Moving on...

We're moving exclusively to our homepage at kuow.org and to our Weekday High page on Facebook. Check us out there for all the updates from Weekday High 2010!

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Seattle's Popular C89.5 Run by Teenagers

Seattle's Popular C89.5 Run by Teenagers

Sailing into the Sunset

Well, the internship program is officially over. *Sniff.* I'm actually quite sad. The kids came to us clueless about radio, but they've turned into savvy young journalists who can ace interviews and turn around their edits quickly (and remember to turn their mics off during the answer portion of phone interviews - good job, Bryce & Michelle!). In short... we're really proud.

We're also proud of the 12 sharp podcasts they produced this summer! From braving haunted stores and ice cream freezers to cuddling kittens, our intrepid reporters did it all.

Here are some highlights from the LAST DAY EVER of Weekday High 2009:

-- Nathan speeds through the final edits of Podcast #12 (aka Keano Kuddles Kittens), and searches for a quality version of "American Pie" (Don McLean's song, not the movie) to end the show;

-- Molly, Artur, Beno & Lizzie chat with Steve Scher LIVE on Weekday about the program and their pieces;

-- Nathan takes photos like a proud Papa;

-- Molly is put on the spot while live on air: "ARE YOU GOING INTO JOURNALISM, LITTLE GIRL???";

-- The trauma is over! Steve signs autographs, much to Artur & Lizzie's delight. Nathan takes more photos;

-- Irene & Artur work on the WeHigh "diplomas";

-- we listen to the past week's podcasts and nearly pee in our pants laughing at Artur and Molly's embarrassing moments;

-- WeHigh collaborates with Carolyn Adolph and PIJ;

-- Irene hands out diplomas - emphasis on the handshakes - to much "Pomp & Circumstance";

-- Nathan takes photos, before handing Irene her diploma. (He didn't fail her!);

-- the laptops and kits are cleaned, velcroed up and locked away;

-- WE SAIL AWAY! (No, really. We did. On an actual boat.) Molly's Dad, Jim, takes us sailing on their sweet family boat at Shilshole. It's a lovely day... the water gleams silver, and the varying greys of silhouetted mountains rest in the background. Molly tacks & jibs & bounces around the boat barefoot. Her Dad tells plenty of great stories... and steers us around Princess Cruise Lines and mammoth-sized sea lions. Thanks again, Andersons!

-- A few group photos, many many hugs... and it's time for Nathan and Beno to race to their Sounders game.

-- Michelle forgets her bag in the trunk of Irene's car, and Keano (in true Keano style) races it back to her. By jumping a fence. And leaping off a 15-foot structure. Nearly giving Irene a heart attack.

And so, Weekday High 2009 comes to an end. Bittersweet, but oh... oh, so sweet.

It has been wonderful, darlings. You have made us all proud.

And now, to quote Artur... "I'm going to go cry myself to sleep."

Caffeine + Bryce = inzane!

It’s our last Tuesday here at Weekday High and things are starting to slow down. Molly is still gone but has promised a sailing trip on Thursday!

-Keano made an awesome vox pop and took care of some other chores.

-Lizzie updated her PRX account and got yet another peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

-Artur took care of “the pledge spot stuff” and tried in vain to beat Nathan’s high score in hearts.

-Beno learned about star trek and wasted some time online.

-Bryce and I finished our last podcast ever for weekday high. Bryce drank a whole can of wired and then felt sick.

-Irene had a disastrous interaction with a pair of headphones.

-Nathan edited audio like a mad man.

This has been Michelle Dutro for Weekday High. Thanks for stopping by.

Just Another Manic Monday

It's finally here: the beginning of the end. Today was the start of our last week of Weekday High. It really doesn't seem possible, wasn't it just yesterday we were being interviewed for the internship? Apparently life comes at you fast, and when you're having fun it can send time into warp speed.

Where does that leave us now? Wrapping things up, of course! We're all getting our stuff together to complete our final podcasts. That's pretty much what everyone did today, just working like the professionals we are to perfect our work. However boring that sounds, it's the truth.

In other news:

• Artur and Molly finished their podcast on Friday, so they're officially done! Artur spent his time getting lost on buses in Kenmore and loading his interviews on PRX. Molly is gone for the next few days at Survival Camp (or so I'm told) and won't be back until Wednesday.
• Keano brought in 10 Wired Energy drinks from his school radio station. These drinks inspired Bryce and Michelle to choose a topic for their last podcast: ENERGY (which they will be hosting tomorrow).
• Beno and I hosted our podcast on Breaking Cultural Barriers which we both think turned out pretty well, despite our worries of clichés around every corner. Nathan edited it to perfection and posted it to http://www.kuow.org/weekdayhigh/2009_stories.php . Check it out and leave a comment on our Facebook page!
• Speaking of Facebook, we had over 130 fans by 5pm today!!! Whoo hoo!!!
• Irene was in Portland so when Artur called her in a panic to say he'd be late today, she laughed at him. Hope you enjoyed your vacation, Irene!
• We also managed not to break anything with our office soccer, despite the false alarms we had on Friday. I guess we're becoming more coordinated?

