Vol. 128, No. 39 Wednesday, October 3, 2018
NEWS
OPINION
SPORTS
Campus dining halls to close for Fall Address
The problem with censorship in higher education academia
CSU football has seen better days
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CSU seniors Dan Isaacs, Bradley Callahan and Jake Cuddemi talk about their podcast “Quick Sidebar.” “We just need to be creative and take advantage of this last year,” Cuddemi said. On the podcast the three talk about everything from Spider-Man to zombies, to sci-fi to pet peeves. PHOTO BY CLARA SCH0LTZ COLLEGIAN
3 guys, 1 podcast: ‘Quick Sidebar’ entertains with energetic episodes By Elene Waldman @WaldmanElena
If music isn’t giving people the boost they need at this dreadful time of the semester, a funny podcast may be something to look into. “Quick Sidebar” is a student-produced podcast by CSU theatre performance seniors Jake Cuddemi, Bradley Calahan
and Dan Isaacs. The podcast features the three friends as they navigate any subjects they can fit into a 30-minute window. Maintaining a playful and funny tone, the three banter over whimsical subjects like the zombie apocalypse, pet peeves and Marvel superheroes. Motivated by their final year at CSU, the three created the podcast upon returning to school after summer.
“I had just gotten back from an internship in L.A. and I was hanging out with Bradley, telling him things I learned and things I wanted to do now that we were back and ready to start senior year,” Cuddemi said. “We decided ‘let’s just do it.’ We ended up recording two episodes that night.” The show’s notable catchphrase, “Welcome to ‘Quick Sidebar,’ where we talk about
anything and everything and get distracted often,” is anything but misleading. Originally an inside joke between the three, “Quick Sidebar” was thought of by Calahan as an appropriate title of the show, reflecting their tendency to jump from topic to topic rather sporadically. The students find new ways to keep their content fresh and exciting such as bringing in a fun soundboard, featuring podcast
guests on Fridays and playing games. In their episode “Lightning Round,” they debate over several different things – cats vs. dogs, cake vs. pie, Coke vs. Pepsi – each within a three minute time period, perfectly showcasing the nature of the show. Calahan, Isaacs and Cuddemi
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