Coming Out Opens A New Perspective On Life
Jared Naut, Impact Staff
September 20, 2018
Staff Member Jared Naut discusses his own experience on "coming out" and the challenges so many others face.
Facing Homeless Firsthand
Andrea Loaiza, Impact Staff
July 17, 2018
Andrea Loaiza can sympathize with the homeless. She was nearly on the streets herself as a teenager. Here is here tale. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/facing-homelessness-firsthand
Life As A College Athlete
Jess Brandt and Marisa Miano
June 11, 2018
Jess Brandt and Marisa Miano are two Mercy College athletes who share some playful banter about the commitment of what being a full-time student and college athlete really is. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/life-as-a-college-athlete
Missing Your Manners in America?
Tanisha Esprit, Impact Staff
May 17, 2018
Missing Your Manners? Learn from those in the Caribbean, according to Tanisha Esprit. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/tanisha-podcast
The Days, Years, and Life After Surviving a Mass Shooting
Matt Reich, Associate Editor
May 4, 2018
Three survivors of mass shootings open up about their lives since Sandy Hook, Columbine, and Parkland.
Is It Time To Retire Star Wars?
Mark McCarthy, Impact Staff
April 25, 2018
Yes, he's a fanboy, but Mark McCarthy is pulling no punches when it comes to the holy saga of Star Wars and it's lackluster sequels. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/star-warsare-we-done-with-it-yet
The Circus Continues At UFC 223
Michael Dunnings, Impact Staff
April 19, 2018
Khabib. Ferguson. McGregor. Wrestling Bears. Mike Dunnings jumps inside the Octagon at UFC 223. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/ufc-223-the-circus-continues
The ‘Work’ of Ultimate Storytelling: Professional Wrestling
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
April 17, 2018
Steven Keehner tells about his first love of storytelling, and how it all started inside the squared circle of professional 'wrasslin. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/steven-keehner-podcast
Whoever Said Resurrection Was Easy?
Mark McCarthy, Staff Writer
March 29, 2018
Extinction. The termination of a species in its entirety. Once a species is declared extinct, it is gone forever. Some species have been declassified as extinct in the past, but that’s only due to either the efforts of captive breeding programs or a lost herd being discovered somewhere else. Regardless,...
The Urban Legends of Weird Drug Abuse
Stephen Lyons, Impact Staff
March 17, 2018
Staff Writer Stephen Lyons takes you down the rabbit hole of weird tales of legendary, or fictitious, drug abuses. https://soundcloud.com/user-173149867/stephen-lyons-podcast
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Jared Naut is a junior majoring in journalism hailing from the town of Parlin, New Jersey. When Jared is not writing, you can catch him listening to his favorite acapella group, Pentatonix, or binge-watching...
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