanston-life-under-the-stay-at-home-order/

Life looks different than it did a few months ago. We checked in with a few Evanston residents to see how their lives have shifted after COVID-19 hit. ETHS senior Sarah Parisien celebrated her birthday, graduated and went to prom all with her family from the living room of her home. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/29/multimedia/audio/everything-evanston-life-under-the-stay-at-home-order/

On May 14, Rick Riordan announced that a TV show adaptation of his young adult book series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, was in the works. The show, which will air on Disney Plus, received widespread excitement from Percy Jackson fans across the world. Three Northwestern undergraduate students talk about their own thoughts on the new TV series, the 2010 movie adaptation, and the original books...

Evan Hill and Brian Rosenthal have a lot in common: They both graduated from Medill, both were editors at the Daily, both do investigative journalism for the New York Times and both just won the highest honor in journalism: a Pulitzer Prize. Evan Hill and Brian Rosenthal have a lot in common: They both graduated from Medill, both were editors at the Daily, both do investigative journalism for the...

Amid COVID-19, non-essential healthcare has been delayed, causing many transgender patients to lose access to gender-affirming care like hormone therapy, surgeries, and more. Defining Safe spoke to Northwestern students Sadd Sadd, Erique Zhang, and Michael Ann DeVito about their experiences with accessing gender-affirming healthcare during the pandemic. We also chatted with Dr. Kevin Hatfield, who...

For years, students at Northwestern have been pushing the university to reckon with its history and complicity in settler colonialism. One of their principal demands? A program in Native American and Indigenous Studies. This program is now set to launch as a minor in Weinberg. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/15/multimedia/audio/defining-safe-the-path-to-a-minor-in...

WNUR seniors talk Zoom dance parties, broadcasting from a closed radio station, and leaving a community that’s defined their time at Northwestern. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/11/multimedia/audio/sound-source-filling-the-airwaves-remotely/

Washington-based online-shopping service Amazon is facing intense criticism and accusations that it’s not doing enough to protect its workers. One of these workers happens to be Weinberg first-year Joey Ribera. Defining Safe asked him to keep audio logs and document the realities of working in an Amazon warehouse during a global pandemic.

Communication first-year Gwen Giedeman plays in Ferret Bueller along with three other students from Chicagoland universities. The rock band’s members talk through their creative process and how they have adjusted as a result of COVID-19. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/07/multimedia/audio/sound-source-ferret-bueller-is-making-music-together-even-while-apart/

In the newest episode of Digital Diaries, international student Quan Pham talks about being one of the last students on Northwestern’s campus in the middle of March. Over two weeks, Pham recorded his thoughts and feelings as he packed up his belongings and traveled to Philadelphia to stay with friends. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/07/multimedia/audio/digital-di...

While life as we know it has changed drastically, Junior Anna Cohen has continued attending her therapy sessions via an online platform during the pandemic. However, therapists and counseling services have had to adapt to new practices and behaviors to give their patients the best care possible. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/06/multimedia/speak-your-mind-new-ways-to-cope/.

Northwestern students perform comedy virtually through the Flipside’s Zoom event, facing risks such as ‘Zoom-bombing.’ https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/06/multimedia/podculture-what-happens-when-your-virtual-event-gets-zoom-bombed/

Why have people been having weird, vivid COVID-19-related dreams? The answer’s complicated. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/05/multimedia/brainstorm-dreaming-in-covid-19/

After the National Guard killed four Kent State University students for protesting the invasion of Cambodia in the Vietnam War, Northwestern launched a university-wide strike. Fifty years later, Eva Paterson reflects on trying to stop a war as a college student. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/05/04/multimedia/audio/nu-declassified-when-classes-were-canceled-50-years...

For work-study students, COVID-19 brought their income into question. But even after the University’s decision to continue paying work-study students, junior Cameron Cook says she feels that the University is still not doing enough to answer all questions and support all students who rely on the school for a source of income. Other students ran into issues with their work-study allotments, includi...

While he still plays with his former band, Arch Supports, Nat Scholl is starting out as a solo musician. With an album in the works, Scholl talks about his transition between bands and his experience making music at Northwestern. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/30/multimedia/audio/sound-source-nat-scholls-natural-talent-to-create/#photo

As COVID-19 puts financial strain on Evanston, students and residents are trying to cope by organizing rent strikes and petitioning to reduce spring quarter tuition. But some experts warn that these actions might have unforeseen consequences. The Ripple sat down with Hiranya Kamdar, organizer of the Tuition/Fees Reduction petition for Spring Quarter at NU, as well as Northwestern economics profess...

In the first episode of Digital Diaries, travel back in time to the end of March and experience quarantine through the recordings of Amos Pomp, who spent quarantine in his Evanston apartment. Pomp recorded his daily thoughts, feelings, and activities for the first week of Illinois’ stay-at-home order.

How are Evanston’s food pantries responding to a surge in food insecurity due to COVID-19? Hillside Food Pantry’s operations manager explains how the pantry adapted to meet the challenge, and a longtime volunteer walks us through a day at the pantry. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/28/multimedia/everything-evanston-food-pantries-in-a-pandemic/

When McCormick Professor Jiaxing Huang first heard about the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown in Wuhan, China, he asked himself what he could do to help. Then, he began developing a new kind of mask. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/24/multimedia/audio/brainstorm-unmasking-the-research-behind-covid-19/#photo

The audio editor of The Daily Northwestern explains the concept behind the new podcast Digital Diaries. The first episode will premiere next week. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/23/multimedia/audio/digital-diaries-coming-next-week/

For these Evanston concert venues, not even a global pandemic can stop the beat. Podculture talked to Studio5 and Evanston SPACE about their virtual concert series, and how they’re keeping themselves afloat in a time where in-person concerts aren’t possible anymore.