The Sting

Tune is to hear how it feels for Hannah and Regan Noel to play soccer together and go to school together! Also a little insight from Emily McClendon on the beginning vs the end!

Meet our new podcast crew! Tune in to hear what Madi Boggs and Natalia Rich have to say about their freshman and senior years at Howard Payne University!

In this episode Ben interviews all of the HPU Department of Communication majors who are graduating in Spring of 2023. After the interview, they all play a game of miscommunication interpretation, where they have to guess what was miscommunicated in text conversations. . Email: HPUTheSting@gmail.com Instagram: @hputhesting . Credits: -Executive Producer and Lead Host | Ben Sartain -Special thanks...

In this episode Ben interviews all of the theatre majors working on Senior directs: Aleah Curtis, Alex Glass, Laira Jones-Card, and Abigail Poling. After the interview, Adrielle Sloan shares something God has been teaching her in this week's Soul Care segment. . Aleah Curtis’ production of Great Expectations will be April 29th at 7:30pm and April 30th at 2:30pm. Alex Glass’ production of Ledge...

In this episode Ben interviews Alex Glass and Chance Harmon about the upcoming HPU Renaissance Fair that the Game Guild organization is hosting. Then, he plays a Renaissance Fair themed game of Real or Fake with these guests. Finally, Jason Turner will share a verse that’s been impactful to him in this week's Soul Care segment. . Be sure to follow Game Guild for updates! @hpu_gameguild You can...

Follow this link to sign up for HPU’s Community Impact Day. . In this episode Ben interviews Laura Benoit about HPU’s Community Impact Day. Then, we turn to a brand new segment called Soul Care, where we’ll have students involved with the communication department share devotionals about something God has been teaching them. This week’s Soul Care will feature Student Speaker Bureau member, Luke Mos...

In this episode Ben interviews Ryleigh Watson about the story she's been writing for the Yellow Jacket. Then, Ben, Ryleigh, and Jason Turner all give their input on some crazy questions in a new segment called “Life’s Important Questions.” . Be sure to follow The Yellow Jacket on Instagram and Facebook! @hputxyjnews . If you have any questions about The Yellow Jacket or HPU’s department of communi...

Be sure to follow @hpubsm on Instagram to stay up to date on everything about Campus Celebration, and all other BSM events! . In this episode Ben interviews the three members of the BSM’s Campus Celebration Lead Team, Cody Feist, Mariah Garcia, and Colin Thompson. Then, Ben plays a game of Sermon Illustration Mayhem with these guests, and then we have Sports with Jason Turner. . Email: HPUTheSting...

In this final episode of the semester we’ll be highlighting the Student Speaker Bureau. We’ve got an interesting interview and a really fun game with team members! . If you have any questions about the Student Speaker Bureau or HPU’s department of communication, you can email Dr. Julie Welker at jwelker@hputx.edu . Email: HPUTheSting@gmail.com Instagram: @hputhesting . Credits: -Executive Producer...

Welcome to our thanksgiving episode! In this episode Ben interviews Howard Payne University president, Dr. Hines, and then plays a thanksgiving would-you-rather game with him. . Stay tuned to our Instagram for updates! @hputhesting . We'd love to get your emails: hputhesting@gmail.com . Credits: -Executive Producer | Ben Sartain -Assistant Producer | Jason Turner -Lead Host | Ben Sartain -Oversigh...

In this episode we’ll start with an interview of Corey Langford, the HPU Esports coordinator, and then we’ll do a videogame MadLib with Corey. Next we’ll go into Jason’s interview about HPU Intramurals with Zac Stirling. Finally, Jason and Ben will wrap up the episode with Campus Buzz! . If you’re interested in getting more information about HPU Esports, you can do so by emailing esports@hputx.edu...

In this episode we’ll start with an interview of two students, Michael Dye and Daniel Archer. They were a part of starting a Bible Study after encounter week in the Fall semester of 2021. The group, called the Daniel Fan Club, is still meeting now, one year later. After the interview, we’ll play a game of This or That with Michael and Daniel. Then we’ll do an interview with our assistant producer,...

Follow this link for info on all things Stinger Spectacular . . In this episode we’ll highlight several things about the 2022 Stinger Spectacular on Oct. 14 & 15. However, if you’re getting to this episode after those dates, there’s still some great discussion of interest, and some fun to listen in on 😃. First we’ll start by interviewing the Vice President of Alumni Relations, Dr. Kalie Lowri...

In this episode we’ll be interviewing Julie McDermed, owner of Over The Rainbow Ice Cream, which just opened in downtown Brownwood. Then, we’ll go into our sports segment with Jason Turner. After that, in celebration of hispanic heritage month, we’ve got an interview with 2020 HPU Graduate Gabi Diaz De Leon, Marketing and Communications Manager for the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Fina...

In this episode we’ll be interviewing Mia Romero, editor for the Yellow Jacket, then we’ll go into our sports segment with Jason Turner where he’ll overview some of the highlights from this last week, and give a heads up on upcoming games to watch for. Finally we’ll conclude with campus buzz, where we’ll read off submissions from the prompt we gave on our first episode. We got some hilarious submi...

In this episode we’ll be discussing the goals of this podcast and what listeners can expect with Dr. Julie Welker, we’ll have a sports segment featuring an interview with HPU football players Jimmy Jakubowski and Billy Reagins, we’ll interview Kailee Knudson Director of Student Leadership & Engagement, then we’ll go into a game segment with Dr. Welker and Kailee, and, finally, we’ll wrap thing...

This is just a promotional segment before our first official episode. It took longer than we thought to get the pieces in place for launch, so our launch is actually Fall 2022, with the first episode coming Sep 1!