RISE Podcast

Social Media and Celebrity Activism

This podcast episode explores how celebrities use social media activism to raise awareness on important issues, which highlights its ability to quickly reach millions of people and inspire change. At the same time, it examines the downsides, such as performative activism, misinformation, and the risk of oversimplifying complex topics. Overall, this episode presents social media activism as a powerful but imperfect tool that depends on authenticity and accountability to be effective.

RISE Podcast Episode One: Interview with Yasmin on the Housing Crisis

In our debut episode we talked with Yasmin, a Sophmore at Boston College who works with City Life Vida Urbana. City Life Vida Urbana is an organization that works to provide housing assistance to people all over Boston.