Swing dancing with Lisa Wong Macabasco, of Vogue.com.
Teen People
10/27/20
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Welcome to another episode of Teen People! My name is Anna Soper, and I’m a writer, artist and librarian from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Today I’m talking with Lisa Wong Macabasco, who was part of Teen People magazine's News Team. Lisa graduated from UC Berkeley and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Today, she works for www.vogue.com, where she has reported on the Oscars, Fashion Week, food culture, and U.S. politics. She’s also written stories for Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, Slate, and Bon Appétit. Lisa spoke with me from her home in New York, where she lives with her partner and a trio of foster cats! We talked about ‘90s fashion, her brush with N*Sync, and our mutual appreciation for Adam Driver. Podcast notes: Find Lisa online: www.macabasco.com. If you’re an American: www.usa.gov/how-to-vote. Find me on Twitter and Instagram (TeenPeoplePod) and www.annasoper.ca. 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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Hi, my name is Anna Soper, and this is Teen People. This podcast features in-depth conversations with people who appeared in Teen People magazine as young adults. So far, they’ve shared stories of building their careers, having kids (or not!) and finding their way through this challenging time. My next guest is Diana Maciel. She worked at Teen People in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, and has since built a career as a creative director. When I spoke with her in August, she was based at Forever 21, but has since moved into a new role at beauty subscription service IPSY. Diana told me about her really awesome job, and if you are a creative director-in-training, this episode runs like a little masterclass. Diana also shared her throwback inspirations, her love for New York, and her best celebrity encounter! I began the episode by showing her a photo from Teen People’s October 1999 issue, featuring her and a few other interns at Teen People’s Manhattan headquarters. Podcast Notes: Find Diana online (http://dianamaciel.com) and on Instagram: at dmaciel at thesadeproject at yellopaletas Find Project Level on Instagram: at projectlevel Find me online (www.annasoper.ca) and on Twitter and Instagram: at TeenPeoplePod Thanks for listening! Please leave your reviews, tell your friends, and hit subscribe for more. Music © Anna Soper Cover photo: brrphoto on Instagram Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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Welcome to episode 10 of Teen People; the podcast that catches up with folks from Teen People magazine. This episode is a first for me, as I’m talking with a Teen People staff member! Zena Burns was Entertainment Director at Teen People magazine and Managing Editor at Teen People dot com. Teen People’s earliest digital outreach relied on an AOL-exclusive website, and a celebrity chats feature that Zena described as something like a tin can and a string. “Digital today has made such a quantum leap,” she told me; changing media, marketing and publishing in so many ways. Think about the media environment back then: the first iPod came out in October 2001. Napster was in its infancy. MySpace was founded in 2003. Many of us still had dial-up internet, which ran over a landline telephone. And think about the celebrity environment: tabloid mainstays like the Olsen twins, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears. Before celebrities shared their lives on Instagram and TikTok, we had reality shows like The Simple Life, with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie; The Osbournes, with the Osbourne family; and Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, with Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. (“Is this chicken or is this fish?”) Zena spoke with me about hustling her way into a job at Teen People, and how the magazine changed her life. Stay tuned for exclusive stories about Beyonce, Kanye West, and Lady Gaga! Podcast Notes: "I'll never forget the pit in my stomach that I got the first time that People magazine ran a Lindsay Lohan cover...the whole face of celebrity was changing," said Zena. Click here for a thread of Teen People / People covers, featuring Britney Spears, Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, and more: https://twitter.com/TeenPeoplePod/status/1334680857173319680. Read about a Teen People Style Jam casting call: https://nypost.com/2002/11/22/real-world-rules-newly-fashionable/ Find Zena Burns here: https://futurimedia.com/leadership-team/zena-burns/ Find me on Twitter and Instagram (TeenPeoplePod) and www.annasoper.ca. 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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