Coming up on season two!
Teen People
11/27/21
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The next season of Teen People podcast is coming soon! I interview real people who were in Teen People magazine as young adults.
This season, I speak with:
Jaya Saxena, Senior Writer, Eater
Alex Hill, GIS Director and Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University
Gennie Gorback, Early Childhood Educator and President of the California Kindergarten Association
Kerisha Harris, corporate communications professional
Frankie Thomas, Columnist, The Paris Review
They share their memories of Teen People magazine, the advice they'd give their teenage selves, and how they're changing the world!
Where are they now? Find Teen People wherever you get your podcasts!
Previous Episode
Kelly McWilliams was a teenager when she published her first novel. These days, Kelly's working on her third novel, while promoting Agnes at the End of the World; a dystopian YA book published in 2020. Agnes at the End of the World received starred reviews in School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher’s Weekly. It was also featured, funnily enough, in People magazine’s “20 Best Books to Read This Summer”, in the summer of 2020. Kelly spoke with me from her home in Colorado, where she told me about an entirely coincidental connection between her and my very first guest on this podcast, Caron Levis. Caron (who once interned at Teen People) teaches in the Creative Writing MFA program at The New School in New York. Guess who took one of her courses? That’s right, it’s my guest, Kelly McWilliams. Podcast Notes: Take a look at Kelly's website: www.kellymcwilliamsauthor.com, and find her on Instagram at kellymmcwilliams. Kelly (an author) and I (a librarian) referenced a whole bunch of books and writers in our chat! They are: Natalie Babbitt: Tuck Everlasting (1975, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower (1993, Four Walls) Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games (2008, Scholastic) Christopher Paul Curtis: The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995, Delacorte Press) Nalo Hopkinson N. K. Jemisin: How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018, Orbit Books) Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer: Escape (2007, Broadway Books) Leah Johnson: You Should See Me In a Crown (2020, Scholastic) Caron Levis Robin McKinley: The Hero and the Crown (1984, Greenwillow Books) Kelly McWilliams: Doormat (2004, Random House Children's Books) Agnes at the End of the World (2020, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Mirror Girls (2022, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Bethany C. Morrow: A Song Below Water (2020, Tor Teen) Sarah Moss: Ghost Wall (2018, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Jewell Parker Rhodes: Ninth Ward (2010, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Black Brother, Black Brother (2020, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Matt Ruff: Lovecraft Country (2016, HarperCollins) Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad (2016, Doubleday) The Nickel Boys (2019, Doubleday) Author photo: © Black Forest Photography Music: © Anna Soper Find me on Twitter and Instagram at TeenPeoplePod, and take a look at my website, www.annasoper.ca. For more information on my research, check out Sarah Wilson's award-winning podcast, Roots and All. I spoke with Sarah about Kate Crooks, a long-forgotten Canadian botanist: https://rootsandall.co.uk/portfolio-item/episode-91-the-work-of-kate-crooks-with-anna-soper/. Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
Next Episode
Welcome to season two of Teen People, the podcast where I interview people who were in Teen People magazine. The podcast was inspired by my teenage collection of Teen Peoples, which I rediscovered a few years ago. Teen People magazine featured their readers throughout every issue, and published their full names, ages and locations—which makes them really Google-able today. As I flipped through these old magazines, I realized these kids were my age, or older. "Where are they now?", I wondered. In season one, I spoke with authors, teachers, artists, and journalists. Even a former politician. All were in Teen People magazine as young, high achievers; interns; models; and contributing writers. This season begins with a conversation with Alex B. Hill. Alex was 17 when Teen People honoured him for his charitable work, in 2005. By that time, he’d raised $70,000 USD for medical supplies in Uganda, including an ambulance serving 140,000 people across 62 communities. Alex is now based in Detroit, Michigan, where he has worked for the Detroit Health Department as an epidemiologist and data and design coordinator. Alex has a BA in international relations, and an MA in medical anthropology. He is currently working on a PhD at Wayne State University, where he also works as a Geographic Information Systems Director, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and the Department of Public Health. Alex spoke with me in the spring of 2021, and began by telling me about his charity, which landed him on Teen People magazine’s list of Teens Who Will Change the World. Podcast notes: Find Alex's work here: https://alexbhill.org And buy his book, Detroit in 50 Maps: https://beltpublishing.com/products/detroit-in-50-maps Find Teen People podcast on Twitter and Instagram: [at] teenpeoplepod And check out my Tumblr page: https://teenpeoplepod.tumblr.com/post/672928165927256064/s2e1alex Intro music: by lesfm on Pixabay Outro music: © Anna Soper Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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