Mercer County Podcast Club

Season 5 is a wrap! No interviews in this episode, just a couple of Student Talks...Our first Student Talk is with our Juniors. We talk about what their goals will be as Seniors and things that they are looking forward to next year.Student Talk 2 is with all of our graduating Seniors. They talk about some of their favorite moments and their future plans.Thanks to them for being a part of the Mercer County Podcast Club!Thanks for listening and have a great summer!Ruggles

Welcome to the April Episode of the Mercer County Podcasting Club!Our 1st Student Talk features Ingrid Hays, Tikeena Lang, and Emerson Price. They talk a lot about the upcoming prom and some Senior stuff.2nd Student Talk features Elsie Cook, Molly Dixon and Trace Zietler. This is just a bunch of random topics that are a lot of fun!Claire Fowler interviews me for the Faculty Interview and tries to ask as many awkward questions as possbile.Lastly we have our Freshman student interview with Kelsie Weeks. Payton Ruggles asks her about the Softball season and her future plans.Thanks for listening!

Happy March! We start this podcast off with our first Student Talk! Claire, Payton and Elsie talk about lots of stuff. Then we have Emerson, Trace and Ingrid in for Student Talk #2. We get in quite the discussion over Shamrock Shakes.Tikeena Lang then interviews our Musical Director Mr. Whan about the past MCHS Musical "Matilda" and his other favorite musicals.Lastly, we have Sophomore Eddie Woeckner interviewed by Molly Dixon. We talk about his role in the musical and other things he likes at school!Thanks for listening and please tell all your friends!

Happy February! We start this podcast off with Claire, Tikeena and Payton talking about their school years wrapping up. We next have our second Student Talk with Emerson, Molly and Ingrid. They talk about Valentines Day.Our Faculty interview is with the great Mr. Hedrick. He is a Special Ed teacher here at the HS and Trace Zeitler does the interview!Lasty we have Elsie Cook interviewing Junior Whitney Collison. Whitney talks about her sports career and school in general.Thanks for listening!

Hey all, here is to a great 2025! We have our first Student Talk with Payton, Claire and Tikeena. They talk about what their futures will hold and how the spring is going to go for their Senior year. Our second Student Talk has Trace, Elsie and Molly giving us much wisdom about many things. Our faculty interview was done by Ingrid Hays this month and she chose Mr. Jason Kenney to be our guest. He is a Math Teacher and Coach at MCHS. Lastly, our Student Interview will be with another Kenney - Jacob Kenney. He is a Senior at MCHS and tells us about what he has liked about his school days. Thanks for listening!

Happy Holidays everyone! The MCHS Podcast Club is back once again with a great episode! Student Talk #1 features Ingrid Hays, Tikeena Lang and Emerson Price. They talk about Christmas movies and mayonaisse. Student Talk #2 features Trace Zeitler, Elsie Cook and Molly Dixon. Molly brings in cookies and we review them! Up next we have Payton Ruggles interview the great Ms. Hesse. They talk about a bunch of different things. Lastly we will have Claire Fowler interviewing the Freshman, Tanner Hessman. She asks him what it is like to be a Freshman and what he has liked from the year so far. Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas!

What a great episode for the MC Podcast Club! Student Talk #1 features Payton Ruggles, Claire Fowler and Elsie Cook...they talk about a bunch of random stuff. Student Talk #2 features Emerson Price, Ingrid Hays and Trace Zeitler. Trace gets beat up for some of his decisions. We then finally have the wonderful Mrs. Cook interview by Molly Dixon. A great interview! Lastly we have Sophomore Abby Blaser in to talk with Tikeena Lang about all of her activities. Thanks for listening!

Lots of info in this October Podcast! First we have Claire Fowler, Payton Ruggles and Tikeena Lang talk about how Homecoming 2024 went. Then we will have our 2nd Student Talk with Emerson Price, Ingrid Hays and Molly Dixon. They have 3 random topics to discuss which mostly deal with Halloween. Our Faculty Interview is with Ms. Ward and Elsie Cook does a great job with this one! Lastly we have Trace Zietler interviewing Junior John Baldwin about the football and about his football fantasy team. Thanks for listening!

