Learning how to interview
Using a mobile podcasting device
Making music in Garageband
Researching for interviews
Making our website and posters
Getting the studio ready
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Introduction to the Podcasts- April 2nd - Dr. Shannon Howard and Mrs. Brenda Barner
Introduction to Shaler Area Stories
No Photo
pasqualespizzeria.com
Brian Junker Interview - April 5th - Owen McMaster
Brian Junker
SAMS Teacher, Baseball Coach and WPIAL Champion
This episode shows the life of Sergeant Ben Price, a former air forcer refueler turned recruiter.
Ben Price is a middle aged man with short, dark hair wearing a blue collared, short-sleeved shirt. A table sits between him and his interviewer, middle school student Dillon Stegman. Stegman is wearing a black long-sleeved shirt. Both are wearing headphones with microphones in front of their faces.
TSgt James Hartz, 911th Airwing - April 11th - Luke Bernesser
911 Air Wing
Tech Sergeant James Hartz
and MSgt Grossi
FRANKSPIZZACHICKEN.com
This episode features the owners of Franks pizza and chicken talking about what it is like running a pizza shop in the Shaler Plaza.
The photo is not of the podcasting room, but rather and entirly different photo of the brothers who own Frank's pizza shop. The four middle-aged men are smiling and cheerful. The man on the left has a black shirt with white sleeves, showing his blue plastic gloves to the camera. The man in the front middle has a black shirt with the company logo on it. The man in the back middle is reaching his head up to be seen by the camera, and is resting his hands on the man in the front right. The final man in the photo on the front right is also smiling, and wearing a black shirt with camo sleeves. This shirt like all the others sports the company logo of Franks Pizza and Chicken.
Mr. Small's Recording Studio - May 2nd - Aaron Barricella
Larry Luther
Mr. Smalls Recording and Mastering Studio
This episode features Larry Luther discussing what it is like at Mr. Smalls Recording and Mastering Studio.
The image shows two people sitting across from each other in a podcasting studio. On the left side of the image is Larry Luther. Luther is a middle aged white man with dark short hair on the sides of his head. He has a faint beard. He is wearing a short sleeve light gray shirt, black headphones, and a badge that says “VISITOR”. Sitting across from him on the right side of the image is Aaron Barricella, a teenage white person with dark blue glasses and brown hair. Barricella is wearing black headphones, black pants, a long sleeve shirt with a hood, and is holding a piece of paper. The long sleeve shirt has dark blue sleeves, a turquoise hood, and light blue for the rest of the shirt. Between the two is a gray table with podcasting equipment all over it. They are sitting in magenta chairs.
Intro/Outro Music:
"On the Ground" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This episode of Shaler Area Stories features the President of SA Education Foundation, Kim Reed, talking about how she had donated to the Shaler Area School district, her life working two jobs, her daughter’s experience working on podcasting at Penn State University, and more that you don’t want to miss.
Kim Reed is a nicely dressed, middle-age woman. In the image, items presented on her head are glasses, brownish hair, and a pair of headphones. Besides that, she can be described as wearing white sneakers, a black blazer, and some jewelry. To her right is my co-host, Robert Maher. Robert is wearing a gray, Under-Armor shirt. He also has black hair with headphones on top. The last person in this photo is me, Dominic Aguglia/also known as the main host. I appear in this picture with a Seattle Kraken shirt on, more specifically a Philipp Grubauer shirt. Also, I can be seen wearing grey, Seattle Kraken themed shorts to go along with my shirt. To add on, I have straight, brownish hair with a pair of headphones on top of my hair. Some additional features are the magenta chairs that we are all sitting on, and the leveled, grey table that held all the podcasting equipment needed to make this wonderful interview.
Announcer, Pittsburgh Pirates
This episode we talk with Guy junker, former Pittsburgh sports media icon about his career and how he succeeded and the job changed over time.
Guy Junker is an older gentleman, with short, gray hair, with a gray goatee. Guy Junker is wearing a white dress shirt with a dark gray sports jacket. A table is between him and his two interviewers, middle school students, Robert Maher and Luke Bernesser. Robert Maher is wearing a black shirt with a green Boston basketball jersey over it. Luke Bernesser is wearing a tan shirt. All three of them are wearing headphones with microphones in front of their faces.
Northside Athletic - May 9th - Chris Demino
Mike Manna, Northside Athletic
Bean Thru coffee May 21st-Amalie Derr
Joy Rostan, Bean Thru
No Photo
Officer Frank Spiker, Shaler Area Police and School Officer
May16th Jimmy Spagnolo
Officer Spiker, Shaler Police
Tom Stokes, Army Mental Health Counselor
May 15th Nate Drzemiecki and Nik Szalinski
Tom Stokes, Mental Health Counselor for Veterans
May 16th Lucas Fedel and Duncan Keane
Charlie Kress, Vietnam War Veteran
We apologize--this file was corrupted and we were unable to post it. We thank Mr. Kress for his fascinating stories and time spent with our students.