Media and Social Change Podcast

MASCLab

The Media and Social Change Lab (MASCLab) is a hub for multimodal and digital scholarship that explores the relationship between media and social change. Our podcast tells stories of real-world learning at lab member research sites and beyond.

  • 18 minutes 16 seconds
    Season 5, Episode 6: New York, New York - A Brief History of the Broadway Musical
    New York, New York - A Brief History of the Broadway Musical: New York’s Broadway theater district has a world-renowned reputation as the center of the American theater world, particularly musical theater. Kate Elizabeth Orgera discusses how New York City created and shaped musical theater, and how Broadway has influenced New York City in turn. Talk to us on Instagram and Twitter @MASCLab! Check out www.masclab.org/podcast-working-group for the episode transcript and to learn more! Episode produced and edited by: Kate Elizabeth Orgera Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    27 April 2023, 11:44 pm
  • 36 minutes 12 seconds
    Season 5, Episode 5: NYC Mom Chat
    NYC Mom Chat: What is it like to be a mom in New York City? Three graduate students discuss various aspects of being moms to young children in NYC. Talk to us on Instagram and Twitter @MASCLab! Check out www.masclab.org/podcast-working-group for the episode transcript and to learn more! Episode produced and edited by: Jacqueline Cofield Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    27 April 2023, 11:38 pm
  • 47 minutes 51 seconds
    Season 5, Episode 4: Big Apple Educators
    Big Apple Educators: What's unique about being a teacher in New York City? This episode investigates this question through the stories of three New York City educators with backgrounds in environmental justice education, art education, deaf education, international education, and adult education. Talk to us on Instagram and Twitter @MASCLab! Check out www.masclab.org/podcast-working-group for the episode transcript and to learn more! Episode produced and edited by: Joy Yang Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    27 April 2023, 8:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 17 seconds
    Season 5, Episode 3: The Rat Takeover
    The Rat Takeover: When was the last time you saw Rats? Do you like them or are you like most of us? Terrified of them? And where were they? In the subway, in the rubbish on the streets or did you see them scurry across the road? This episode chronicles the ecosystem and history of New York City's rat population. Though they cause a lot of damage to the city, are they underrated creatures? Talk to us on Instagram and Twitter @MASCLab! Check out www.masclab.org/podcast-working-group for the episode transcript and to learn more! Episode produced and edited by: Avukile Zoya Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    27 April 2023, 7:39 pm
  • 8 minutes 44 seconds
    Season 5, Episode 2: NYC Open Streets And Public Space
    NYC Open Streets And Public Space: Streets are often seen as a place of transit, exclusively for the person on the move, but streets also have a history as spaces for community, as public spaces where people come together rather than just pass by one another. This podcast episode shares a brief history of the New York City Open Streets program and how it has shaped public space in New York City since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Talk to us on Instagram and Twitter @MASCLab! Check out www.masclab.org/podcast-working-group for the episode transcript and to learn more! Episode produced and edited by: Michael Cerda Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    27 April 2023, 7:25 pm
  • 4 minutes
    Season 5, Episode 1: Unique New York
    Unique New York: This season, the MASC Lab’s Podcasts series focuses on themes connected to place, in this case New York City, and the many interconnected realities of life in the big apple. Our process is inquiry based and we chose this season’s focus by starting with the question: What is unique or strange about NYC? Our collaborative podcast series this semester grew out of that question, in one way or another. Talk to us on Instagram and Twitter @MASCLab! Check out https://www.masclab.org/podcast-working-group for the episode transcript and to learn more! Season produced and edited by: Jacqueline Cofield, Avukile Zoya, Joy Yang, Michael Cerda, Kate Elizabeth Orgera, and Shoshana Gottesman Episode produced and edited by: Jacqueline Cofield, Michael Cerda, Kate Elizabeth Orgera, and Shoshana Gottesman Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    27 April 2023, 7:16 pm
