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Columbia College Chicago Reporting 1 Students spent the Illinois’ Primary Election Day 2024 speaking with Chicagoans about their thoughts on voting.
Reporters include: Madison Blancas, Mya DeJesus, Jazlynn Edwards, Leonardo Esparza, Leah Flanigan, Adriah Hedrick, Samantha Ho, Kate Julianne Larroder and Izzy Smith
Students draw comparisons between their own cultures and that of the Maroons, formerly enslaved Africans who fled imprisonment and formed close-knit communities throughout the americas. Our second segment explores rituals and spirituality of the Fon people. Concluding today’s show is a commentary on the book, Five Hundred African Voices, the accounts of African slave ship survivors. Students highlight Rosa Cruz, a formerly enslaved writer and religious mystic, and Phillis Wheatley, the first known and published African American poet.
In this episode, students speak with musicians and experts of Chicago's rich jazz scene and discuss topics from the birth of the free jazz movement to the modern artists who are pushing the boundaries of the genre. We continue the show by exploring the fashions of West Africa with international designer and philanthropist, Haj Gueye. Haj goes into his formative experiences in fashion, the mission of his brand, and fashion as a means of storytelling.
Radio Stories is a collection of audio documentaries from Students at Columbia College Chicago. This episode of Radio Stories sent the students out into the world to document somebody else’s experience. Hear about maintaining an animal boarding facility, an account of homelessness, the tournament scene for a popular video game, what therapists do to destress, and much more in this episode of Radio Stories.
This episode of Radio Stories continues the tellings of experiences that impacted students’ lives. Whether it be a surprising experience at church, an opportunity presented at a coffee shop, a heartfelt experience with a pet, or understanding the imperfections of parents, this episode is an emotional rollercoaster of sadness, joy, and enlightenment.
This episode of Radio Stories focuses on the tellings of experiences that impacted students’ lives. Whether it be an account of childhood, coffee roasting, a first time experiencing a college party, childhood adventures in the swamp, trying out for softball, or a less-than-desirable nannying experience, this episode covers lots of ground.
