Podcasts 22-23

Podcasting for the People: Critical Lens Podcasts

Block 1 

Male Oppression

This podcast is about examining male oppression. We will talk about how men are oppressed and what negative expectations does society set on men. 

By Tony C. 

Offensive Jokes  

 Offensive Jokes surely are a small issue, but every issue counts no matter how big it is. 

By: Jeremy F. 

Gender Inequality 

By: Fernanda G.

Hookup Culture 

Hookup Culture at Lowell, deep dive into what goes in students personal lives.

By: Noel G. 

Meow

 Is hookup culture really as liberating as everyone claims it is? Welcome to meow, a podcast discussing hookup culture and its effects on dating, relationships, and self-image.

By: Olivia G. 

PTP (Pointing to Problems) 

In my podcast I interviewed two of my friends who have experienced racism at lowell. They explain their situation and how it makes them feel.

By: Zayneb H. 

The Asians Through the Ages 

The Asians Through the Ages podcast compares the experiences of 2 asians from different generations and analyzes their experiences with racism by looking at the differences and similarities.

By: Zachary L. 

Native vs. Non-native Born Immigrants in Society 

The podcast is about two Chinese immigrant students' perspective and feelings of whether they fit into U.S. society. 

By: Shinuo L. 


The Online Distribution Effect

The online distribution effect isn't a well known affect but affects us all in some way we should learn more about it and prevent it from changing us.

By: Axel M.

Unplanned

My podcast is interviewing people who have smoked or drank to get rid of pain or just doing it to experiment with. Both people on my podcast have done both and have since stopped because they both have realized that it can cause more harm than happiness. 

By: Markita M. 


A Glimpse of the Projects

This podcast is about recognizing that the projects in SF are not dangerous neighborhoods to roam around or to live in. A place where to this day is being marginalized and we need to acknowledge that it´s just a simple neighborhood. Therefore, I wanted to know what comes to people´s minds when they picture the projects and the experience of a member that has lived there so far. 

By: Mia M. 

The Immigration Conversation 

My name is Alexis and my podcast is about how the government treats immigrants. In this podcast you will hear some fellow classmates and friends talk about their opinions on how the government treats immigrants.

By: Alexis O.

Podcast of the Century

This podcast explains the experiences of others who have been sexually assaulted and/or harassed. It is also to bring light to this topic for everyone to be more aware of what's happening to a lot of people around them. 

By: Caprice T. 

Thoughts on Women's Stereotypes 

In this podcast will be mentioning why are women stereotypes important and how they impact women. It's important because since not many people mention it society thinks it's true but if they hear what we think about it those ideas might stop spreading around, and it will stop hurting female.

By: Bianca X. 


Valo Vexations 

This podcast dives into the problem of toxicity in Valorant. It is primary focused on toxicity against females.

By: Alan Z. 


Block 3 

 Lowell Controversies

Welcome to Lowell Controversies where we examine the difference and impacts of lottery vs merit admissions

By: Keilah A. & Mirai K.  

Quiet Realities 

My podcast is about extracurriculars and how accessible they are to certain students. I wanted to see if students thought that there were external factors as to why some people do not have extra curricular activities and whether they considered having extra curricular activities a privilege or not.

By: Rebeca B. 

The Lesbian Experience with Media and the Real World 

This podcast examines the objectification and fetishization of lesbians and individuals in lesbian relationships. Two Lowell seniors are interviewed about their experiences with their sexuality, queer representation in media, and their lived experiences and interactions with others.

By: Karishma B. 

Don't Tell Me What To Do

In today’s episode, I have two guests who are going to share their experiences with gender norms at home and how it has affected who they are today. This is meant to show how societal norms, or more specifically gender norms can have a negative effect by not just forcing people to act a certain way, but also forcing them to internalize all these expectations and stereotypes. 

By: Gloria C.

Health Class and Feminism

In today’s episode, we tackle a topic close to my heart: health class. Can certain lessons in health be harmful to some teens? Let’s find out. 

