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Content Creation: season 1 - Year ONE 2022-23
Content Creation: season 1 - Year ONE 2022-23
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The Beginning of Herricks Studios: A Year of FirstS
The Beginning of Herricks Studios: A Year of FirstS
Content Creation Foundations is an innovative eighth-grade elective at Herricks Middle School where students take their first steps into the world of podcasting under the guidance of their teacher, Michael Heit. In its inaugural year, Herricks Studios became the creative home for student-made podcasts—a launchpad for incredible ideas, collaboration, and storytelling.
From day one, this class was a true partnership between students and teacher. Together, we built not only the projects that fueled our podcasts but also the systems and workflows that shaped the course itself. Students were involved in every aspect of the creative process—from brainstorming and writing show notes in Google Docs to recording, editing, and mastering their own episodes.
Learning the Art of Podcast Production
Learning the Art of Podcast Production
Throughout the year, students explored every stage of podcast creation, learning skills that blended creativity with technical mastery:
Setting up and operating professional-quality recording equipment
Developing effective systems for planning and editing
Conducting interviews with thoughtful preparation and confidence
Producing original shows and collaborative group projects that reflected their creativity and hard work
Building a Community of Storytellers
Building a Community of Storytellers
This first year was about more than just learning how to make podcasts—it was about discovering the power of storytelling. Students found their voices, learned to express themselves authentically, and created projects that inspired and connected our school community.
Together, we built the foundation for a program that continues to grow and thrive. Every episode stands as a testament to the passion, teamwork, and dedication of our first cohort.
Welcome to the start of something amazing—we’re so proud to share these first podcasts with you.
Alyssa & Kristen interview Dr. Sinanis
Content Creation Students are featured on Herricks' Happenings with Dr. Sinanis
Our end-of-the-year Podcast was created exclusively by students.
Mr. Heit interviews Mr. Mauro in a spur-of-the-moment interview.
The Trailer for Our Podcast Channel
The Trailer for Our Podcast Channel
The Trailer for our Podcast Channel
Welcome to Herricks Studios: Content Creation Foundations with Michael Heit. This is our home for student-led podcasts at Herricks Middle School in Albertson, New York. Many of these shows are creations by young adults who have never done any recordings or podcasts, until now. When you hear the creativity, passion, and hard work; you will think that they have been doing this for longer than a few months. Thank you for listening and we look forward to sharing future episodes.
Please consider subscribing to this channel. Look for updates at https://twitter.com/HerricksStudios #WeAreHerricks
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these recordings do not necessarily reflect the views or position of Herricks School District.
The Logo for our class and recording projects
Where can I listen to the podcast?
Where can I listen to the podcast?
Look below for information about each of the student podcast shows and special recordings.
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Do you love random facts just like us? Enjoy eating up knowledge that, who knows, may come in handy one day. In this podcast, your hosts Alyssa and Kristen will talk all things random, spitting out ten facts about a specific topic each episode in under ten minutes. We’re young teens and admit we don’t know much, but in this podcast, we’ll make sure that both us and our listeners will in fact learn something new every day.
In addition to these shows, Kristen and Alyssa created a submission for both the NY Times Student Podcast Contest and The NPR Student Podcast Challenge.
Zain and Kunga discuss sports on their regular podcast. In addition to this Podcast, Zain and Kuna created a thought-provoking recording for their NPR Student Podcast Challenge titled "A Fortnight in Fortnite."
Each week we cover the latest in tech and gadgets. It is centered around what teens like and we break it down so anyone can understand our passion for tech.
For their NPR submission, Ethan and Guahar created an audio drama that mimicked a murder mystery, titled "Writing a Mystery."
Hello and welcome to the S-Tier A-Tier Podcast. Every week we bring in one product to review. We’ll agree on one theme or category but we won’t tell the host what we have until the show begins. In this episode, we are going to try out food that we had never tried before and give out a critical review.
MARS: A Podcast where four students discuss sports and music.
Ronney & Marko also sat down with their coach to discuss the mental impact on athletes for their NPR Contest Podcast
Food Review is a podcast with three friends who rate food. Sometimes they switch it up and conduct an interview with Coach Brennan.
