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Film critic, author and podcaster Alonso Duralde on his book, HOLLYWOOD PRIDE
July 01, 2024 00:29 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBAlonso Duralde joins me to talk about his new book, 'Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film'. Published in May 2024, 'Hollywood Pride' presents a history of film from the dawn of cinema to the "pansy craze" of the 1930s and the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s, all the way up to today. Illustrated with more than 175 colour and black-and-white images, 'Hollywood Pride' points to the bright future of LGBTQ+ representation in cinema, by revealing the stor...
How TEEN PEOPLE magazine covered Columbine in 1999
April 20, 2024 20:28 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThe Columbine massacre of April 20, 1999, was the deadliest mass shooting at a K-12 school in US history, until it was surpassed by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, and, later, the Uvalde school shooting in May 2022. It was the deadliest mass shooting at a high school in US history, until the Parkland high school shooting in February 2018. Ten of the twelve students killed at Columbine were in the school library, where the two perpetrators also ended their own liv...
Celebrating 50 Oscar Nights with TCM host Dave Karger
March 10, 2024 17:32 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBTCM host Dave Karger joins me to speak about his new book, 50 OSCAR NIGHTS! Featuring Dave's original interviews with Hollywood legends like Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, and Martin Scorsese, 50 OSCAR NIGHTS is the perfect gift for cinephiles. Dave started his career as an entertainment journalist, writing for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, and freelancing for TEEN PEOPLE. He spoke with me about interviewing Britney Spears and LFO, as well as his favourite Academy Awards momen...
Part II: Sarah Ditum on Britney, Paris, Amy, Aaliyah, Jen, Lindsay, and Chyna
February 20, 2024 12:12 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn part two of a two-part interview, I speak with Sarah Ditum about her new book, TOXIC. It’s a scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chyna, and Jennifer Aniston. Each experienced some form of global fame, as well as the consequences that come with too much attention. In this episode, Sarah and I leaf through my collection of TEEN PEOPLE magazines! You'll hear her hot...
Part I: Sarah Ditum on the 2000s: "Relentlessly anti-sisterhood"
February 20, 2024 12:04 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBIn part one of a two-part interview, I speak with Sarah Ditum about her new book, TOXIC. It’s a scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chyna, and Jennifer Aniston. Each experienced some form of global fame, as well as the consequences that come with too much attention. In TOXIC, Sarah writes, "…tearing these women to pieces was both a social activity and a form of div...
"I'm writing the book I needed": storytelling with poet-historian Resi Ibañez
January 22, 2024 13:14 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBResi Ibañez is a poet, public historian, and community organizer in Lowell, Massachusetts. We connected on Instagram, when they sent me a DM asking if I could track down a TEEN PEOPLE article they remembered reading in the mid-2000s. With a few keywords and a rough idea of the timing, I searched a periodicals database I use to find guests for this podcast. I found three possible articles for Resi, and it turns out that one of these three is probably the article they remembered reading as a ...
James Frankie Thomas on his homoerotic, post-9/11 campus novel, IDLEWILD
October 29, 2023 17:41 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBAs a teen, James Frankie Thomas modelled a prom dress and smooch-proof makeup in a 2004 issue of TEEN PEOPLE magazine. Now, he's the author of a compelling novel, IDLEWILD, published by The Overlook Press. James spoke with me about crafting this novel at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and how he navigated the highs and lows of getting a book into the world. Plus: find out why James jokes that he and Elliot Page are like "two ships in the night", and why it's hard to read (and write) about big e...
Nadia Ahmad on climate justice, abolition, and being in Teen People magazine
July 13, 2023 12:17 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWhen Teen People magazine sent Nadia Ahmad on a shopping spree in 1998, she didn't feel cool enough to model makeup! Plus, she had just started wearing a hijab, and the 18-year-old wasn't sure how to reconcile her femininity within the norms of a teen magazine. Today, Nadia is an Associate Professor of Law at Barry University in Florida. She completed her law degree at the University of Florida; where she served as executive editor of the Florida Journal of International Law, and wrote about...
