Student Pages Podcast

EPS 37: DRUMMER WARRIOR STORYTELLER WITH APEX ZERO

HOSTED BY GRACE SANDERS

Apex Zero's latest project is ‘Drummer Warrior Storyteller’. The multi-layered visual album aspires to embody Nigerian author Chinua Achebe’s perception of storytelling; the Drummer calls the people, the Warrior fights the war, the Storyteller recounts the events, creating history, memory and meaning for those who survive. Centring African Caribbean perspectives, the album explores personal experiences of oppression and liberation of diasporic, migrant and marginalised people in London and beyond through music, film, dance, photography, painting and immersive listening/performance, engaging audiences through multiple mediums in the form of an installation exhibition. 

EPS 36: GRAMMY CONTENDER & HIP HOP ARTIST CHEF SEAN

Chef Sean has an endless passion for music, discovery, people and life. The award winning artist has just dropped his visual for his latest release Runaway, taken from his debut album My Life where he enlisted the help of ASCAP award winner Rodney “Lil Rod”Jones for the project. He is a talented songwriter, producer, rapper and actor.

The Chicago native started his career with a feature film debut at the age of 12 alongside Allen Payne, Forest Whitaker and Jada Pinkett Smith in ‘Jason’s Lyric’. His most recent acting roles are in a film “Teeth & Blood”, “There Are No Children Here” and ABC Crime series Missing Persons. Chef Sean has had some huge support in America with backing from areas such as The Source and Hip Hop Weekly.

Runaway also premiered on Sirius XM. Chef Sean opened at Juicy J’s sold out show over the summer during BET week alongside Erica Banks. He has had success on multiple releases and has had features alongside artists such as Jeremih and OG Maco.

EPS 35: LUKE ROMICK - THIRST PROJECT

We caught up with Luke Romick, Vice President of Marketing & Partnerships at Thirst Project, the world’s largest youth water non-profit organization. Unlike most 20-somethings, Luke has worked at the same company for nearly a decade in a range of roles from intern & volunteer to now the Vice President of Marketing & Partnerships.

Luke works with Thirst Project, a unique and diverse non-profit organization located in the heart of Los Angeles, to work alongside hundreds of thousands of young people across the world to end the global water crisis. In his nine year tenure, Luke has developed & executed influencer marketing campaigns with Angela Kinsey from 'The Office', the cast of 'Mean Girls' and YouTube sensation, The ACE Family that have raised & reached millions. In addition, Luke has also developed & executed brand marketing campaigns with brands including Molson-Coors, Paramount Pictures & Stance Socks among others to raise awareness and funds to end the water crisis. In the last decade, Thirst Project has raised $10 Million+, 100% of which has been used to fund the construction of over 3.3K water projects in 13 countries, giving clean water to more than 500K people for life. Originally from Cincinnati, OH, Luke is a Midwestern guy who graduated from Denison University with a degree in Communications and Environmental Studies. While in College, Luke won both the Wooden Citizenship Cup, given annually to the best Role Model in College Sports in 2016 and was named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, for his on-the-field performance in Football & Track and off-the-field action with Thirst Project and other service initiatives. Luke joins Peyton Manning, Drew Brees & Tim Tebow as the only other athletes to win both of these service awards in their college career. In the future, Luke hopes to continue to expand his role with Thirst Project and will always strive to make the world a better place.

 

ABOUT THIRST PROJECT:

 

Thirst Project started when CEO Seth Maxwell heard about the global water crisis and purchased 1,000 water bottles to hand out and help spread the word. Now, it is a nonprofit organization that travels across the United States speaking at schools to educate students about the global water crisis. 100 percent of all student and public donations raised go directly to funding freshwater wells on the ground in developing nations and impoverished communities to provide people with safe, clean water. Thirst Project does truly lifesaving work; providing clean, safe, drinkable water to impoverished communities all over the world. The Thirst Project is committed to ending the global water crisis and has made a bold commitment to do what no organization has ever done before and give the entire Kingdom of Eswatini safe, clean drinking water within a decade. Eswatini has the single-highest-density HIV/AIDS population of any country in the world, and water plays an incredibly critical role in effectively treating and managing AIDS. The organization has already provided over 360,000 people safe, clean drinking water through 1800 water projects in 13 countries in the last ten years. Over the years Thirst Project has partnered with many celebrities including: John Cena, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart, Cameron Boyce, Kevin Nealon, Bella Thorne, Pauley Perrette, Kendrick Sampson, Debby Ryan, Charisma Carpenter, Lance Bass, Nash Grier, and many more. https://www.thirstproject.org/

Episode 34: British Comedian Legend – Nathan Caton!!

