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Climate Activism -- How did the Sunrise Movement in Maine and on Bowdoin's campus come to be? What do these young people demand? What is the fate of environmentalism all across the world? Diego Velasquez '20 explores the transition students took from Bowdoin Climate Action to the Sunrise Movement and where the action is taking them today.

The Life of a Desk

The two hundred year old desk of Parker Cleaveland, a nineteenth century minerologist and Bowdoin professor, finds its way back to the house where it all began. This episode was produced by Helen Wang. Image courtesy of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.

#001 Common Time (with Nick Cattaneo)

The premiere episode of our new mini series "Chop Shop". An interview podcast about music, hosted by Spencer Wilkins. SONG TIMESTAMPS: 3:37 Ain't Nobody, Chaka Khan 15:26 What Is and What Should Never Be, Led Zeppelin 28:15 Dry, Susan Cattaneo 35:13 RIVER ROAD, Jack Harlow CREDITS: written & edited: Spencer Wilkins photo art & theme song: Spencer Wilkins executive produced: Diego Velasquez, Helen Wang, Cameron Chertavian

The Good Guys

What does it mean to be a "good guy"? In this episode, we interview three male students who are involved with the campus group BMASV - Bowdoin Men Against Sexual Violence - to better understand how masculinity contributes to its message and the campus culture as a whole. Special thanks to Noah Nelson, Seth Cooper, and Henry Bredar. This episode was produced by Emma Newbery. Music by Sam Kyzivat.

No Coast

You know the West coast and the East coast… but what about all the stuff in the middle? Emily and Helen will talk you through it.