On movies and motherhood with Ellie Wen
Teen People
02/05/21
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Welcome to another episode of Teen People; the podcast that catches up with real people from Teen People magazine! In 2005, Ellie Wen appeared on Teen People’s annual list of 20 Teens Who Will Change the World. As a young teen, Ellie created an award-winning digital library called Repeat After Us. She and her friends recorded and transcribed poems, quotes, speeches, and books; including works by Katharine Hepburn, Frida Kahlo, Shakespeare, and Oprah. At the time, Ellie said that the website would function as a free resource for literature lovers and English language learners. It had 2000 hits a day when Teen People profiled it in 2005. As an adult, Ellie shifted into a career as a documentary filmmaker. Born in Hong Kong, Ellie’s now based in San Francisco, where she lives with her husband and a “pandemic baby”. She spoke with me about 'Single Mother Only Daughter' (a short film she made about her relationship with her mother)and how she’s changing the world. Podcast notes: Find Ellie: www.elliewen.com Watch 'Single Mother Only Daughter': https://vimeo.com/206768959 Find me: www.annasoper.ca Twitter/Instagram: TeenPeoplePod Curious about how books are digitized? Read more: https://www.samuelmoore.org/2017/11/28/google-books-and-labour-erasure-in-the-digital-humanities/ Music: © Anna Soper Film clip: courtesy of Ellie Wen Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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Lucas Peerman tells me about his work as a Teen People News Team member!
January 3, 2021
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This episode features a conversation with Lucas Peerman, News Director of the Las Cruces Sun-News in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Lucas was 18 when he joined Teen People magazine's News Team; a diverse corps of young journalists who contributed some of their first bylines to Teen People. He spoke with me from his home in Las Cruces, just two days before the U.S. election in November 2020. He told me about his most memorable interview for Teen People, his collection of Teen People News Team memorabilia, and his thoughts on journalism in a social media age. Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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Welcome to Teen People; the podcast where I dig into my collection of Teen People magazines, and interview some of the real people who were featured in Teen People! I'm Anna Soper. This episode is a chat with Lindsay Soll Kirkman. As a teenager, Lindsay was invited to apply to Teen People’s News Team by the magazine’s cofounder, Lori Majewski. Lindsay later worked for the magazine in New York. Lindsay went to Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida. In a story for Teen People, she wrote about the school’s athletics and performing arts scenes, as well as its notable alumni—including a few boybanders and pro sports stars. The school’s mascot is the Florida Panther. Its team name is the Panthers. The school newspaper is The Panther Post, and its yearbook is called, simply, Panther. As an aspiring journalist, Lindsay wrote for The Panther Post, including a story on 98 Degrees, who she met (along with Jessica Simpson) at a publishers' conference in Boca Raton. Our conversation touched on the teen magazine market of the early '00s, press intrusion, and unpaid internships as an unfortunate rite of passage. Stick around for Lindsay’s best celebrity encounters, featuring Nick and Jessica, Tom Cruise, and more! Find the images referenced in this episode on my Instagram account, TeenPeoplePod. Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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