Saturday School

Bitaniya Giday is the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate and co-founder of Eastside for Black Lives.

She joins Aaron and Elaine to discuss her experiences with slam poetry (1:05), founding Eastside for Black Lives (19:46), writing her very first poetry book (32:44), and her potential city council campaign (35:15). The three finish off with a get-to-know-you Q&A (40:54).

Andrea Liao is the founder of Book the Future, an organization dedicated to global youth literacy.

She joins Aaron and Elaine to delve into her passion for literacy (3:25) and starting her nonprofit organization, Book the Future (17:55). The three finish off with a get-to-know-you Q&A, involving topics like her favorite fictional characters and where she sees herself 10 years from now (28:10).

Daniel Kim is the Vice President of ASB at Newport High School.

He joins Aaron and Elaine to delve into his exploration of critical theory & literature (8:45) and coming out publicly (18:59). The three finish off with a get-to-know-you Q&A, involving topics like his favorite online fashion stores to which country he'd ideally live in (30:21).

Naomi Bashkansky is a recent admit to Stanford class of 2025, world-renowned chess player, and STEM enthusiast.

She joins Aaron and Elaine to talks about her chess involvement (3:58), being admitted to Stanford (29:09), and her grand Minecraft endeavours & ambitions (34:54). The three finish off with a fun get-to-know-you Q&A (42:39).

Anne Mcdonald and Ning Wei are seniors at Newport High School & Co-Presidents of JSA. Anne is also involved in Girl's Stem (Girls Who Code and Built by Girls).

They join Aaron and Elaine to talks about their JSA involvement (0:45), college app struggles (19:16), and sexism in STEM (28:20). The three finish off with a fun get-to-know-you Q&A (33:49) and some bad advice (52:31).

Just a heads up, there were a few awkward cuts due to recording glitches.

Lizzy Wu is a freshman at Brown University, studying Computer Science and Political Science.

She joins Aaron and Elaine to talks about online school at Brown & college apps (4:25), the British Royal Family & Jeffrey Epstein (36:56), and Lana Del Rey getting cancelled (53:24). The three finish off with some bad advice based on incomprehensible, juicy online scenarios (1:01:17).

Miki Kusunose is the co-founder of 425 Tutoring, a student-run nonprofit organization. 

He joins Aaron and Elaine to talk about the founding story 425 Tutoring (4:38), a lil bit of college & career (33:12), and conspiracy theories (39:55). The co-host duo finishes off with some bad advice (49:15).