We Met U When – Season 3 – Bonus Episode 2: Inside Season 3
In this We Met U When…bonus episode, we reflect on some of the hardest moments during production of Season 3, some fears we faced, and how we stepped out of our comfort zones and discovered new passions. We also bring you into our visit from Pulitzer Prize and Peabody award-winning investigative journalist, Connie Walker.
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We Met U When – Season 3 – Bonus Episode 1: RESONATE
Four students from Professor Shari Okeke’s Advanced Podcasting and Radio Documentary course attended the first Student Podcast Day at RESONATE 2024, a podcast festival in Richmond, Virginia. They had no idea it would be such a pivotal moment – meeting so many pros and gaining new perspectives on the journalism industry and their place in it.
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We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 5: The Call
When a We Met U When…producer was wrapping up a phone interview for this season, she didn’t expect to suddenly be on the receiving end of a microaggression – and get it all on tape. This episode explores that long awkward exchange and why it makes sense to report on it.
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We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 4: Carmine’s Second Act
Carmine Posteraro tested positive for COVID in 2020. He wound up on a ventilator and was in a coma for 12 days. But that wasn’t the first time he had to fight for his life. There were at least five close calls before that. It was no joke. But now, his story actually gets a lot of laughs.
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We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 3: Sex in the Archives
Jelena Vermilion (she/her) is a trans woman who is also a sex worker. She fights stigma and demands respect for her community in news interviews, at protests, at church. In 2020 she talked about the financial hit when in-person work wasn’t possible. Now Jelena’s not just explaining the realities of sex work, she’s preserving them - at the library!
We Met U When explores the power a news story can have on the people in the story. Journalism students at Toronto Metropolitan University dig up headlines from Toronto’s past and track down the people behind the headlines to ask what happened next?
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