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Podcast Launch
Jonathon Cruikshank, Catherine Dillman & Sumaya Soufi
Youth Interns, Participatory Cultures Lab
Catherine and Sumaya introduced the podcast Circle Back: Stories of Reflection, Connection and Transformation. The podcast presents the pieces from the book in an accessible audio format, further amplifying youth voices in creative ways.
In the podcast, you can hear recordings of the girls reading their written work aloud. The process of creating the podcast was designed to be as easy and stress-free as possible for the youth. Youth were asked to make recordings of themselves reading their poetry, prose or discussing their art. Through this process, youth were able to take time to record themselves and go through the process at their own pace until they were happy with the final product. From there, youth submitted their recordings to the team and Jonathon Cruikshank lead the work to combine all of the audio segments and create the final episodes.
The first episode is an introduction to the Circle Back book featuring the youth editors and Claudia and Lebo. A short clip of the podcast was played, in the clip featured Elethu Ntsethe from Girls
Leading Change reading her poem “Enough is Enough” . The podcast is available on all platforms podcasts are usually found and on YouTube.
