Take On Society: A Student-Led Podcast

Sheba Turk: Digital Double Life

We live our lives in two places: the real world and the digital one. In this episode, media expert Sheba Turk pulls back the curtain on our "curated" online identities. As a news anchor who became a household name in New Orleans at just 24, Sheba discusses the "two different languages" required to speak to parents on TV and peers on social media. This episode explores how students can use the creative freedom of the digital world to craft their own lives without being used by the tools they hold in their hands. Take On Society is a student-produced podcast from The Willow School in New Orleans, where students sit down with leaders, experts, and community voices to take on the issues shaping our world right now. The Willow School is a K–12 public charter school in uptown New Orleans with a decades-long reputation for academic excellence, arts integration, and developing students who engage meaningfully with the world around them. Learn more at ⁠WillowSchoolNOLA.org⁠ [https://www.willowschoolnola.org/] Theme music "Take On Society" by EMKOELAB [https://emkoelab.com/], available on all streaming platforms.

Alan Leventhal: Listening Across the Divide

No generation gets to choose the moment it inherits. But every generation has to decide what to do with it. In this episode, former U.S. Ambassador Alan Leventhal sits down with Willow School students to examine that gap — and what it reveals about the moment this generation is inheriting. From the ice sheets of Greenland to the Mississippi River delta, this is a conversation about what we're building, what we're leaving behind, and who's holding the lever to move the world. Take On Society is a student-produced podcast from The Willow School in New Orleans, where students sit down with leaders, experts, and community voices to take on the issues shaping our world right now. The Willow School is a K–12 public charter school in uptown New Orleans with a decades-long reputation for academic excellence, arts integration, and developing students who engage meaningfully with the world around them. Learn more at WillowSchoolNOLA.org [https://www.willowschoolnola.org/] Theme music "Take On Society" by EMKOELAB, available on all streaming platforms.

Darryl Willis: AI & The Future

Our student hosts sit down with Microsoft Executive Darryl Willis to ask the big question: How is AI actually going to change the way we live and work? From the future of healthcare and energy systems to the democratization of education, we explore whether AI will truly help us solve every problem we can think of—and how fast it can happen. Take On Society is a student-led podcast from The Willow School in New Orleans, where students sit down with leaders, experts, and community voices to take on the issues shaping our world right now. The Willow School is a K–12 public charter school in uptown New Orleans with a decades-long reputation for academic excellence, arts integration, and developing students who engage meaningfully with the world around them. Learn more at ⁠WillowSchoolNOLA.org⁠ [https://www.willowschoolnola.org/] Theme music "Take On Society" by EMKOELAB, available on all streaming platforms.

Take On Society Trailer

What happens when the next generation leads the conversation? Students from The Willow School TAKE the mic to engage top executives, national journalists, and U.S. ambassadors—putting them ON the record in candid discussions about civic engagement, youth voice, and the challenges shaping our SOCIETY. Join us for Take On Society, a student-led podcast from The Willow School. [https://www.willowschoolnola.org/]