By Keely Carter, Friends School of Baltimore
• September 20, 2023
I could be dead right now. What pumps my blood throughout my body was going to fail me. When I was three, I got lucky, and my doctor heard a weird little noise through his stethoscope. Four years later,...
By Alessandra Tremulis, Carlmont High School
• September 19, 2023
In this episode, Allie Tremulis talks with Siobhan Pickett, a life-long scientist with a 30-year career as a biotech marketer.
Pickett's passion is introducing cool technologies to people who do cool...
By Colin Nichols, Francis Howell Central High School
• May 26, 2023
Junior Mason Redford has a unique talent for beatboxing, and he describes how he learned how to beatbox and why it is so important and useful to him. He explains how beatboxing is a wonderful art form...
By Ingrid Smith, McCallum High School
• May 18, 2023
macshieldonline · The S Word, Episode 19, Part 1 — Knights who aspire to be teachers
In this episode of The S Word, seniors Thea Krische and Yamini Shekhar join juniors Alex Moses and Hazel Reddy...
angelazhang3913 · Accented
Some turn bright-eyed while others pass looks – reactions that senior Niko Kocbayindiran has gotten accustomed to after speaking in front of someone for the first time....
In this episode of Room 22 podcast, co-hosts Rikka Dimalanta and Alan Ruiz talk to Daniel Pearl Magnet High School sophomore Francesca Sisk and science teacher Timothy Hughes...
By Shivani Kondubhatla, WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - Austin
• May 3, 2023
Joanna Lin '23 stumbled upon jewelry making while on the hunt for a pastime to remedy the monotony of quarantine. After spending time experimenting with various jewelry styles, and scrolling through Youtube...
DS: Hello everyone, my name is Dahlia Schilling and welcome to episode number two of Time Out! Each episode we will be diving into the sport scene here at Monta Vista High School and explore the...
By Veronica Hart, Delaware Valley Regional High School
• March 21, 2023
Today on 'Behind the Backline,' I sit and chat with the coolest female punk-rocker I’ve ever met. Sarah Holmes a Del Val alumnus and a female punk rock drummer.
In honor of Women’s History Month,...
This is the third installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers, a podcast where Aquila staff members talk to student researchers about their projects and research goals....
By Annabelle Frazer, Jorge Rodriguez, Sophia Lowrie, and Helena Davis
• February 21, 2023
In our inaugural episode, editors Annabelle, Sophia, Jorge, and Helena chat with our very own Ms. Deneen Rose about her experiences in battling and defeating breast cancer.
This story was originally published...
By Veronica Hart, Delaware Valley Regional High School
• February 20, 2023
Today, 'Behind The Backline' host, Veronica Hart, will be sitting down with Ms. Eckhardt, a student assistance counselor, as well as Ms. Matlee, a mental health counselor, to break down the relation between...
By Isaac Wright, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
• February 1, 2023
Isaac Wright is just warming up in this ongoing series exploring student enterprises. In this second episode, Maya Gary, owner of Cookies by Maya, recounts the history of her bakery business and looks...
In today's episode of "Who's got aux?," Gianna Galante and Mithra Cama discuss their music taste and choose one song for the other to listen to and review. Today's songs were "Best Friends" by 5 Seconds...
By Inaaya Omer, Carlmont High School
• January 20, 2023
Welcome to Beyond the Surface, hosted by Inaaya Omer. During the course of this series she’ll be joined by a new guest in each episode to talk about their experiences and their perspective on being a...
This is the first installment of Midterms Mayhem, a podcast where Aquila staff members discuss the 2022 midterm elections with upper school community members. In this episode, Aquila reporters Ella, Emma...
By Ingrid Smith, McCallum High School
• October 6, 2022
macshieldonline · Real Talk, Episode 4 -- Cassidy Levin
In this episode of Real Talk, junior and abortion rights activist Cassidy Levin shares why they think teens have the ability to change the world....
