Keeping up with KEEN

After a bit of a hiatus, the podcast is BACK! This past week, Laura and Amy gathered the coaches committee to plan out our newest KEEN sessions!!! During the meeting, our coaches tell everyone a bit about themselves. You might hear about some favorite sports, favorite ice creams, and even our plan for surviving a deserted island... Excited for everyone to tune in!

This week, Amy is joined by one of our favorite guests, Michael! They talk a bit about summer concerts and Michael's love for Queen and Bad Bunny. Michael also talks about some of his friends in the KEEN family, specifically how he loves Jui JItsu with Vincent. Michael also sneaks in that he has been on the honor roll at school for over seven years! We are so lucky to have such a smart cookie as one of our KEEN athletes. 

This week Amy is lucky enough to spend time with Lia! They talk about Lia’s experience with KEEN, her love of dancing, and even get to hear her beautiful voice sing a song. This conversation made us very excited to see “Princess” Lia back in person for her to lead our “Hokey Pokey” dance! 

On today's episode, Amy gets a masterclass in Jiu Jitsu thanks to our friends Vincent, Michael, and Alex. Athletes Vincent and Michael tell us all about how they got into jiu jitsu and what they're favorite moves are, while Bel Aire instructor Alex tells us about the actual program and his experience with the athletes. Be sure to tune in... this episode kicks butt!!

As many of our listener's may already know, we are approaching the KEEN ANY K! Our team and athletes couldn't be more excited to get moving all of June for the event. Walk? Run? Swim? Bike? Pogo-stick? Meditate? We're going to see it all next month!

As our very FIRST recurring guest, Kristopher returns to the podcast to talk about how he's prepping for his return to school. He tells Amy about putting a lot of effort into focusing during class, as well as trying to be a role model for his friends. Kristopher also talked about how he benefits from clear instruction, and is looking forward to using his phone during breaks. Tune in for another amazing episode!

In our very first episode of Season 2, Amy is joined by Abigail and Alejandro. We talk about our favorite Disney characters, and what makes them our favorite. And then Alejandro tells us why he loves the Marvel movies, and which super Hero he loves the most! Prepare to learn a ton about Disney, Marvel, and two of your favorite KEEN athletes!

For our 10th and final episode of season 1, Ari joins to talk all about Buzz Lightyear! As our resident "Toy Story" expert, Ari tells us about Buzz's powers, costume, and best friend Woody. After talking about Buzz, Ari was also nice enough to stick around and share his love for art, storytelling, and dancing. Ari finishes this amazing episode with him telling us one of his favorite stories, live! Thanks so much Ari! Season 2 coming soon!

In episode 9, Arely joins the show to talk about some of her favorite things. As one of our most active athletes, Arely tells us how much she loves football, basketball, and even lacrosse! She also talks a bit about one of her favorite games to play... Spiderman on her phone! We loved having Arely on the show, and were so happy to hear how she enjoys her favorite sports while participating with KEEN.

On our 8th episode of the Keeping up with KEEN podcast, Amy is joined by another one of our favorite athletes, Natalia! Natalia tells us all about her dog, favorite sports, and how she helps cook at her family's house. To finish things off, she even takes us through her list of favorite things in the whole world. Be sure to tune in and see if any of YOUR favorite things are the same!!

On this episode of Keeping Up with Keen... Our host Amy brings an athlete favorite, Nick, on the show and they discuss their experiences and assumptions around blindness. Come learn some new things and also enjoy our perspectives on self driving cars and much more!

Check out Episode 6 of the Keeping Up with KEEN podcast to hear how Tavi spends time practicing very intense Karate routines. He tells us all about his weekly karate schedule, some group routines, and an in-depth explanation of what all those different belt colors mean! We were so excited to hear from Tavi, and can't wait to see him kick, chop, and punch once we are back to in-person activity. 

Amy invites KEEN Executive Director, Laura Fillenwarth, on the show to talk about her outlook, experiences, and vision for people with disabilities. They talk about situational awareness, common courtesy, and even answer some listener questions! This episode is full of information in regard to disabilities, and how people are working through them each and every day. We appreciate Laura taking the time to join the podcast, and for all the great work she has done building up KEEN!

Amy was so excited to host Keeping up with KEEN's very first girl guests! Lissette and Saraih did a fantastic job telling us about their interests in make-up and fashion, and even get into some of their favorite artists and YouTubers. If you like Arianna Grande or James Charles, you'll love what this dynamic duo has to say!!! Thanks again to Lissette and Saraih for visiting with Amy and the Keeping up with KEEN podcast!

The KEEN family was so happy to have Kristopher on the podcast to discuss school and virtual learning. Kristopher and Amy discuss both their experiences with online learning, as well as some best practices to stay focused during classes and virtual calls. Although beginning with online High School may not have been what he expected, Kristopher has an amazing outlook on getting the most out of his classes, and even his virtual sessions with KEEN! We thank Kristopher so much for taking the time to talk with us!

In our second ever episode of the Keeping Up with KEEN Podcast, our good friend Vincent talks to us all about video games. Vincent tells us about a few of his favorite games, and is nice enough to give Amy and our listeners a lesson on how the new video game, "Among Us," is played. We also hear about the NHL video game, along with how Vincent likes to navigate the world of "Animal Crossing." Thanks so much to Vincent for taking the time to talk with us. It was a pleasure. We'd love for our listeners and athletes to comment their favorite games to play!

Welcome to Episode 1 of Keeping Up with KEEN... the podcast! This is our very first episode with athlete guests, and we could not be more excited to have Victor and Jose joining the show. Not only do we talk about skiing, swimming, and basketball... we get a full rundown of Lightning McQueen, his different paint jobs, and a few of his friends in Radiator Springs! We're so happy Victor and Jose could be our very first guests. They knocked it out of the park!

Welcome to Keeping Up with KEEN...The Podcast!! Our amazing host, Amy Bosko, will be kicking off our journey into the "podcast world" with a quick introduction about herself, as well as a sneak peak into conversations you may be hearing in the future. Thanks so much for tuning in, and we can't wait for you to hear from our athletes next time on....Keeping Up with KEEN!