Same People, New Life

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Episode 1

“Have you ever experienced a paradigm shift?” In this episode we answer the question of how people of the LGBTQ community discovers/ changes their identity, how societal pressures that influence our relationships, and how the factors that hinders their mental well being. We also look into the history and stigma against the community and what LGBTQ teens need in order to feel safe and accepted.

Interviewees: Student A, Leif, Sakura, Gary Paterson

Music Credit: Broke For Free- “Something Elated” from Free Music Archive, Scott Homes- “Hopeful Journey”

Guitar Covers/ Songs: Alyssia Mattman

The Shadows

Introduction:

ADHD is one of the most common conditions in childhood. It impacts how kids function in school and in everyday life. Suspecting or hearing that your child has ADHD can raise many questions, even basic questions like โ€œwhat is ADHD?โ€ You may wonder about symptoms, cause, and some misconceptions you have heard about. Understanding the challenges of ADHD allows you to find the best possible help for your child at home and at school. This podcast โ€œThe Shadowsโ€ can answer many of your questions about ADHD, no matter where you are on your journey. It provides basic information to get you started, but youโ€™ll also find more in-depth information and tips.

Episode 1: What is ADHD?

ADHD which stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common conditions in childhood. This episode will provide you basic information of ADHD to get you started.  We will explore into symptoms, causes, and some possible treatments of ADHD.

  • What is ADHD?
  • How is it diagnosed?
  • Types?
  • What caused ADHD?
  • Treatment?
  • What can parents do?

Episode 2: Common Misconceptions of ADHD

Have you ever blamed sugar, poor parenting or electronic devices for causing ADHD? Have you ever mixed up ADHD and learning disability?  Have you ever thought that ADHD will block your path to success? Myths will be debunked in this episode! We are going to discuss about some misconceptions you may have heard of in the past!

  • Would sugar cause ADHD?
  • Would poor parenting cause ADHD?
  • Would you consider ADHD a learning disability?
  • Any advantages?
  • Would ADHD prevent you from succeeding?

Episode 3: ADHD and School

Through interviews from an elementary school teacher and a high school counsellor, we have an insight into how students with ADHD perform at school.  This episode will also provide some strategies that teachers could use to help students with ADHD and also some possible ways for students to succeed at school.

  • How kids with ADHD behave in classroom?
  • Strategies that teachers could use to help?
  • What is the most frustrating thing for students with ADHD?
  • What should parents do?
  • Should teachers be trained?

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Youtube Music

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Maze Through Anxiety

According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada, โ€œthe 12 month prevalence for any anxiety disorder is over 12% and one in four Canadians (25%) will have at least one anxiety disorder in their lifetimeโ€. We often hear about and constantly bring up the word ‘Anxiety’ in our daily life, and sometimes even experience it ourselves. Yet most people have a lack of knowledge about the Anxiety concepts and easily misunderstand many myths that they heard through shallow conversations with friends.

It’s time to dig deeper.

It’s time to maze.

Group Members: Scarlet Nguyen, Tonya Yin, Ellie Wang, Rozalyn Lee

Episode 1: “Anxiety? Is it edible?”

In this episode, we went around the school and interview random students and teachers to test their knowledge about Anxiety. The answers and their reactions were were really interesting and hilarious at some points, but we also recognize a serious problem: there is a disconnection between the students and the teachers although both groups related deeply to this topic.

Listen to find out what problem we have discovered.

Episode 2: Emotional First Aid 101

This time, we interviewed Mrs. Nickolson, our Psychology teacher, and Mr. Johnston, grade 12’s counsellor, about the same set of questions that we used to interview random people in the last episode. They gave lots of awesome insights and experience about the topic and tried to give advices to those who are still suffer from anxiety.

Listen to find out what wisdom they have wholeheartedly shared.

Episode 3: The Truth

We decided to dig deeper and get out of our comfort zone by emailing psychologists specialized in Anxiety and interviewing them. The explanation about the topic this time is a lot more precise, scientific-based, and is back up with many statistics and careful research. The psychologists also shared their insights and experience throughout their career life.

Listen to find out the truth we have been searching for a long time.

CREDIT:

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  • Free Sound | Freesound.org

The Forgotten Ones

An analysis of how Vancouver views the Downtown Eastside and how mental health issues affect that community. Lead by Tobias Faehndrich and Liam Blakely.

Thanks to the CBC for letting us use some of their clips, Free Sounds, Fountain, Sam Wieler, and Caleb O’Brien for letting us use your music, Jean Swanson and Ben Garner for insightful interviews, and most of all, all the people on the downtown Eastside who shared their stories.

Edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.

Flashback

Merrimack Webster defines the word Flashback as โ€œan interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.โ€ Sometimes, the memory is incomplete, people forget the beginning, forget the end, but remember a few fragments. And those are very valuable. Have you ever had some memories of the familiarity with a scene? In this podcast, we will lead you back to some memories, which are short but memorable in our lives.

    Homeless, Helpless and Hopeful

    Episode 1 โ€“ Initial Thoughts

    Before we get into interviewing people out in the world, listen to our concerns and feelings going into the project.

    CREDIT:

    Open Sea Morning by Puddle of Infinity
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    Episode 2 โ€“ Amber’s Grandpa

    Gaining an insight into a pensioner’s life, and picking up some wisdom along the way.

    CREDIT:

    In Albany New York by The 126ers Creative Commons โ€” Attribution 3.0 Unportedโ€” CC BY 3.0 In Alb https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109

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    Episode 3 โ€“ Street Performers and Broken Necks

    Bita, Arjun and Brendon take a trip to the Downtown East Side, where they meet a couple of colorful fellows and learn something new about regret.

    CREDIT:

    Running Waters by Audionautix
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    Secret Conversations by The 126ers
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    Episode 4 โ€“ Teenagers Talk

    As our podcast draws to a close, we reevaluate what regret means to us and what we learned from this experience.

    CREDIT:

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