SHE CAST

We are re-releasing our third episode from Spring of 2017: The Revolution Will Not be Televised. SHE CASTers interview Lawyers Guild attorney, Jerry Boyle who discovered the use of stingray technology (aka telephone hacking) on youth protestors by Chicago Police. Together they cover how to stay safe while young and attending a protest. The SHE CASTers also discuss the controversial Pepsi Commercial. Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

We all need an escape right now. For some it is a walk, creating art, or cooking. For Bella, it is being transported through her headphones. Written by: Bella Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

This episode is about growing up and learning how to stand on your own. Written by: Lehla Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

This episode is in honor of Earth Day. As we find ourselves hunkering down indefinitely, our earth heals. Written by: Just Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

SHE CASTers explore the high school selective enrollment process within Chicago Public Schools. In part 3, we hear a story exploring ‘worthiness’ and the messages we receive about ourselves at school. Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

SHE CASTers explore the high school selective enrollment process within Chicago Public Schools. In part 2 we hear a story about how one school decides which students to invest in for the potential of the selective enrollment track. Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

SHE CASTers explore the high school selective enrollment process within Chicago Public Schools. Like many city school systems, Chicago Public Schools has schools you can attend based on neighborhood, and schools you are accepted to based on merit. The selective enrollment schools can be highly competitive, can cause immense stress in the 8th graders applying, but may be one of the few ways Chicago works to correct an inequitable school system. Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

In this episode, we are staying home, and minding the Furbies. It's a lockdown, do you know where your Furby is? Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

In this episode we leave voicemails for ourselves. What would you say to you? Audio Production by: Ari Mejia Produced by: Meredith Montgomery SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. {she crew} provides safe spaces and expressive platforms for adolescent girls and gender expansive youth across Chicago. Thank you to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This season is brought to you by The Chicago Housing Authority Crossroads Fund And all of our incredible Feminist Agenda Subscribers Learn more at shecrew.org

Welcome to part 1 of our 2 part series on Reproductive Rights! Today on SHE CAST the SheCasters interview Leah Greenblum, the Founder & Executive Director of the Midwest Access Coalition, and Grecia Magdaleno, a Patient Advocate and Reproductive Justice Organizer for Planned Parenthood. They discuss all things current reproductive rights here in the Midwest at this moment in history. Learn more about their organizations at midwestaccesscoalition.org plannedparenthood.org SHE CAST is a project of she crew; Chicago's premiere intersectional feminist organization for teen girls and gender-expansive youth. Learn more about she crew and the work that we do at shecrew.org This episode is brought to you by : Chicago Housing Authority Produced by : Meredith Montgomery

SHE CAST spills the tea on everything you need to know. Answering listener questions have never felt so affirming. This way for warm fuzzies and pep talks for millennials. Trigger warning for Susans, the SHE CASTers have put you on blast. Learn more at shecrew.org Music in this episode is created by the incredible: BRAVE BOY Peachy! Editing and Production by Mere & Jess This is a project by {she crew}. Check out shecrew.org for more info.

In episode #14, Aldermania, the SHE CASTers take on Chicago Politics head on. They interview 3 incredible women, all under the age of 35, who are running for public office in Chicago. First, they sit down with Aida Flores, running in the 25th Ward. Find her at floresfor25.com Next, they interview Nicole Johnson, running in the 20th Ward. Find her at nicolejchi.com Last, they talk with Maggie O'Keefe, running in the 40th Ward. Find her at maggie2019.com Local politics is SO important and impactful in your everyday life. So, get involved!! All music in this episode is by, you guessed it, the incredible Brave Boy. Find his work on Soundcloud. Editing and Production by Mere & Jess Learn more at: shecrew.org

It's our annual Holiday Extravaganza! This year the She Casters celebrate in several ways. First, they interview the AMAZING Tribble! Tribble is a stand-up comedian, host and radio personality. She is the creator, producer and host of P Power Radio, a podcast that shares the stories of revolutionary millennial women and the history of the world they are working to change. Learn more about her at tribbzthecool.com. They also have a new segment: Atoms' ASMR Corner (holiday edition), as well as their annual holiday sing-a-thon! Happy Holigayz, y'all! Learn more at shecrew.org Music in this episode is created by the incredible: -BRAVE BOY -Ceylon Editing and Production by Mere & Jess This is a project by {she crew}. Check out shecrew.org for more info.