Alisha Fernandez Miranda talks TEEN PEOPLE, Disney, and her dream jobs
May 25, 2023 11:27 - 50 minutes - 46 MBAlisha Fernandez Miranda is a Cuban-American writer based in Scotland. Her memoir, 'My What If Year' was published in February 2023, and the book describes her year-long experiment doing internships in the dream jobs of her childhood. She is also the host of the award-winning podcast, 'Quit Your Day Job', which explores some of these dream careers, with people who are actually doing those jobs. Alisha is a graduate of Harvard University, and the London School of Economics, and is the former...
All Star: Amar Shah on Kobe, Shaq, and making an impact
March 16, 2023 12:07 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBIf you spent hours on AOL Instant Messenger, this episode is for you! Amar Shah is a multiple Emmy award-winning writer and producer who got his start on TEEN PEOPLE magazine's News Team! He speaks with me about online friendships, making an impact, and his viral Washington Post essay; on growing up in a real-life Kwik-E-Mart. Digressions: Kobe Shaq The Great Gatsby You've Got Mail The Simpsons Jennifer Love Hewitt The Internet Archive Notes: Find Amar's work here: https://www.amarshahwri...
Celebrating TEEN PEOPLE magazine's 25th anniversary
January 14, 2023 23:31 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBI don’t think of my podcast as being about TEEN PEOPLE magazine: it’s about my guests, and why they were in TEEN PEOPLE, and what they’re up to now in their 30s and 40s. But January 2023 is the 25th anniversary of TEEN PEOPLE, so I thought I’d celebrate with an episode featuring a few of the guests I’ve interviewed since I started this podcast in the spring of 2020! TEEN PEOPLE was founded in 1998, and was published until 2006. While their bread and butter was celebrities, their heart and s...
The one where we talk about reproductive rights
November 04, 2022 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBJenny Mushkin Goldman was 17 years old when a group of anti-abortion protestors ambushed her high school, in the summer of 1999. TEEN PEOPLE magazine was there to capture the scene, and quoted Jenny in their story, which was published in the December 1999/January 2000 issue. More than two decades later, Jenny shares her thoughts on America's post-Roe future; in a timely examination of protest, radicalization, and the undoing of Roe v. Wade. Key themes: - paid family leave - Election 2016 -...
Trailer: Teen People
March 27, 2022 21:36 - 1 minute - 2.49 MBIn the year 2000, TEEN PEOPLE's publisher, Anne Zehren said, presciently, "We make celebrities real, and real teens celebrities." TEEN PEOPLE featured their readers throughout each issue, printing their full names, ages, and locations; making many of them pretty easy to find online today. Where are they now? Join me, Anna Soper, as I find out! Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
Where are they now? Series trailer
March 27, 2022 21:36 - 1 minute - 2.49 MBIn the year 2000, TEEN PEOPLE's publisher, Anne Zehren said, presciently, "We make celebrities real, and real teens celebrities." TEEN PEOPLE featured their readers throughout each issue, printing their full names, ages, and locations; making many of them pretty easy to find online today. Where are they now? Join me, Anna Soper, as I find out!
Hometown boy makes good: changing the world with Dr. Ben Barry
March 20, 2022 16:13 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB"We made it, we're in the Ottawa Citizen!" Dr. Ben Barry is Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design in New York. When he was fourteen, Ben founded a modelling agency in his hometown of Ottawa, Canada. Realizing there was an untapped market for models of all sizes, Ben made a name for himself as an agent for models of all sizes. Ben’s agency initially supplied models for the local newspaper, which quickly became his biggest champion. Then TEEN PEOPLE gave him a call. In March 2001, they c...
Start over each day: life lessons with Sudanë Del Valle
March 13, 2022 18:17 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBWhen Sudanë Del Valle was in her first year of college, she went back to her old high school to attend a graduation ceremony. There, she was scouted for a Teen People fashion shoot by the magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Amy Barnett; whose sister was graduating that year. Sudanë subsequently appeared in the Winter 2005 issue of Teen People—a Special Beauty Issue. Sudanë was photographed for a makeup tutorial featuring looks inspired by different decades, from the 1920s onwards. She represented t...
