Month: December 2018

Gay Gaze

[“Wrong Number” by The Gays plays] RICHARD: Hello and welcome back to Me/Us/U, a podcast made by me, well us, about us for you. KAY: Today we would like to tell you a story about gender, sexuality, and all of the queer little things that pop up in our community. MIRA: From the early modern history of queer culture… CESCA: To the future that many queer students face, RICHARD: We…

College Misconceptions

[Orchestra music opens up] [Sound of partying, singing, talking yelling] [Sounds become muffled and a door closes.] SARAH L: That sounds like a wild party. Am I right? RANDOM VOICE: Oh hell yeah. SARAH L: Where do you think they are? A club, a bar, a college campus? If you said College campus, well you’re right. RANDOM VOICE: Yeehaw SARAH L: See, this is what a lot of people actually believe goes on during…

Roots of My Activism

CAROLINE: Hi, my name is Caroline. NATALIE: My name is Natalie. REGINE: My name is Regine, and this is Me/Us/U Today’s episode will feature three distinct voices talking about issues that are important to them and how each individual has used a passion for those issues to become activists. This is Roots of my Activism. [music plays] CAROLINE: Hi my name is Caroline Beohm and I am currently a junior at Susquehanna University where I major in political…

Subs vs. Hoagies

[calm wind synth music] KRISTINA: Do you say sub or hoagie? VARIOUS VOICES: Sub. Sub. Hoagie. Sub. Sub. KRISTINA: What about maple sir-up or maple seer-up? VARIOUS VOICES: Maple seer-up. Seer-up. Maple seer-up. Seer-up. Maple sir-up. KRISTINA: Crayon? Crayan? VARIOUS VOICES: Crayon. Crayan. Crayon. Crayan. Crayon. KRISTINA: People will go to war defending these words and how they’re pronounced. Most people know that the south says “y’all” and that the Midwest says “pop.” But how did the English language within the United States become so varied? How…

The Lost Art of Social Interaction

[Introduction music] MEGAN: Hi, I’m Megan VICTORIA: I’m Victoria BRIANNA: I’m Bri MEGAN: And we’ve been in the same classes for the past three years, but haven’t talked to each other until this class. [laughter] BRIANNA: I think it’s really interesting how we haven’t talked to each other in all the time that we’ve known each other. I’ve seen you guys sit across the room, we’ve made eye contact, and we’ve…

Spot The Satire

[Broke for Free’s song “Night Owl” Fades in, an electronic inquisitive beat and drums.] NIKKI B: You’re listening to another episode of Me / Us/ U ALYSSA: a podcast produced by English students at Susquehanna University that gives authority to undermined voices of creative individuals and college students to discuss a wide range of topics and this is our episode ALL: Spot the Satire [Different voices from interviews saying “Satire”]…

Huh, That’s Weird

[Carpe Diem by Kevin MacLeod plays] JACOB: Hello, and welcome to another episode of Me/Us/U. Today, we take a little trip into the dark side of human nature. We hope you’re not afraid of the dark— LIN: I am! HAYLI: You’re in the wrong place! JACOB: That would be unfortunate. We want to explore the “hows” and “whys” of the human condition, get under the skin and see what really…

Stories That Changed Us

[positive upbeat music plays in background] SARAH FRENCH: Hello, and welcome to the Stories that Change Us, a Me/Us/sU production. I’m Sarah French. MITCH ROSHANNON: I’m Mitch Roshannon. AYLA NYRIESE: and I’m Ayla Nyriese. SARAH F: Today we’ll be exploring just a few of the ways that stories impact our lives. So if you’re interested in how stories become books and how diversity works in publishing, MITCH: The wonders of narrative gaming and the dangers…