By Abigail Evers, Pattonville High School
• May 20, 2022
In this episode of “The Pirate Spiel,” Abby Evers talked about ways to better your mental health and sat down with sophomore Cole Lorino, senior Ace Mansdoerfer, and counselor Christy Wills to hear...
macshieldonline · Feedback Loop, Episode 8, Part 1: Red River Trucking Co.
Sophomores Joaquín Frazier and King Perez Cude had been pals since the dawn of time, but it didn’t dawn on them to start...
In their 15th episode of "Over The Popcorn Bowl," seniors Amanda Hare, Alyssa Clark, Gabriella Winans and Christi Norris discuss Marvel's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." The movie premiered...
For the final episode of History's Forgotten, seniors Christi Norris, Caleb Audia and Amanda Hare are joined by genealogist Kathleen Norris. Kathleen shared some forgotten stories of Audia and Hare's...
Mikaylah Du · Subconscious communication
“As human beings we’re social animals, right? We, for the most part, crave connection and being with others,” Seyer said. “And part of that, of reading...
In this episode of the Northwood Howler podcast, staff writer Annie Lee interviews senior Zeynep Karatas, a first-generation college student in the US, about her college application experience as well...
On April 8, 2016, Nicole Fitts was found dead in McLauren park in San Francisco. Her daughter Arianna Fitts had been missing since January or February of that same year. Since then, very little...
Hello and welcome back to the Complex Mindz podcast! Hosts Lucy Lopshire and Catherine Eikelbarner discuss with guest Ellen Crupi how she lived with trichotillomania and its influence on her profession....
By Arielle Kouyoumdjian, The Potomac School
• April 26, 2022
An eye opening interview with Milad Yaqouby, Potomac's newest sophomore, and a refugee from Afghanistan. A soccer whiz, video-game collector, anime buff, and computer coder. Learn what it's like to attend...
Chris Mack, a Baldwin graduate who now co-hosts the morning sports talk radio show on 93.7 The Fan, joins the Purb Take sports podcast to talk about about Penguins trades and Steeler free agent signings.
This...
San Francisco in the 1970s was a very dangerous place. In the same few months in 1970, there were three murderers at large: The Zodiac, The Zebra Killer, and The Doodler. In this short podcast...
By Gabrielle Jadotte, Wiregrass Ranch High School
• March 14, 2022
Welcome back to Hidden History, the educational podcast that delves into history’s hidden files and pulls out the stories that are often omitted from our history books. Hosted by history nerd, Gabrielle...
By Gabrielle Jadotte, Wiregrass Ranch High School
• February 24, 2022
Welcome back to Hidden History, the educational podcast that delves into history’s hidden files and pulls out the stories that are often omitted from our history books. Hosted by history nerd, Gabrielle...
In this episode:
For Black History Month, seniors Christi Norris, Caleb Audia and Amanda Hare discuss important contributions of African Americans throughout history in this episode of “History’s...
Welcome to the pilot episode of Action Heroes, a podcast centered around individuals leaving a positive impact by the change they create in our society. Come along as host Carolina Cuadros discuss numerous...
The Purb Take sports podcast team returns for a fourth and final week of coverage of the NFL playoffs.
This week the focus is on Super Bowl LVI, which features the Bengals vs. the Rams.
Listen...
By Amber Kaur Toor, Carlmont High School
• February 9, 2022
Welcome to the first episode of SheWorks!
SheWorks discusses the societal biases and sexism within the workplace. Each episode is an interview with either a female entrepreneur or a female in a male-dominated...
Welcome to the very first episode of the Complex Mindz podcast! This series will discuss different mental illnesses and health conditions that people may not know that much about or have a stereotypical...
By Chesney Evert, Carlmont High School
• January 19, 2022
Welcome back to the sixth episode of Red, White, & True, a podcast that aims to navigate the world of polarized, partisan politics. Join host Chesney Evert and Edith Salvatore, president of the Sequoia...
