Ep 11: Jobs, Fighting, and Couture

Today’s episode features Alejandro Bolanos and Rhine Scaub interviewing Jacqueline Padilla, a creative writing major at Columbia College. Padilla shares her experience with the Obama Youth Group Job Corps as the Programming Associate. She explains what the organization does for students and how she got involved. 

Then, Zayd Hussein talks with professional fighter Motaz Askar. He shares the struggles he faced while beginning fighting and how Factory X supported his journey to become an MMA fighter. Askar also explains how money played a factor in pursuing fighting and what pushed him to continue following his passion. 

Last, Dylan Catherine meets with local hip hop artist Josiah Davis aka Crysocollo Sifi. He explains how he grew to love hip hop and how music is a huge part of his life. Davis also shares how hip hop is so different than other genres and walks us through the meaning of his new EP “CRACKHEAD COUTURE”. Listen here!