By: Zoe D. 

Cancel Culture 

 My podcast is about cancel culture. It shows the positives and negatives of it.

By: Jayden G. 

Merit and Lottery Admissions at Lowell High School 

A podcast examining the life of a senior; Mark, who got into Lowell by a merit based exam, and a sophomore; Elijah, who got into Lowell by SFUSD’s lottery. They both share their current experiences at their school and their thoughts on the admissions process.

By: Ian H. & Keyshawn A. 

Unrelatistic and Big-Eyed

Anime is an amazing work of artistry that includes major drawbacks. Some major drawback being how anime portrays and affects females.

By: Jacqueline I.

Asian Stereotypes 

A talk with 2 interviewees that goes from a quick change of how popular media might’ve skewed people’s perceptions on Asian people to stereotypes that are still prominent today. 

By: Avery K. 


Body Image/Gender Standards

This podcast discusses body image and how that varies for teenage girls and boys.

By: Sara K. & Jasper B. 

4Chan

I'll interview 2 people in a podcast about 4chan. We talk about 4chan, the lack of rules, and the anonymity of the website. We discuss lightly about gendered oppression in the podcast.

By: Roger L. 

Social Media Affecting Teens

A podcast on the effects of social media on young people, their families, and culture, as well as how it affects them both positively and negatively.

By: Yen L.  


Gum’s Productions

Asian students aren't as always smart as we think.

By: Jude L. 

Gender Norms & Makeup 

A podcast that explores the unrealistic lifestyle and beauty standards that influencers make their followers believe. 

By: Bo M. 

The Blurb 

The world we live in is filled with unfairness and social class is no exception. In this podcast well examine how you're looks can determine you're place in the social hierarchy.

By: Denzell O. 

Weaponized Cancel Culture In this podcast, a straight white cis man takes aim at the tactics used by the New York Times which was used to discredit trans activism. He analyzes this article, and then attempts to make some broader claims about this kind of discourse’s relationship with the political landscape surrounding it.

By: Roan R. 

Beyond the Binary 

Welcome to Beyond the Binary, a podcast unpacking the “T” in the LGBTQ. In this episode, we’ll examine the hypersexualization of transgender and non-binary people in mainstream media.

By: Sasa R. 


The Lowell Lens

Every year, millions of students across the U.S apply to colleges and universities. This process is not effortless, nor is it equitable. With prices of private universities at an all time high and the expectation for high school students becoming increasingly outrageous, many students who come from underprivileged backgrounds or marginalized communities are left to compete with the “perfect student”. In the episode, we analyze why, on paper, not everyone can become the “perfect student” and what systems perpetuate these disadvantages. 

By: Kiya S. 

miSFits

In this episode of SF in miSFits we talk about how it feels to be a part of the 11% of Latinos enrolled in 2021. We talk about our past experiences with our peers, teachers, and we even get in touch with our middle school experiences and how the change to high school hit us. 

By: Issak T.


Into the Mirror

How has the media, especially new media, changed people's perception of themselves when they stare into the mirror? What effect does this have on someone our age and younger?

By: Shirley T. 

 Teen's Lives

Environment plays an important role in the development of a teenager.

By: Bao-Tran V.  

Middle Class Living 

The Middle Class was once a place everyone in America wanted to be in, but now everyone does not want to be in the gap between the lower and upper class. Why is that? 

By: Anson Z. 

Block 4

What a Rainbow 

A podcast about gay men in the military.

By: Sean L. 

The Issues of Racism

This podcast addresses the issues of racist jokes and how it may impact people

By: Jonathan L. 

Late Nights with EZ

Andrew Tate is a controversial person: is he good or bad.

By: Ezra M. 

Stuff You Should Know

My podcast is about asian stereotypes/asian hate as after covid 19 chinese communities have been targeted by the U.S.

By: Ronald P. 

Households

My podcast is about stereotypical roles in some households. I don’t think it’s right that some households give out roles based on gender, but first I wanna show others why this topic is important not just to me but to others as well so that they can decide whether this is a problem or not.