The final episode of Talkupation follows the journey of young entrepreneur Evan Ajura. This educational podcast provides information about various occupations for listeners who may be interested in pursuing...
In their sixth episode of their podcast, "Over the Popcorn Bowl," seniors Christi Norris, Alyssa Clark, Gabriella Winans and Amanda Hare discuss their favorite holiday movies and plenty of others. This...
Egg was a 65-year-old bartender who worked at a gay bar in San Francisco called The Stud. Neighbors claim that he was nice and caring. Egg often let homeless people into his own home to help them out.
In...
By Chels Chang, Carlmont High School
• December 17, 2021
As more and more genderqueer communities come into the national spotlight, many remain overshadowed by the misconceptions about them.
Often, the portrayals of genderqueer communities are limited to...
By Chesney Evert, Carlmont High School
• December 16, 2021
Welcome back to Red, White, & True, a podcast that aims to navigate America's polarized, partisan politics. In the second episode of a series on liberalism and conservatism in the United States, host...
Spoiler Warning: This review does contain big spoilers for the movie "Red Notice."
In their fifth episode, seniors Gabriella Winans, Alyssa Clark, Christi Norris and Amanda Hare discuss the...
By Izaan Masud and Isabel Wright
• December 14, 2021
"Last Night in Soho" is directed by Edgar Wright and stars Anya Taylor Joy, Thomasin Mackenzie, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Oliver Phelps, and Michael Ajao.
"Last Night in Soho" follows Ellie (Thomasin...
Welcome back to Dear Dumb Diary, a podcast that encourages teen conversations and aims to create a platform for young people to speak about topics they are passionate about. Guest Ava Litvak, a junior,...
On the anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor which brought the U.S. into World War II, seniors Christi Norris, Amanda Hare and Caleb Audia discuss the World War II Colonel Lieutenant Matt Urban...
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![PINK FOR PROM: Seniors Vaughn Vandegrift, Peter Wiseman, Max Yehaskel and Alex Gold sing and dance their hearts out at Saturday’s “Under the Knight Sky” prom. Yehaskel and Wiseman stood out in the sea of black and navy suits as the pair opted for bright pink with contrasting, yet coordinating, shirts and ties. While the style decision seemed big to onlookers, for Yehaskel it was a simple choice.
“I like pink, it’s a solid color,” he said. “It almost melted when I ironed it actually. It’s 100% polyester, and I got it from Kohl’s.”
Yehaskel enjoyed prom overall, except when it came to the royalty announcement.
“Someone stole prom queen from me,” he joked. “It was very tragic. But other than that, it was fun.”
As prom marks another milestone at the end of senior year, Yehaskel is ready to sit back, relax and enjoy his last few weeks as a Knight.
“My grades don’t matter anymore [and] after AP tests I’m done,” Yehaskel said. “I’m going to go nuts, and I’m going to start cooking more.”
Caption by Francie Wilhelm.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/g_m_0458_52847345379_o-900x600.jpg)
![BALLADS AND BLUES: Sophomores King Perez-Cude and Joaquín Frazier, from the student band Red River Trucking Company, play a set of country-rock tunes, including traditional bluegrass tunes, Chris Stapleton’s “Midnight Train to Memphis” and an original song called “Ballad of an Outlaw Fugitive” at the Mr. Myers send-off concert. “We’re a rock band usually, but we have a lot of old school country and blues elements, so we decided to go acoustic,” Frazier said. He describes their style as complicated. “We’re kind of all over the place, but I would say blues or southern rock with some serious country and psychedelic influences,” Frazier said. Although he never met Mr. Myers, Frazier wanted to perform in honor of him. “[I] never got to know Mr. Myers, but I’ve heard great things he had done for our friends, and we wanted to play in honor of him,” he said. “We put together a short set together the night before and decided to go for it.” Reporting by Lucy Marco.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/51931221575_ee6e3fd1a4_c_51954485537_o.jpg)