We are back for Season 5! Thanks for coming and deciding to give us a listen! We have some new and old students in the club this year and we are excited to get started! Our first Student Talk will feature our new members, Elsie Cook, Molly Dixon and Trace Zeitler. They will be talking about 3 random topics that they brought in that day. Student Talk #2 will feature old members Claire Fowler, Tikeena Lang, and Payton Ruggles. They will be speaking about Homecoming and what is like to be a Senior. Next up we have new podcast member Emerson Price interviewing Mrs. Dani Ganpat from the Math Department. She does a great job interviewing her and asking her how her 2nd year of teaching is going to go. Lastly we have Ingrid Hays interviewing new Senior Alaina Phillips. She is a new student this year and we thought we could get to know her a bit better by interviewing her for the podcast! Thanks again for listening and plan on telling everyone about how great this podcast is for the world!

Please join Pam Myers and Rusty Ruggles in an all informative podcast about the 2024 Rhubarb Fest! We do have many new things coming this year! All info will be gone over in this podcast - Baking Contest, Parking, Entertainment, Food, Pageant and much more! Please give it a listen!

Our last Podcast of the school year! Can you believe it! We first talk to our Senior members of the Podcast Club, Riley King and Gabriella McPeek. We then just call in random Seniors and ask them questions. Our 2nd segment is with the Juniors of our Podcast Club and what it feels like to have the Seniors gone and now the pressure is on! Thanks for listening and please share! Ruggles

Welcome to the Mercer County Podcast Club's April episode! We first have our Student Talk where Payton Ruggles, Tikeena Lang, Johna Dellitt, and Riley King talk about phones and Prom! Next up we have our Track Coaches, Coach Baldwin and Swanson talking about the 2024 Track Season, Lastly we have a fun one! Gabriella McPeek will be interviewing her brother, Freshman Brady McPeek. It is a fun episode! Please listen and share with others!

Claire Fowler is back with her second Episode of Spreading Humors! Joining Claire is Jack McKnight, Carlos Pollock, Molly Hofmann, and Mason Coulter. They will be talking about Indoor Track State, favorite candy, and movies. Enjoy!

March is upon us and that means it is time for the March Episode of the Mercer County Podcast! Student Talk will include Gabriella McPeek, Rilely King, Tikeena Lang and Claire Fowler. We talk about how much they like getting up in the morning and who likes pie or cake more! Next up we will have Payton Ruggles interviewing MCHS Softball Coach Dustin Murray and Baseball Coach Jacob Harrison. Their seasons are in swing right now and they tell us what they are looking for on the field. Lastly we have Johna Dellitt interviewing Alivia Gillespie and Natalie Thomson. They are Sophomores on the Girls Softball team and they let us know how things are going! Thanks for listening and please share and keep listening!

We are back for the February Podcast Episode! Our Student Talk is with Payton, Johna, Claire and Riley. We tallk about a bunch of varied topics. Gabriella McPeek interviews our very own Mrs. Ashley Clark who is the sponsor of our Cheerleading squad and a secretary for the counselor. Our last segment is Tikeena Lang interviewing Rayden Peterson and Talon Wieskamp about the Spring Musical "Beauty and the Beast" This musical will be performed soon so please check it out! Thanks for listening!

We have a new podcast to offer during this second semester at MCHS! Claire Fowler is creating her own podcast with friends and special guests along the way! Her first episode features WRMJ announcer Ty Taylor. Please give a listen and share!

Welcome to 2024! What a crazy month we have had at MCHS. The weather has pushed us back to release this right at the end of the month and we are sorry! We start out with Payton Ruggles, Tikeena Lang, and Johna Dellitt in our Student Talk, talking about how they dealt with their snow days. Next up with have Claire Fowler interviewing our new counselor Mrs. Staker. She talks about why she became a counselor and some exciting things happening at MCHS. Lastly we have Gabriella McPeek and Riley King interviewing Senior Magge Hillman. Magge is very involved in our Band and Choir and also in the upcoming music "Beauty and the Beast" Thanks for listening!

Happy Holidays everyone and welcome to the December episode of the Mercer County Podcast Club. This month we Gabriella McPeek, Riley King, Tikeena Lang and Claire Fowler taking over our student talk. They get to pick the topic and off we go! Next up we have our Faculty Interview with Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Simpson. Yep, we have two of them. Payton Ruggles interviews them about their careers in teaching and the Science department. Lastly, we have Johna Dellitt interviewing Freshman Jayla Long about her time here as a Freshman and all of her activities. Hope you enjoy the episode and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We are back without technical difficulties this time! Our November Episode features Gabriella McPeek, Riley King, Claire Fowler, and Johna Dellitt talking about a variety of issues. Next we have Tikeena Lang interviewing our new assistant principal Ms. Dornon. We learn about what she likes about Mercer County and what brought her to being a school administrator. Lastly we have Payton Ruggles interviewing Sophomore Trace Zeitler about his activities and future plans. Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast!