Welcome to the Games of All Time Podcast. In this beginning episode, Raymond explains how he will host his show about video games. Unlike many other podcasts, Raymond will compare games that fall into the same genre and give the audience and taste of their differences. He hopes to inform gamers and hobbyists about making the best choices for their free time in gaming. This continues into his NY Times Podcast Submission about common misinformation that surrounds gaming.
Welcome to The Marvel vs DC Podcast. In this beginning episode we hear our hosts describe their love of comic superheroes and which label of comics speaks to them. Although each of our hosts may not always agree, they all believe in the greater good of their favorite heroes. Each week our hosts will discuss superhero news and pick one topic that matters to decide who will win... Marvel vs DC?
In addition to these recordings, Harvir and Anant each created a submission for the NY Times Student Podcast Competition. These are worth a listen!
Hi everyone and welcome to the Canine Keepers Podcast. On this podcast, for every episode, we’ll be sharing our lives and experiences as dog owners! As first-time pet owners ourselves, we have a lot to share and a lot to learn from each other. In this episode we give you an overview of our show and what you can expect in our future episodes.
In addition, Wenshu went on to create a submission for the NY Times Student Podcast Competition about the mistreatment of women in our nation's past.
Hi everyone and welcome to The Fundamentals of Fighting Games Podcast. Every week we talk about certain components of fighting games. We would go over important parts of this genre such as patch notes, character balance, character archetypes, system mechanics, and more. I have always been a fan of this genre from the time I was 6 years old. I’ve played multiple fighting games since then and look forward to sharing with you tips, tricks, news, and more! In this episode I'll give you an overview of my show and what you can expect in future episodes.
Hi everyone and welcome to Stream of Consciousness with Geeta and Christina. This podcast is about thinking deeply about topics. Sometimes we think of these topics when we are daydreaming, getting ready in the morning, or staring off into space! As we think deeper about certain topics, we bounce ideas off one another and give our blind reactions in the moment. We want to share our own thoughts on hotly debated topics in our society. Our group is focused on making our voices heard as students of HMS and just having fun In this episode we give you an overview of our podcast and what you can expect in future episodes.
Welcome to Behind The Blue where we set up a mystery interview each show with someone related to Herricks. We ask questions about Herricks and also learn more about their interests & hobbies.
Welcome to The Food Draft 2023 Podcast where we take any category of food or restaurant and give it our ranking. We may not always agree but we know that one thing is for sure... we are always hungry for good food!
Welcome to Potter Theories. Kazoos at the ready! In this Podcast, Michelle and Kenneth take their love of the Harry Potter series and mix things up with theories. They don't take themselves too seriously, however, they do when it comes to their love of the Harry Potter IP. Michelle and Kenneth discuss these theories live on the show and try to make sense of the plot, characters, setting and so much more in The Wizarding World.
Kenneth also made a submission for the NY Times Podcast Competition about students drawing stereotypical beliefs about other students titled "Unintended Racism In Schools"
Welcome to The Food Detectives Podcast where we inspect and rate all types of food. In our detective work, we analyze different kinds of foods and decide which ones taste the best. We don't always agree, but we will always try to find our favorites.
In addition, Aaden went on to create a solo submission for the NY Times Student Podcast Competition about being a Cat Owner.
My name is Mallak and I'm an 8th-grade student at Herricks Middle School. As a student who wears a hijab, I interview a friend who also wears a hijab. There's one catch, she pretends to her parents that she wears it during the day when in school. To keep her secret safe, I refer to her as "Natasha" in our recording. I hope that this helps people understand what a few American Muslim Females experience growing up. This is a candid conversation about our experiences. We both support one another and have this conversation to present our background in a positive light.
Ah! Greetings fellow traveler, I Loucas the host, humbly welcome you. Come and join me for Episode #000 of The History Archives where we dwell into the intricate stories of humans long ago. From heroic tales of valor to bloody wars and tragedy, millions of years of humanity are contained within the books of our library. Let’s open one, shall we? You may be a history fan or even curious about our past or stumbled across this show. I welcome you to my show. This episode serves as an overview where I zoom out over the timeline of what is to come in my episodes. I look forward to our journey together.
Family Style is a light-hearted podcast where two students of Chinese heritage students discuss food. They speak from the perspective of eating with their families and what that means to them. Brian enjoys fast food with his family while Linven enjoys eating traditional food with his family. They hope to revisit this topic later in future podcasts where they can discuss experiences with food.
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