WCRX is the student-run radio station of Columbia College Chicago. The station is dedicated to embodying professional, ethical, and legal standards while promoting a learning and leadership experience for students. WCRX provides broadcasting services to the Columbia College campus and surrounding communities in Cook County.
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Today’s episode features guests that experience a variety of stressful environments. But don’t worry! They’ve got advice for anyone feeling the pressure. Stephanie and Taylor talk to Columbia students as they prepare for finals week. Tamara and Lauren chat with Nadine, a lab tech and lobotomist who sees over 300 patients a week. And Daniel and August get the scoop from Julian on what it’s like to be a community advocate.
On today’s show, we hear from acting major Miranda Starke. Miranda talks about her stage combat training, the influence of a rural upbringing on creativity, satirizing religion in a story about grief, traveling to New York and overseas, and her favorite film, La La Land.
In our second segment, Joseph Murray, returning student and former production director at WCRX, talks about graduating for the second time, the difficulties of finding a job in radio, coding bootcamps, growing up on pop-punk, and Ethiopian food.
Stay tuned for our final segment in which President of Columbia’s Creative Writing Club, Willow “Reaper” Vinkler, speaks about the freedom in writing, hidden details in her stories, getting published in Mystic Owl Magazine, the importance of independent magazines, and her goals for the writing club.
For our last episode of Stuck In Your Stereo, Koda Calma and Dylan Case speak to Isabella Calma. She shares what it’s like being the pet mom of a wonderful Australian Sheppard and how a spur of the moment decision brough up some nostalgia and created a lot of joy.
Then, Zayd Hussein and Tacco Mills interview medical student Ricky about his experience at college and the work behind getting to graduation. Ricky too shares the joy he found at medical school and what inspired him to go for it in the first place.
Last, Henry Klapper, Will French, and Estin Novak talk with Tanji Hawkins aka T Star Verse. They discuss her career as a musician and what hip hop means to her. She also shares how doing pageants as a child led the way to her rap career and how she continued her journey after being diagnosed with vocal nodes. Check out her music here!
Today’s episode features Will French and Henry Klapper meeting with stand-up and sketch comedian Tommy Koch. We hear more in detail about his experience in the Comedy Studies Semester at Second City and how his group practices patience, collaboration, and compromise. Follow him @tommy.koch and his sketch team @bootcupsketch on Instagram!
Then, Mia Hillyer talks with graphic design major and Chicago local Kate Lawler and fashion studies major Alexis Sharpf. They share their reasoning and experience with taking a gap year before attending college and the personal feelings and conflicts when leaving their hometowns.
Lastly, Rhine Schaub and Alejandro Bolanos interview upcoming rapper T Star Verse. She shares her rap journey since the age of twelve and the excitement she has as a Manifest performer. Verse also explores her differences from other creatives and her message as an artist. Follow her on social media @Tstarverse and listen to her music here!