Well, we had the whole podcast done and when I went to upload it, the files got corrupted somehow. We lost a great interview with Ms. Dornon and we will try and do it again for November. We also lost an interview with Keeghan Benson done by Claire Fowler. Today we tried to salvage what we could so please enjoy our podcast this month!

Welcome back to Season 4 of the Mercer County Podcast Club! We have a great new group of kids wanting to record and interview folks for your entertainment! Our first Student Talk is Claire Fowler, Johna Dellitt, Payton Ruggles, and Tikeena Lang. They talk about Homecoming and new school rules. Next up we have Riley King interviewing Ms. Estes. Ms. Estes is new to Mercer County and is teaching in our English Department! Lastly we have Gabriella McPeek interviewing Senior William Frederickson. William will talk about his future plans and his sports career. Thanks for listening and please share with others!

The 2023 Aledo Rhubarb Fest is quickly approaching! We had Pam and Pam of the Rhubarb Fest Committee come in and tell us all about the great things that Rhubarb Fest will have to offer! Lots of info and great historic conversations on this great traditional Festival.

Hey all! It is our Season Finale to the 2022-23 school year with a great one! We start out with our Seniors of the Podcasting club talking about their High School careers and how fast the time has gone! Next up we have the great Mrs. Hucke talking about her retirement and all of her years here at Aledo/Mercer County HS. Lastly we have Hunter Smith interviewing Sophomore Carter Lane about the Bass Fishing team. Don't miss this episode and please share with others!

Welcome to the April Episode of the Mercer County High School Podcast Club! This month we have a great conversation with Miles Showalter, Riley King and Kellan King for Student Talk....what are you looking forward to next year and how is your vehicle doing? Next up we have Hunter Smith interviewing Mr. Pihl from the Social Studies Department. We see what is Mr. Pihl's favorite part of history and what he likes doing for fun outside of school. Lastly we have Mackenzie Thurston interviewing Claire Fowler and Molly Hofmann from the MCHS Track Team. Lots of stuff! Thanks for listening and share with others!

Sorry so late getting the March episode out, but we have a great episode lined up for you. First off we have Hunter Smith and Miles Showalter talking with me about random stuff. Then we have Mr. Murray talking about the upcoming softball season and his new role as Athletic Director next year at MCHS. Lastly we have our new 2023-24 FFA President Caleb Wagner. He will be talking about the future of FFA and has some friends in to help out with the conversation. Thanks for listening!

Hey everyone! Glad that you are here to listen to the February Podcast Episode from the Mercer County Podcasting Club. First up we will have our Student Talk where Hunter, Riley and Kellan all come in with a random topic to talk about. Then we have Ms. Guidinger talking about the MCHS Art program and some of the 21st Century clubs that she leads. Lastly we have Eden Mueller and Madison Frieden talking about their upcoming Track and Softball seasons. Thank you for listening and see you next month!

Happy 2023 everyone and welcome to the January episode of the Mercer County Podcast Club. We start out with Mackenzie Thurston, Miles Showalter and Hunter Smith talking about what comes to our minds in our Student Talk section. Next up we have Mrs. Swanson who teaches PE/Body Conditioning and Drivers Ed here at Mercer County. Kellan King does a great job of finding out what Mrs. Swanson has going on at MCHS. Lastly we have Freshman Elsie Cook. Riley King talks to Elsie about all of her activities and what are some of her favorite things to do! Thanks for listening!

Happy Holidays everyone! Welcome to the December Episode from the Mercer County Podcasting Club. This month we will have the entire club in studio to have a nice gift exchange. It turned out to be a lot of fun. Next we will have Kellan King interviewing Mr. Hankins from the English department about being a new teacher in the Mercer County School District. Lastly we will have Sophomore Bodie Salmon talking to our very own Mackenzie Thurston about his fall season of Football, his current season of Wrestling and his love of the outdoors. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! Welcome to our November podcast! This month we will be talking with the ladies of the podcast club with special guest Mia Ward. Mia will tell us what this year's musical will be in 2023! Next up we have Mrs. Hainds talking about college and scholarship season. We will also be talking about MCHS's new member Cheerio! Lastly we will have Miles and Hunter talking about two very important concerts coming up in the next could of days. Thanks for listening and make sure to share with friends!

Welcome back to the Mercer County Podcast Club for the month of October! We start out with the boys of the club doing the Student Talk. We will talk about Homecoming, the Football Season and Miles likes nothing that everyone else likes. Next up we finally get to our MCHS Science Department with Mrs. Pirog! Mackenzie Thurston will ask her how she got started teaching in the world of science. Finally we will have Riley King interviewing Junior Gabriellla McPeek. Gabriella is very involved here at MCHS and Riley asks her about her summer and how things are going this Fall. Thanks again for listening and please share with all your friends!