  • 30 minutes 2 seconds
    Season 4, Episode 4: Sound Capsule 2020
    Sound capsule 2020: Loops and samples, presence and collective memories, creativity and remixing multiplicities in music education In what ways can sound snippets, traces, and edges that hold intimate and every day personal and collective feelings and memories of our lives during this pandemic spark creativity and reflection? How can this practice meet educational spaces of all kinds? In this episode from the series “Sounds of the Pandemic,” MASCLab member Shoshana Gottesman shares her composition of sounds from the pandemic submitted by members of the MASC Lab alongside the loops and samples of music producer and Teachers College doctoral student Chucky Kim. From there, Shoshana and Chucky explore together how this kind of co-creating through sampling, beatmaking, soundscapes, loops, remixes, and found sounds within music education is a way to facilitate creative moments within the framework of community especially during this time of pandemic. Talk to us on Twitter @MASCLab! Check out masclab.org/podcast for the episode transcript and to learn more! Produced and edited by Shoshana Gottesman. Music: Shoshana Gottesman and Chucky Kim Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    23 November 2021, 10:00 am
  • 24 minutes 7 seconds
    Season 4, Episode 3: Multimodal Research and Gen Z Online Identities
    MASCLab members Xiaoyi Gabby Zhou, Joe Riina-Ferrie, and Lívia Barros Cruz chat with Catherine Cheng Stahl, a Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Curriculum and Teaching of Columbia University, Teachers College. She discusses how she used multimodal research methods to explore how Gen Z youth navigate their identities on digital spaces. Talk to us on Twitter @MASCLab! Check out masclab.org/podcast for the episode transcript and to learn more! Produced and edited by Xiaoyi Gabby Zhou Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    20 September 2021, 9:00 am
  • 29 minutes 46 seconds
    (Re)Search for Solutions Episode 6: Guns and the Criminal (In)Justice System
    Episode 6 of (Re)Search for Solutions takes a hard look at how in some cases, communities, especially communities of color, are harmed by efforts claiming to be in service of stopping gun violence. We look at one of the most well-known examples of discriminatory policing, “Stop and Frisk,” and how these types of ineffective practices become legitimized. Sonali interviews Ekow Yankah, a Professor at the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, and Sarah Lustbader, a public defender in New York City, about criminal law and policing as they relate to gun violence. Iesha Sekou, the CEO and founder of Street Corner Resources, also paints a picture of the profound effects gun violence has on communities. Visit the episode 6 page on researchforsolutions.com for transcripts and other resources. Production Team: Azsaneé Truss, Joe Riina-Ferrie, Sonali Rajan, and Lalitha Vasudevan Editing: Azsaneé Truss with the help of the (Re)Search for Solutions team Special thanks to Joe for mastering this episode! Music: “Research Area” by Poitr Pacyna Website: ResearchforSolutions.com The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    10 May 2021, 7:50 pm
  • 10 minutes 35 seconds
    Season 4, Episode 2: Alone Together: Sounds of the Pandemic
    In this episode, Katie Newhouse introduces our series on sounds of the pandemic. She stitches together short sound collages submitted to our group project by Gabby Zhou, Kyle Oliver, and Shoshana Gottesman. Talk to us on Twitter @MASCLab! Check out masclab.org/podcast for the episode transcript and to learn more! Produced and edited by Katie Newhouse. The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    16 April 2021, 5:57 pm
  • 26 minutes 55 seconds
    Season 4, Episode 1: The #JustLit Project Tackles Racial Literacy
    Introducing: Season 4 of the MASCLab podcast! MASCLab alum Azsaneé Truss chats with a few members of the #JustLit Project team: Katie Harlan-Eller, Noelle Mapes, and Jenice Mateo-Toledo, and the founder of the project, Professor Detra Price-Dennis. She discusses how they’ve gone about curating multimodal sets of resources for K-12 teachers, specifically those they curated around the topic of racial literacy. Talk to us on Twitter @MASCLab! Check out masclab.org/podcast for the episode transcript and to learn more! Produced and edited by Azsaneé Truss Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
    1 April 2021, 12:00 am
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