Yep! Thats all for now, folks. This has been Lizzie Kirschner, for Weekday High. Goodnight, and good luck.

They included us!

NPR just put out their iPhone app and we actually show up as a program.

So we've made it through two weeks of podcasts here at Weekday High. We listened to the entire weeks worth of podcasts today, and we noticed a lot of improvement.... I think we might actually be starting to get the hang of this whole radio thing! Seriously, if you haven't checked out the podcasts recently, drop what you're doing and start listening now!

- Lizzie and I kept working on our show for next week. Lizzie interviewed somebody from the Swedish Cultural Center and walked away with a pass for free swedish pancakes! I wish I could get some swedish pancakes....

-Molly and Artur were hard at work compiling some hilarious embaressing stories for their show on Monday, and preparing for their interview tomorrow with Professor Gross.

-When Molly wasn't doing that, she was mocking my personal essay on an experience I had overseas. She hurt my feelings pretty badly, but I think I'll be able to suck it up and finish editing the essay on Monday.

-Bryce was editing his tape that he got at the dog park yesterday. Keano was on top of things as usual, he went and recorded some pieces for the pledge drive.

Afterwards, we went to Nathan's for a small fiesta. It was a BBQ for the ages. We played several heated rounds of botchey ball, and learned that Keano has been hit by a car far too many times.

P.S. I got my wisdom teeth out this morning so I apologize if this post doesn't make any sense.
Pain meds....

Also, as promised, here's a photo of the hip hop group Brothers From Another. You heard about them in Wednesday's podcast...

A PAWFECT DAY

Yesterday. Was great. The majority of us got to interview the amazing Ginger Castleberry, an assistant stage manager at the Seattle Opera Company. We got an insider's look at the makings of operas like The Ring! A 17-hour opera that takes place over 4 days! That's a lot of singing! On the subject of music Beno P. and Michelle D. podded up with The Sounds of The Mixing Board, our 7th podcast! It included an interview with rap group, Brothers From Another and a WeHigh JAM SESH!

-I was fortunate enough to inteview PAWS Companion Animal Shelter Director, KayJoubert, about the current state of animals. Also I tried to collect some VoXPoP over at the Golden Gardens dog park.

-Artur was hard at work putting the final touches on his Thursday econo podcast!

AND thats about what I know about yesterday. From my perspective it was PAWFECT and I hope everyone else at WeHigh had a PAWFECT Wednesday too.

Stay Classy, Seattle

Today was pretty intense. Lizzie and Bryce's podcast went up on our website. I still haven't listened to it but it sounds promising. That is our sixth episode I believe.

I had to get to the station at 9 this morning because I had a phone interview with esteemed journalist H.L. Hall at 9:30. Once I stomached my nerves and got through that, Seattle Times called me at 1 telling me that Mr. David Boardman would be awaiting my call at 3. So the brilliant Irene (AKA The Editor) helped me prepare for this interview in the little time that I had. I ended up doing okay and got some really good quotes. I'm meeting Kee-Kee and Mr. Friend at the Seattle Drum School at 10:30 tomorrow to record our hosting.

Now let's look into what the other interns were up to!

- Molly spent all day thinking of ideas for our Monday podcast. Also, Bryce made her and Nathan laugh so hard they both vomited out their small intestines, which entangled and it was disgusting.

- Bryce, I'm not actually sure what Bryce was doing all day, other than instigating the above.

- Michelle was sitting next to me like all day editing... something. She also got pizza and didn't eat the crust, that pissed me off.

- Lizzie tried to make conversation with me while I ate pizza and drank crushed ice. God I hate crushed ice. She also beat me around and battered me with her volleyball, in addition to not getting anything done on her podcast except coming up with the following list of ideas:

• Animals

• Cars

• Malls

• Environment

It will be groundbreaking I'm sure.

- Kee-Kee was doing interviews for my economy show that comes out this Thursday. He is interviewing some top notch music producers because apparently small music labels are the only ones who can afford to sign new artists nowadays.

- Beno was so quiet all day I actually have no idea what he was up to. Probably something amazing. He was editing constantly.

I'm so informative!

Barbeque at Nathan's house on Thursday!