Hey everybody! The Mercer County Podcasting Club is back for a 3rd Season!  This month we have Hunter Smith and Riley King talking about all the new fun things going on here at Mercer County and what they did interesting over the summer.  Next up, Kellan King introduces to you our new principal Mrs. Cooper!  She is loving Mercer County and tells her a little about herself and what she has planned for the future.  Lastly we have Miles Showalter interviewing Matthew Lucas about his Senior year and what the Football season has in store for us.  Thank you for listening and please share this to your friends and family!

Hey all. Kind of a mixed bag on the May episode this month! We talk with Mrs. Day and our Seniors about Graduation and all their years at MCHS. Then we speak with my 4 nieces. Lastly we talk to our Juniors about what it is like in the HS without all the Seniors! Thanks for listening!

Everything you wanted to know about Aledo's Rhubarb Fest with Pam Myers and Pam Ricke! A special edition of the Mercer County Podcast Club.

Welcome back! We are in the wonderful month of April and our Student Talk is being recorded in the morning for the first time this year! Mr. Ruggles isn't in the best of moods when Cydnee, Sidney, Hunter and Monica want to talk about Prom, End of the year and other things. Then we move along to our interview with our English teacher Mrs. Mehl. She will be retiring after this year we ask her about her years of teaching and how we will miss her! It will be then time to talk to Ingrid Hays. She is a Freshman at Mercer County High School and very active in many things. Should be a great episode! Hope you enjoy!

Hey everyone!  We are back for our March Podcast.  Cydneee Stockham, Miles Showalter and Sidney Quam run our Student Talk with some interesting topics.  A little Musical, Windows or Doors and many other subjects.  We then have Sidney Quam interview our own Mr. Kenney on how he became a Math teacher and Coach in the Mercer County School District.  Lastyly, we have Monica McKnight interviewing Sophomore Corbin Sturgill.  Corbin is very active in our school and we get to know him a little better.  Thanks for listening and tell all your friends about our Podcast!

Here is the Podcast episode for February! We start out with our Student Talk. The kids and I will be talking about Sadie Hawkins dance, new mask optional weirdness and all kinds of other stuff. Next up we will have Sydney Quam interviewing our Ag teachers Mr. Livingston and Ms. Libby. They will be telling us a little about their history and all the programs that they teach. Lastly, Hunter Smith has a great interview with Anna Frieden. Anna is Junior FFA member and will tell us what life in the country is like here in Mercer County. Thanks for listening and please share!

We are back for 2022! The Student Talk kids talk about how their breaks went and whether or not they like all the snow that we have been having. Then we bring Griffen Kernan back to see how is Fall semester at Grinnell College went. Lastly, we have Miles Showalter interviewing Isaiah Earl on his future on being a musician and their new band "Bonafide Vagabond". Enjoy and please share!

A special episode from the Mercer County Podcasting Club. Brian Dennison worked for the Mercer County School District from 2003 - 2020. He was a Coach, Athletic Director, Teacher and Mentor to many. We along with many special guests will remember Brian's time at Mercer County and his influence on the District. Guest include - Gary Heard, Jim Taylor, Cully Welter, Tom Hasson, Mick Louck, Lara Swanson, Stacey Day, Shelly Snyder, Jennifer Murphy, Joe Verlinden, Amy Degelman, Tanner Matlick, Nat Zunkel, Dustin Murray, and Eric Russell. Brian will be inducted into the Mercer County Hall of Fame on Friday, January 21 at 7 pm. A Celebration of Life will be held beforehand in the MC Library from 5pm - 7 pm.

Hey all! Happy Holidays and welcome to our 4th Episode from our 2nd Season. Our December Student Talk will be led by Hunter Smith. Hunter will talk about some of his favorite Holiday traditions and there may even be a surprise visitor! Next up, Sidney Quam will be interviewing Deputy Pruitt who has been working as our Resource Office at MCHS this year. Last but not least, we will have Monica McKnight interviewing her brother Jack about what it is like being a Freshman with Senior sister in the same school. It's a good one! Thanks for listening!

For our November Podcast we will have our Student Talk talking about their ILMEA experience and how their Thanksgiving Day break is going go. Next up for our Faculty Spotlight Monica McKnight will talk with Mr. Deirikx from the English Department. Finally we will speak with Sophia Santiago and talk to her about all of her activities at the High School. Thank you for listening and have a good Thanksgiving!