Rock star: Jaya Saxena on Other Music, gemstones, and building solidarity
March 06, 2022 19:08 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB“Other Music is like a fun, messy library for music. You almost never find what you were looking for, but you always find something you never knew you wanted.” Jaya Saxena was 17 when she was asked to describe her favourite record store in Teen People magazine's Summer Music Special of 2004. Now in her 30s, Jaya is a published author of non-fiction, and a Senior Writer at Eater.com. Like my earlier guest, Lisa Wong Macabasco, Jaya writes about food and culture. She's not a restaurant critic, ...
"My true gender is theatre kid" : the James Frankie Thomas story
March 01, 2022 04:55 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBLike a Millennial Pygmalion, 16-year-old Frankie Thomas was plucked from the streets of New York, into the glossy studios of Teen People magazine. Their photo appeared in the March 2004 issue of Teen People (the prom issue!), under the headline "Smooch-proof Lips". Among other things, Teen People’s makeup artists suggested using lip liner as lipstick—it’ll last longer—or layering gloss over a lip stain. As you’ll hear in this episode, this was uncharted territory for Frankie. Frankie grew u...
"My true gender is theatre kid" : the Frankie Thomas story
March 01, 2022 04:55 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBLike a Millennial Pygmalion, 16-year-old Frankie Thomas was plucked from the streets of New York, into the glossy studios of Teen People magazine. Their photo appeared in the March 2004 issue of Teen People (the prom issue!), under the headline "Smooch-proof Lips". Among other things, Teen People’s makeup artists suggested using lip liner as lipstick—it’ll last longer—or layering gloss over a lip stain. As you’ll hear in this episode, this was uncharted territory for Frankie. Frankie grew u...
Right place, right time: Rabbi Andrew Oberstein's leap of faith
February 20, 2022 19:10 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn 2005, Rabbi Andrew Oberstein was a budding theatre kid in Los Angeles, when Teen People magazine invited him to interview Sandra Bullock. "I loved Miss Congeniality," he told me, "so I thought, 'why not take this opportunity to check out what's going on with Miss Congeniality 2?'". Before Rabbi Andrew became a rabbi, he was destined for a career on the stage, and studied musical theatre at Emerson College, in Boston. This passion inspired his rabbinic thesis, 'Welcome to Falsettoland: The...
Shouting from the rooftops: how Teen People magazine brought this couple together!
February 13, 2022 22:38 - 34 minutes - 32 MBGennie Gorback is an early childhood educator and President of the California Kindergarten Association. As a teenager, she joined Teen People magazine's Trendspotter club, and was featured not once, but twice, in Teen People! The first time, Gennie and her college friend Dan pranked Teen People—they weren’t actually a couple when they wrote a fake love note for publication in the magazine. As Gennie told me, she really just wanted to be in Teen People, the magazine that she read and enjoyed. ...
Coming soon on Teen People podcast
February 06, 2022 18:07 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MBThere is no episode this week! I have spent the past few days attending the virtual Ontario Library Association conference, so I have not had time to put together a full episode. Fear not, I will be back next week with the story of a star-crossed pair of lovers who came together with the help of Teen People magazine! Music: 'Say Goodnight', Mild Wild, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
"The most delightful surprise": Kerisha Harris found her calling through Teen People's News Team
January 30, 2022 21:20 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBKerisha Harris is a corporate communications professional from Paterson, New Jersey. In the early 2000s, Kerisha was a member of Teen People magazine’s News Team, a corps of young journalists from across the US. She has since worked as a journalist, and is currently working on a Master’s degree in public relations and corporate communications from Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. Teen People’s News Team gave young journalists some of their very first bylines, and prepared ...
"They did so much, so well, so long ago." Tabitha Sukhai talks Teen People magazine
January 23, 2022 18:07 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis is Teen People, the podcast where I track down people from Teen People magazine. Where are they now? This week’s guest, Tabitha Sukhai, gives us an update. Tabitha is an award-winning digital media professional and social media strategist. She got her start as a Teen People Trendspotter, part of a network of thousands of Teen People readers who contributed original content to the magazine, participated in focus groups, and advised Teen People’s staff on local trends in their own communi...