SHE CAST spills the tea on selective enrollment in Chicago Public Schools exploring both personal and systemic impacts. SHE CASTers also consider friendship and changes between middle school and high school. Take away: if you don't have a Susan in your life, you're probably a Susan. Learn more at shecrew.org Music in this episode is created by the incredible: BRAVE BOY Peachy! Editing and Production by Mere & Jess This is a project by {she crew}. Check out shecrew.org for more info.

#11 Can You Hear Me Now? In the Season 2 Season Finale SHE CASTERS discuss representation with Actor, Poet, and Educator, McKenzie Chinn, and why seeing yourself represented in the media, politics, and beyond is so important. McKenzie Chinn is 1/3 of the poetry collective Growing Concerns, with fellow poet and hiphop artist Mykele Deville and musician Jeff Austin. The group released its inaugural album WE HERE: Thank You for Noticing with two sold-out performances at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre in 2017, and published its first book FIVE FIFTHS in 2018 through Candor Arts. Her album can be found across the internet. Listen to it! Olympia, the feature film written, co-produced, and starring McKenzie Chinn, and directed by Gregory Dixon, will make its world premiere at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival in September. CHECK. HER. OUT. !!! All music in this episode is created by the incredible BRAVE BOY. Editting and Production by Mere & Jess This is a project by {she crew}. Check out shecrew.org for more info.

#10- All Up In My Feels. The SHE CASTers investigate the importance of mental health as well as the need for open dialog and understanding of mental illness. They interview Silvia M. Henriquez Gerken, Ph.D., a Chicago based therapist who specializes in comprehensive psychological evaluations for children and adolescents, and individual therapy for adolescents and young adults. They talk about why mental health and mental illness needs to be destigmatized, and how we can help ourselves heal. The SHE CASTers also discuss maintaining mental health in a school environment, and discuss healthy self care practices with special guest Cecilia London. SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org This episode features SHE CASTers: Pinkie, Lone Jedi, Super, Just, Burr, and Snow. Produced and edited by: Meredith Montgomery & Jessica London-Shields Featured Music: Bonsai — Afrosamuraiist — Skylight Ocean Jams — borealism - kill it Huski Bear — A Fresh Face (Ari Schwartz + Huski Bear) Space.wolf — Emotional Sickness LAKEY INSPIRED — This Feeling Special Shoutouts To: Dr. Silvia M. Henriquez Gerken (girl, we love you!) The Staff of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Beans & Bagels on Rockwell Spoken, a cafe And tea, for being delicious Subscribe to our Patreon for She Cast exclusives! www.patreon.com/shecast

Family Matters. Whether your family is big or small, given or chosen, they are a big part of who you are. That is why this episode of SHE CAST celebrates family! SHE CASTers interview special guest: Michele Jones Galvin; the great great grandniece of Harriet Tubman. “Ms. Jones Galvin and her mother Joyce E. Jones began collaborating on a historical novel. Told from the perspective of a relative, Beyond the Underground: Aunt Harriet, Moses of Her People portrays the life, times and accomplishments of the famed abolitionist.” Get your copy at mosesofherpeople.com. SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org This episode features SHE CASTers: Pinkie, Lone Jedi, Super, Just, Burr, Venus, and Snow. Produced and edited by: Meredith Montgomery & Jessica London-Shields Featured Music: "Brother" by Sam Trump ft. Add-2, produced by Calvin Valentine. jvst x — Kodak Grey [Instrumental] Moo Latte — 9th Floor (Memo, the Beat Tape Album) Light-foot — Consider it swung Sappheiros — Embrace LAKEY INSPIRED — Going Up Special Shoutouts To: Michele Jones Galvin: mosesofherpeople.com/michele-jones-galvin Sam Trump: samtrumponline.com Subscribe to our Patreon for She Cast exclusives! www.patreon.com/shecast

We need to talk about guns. Everyone wants to say how we as young people should or should not think, but when deadly weapons are brought into our classrooms, we are the only ones who can truly say how we think and feel about our lives. #neveragain SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org Produced and edited by: Meredith Montgomery & Jessica London-Shields Featured Music: Purple Stuff- Chamomile Special Shoutouts To: Emma Gonzalez & Cameron Kasky. We love and support you and all of your classmates. Keep fighting. Subscribe to our Patreon for She Cast exclusives! www.patreon.com/shecast