We are back for our October Episode! We start with our Student talk and our topics will be Homecoming and Halloween. Next up we have Hunter Smith interviewing Mr. Whan. We will find out a little background on Mr. Whan and then he will announce what the Spring Musical will be! Lastly we have MacKenzie Thurston interviewing Kellan King about all of his activities here at MCHS. Please listen and share!

We are back for Season 2 with an new group of Podcasting kids ready to go! We start with Cydnee Stockham, Monica McKnight, MacKenzie Thurston and Sydney Quam speaking in our Student Talk segment. They will talk about our COVID issues with school and Homecoming. Next we will have Miles Showalter interviewing our own Mr. Joe Verlinden. Mr. Verlinden has been a PE/Coach/Health teacher at the High School for over 20 years. Miles tries to find out what makes Mr. Verlinden tick! Lastly we will have Hunter Smith interviewing Iliawna Hook. Iliawna is a very busy lady here at MCHS and we want to talk to her about how she does it all! Thanks for listening and share with your friends please!

Our last Episode of the school year is Episode 8! We start off with our Student Talk. Callie Siering and Emma Mellgren chat with me about their futures and how they feel about Graduating. Next we have Kierstin Benson talking with Stacey Day. They will be talking about what went well with COVID and what we could have done better in hindsight. Mrs. Day will also be going over info for Graduation. Last but not least, we will have Griffen Kernan with Isabella Cuellar, Kristina Snowdon and Ryann Zimmerman. They will just be having a fun converstation about their Senior year and what they will miss when they are gone. Thanks to Lindsey Beighle and the Soaring Eagle program for making this club possible this year. Please tell your friends and keep listening!

Welcome to the Mercer County Podcasting Club's April Episode! Our student talk section this week deals with our Favorite High School moment, great masks to wear, zicadas, and where is Callie? Then Brennan Fleuette gets to interview his own mother Mrs. Fleuette! She is the librarian here at the High School and she will be telling us all about her life in the book world. Last but not least, Griffen Kernan will be interviewing Natalie Finch on all the upcoming information on Prom. Thanks for listening!

The Ten and Ben Show is back! Tenley Sprokston and Kierstin Benson are talking about their favorite topics once again. Topics will include The Bachelor Finale, Prom, and The Grammy performances. Really fun show that everyone should listen to!

Griffen Kernan is back with another great informative talk on a Presidential Election!  This episode focuses on the Election of 1876 with Hayes Vs. Tilden.  Not much drama during the Election itself, but afterwards there was quite a bit!  Tune in to see what happened!

Come and join Tenley Sproston and Kierstin Benson for the first Episode of the Ten and Ben show! These two are going to talk about The Bachelor, 5SOS, coffee and what some of their favorite things in High School are. Super fun show and we hope that you choose to listen!

The Music Appreciation Class just got done watching West Side Story. West Side Story is a great musical that won Best Picture in 1961. Did the kids like it? What did they think about the plot and the characters? Tune in to fine out!

Welcome to the Mercer County Podcasting Club's March Episode! Our first segment will be our student talk where Brennan Fleuette, Callie Seiring, Emma Mellgren, and myself talk about the cold weather, school testing and whatever else comes up! Kierstin Benson then interviews Mr. Hofer to talk about his busy rescheduling of all the athletic events and the upcoming football season. Lastly, Griffen Kernan has Anna Wagner in studio to talk about her preparations for college. Thanks for listening!

Happy Presidents Day! The Mercer County Podcasting Club would like to introduce Griffen Kernan's new podcast PEAH (Presidential Elections in American History). Each episode Griffen will focus on a Presidential Election in the past and give you all the info and interesting aspects. Please take a listen to see what Griffen has been working on! This first Episode is on the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential Election. Certainly one of the closest and most interesting in American History.

Welcome to our February Episode! Our first segment will be our Student Talk addressing Valentine's Day. What their favorite candy is and maybe what some of their favorite Christmas gifts were from the Holidays. Next up we will have Kierstin Benson interviewing Mr. Chausse from the MC Ag Department. Mr. Chausse has taught Ag at Mercer County for the past 33 years and will be retiring at the end of this year! Kierstin will be asking Mr. Chausse about his favorite moments, things he will miss and advice to future Ag students. Lastly we will be back with Griffen Kernan interviewing Senior Hogan Siering. Hogan went thought Boot Camp with the Army over the summer. He will be relating his experiences to Griffen and advice to others looking into the Military. Thanks for listening!