Mr. Maroney Goes to Washington
January 16, 2022 19:37 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBWho had Bush v. Gore in a Teen People debate on their Y2K bingo card? Padraic Maroney is a writer and marketing professional from upstate New York. After moving to Philadelphia as a teenager, he created content for The Bucks County Courier Times’ 'Reality' section, written by local teens. This led to an opportunity as a Teen People Trendspotter, as well as an internship in New York. Twenty years later, Padraic has published an unauthorized, behind-the-scenes tale of the making of the Screa...
Mr. Maroney goes to Washington
January 16, 2022 19:37 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBWho had Bush v. Gore in a Teen People debate on their Y2K bingo card? Padraic Maroney is a writer and marketing professional from upstate New York. After moving to Philadelphia as a teenager, he created content for The Bucks County Courier Times’ 'Reality' section, written by local teens. This led to an opportunity as a Teen People Trendspotter, as well as an internship in New York. Twenty years later, Padraic has published an unauthorized, behind-the-scenes tale of the making of the Screa...
“Detroit is a city of 700,000 stories”: Alex B. Hill’s map quest in the Motor City
January 09, 2022 18:37 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBWelcome to season two of Teen People, the podcast where I interview people who were in Teen People magazine. The podcast was inspired by my teenage collection of Teen Peoples, which I rediscovered a few years ago. Teen People magazine featured their readers throughout every issue, and published their full names, ages and locations—which makes them really Google-able today. As I flipped through these old magazines, I realized these kids were my age, or older. "Where are they now?", I wondered....
Trailer: Season Two
November 27, 2021 17:12 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MBThe next season of Teen People podcast is coming soon! I interview real people who were in Teen People magazine as young adults. This season, I speak with: Jaya Saxena, Senior Writer, Eater Alex Hill, GIS Director and Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University Gennie Gorback, Early Childhood Educator and President of the California Kindergarten Association Kerisha Harris, corporate communications professional Frankie Thomas, Columnist, The Paris Review They share their memories of Teen Peop...
Coming up on season two!
November 27, 2021 17:12 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MBThe next season of Teen People podcast is coming soon! I interview real people who were in Teen People magazine as young adults. This season, I speak with: Jaya Saxena, Senior Writer, Eater Alex Hill, GIS Director and Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University Gennie Gorback, Early Childhood Educator and President of the California Kindergarten Association Kerisha Harris, corporate communications professional Frankie Thomas, Columnist, The Paris Review They share their memories of Teen Peop...
"I write about the oppression of women because it makes me so angry." I talk with Kelly McWilliams!
April 07, 2021 01:41 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBThe premise of this podcast is pretty simple: I interview people who were in Teen People magazine as young adults. Some of these kids (now in their 30s and 40s) were featured in Teen People as young models, interns, and journalists. Others had overcome adversity, and shared moving stories with Teen People’s readers. And some, like my guest in this episode, appeared on Teen People’s annual list called, "20 Teens Who Will Change the World". Kelly McWilliams was a teenager when she published h...
Teen People - Episode 15 - Kelly McWilliams
April 07, 2021 01:41 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBThe premise of this podcast is pretty simple: I interview people who were in Teen People magazine as young adults. Some of these kids (now in their 30s and 40s) were featured in Teen People as young models, interns, and journalists. Others had overcome adversity, and shared moving stories with Teen People’s readers. And some, like my guest in this episode, appeared on Teen People’s annual list called, "20 Teens Who Will Change the World". Kelly McWilliams was a teenager when she published h...
YA author Kelly McWilliams: "I write about the oppression of women because it makes me so angry."