Grace Sanders caught up with British Comedian legend Nathan Caton to discuss his upcoming 2022 tour “Lets Talk about Vex”. A lot has happened since Nathan Caton last hit the road with his sensational The Pursuit of Happiness tour.

As ever, he’s got it all tackled in this hilarious new show, Let’s Talk About Vex, covering topics such as race, politics, his passion for scented candles, and being in lockdown with his girlfriend. Nathan Caton’s charismatic and laidback stand-up style has established him as a much celebrated comedian on the comedy circuit today.

Nathan’s award-winning combination of personal and topical anecdotes has led to appearances on: Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Don’t Hate The Playaz, Channel 4’s Comedy Gala, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sorry I Didn’t Know, House of Games, Guessable, CelebAbility and his own series, Gran Jury.

https://www.nathancaton.com/

EPISODE 33: Venezuelan Super Star & Music Artist Angelic Montero

Finlay speaks to rising music artist rising super star Angelic Montero!

Born in Miami to Venezuelan parents, Angelic grew up much in the same fashion as other second-generation Latin Americans: speaking Spanish and English fluently. But it wasn’t just her bilingual skills that gave her an uncanny ability to create lyrics that resonate with the masses – in fact, it was her home environment that paved the way for the vibrant sound she’s known for today. Hailing from Miami, musical influences flooded every corner of Montero’s hometown city, with genres as diverse as salsa, bachata and reggaeton regularly blaring through the streets until dusk.

EPISODE 32: KISS FM DJ/Producer & Presenter SHOSH & Musical force behind 24hr Garage Girls!

Meet SHOSH, presenter at KISS FM and musical force behind 24hr Garage Girls. American born DJ/Producer & Presenter, SHOSH has quickly risen as an emerging talent in the UK Garage scene. Working hard to establish her own sound, in 3 short years as a producer SHOSH has released with DJ EZ’s label Nuvolve, as well as official remixes with EMI, Universal and CR2 Records. Named as one of the biggest newcomers in the UK Garage scene by RedBull Music, SHOSH has built an exceptional reputation for her high-energy DJ sets, and has made guest appearances at Glastonbury, Garage Nation, DJ Mag, Boomtown, MixMag, Outlook & Leeds Festival to showcase her music & brand.

Episode 31: KISS Fresh presenters The Dixon Brothers on the next generation of DJ talent!

KISS Fresh presenters, Dixon Brothers [Justin & Adrian] are leading the search for the next exciting wave of DJ talent as they continue the launch of their new show, ‘KISS Freshers’. Finlay caught up with the duo as they explain how they have been in the lab over the past year developing a syllabus for their forthcoming DJ school. Having both started their careers off at Uni, this is an episode not to be missed!!#watchthisspace

EPISODE 30: US Artist Marcus Yates on his groundbreaking release After All!

Resident host Finlay Christie sits down with breakthrough US artist Marcus Yates to discuss his latest release After All. An artist that is continuing to make waves on streaming charts with his signature sound of sonically crafter R&B mixed with a sultry alternative blend. Creditted with collaborations which include hits with Kendrick Lamar, DaniLeigh, Tech N9ne and more. Yates is an artist to watch!

EPISODE 29: AUSSIE ACTRESS RAECHELLE BANNO on HOME & AWAY, 100% WOLF, & CREATING A LEGACY!

Home and Away has given us some of Hollywood’s greats – Heath Ledger, Chris Hemsworth and Isla Fisher, to name just a few. Next to take her rightful crown is Raechelle Banno, who landed her first major role as Olivia Fraser on the Aussie soap back in 2015. Since then, her career has gone from strength to strength, now living out her dream of performing alongside twin actress Karina Banno in TV movie series V.C. Andrews. Ahead of what’s set to be another incredible year for Raechelle, Finlay caught up with the Australian-born performer to see what lies ahead in the next leg of her journey.

Episode 28: Australian Actress Lexie Duncan - Young Rock - Hosted by Finlay Christie

NBC’s highly anticipated production focuses on different chapters of Dwayne Johnson’s life. Lexie explains how she play’s the character “Karen”. Johnson’s 15 Year old girlfriend through his time attending Freedom High School in Bethlehem Pennsylvania…”I love Karen as a character because she is so much more than what you initially see.  Karen can easily be labelled as the popular rich girl, who’s very materialistic and sometimes kind of mean”, the actress explains.  Going onto point out that it was initially a challenge to workout Karen’s many layers, but felt she understood her on a much deeper level. Through her preparation for the role, she explains how she could not ignore the reason behind Dwayne’s infatuation with her.  To help the audience understand why Dwayne would want to pursue such a high maintenance character, Duncan did her best to play against the stereotype, where she could.  In doing so, discovering that Karen was not necessarily a mean girl; simply an individual who did not hide her opinions – without the filter.