By: Eileen R. 

Hispanic Cultural Problems 

How Hispanic people and vednors exprience hate. 

By: Alexandra N. 

Late Nights 

This podcast is about Woman equality. The main question today is, does woman equality still exist in 2023? Other than that question, we are going to ask other type of interesting questions that out two interviewees are going to answer. So tune in and enjoy the podcast! 

By: Anthony V. 

Asian Stereotypes 

This pocast is about Asian students' mental health.

By: Nikki Z. 

Block 6

Just Say No 

This podcast episode touches on the subject of substance use in youth, specifically in Lowell High School. This has first hand experiences from Lowell students directly. 

By: Elena A. 


 School Food Suffering

On the School Food Suffering Podcast, we mainly discuss the free school lunch’s quality, who it is and isn’t consumed by, and how it all plays into everyone's schools social cultures. By the time you’re done listening to us, you’ll never see a single piece of food on the ground without thinking critically about why it’s there.

By: Kevin C. 

Queer Quest 

By: John C. 

That Podcast

This podcast examines whether pronouns really matter. 

By: Avery C. 

The Beauty of Beauty Standards 

This is a podcast examining how beauty standards affect students and what we can try to do to lessen the beauty standards have over us.

By: Georgia D. 

Poverty

By Osvy D. 

Girl's Talk 

Our podcast is a brief discussion on a big problem most women face in their lifetime, sexual harassment and assault. We think people should face the reality of this happening and stop pushing our issue away.

By: Mikah E. & Neena C. 

Through Your Eye

Welcome to Through Your Eyes, a podcast that explores the ways in which we see ourselves through the lens of others. 

By: Gabrielle G. 

Talk in Progress

The podcast discusses how diversity in schools affects the overall environment, with two guests who attend schools containing very different levels of diversity.

By: Kelly H. 

Bitters Little Words

This podcast discusses the issues of queerbaiting and the fetishization of queer relationships, especially through social media

By: Lauren K. 

The Lows and Highs of Teenage Years 

Welcome to The Lows and Highs of Teenage Years, the podcast that explores the complex and often controversial topic of the effects of drug use among teenagers.

By: Nolan K. 


Girl, Don't Get Me Started 

The podcast is about the issues of getting into a relationship, especially in this society and generation. 

By: Key L. 

Unscripted 

In this podcast, I explore the media’s portrayal of feminism and stereotypes through examining some TV shows. 

By: Kelcie L. 


UnPatriotic 

This podcasts analyzes the disproportional  effects of the opioid epidemic through the Modern Lens of our youth interviewees.

By: Diego 

The Gentrifiers 

Today we examine how Gentrification affects American National Identity, along with other aspects such as Economic Inequality, Culture Erasure, and Alienation in people’s own homes.

By: Jayla P. & Manuel B. 

Just A Thought 

Social media consumption can control someone’s behavior and social comparison. However said impact varies from person to person.

By: Heidi R. 


After Hours

Lets learn about how astrology plays a role in our society! By understanding the bigger picture, which is the gender roles that come in to play. Astrology is a example as to how gender roles are normalized in society.

By: Angel S.

One Phobia at a TIme

 This podcast episode talks about Islamophobia in the United States through two interviews and what we can do to change people’s views about Muslims.

By: Muhammad S. 

THIS PLANE IS DEFINITELY CRASHING: The Willow Project

In this first episode of TPIDC, Andrei explores the Willow Project’s effects on indigenous communities through a critical lens of race and ethnicity and he analyzes the large-scale effects of this project through two conversations with his dad and his friend, Anton. 

By: Andrei T. 


Women's Words

In this episode, you’ll hear about some of the struggles women face in their day-to-day lives including mansplaining, safety, rape culture, body image, and menstrual cycles. It will provide you with new insights on these topics and will leave you with enough information to answer the question, “Are women properly credited for the struggles they face in everyday life?” 

By: Ashley Y. 

Safe Space

By: Walker Y.