The Created for Greatness Podcast

2024 Juneteenth Interviews

Episode 21
During Pottstown's 2024 Juneteenth celebration, a group of STRIVE alumni, home from college, set up a table inside the Steel River Playhouse to interview some of the folks who made the event happen. They talk about inspiration, dreams, and what it takes to put on a massive community event! 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Pajama Jam!

Episode 20
In this episode, Charleigh goes on location to the Pajama Jam and talks with teachers and student-DJ's about what it takes to throw a good party. 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Third Marking Period Pep Rally

Episode 19
In this episode, we talk about the third marking period and interview teachers and students at the Pep Rally. 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Advice Show Special!

Episode 18
In this episode, we answer questions from "listeners", and give advice on how to navigate school, home, crushes, pets, and more! 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Our Creative Projects

Episode 17
In this episode, we talk to two of our students who are working on artistic projects to find out more about their creative process and future dreams. 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Juneteenth Interviews Part2

Episode 16
During Pottstown's 2023 Juneteenth celebration, our group of high school seniors set up a podcast station at "Welcome to the Avenue" where they interviewed local leaders and difference makers. We'll be releasing these episodes as a two-part series. Part two is a conversation with Matt and Art Green. 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Juneteenth Interviews Part 1

Episode 15
During Pottstown's 2023 Juneteenth celebration, our group of high school seniors set up a podcast station at "Welcome to the Avenue" where they interviewed local leaders and difference makers. We'll be releasing these episodes as a two-part series. Part one is a combination of three shorter interviews, and highlights the best of who we are as a community. 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

"When I Was a Kid..."

Episode 14
Sherlyn, Juliette, Reef, and Cody take advantage of the 7 year age gap between them to talk about how their childhoods differed. We talk about music, TV, school, and COVID. 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

Pottstown Voices: ”On the Spot with AJ and Cory”

Episode 13
Cory and AJ play a hilarious, thoughtful, silly, and serious game of "On the Spot". We talk about the best parts of Pottstown, unicorns, social media, aliens, and more! 
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/

The Senior Crew: Interview with Dr Jennifer Wiseman

Episode 12
The Senior Crew talks with Dr. Jennifer Wiseman about her work at NASA, chasing your passion, and the wonders of the cosmos. 
 
https://science.nasa.gov/people/jennifer-j-wiseman-senior-project-scientist/
Read More About Dr. WisemanDr. Jennifer Wiseman is a senior astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she serves as the senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. Her primary responsibility is to ensure that the Hubble mission is as scientifically productive as possible. Previously, Wiseman headed Goddard’s Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics. She started her career at NASA in 2003 as the program scientist for Hubble and several other astrophysics missions at NASA Headquarters.
Wiseman’s scientific expertise is centered on the study of star-forming regions in our galaxy using a variety of tools, including radio, optical and infrared telescopes. She has a particular interest in dense interstellar gas cloud cores, embedded protostars, and their related outflows as active ingredients of cosmic nurseries where stars and their planetary systems are born.
As an undergraduate, Wiseman studied physics at MIT, where she discovered the comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff. She then earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at Harvard University, and continued her research as a Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and as a Hubble Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University.
In addition to research in astrophysics, Wiseman is also interested in science policy and public science outreach and engagement. She has served as a congressional science fellow of the American Physical Society, an elected councilor of the American Astronomical Society and a public dialogue leader for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She enjoys giving talks on the excitement of astronomy and scientific discovery, and has appeared in many science and news venues, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, NOVA and National Public Radio.
Wiseman grew up on a small farm in the Ozark Mountains of rural Arkansas and loves animals, forests, night skies and exploring nature.
 
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Produced and edited by Zack Jackson Created in partnership with the Pottstown School District and the STRIVE Initiative 
https://www.pottstownschools.org/
https://striveinitiative.org/
 
If you would like to get involved with our mentorship program, check out the available opportunities below.https://striveinitiative.org/how-to-help/