We are told a lot of stories that can affect how we see people, whether they are stories about people in other countries or our own. In Stories Without Borders SHE CASTers explore these stories and what they leave out using the concept of “Single Narratives” described by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. You also hear from the cast and crew of Cirque du Soleil's Luzia, a waking dream of Mexico! And for those of you looking for a good book to read this winter SHE CASTers share the stories they’ve been snacking on. SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org Produced and edited by: Meredith Montgomery & Jessica London-Shields Featured Music: Git - If You Just Make Love to Me (El Búho Edit) Lido Plmienta - Humano (El Búho Humano en la Selva Edit) LAKEY INSPIRED - Alone www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Ditti - Obel Special Shoutouts To: Jordyn Campbell, the Cirque du Soleil Cast and Crew of Luzia, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Rainbow Rowell, Alice Sebold, Marjane Satrapi Subscribe to our Patreon for She Cast exclusives! https://www.patreon.com/shecast

It's the holiday season! Hear SHE CASTers talk about their favorite traditions, favorite mittens, and how to practice self-care when the holidays get you down. Also, SHE CAST's first game-show: the Christmas-Bop Showdown! Get something warm to drink and settle in. She Cast is a project of {she crew} Episode Direction by: Meredith Montgomery Produced by: Meredith Montgomery & Jessica London-Shields Featured Music by: Brave Boy Episode Brought to you by: Spoken a cafe in Chicago!

SHE CAST is a podcast created for youth by youth in Chicago. Welcome to episode five: An Ode to my Bully. Kicking off the first episode of our second season, we wanted to engage the topic of bullying. Bullying can be experienced in many ways and in many spaces. In this episode, the SHE CASTers take a look at bullying cultures in schools, online, and even in the whitehouse. SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org Credits: Produced and edited by Jessica London-Shields and Meredith Montgomery. Music, beats, and soundscapes by: "BAM" and "Pajard" by Brave Boy; "Chill Day" by Lakey Inspired; "Winter Sun" by El_Buho; "Dee Tunes" by Flower (wildmix); "Breath" by OANS.

SHE CAST is a podcast created for youth by youth in Chicago. Welcome to our fourth episode: Nerd Core Werd Core. Be proud of what you nerd for! SHE CASTers interview Trina Robbins; a historic female cartoonist, and one of the first women to draw Wonder Woman. The SHE CASTers also talk about about what they personally nerd over. Get weird! SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org Credits: Produced and edited by Jessica London-Shields and Meredith Montgomery. Music, beats, and soundscapes by: Eliza Twinkies cover of "Cats on Mars" originally written by The Seatbelts and Gabriela Robin; Jackson535 "Alien Invasion"; Bmkiki Beats "Green Ranger"; She Callin "Brave Boy"; Pepujin's cover of "Megalovania" originally by Toby Fox.

SHE CAST is a podcast created for youth by youth in Chicago. Welcome to our third episode: The Revolution Will Not be Televised. SHE CASTers interview Lawyers Guild attorney, Jerry Boyle who discovered the use of stingray technology (aka telephone hacking) on youth protestors by Chicago Police. Together they cover how to stay safe while young and attending a protest. The SHE CASTers also discuss the controversial Pepsi Commercial. SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org Credits: Produced and edited by Jessica London-Shields and Meredith Montgomery. Editing help from David Lewis. Music, beats and soundscapes by: Eric Kauffmann "Smooth", Kolibri Kolibri "Revolution", Chris Morrow "Sweetheart" and "Feeling on Top", and Adam Feldman (various).

SHE CAST is a podcast created for youth by youth in Chicago. Welcome to our second episode: Female the Remix. Beauty standards are B.S. (& often super white). We know that. But it’s still hard to not have them affect your life. SHE CASTers discuss reclaiming beauty, not being too hard on yourself, and the difference between appreciation and appropriation. PS: Boys can wear makeup too! SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org Credits: Produced and edited by Jessica London-Shields and Meredith Montgomery. Editing help from David Lewis and Emilie Modaff. Music, beats and covers by: Adam Feldman, Chris Morrow, and Arielle Guevara.

SHE CAST is a podcast created for youth by youth in Chicago. In our first episode: Young Gifted and Woke, we discuss being clued in to current events, not being taken seriously by adults, and how to balance staying informed with staying sane. SHE CAST is a project of {she crew}. Find out more at shecrew.org