Work, Candles, and Office Soccer!

Today I got into KUOW at 9am with high hopes to start and finish my podcast in one day, but with only half an hour to host the show at the end of the day it looks like I will be in tomorrow.

• I had an interview at 10 with Joe from PCC
• Molly had an interview with a local youth garden place
• Michelle and Beno worked on their show coming up
• Bryce... Bryce was doing something productive!!!

But the best part was when I had 18 min. left to finish the hosting and every one walks right into the studio singing happy birthday to me... I can't complain those chocolate dipped strawberries were the bomb (THANKS IRENE). Now for the weekend! oh ya and we almost broke the laptops and the printer playing soccer on the second floor! NOW its time for the weekend!

We Aint Nothin But Mammals

Today Nathan's plan to see the new penguin exhibit at the zoo for free was finally made a reality. Beno, Nathan, and I all went down to visit woodland park zoo for an on site recording of our first show based on the economy. Yay for economy Thursday!

Some highlights:

- Beno decided that Nathan is a giraffe. He also successfully completed his first show. Way to go! He also tried to get me lost at the zoo despite her clear directions.
- Keano found out that pure imagination got messed up. L then “did nothing.”
- Lizzy and Bryce disappeared for about two hours after our break. And apparently ran four blocks trying to catch a bus.
- I had some flash backs from her childhood while singing along to lion king songs after visiting the zoo.
- Molly made plans for Mondays show and finished up a vox pop on party schools for the conversation.
- Nathan had some fun recording Beno and I at the zoo then worked his magic with the sound we gathered.
- Irene edited some stuff and helped us interview the whale poop guy. She also fixed the ruined podcast. Thank You Irene!!

Our first week of podcasts is almost over. Good work everybody. Irene says, “today was mostly herding cats and organizing” no one really knows whats up with the cat thing… = )

Oh what a day....

Ever stood on the edge of a freeway, watching all the cars buzz by at unnaturally high speeds? The blurr of quickly moving objects is almost mesmirizing and can send onlookers into dazed trances of awe. Yeah, you would have been put in the exact same trance if you had seen us interns at work today.

We worked faster than the busiest bees, trying to complete assignments or start new ones. Overall, we were very productive and finished a lot. Totally busy day.

Highlights include:

• Premier of second podcast Got Fear! Artur and I came in early to finish it completely. In the end, Nathan "Superman" Friend did most of the finishing touches to make it beautiful. Check it out for yourself at http://www.kuow.org/weekdayhigh/2009_stories.php .
• Michelle and Keano are almost done with their delectable podcast, which will air tomorrow. They were super efficient by finishing their voicing before noon. Rockstar power!
• Beno edited down his abundance of recordings from camp. His story will air on Thursday, along with other pieces about the economy. Hopefully this is one recording we can "afford" to hear (hahahahahaha........).
• Bryce and Molly worked on collecting sounds and stories for Thursday's show. They also started to jot down ideas for future shows. All very exciting stuff!
• On a sadder note, someone pointed out that we are a little over half way done with the internship. Pretty much broke our hearts. Why must time move so quickly?

All right, thats all folks! Lets keep powering through the week! Lizzie out.

PS: Bye Artur! Have fun at journalism camp!

Spread the Word

Take the most awesome thing that you can think of. Picture it in your mind. Now multiply that level of awesomeness by two. That's really the only way I can think of to articulate just how mind-blowing the first episode of The Mixing Board really is.

In case you were wondering, the first episode of The Mixing Board podcast was released today. It's as sharp as a knife and sweet as cherry pie. Bryce and Molly did a terrific job of hosting, keeping the show fresh and interesting throughout as they explored human memory in a variety of ways.

Tell your family. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Everybody should subscribe to the podcast on itunes. You can find it by searching "weekday high". Or you can listen online at online at http://www.kuow.org/weekdayhigh/2009_stories.php .

Looking ahead...

-Lizzie and Artur were hard at work recording for tomorow's podcast. You might want not want to listen to their show if it's late at night. It's all about fear and will feature some of the scaaariest moments that our interns can remember.

-Michelle and Keano were all business as well, putting together their plan for Wednesday's show. I'm not going to spoil their theme quite just yet. All i'm gonna say is that it's about to be "sweet".

-I spent the day editing tape that I brought back from camp, where I spent the last week. Michelle, Bryce, and I are all working on stories for the Economy show on Thursday.

This has Beno Picciano, keepin' it real for Weekday High.

I tried to make a logo or something ):

Here's what I came up with ):

I'm tired ):

I hope everybody had a nice weekend.