April 07, 2021 01:41 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBKelly McWilliams was a teenager when she published her first novel. These days, Kelly's working on her third novel, while promoting Agnes at the End of the World; a dystopian YA book published in 2020. Agnes at the End of the World received starred reviews in School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher’s Weekly. It was also featured, funnily enough, in People magazine’s “20 Best Books to Read This Summer”, in the summer of 2020. Kelly spoke with me from her home in Colorado, wher...
"I don't know what you wear to meet a boy band." — Lindsay Soll Kirkman
March 07, 2021 20:22 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBWelcome 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 youth-based 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 Pe...
Lindsay Soll Kirkman: "I don't know what you wear to meet a boy band."
March 07, 2021 20:22 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBWelcome 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 wr...
Teen People - Episode 14 - Lindsay Soll Kirkman
March 07, 2021 20:22 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBWelcome 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 youth-based 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 Pe...
Teen People - Episode 13 - Ellie Wen
February 05, 2021 00:46 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWelcome to another episode of Teen People; the podcast that catches up with real people from Teen People magazine! This episode is a conversation with Ellie Wen, who appeared on Teen People’s annual list of 20 Teens Who Will Change the World, in 2005. In the early 2000s, 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...
On movies and motherhood with Ellie Wen
February 05, 2021 00:46 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBWelcome 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 w...
Ellie Wen on motherhood, film making, and how she's changing the world.
February 05, 2021 00:46 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBWelcome to another episode of Teen People; the podcast that catches up with real people from Teen People magazine! This episode is a conversation with Ellie Wen, who appeared on Teen People’s annual list of 20 Teens Who Will Change the World, in 2005. In the early 2000s, 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...
Teen People - Episode 12 - Lucas Peerman
January 03, 2021 22:15 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThis 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 memora...
Lucas Peerman tells me about his work as a Teen People News Team member!
January 03, 2021 22:15 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThis 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 memora...
Browsing classic Teen People covers with Teen People editor, Zena Burns.
December 13, 2020 18:56 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to Teen People, the podcast that catches up with folks from Teen People magazine. This is the second of a two-part interview featuring Zena Burns. Zena got a job at Teen People in 1999, and stayed there until the magazine came to an end in 2006. She was heartbroken when the magazine folded, as she’d not only landed her dream job before the age of 25, she made lifelong friends there. Our full episode covers her journey to Teen People, her best celebrity encounters, and her thoughts ...
Teen People - Episode 11 - Zena Burns
December 13, 2020 18:56 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to Teen People, the podcast that catches up with folks from Teen People magazine. This is the second of a two-part interview featuring Zena Burns. Zena got a job at Teen People in 1999, and stayed there until the magazine came to an end in 2006. She was heartbroken when the magazine folded, as she’d not only landed her dream job before the age of 25, she made lifelong friends there. Our full episode covers her journey to Teen People, her best celebrity encounters, and her thoughts ...
"You could probably do this podcast for the next ten years." A chat with Zena Burns!
December 04, 2020 01:28 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBWelcome 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 quantu...
Teen People - Episode 10 - Zena Burns
December 04, 2020 01:28 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBWelcome 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 quantu...
Teen People - Episode 9 - Lisa Wong Macabasco
October 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWelcome 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 Jone...
Swing dancing with Lisa Wong Macabasco, of Vogue.com.
October 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWelcome 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 Jone...
Teen People Podcast - Episode 9 - Lisa Wong Macabasco
October 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWelcome 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 Jone...
Diana Maciel's best celebrity encounter involves a rapper and a rack of furs...
October 03, 2020 20:45 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBHi, 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 Forev...
Teen People - Episode 8 - Diana Maciel
October 03, 2020 20:45 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBHi, 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 Forev...
Teen People - Episode 7 - Robin Knudsen
September 17, 2020 13:26 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBRobin Knudsen was 16 when she scouted my earlier guest, Preston Drum, for a Teen People photoshoot in Charlotte, North Carolina. She and Preston were friends in school, but by the time she scouted Preston for her story, he had changed schools, and it seemed like he didn’t recognize her. It didn’t help that her mum made her change from her usual, funky clothes into a more “professional” look for the job. This episode tells a coming-of-age story. Playin’ with a couple of neighbour boys and a ...