There's No Such Thing

There's no such thing as a world without film and art and the things that make us human- A conversation with Kira Minaise about her passion for film and what we can learn from film. Kira Minaise is the host of her own podcast, Qualified-ish, which discusses different movies and TV shows. Check her podcast out at: https://anchor.fm/kira-minaise

There's no such thing as a calculated solution for handling Coronavirus- A conversation with Logan Dickey, Tarun Prakash, and Jacob Bolano, the founders of Nize Systems, on different methods of tracking COVID-19 and what the trends say about the nation's progress in handling the virus. Nize Systems (http://nizesystems.com/) is an ed-tech startup founded by these high school graduates. They primarily focus on education management technology, but with the presence of Coronavirus, they worked on creating a Bay Area COVID tracker (https://bact.nizesystems.com/) and a volunteering network (https://choredash.org/home) to allow people to help vulnerable populations with running errands and getting supplies.

There's no such thing as an identity without cultural confusion- A conversation with Allen Seo about navigating what it's like to be Asian American and what it means to be the "model minority."

There's no such thing as a normal school year this fall- A conversation with my two siblings, a 4th and 7th grader, about how they feel about going back to school. As the global pandemic continues amidst California wildfires, the two students express their thoughts and concerns about how their school year looks different from before.

There's no such thing as a local government without the citizens' voices- A conversation with Nishant Jain, a Pleasanton Youth Commission member, on why local politics matter and how people can get more involved in what happens in their cities.