Where Are You Now?
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhere are you now? is a podcast for and about Gen Z. The young people of this generation have SO much to say but not many people are really listening.
We hope to create an empowering, unfiltered open space to communicate ideas and to connect - and to inspire. This is an opportunity to share your truth about you; how you’re influencing the world around you. The successes, the failures - things you’ve learned and the things you WANT to discover - in an open space that listens and doesn’t judge.
It’s about authenticity. Opening up a dialogue about YOU and your world.
So ..... where are you now?
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Episodes
Crystal Salinas :: A Youth Activist and Leader with Heart
December 12, 2019 07:44 - 54 minutes - 102 MBCrystal Salinas is only 17 years old, but you would NEVER know that if you spent five minutes with her. She is incredibly driven - more so than pretty much anyone I’ve ever spoken with. Not only is she an activist on many levels and for many causes, she is also deeply involved in her community and in school. We touch on all the things that she is passionate about and what led her to become the activist and leader that she is. The 2016 election is really what prompted her to take action -...
Alannah Paren :: A Grateful Soul
November 21, 2019 05:24 - 43 minutes - 80.8 MBOn today’s podcast, I’ve got one of my favorites … Alannah Paren. This girl is a powerhouse - just SO incredibly full of life and passion. We shot her senior portraits a few years ago - and now she is a senior at UC Berkeley! We had a great conversation about college, traveling abroad, growing up in a multi-religion/multi-ethnic household and her amazing blog - Grateful Soul - that she started after a car accident and a pretty bad bout of depression. On it, she shares her perspectives o...
Caitlin Carmichael's Semi-Charmed Kinda Life
October 31, 2019 07:35 - 36 minutes - 67.1 MBHave you ever heard those stories of people "getting discovered" on the streets of Los Angeles? Like out of the blue? Yeah, that happened to Caitlin as a baby. Legit happened! Her story is SO unique but who she is today is the result of a lot of hard work, determination, exceptional skill and an amazing family. Not only is she an accomplished actor (she's only 15!) and is absolutely STUNNING - she's also the youngest female to be admitted to UCLA ... yes, she's already graduated high s...
Maren Ross on Studying, Working & Adventuring Abroad
October 17, 2019 07:34 - 44 minutes - 83.2 MBOn today’s podcast I’ve got Maren Ross as my awesome guest and I just LOVE her. I’ve known Maren for awhile now - she’s a client of a friend of mine, Susan Gietka, and I’ve had the opportunity to shoot with her a few times over the years! Maren called in from Germany for this episode, where she was living, studying and working for quite a few months. She’s a 21-year-old student at Loyola University of Maryland, but was studying abroad for most of this year. What started as a semester o...
Dealing with a Father’s Addiction :: Abigail Amick’s Personal Story
October 03, 2019 05:37 - 26 minutes - 49.9 MBWelcome to the podcast Abigail Amick, a high school senior from Sonora, CA. My conversation with Abigail was so insightful; she speaks to me about what her experience growing up with a father who is an addict was like. As you can imagine, this was NOT an easy thing but she has come through this a much stronger, very mature young woman. She is passionate about sharing about her life and the things she has endured in hopes that it can not only help someone else going through it, but also ope...
For the Love of Animals :: Chloe LaPrairie & Her Passion for Animal Advocacy
October 03, 2019 05:25 - 45 minutes - 85.7 MBChloe LaPrairie is straight-up amazing, y’all. I meet a LOT of young people in my line of work but I am just so impressed by this young woman’s maturity and drive. She has basically dedicated her life (from the age of 13) to rescuing animals and even started her own nonprofit while she was still in high school - The Scrappy Paws Foundation where she has already rehabilitated tons of animals and helped them find their forever homes. The tenacity and passion she has for animals is what dri...
Making Her Dreams a REALITY :: Abbie Callahan's Road to Stardom ... so far
September 19, 2019 06:40 - 51 minutes - 95.6 MBI’m so excited to introduce Abbie Callahan to you guys this week on the podcast! Abbie has been on BOTH The Voice and American Idol - and she is only 17 years old. Yeah, pretty incredible, right? She has been singing since 4th grade and hasn’t stopped since. Today she shares her journey with us, as well as the crazy behind the scenes moments she experienced on both of these television shows. I had no idea some of the things that happen when the cameras aren’t rolling - or the moments t...
Keely Proctor’s Second Chance at Life
September 05, 2019 06:16 - 31 minutes - 58.6 MBI'm so excited to introduce you to Keely Proctor! She is a current high school senior in Redlands, CA and is a client of my friend Stephany Fashempour. Stephany thought Keely would be a great podcast guest and she was SO right! Learn how Keely not only survived a horrific fall from a chair lift as a young child, but how she also helped create stronger and safer chair restraints because of it. This near-death experience set her on a path of advocacy for blood donation in her community and...
Business, Brains & Beauty :: My Chat with Hanna Degen
August 22, 2019 08:03 - 52 minutes - 97.3 MBIn this episode, I get to introduce you to Hanna Degan, a 20-year-old college student from Minnesota. I was referred to Hanna from my good friend and fellow senior photographer, Deb Mitzel Photography - she is a client of Deb's! Aside from being super fun to chat with, what’s so interesting about Hanna is that she is going into a field that is not particularly known for being one that many women go into - Investment Banking. I loved listening to her perspective on that world and what ...
Sibling Harmony with Spencer & Tyler Ganus
August 22, 2019 02:52 - 1 hour - 115 MBOh my gosh, I can’t wait to introduce you guys to the Ganus siblings! I have BOTH of these amazing kids on the podcast today - they are truly inspirational. We talk all things family dynamics, going off to college, high school, acting, music, life hacks and lots more. Spencer and Tyler are both talented and accomplished musicians and actors - but more than anything, they are dynamic individuals. The bond they share is very unique; because of the rare, life-threatening blood disease tha...
Welcome to Where Are You Now?
August 19, 2019 03:41 - 9 minutes - 17.2 MBWelcome to the all-new podcast for and about Gen Z, by Renee Bowen! This episode is the introduction - and the WHY of this podcast. Renee has worked with teenagers for the last several years, and while telling their stories through photographs has been incredibly rewarding, she wanted to dive deeper and give them a platform to use their voices in a more meaningful way. The Where Are You Now Podcast launches today with Season One. If you are between the ages of 14-22, and have a desire ...