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Spoken Word Diaries features Yoko Zhu, Eloise Marseille and Loriel Abdullah along with a sling of featured guests. The podcast evokes a personal, diary-like feel through discussions of identity, current events, and individual experiences. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

Spoken Word Diaries


    • Oct 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Spoken Word Diaries

    POV: eloise

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 14:58


    pretend we are on FaceTime…ready, set, go! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    POV: Yoko

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 9:32


    this is Yoko's pov. she talks about a book she's been reading, something about beauty standards, and just rambles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    POV: Lori

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 15:37


    This week is from the POV of Lori as she catches up with everyone about her life at a PWI. Join her in discussing some racist experiences, how college-life differs from high school, and homecoming week at KSU. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    POV: eloise

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 16:23


    okay hi guys!! Here's my POV. I talk about my time away in Europe for the summer, feeling fomo in a gap semester and just a whole lotta rambling. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    episode five (that's the spirit)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 15:49


    Eloise wanted to put one more episode out before the summer hiatus. SO, here is the 12am ramble between Lori, Yoko, and El before they go their separate ways for the summer. El mentions her summer funk, lori yells at yoko booking a flight with spirit airlines, and a battle of internet connections strike. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    episode four

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 23:46


    Loriel and Eloise talk about: relying on vibes, confrontation with their school's yearbook committee, and working drive thru for fast food. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    episode three

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 17:26


    just a little catch up as the girls make: prom plans, transportation plans and get ready for the end of high school --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    episode two

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 18:46


    sit down and listen to the girls have a pop culture commentary moment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    episode one

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 18:29


    Season three baby!! Focusing more on social commentary, the girls decide to start this season talking about: going into a field with passion but no talent, imposter syndrome, and American schools requiring students to get vaccinated. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 010: would you kiss my homeboy for 10k?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 20:52


    This podcast episode the girls talk about: prom dresses, the hood side of Lenox mall, and Eloise walking completely past Justin and Hailey Bieber. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 009: not all friendships last forever

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 14:41


    This week's episode the girls are back from spring break and talk about synesthesia, expiration dates on friendships and Yoko wanting to join a fraternity. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 008: how to start a podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 20:03


    The girls explain how the podcast came to be, the name ideas, and how to record at multiple people. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 007: sad truths and sadder realities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 19:30


    Eloise and Yoko talk about transactional activism, performative activism and the dichotomy between white upper class correction, and black lower class incarceration. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 006: adding to our waiting anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 17:07


    This week the girls read one of their college essays in light of decision months arriving. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 005: yoko confronting eloise, lori confronting yoko.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 23:18


    Contents of this week's pod episode: 1. Yoko's Dad seeing the Russian dictator Lenin's dead body 2. Loriel fighting her brother 3. Eloise and conspiracies about the HFPA. AND A LOT OF MOVIE OPINION CONFRONTATION. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 004: dump your boyfriend sweetie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 14:54


    This lazy day chat, the girls talk about Yoko's 2011 pajamas, nightgowns and ways Eloise looks when she is annoyed...Oh and a story about a girl getting her foot run over by her boyfriend? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 003: you're mean and you're domesticated

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 17:33


    The girls go through a series of superlatives done by you guys to see how they are perceived by an audience. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 002: pregnant lady attitudes and getting drafted

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 16:05


    15 minutes of what is going on in the lives of the girls. Yoko mistakes a couple for not being a couple? Loriel has a rough encounter with a pregnant lady? Eloise is drafted into the French military? This memo is as random as they get. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    memo 001: Golden Globes and Graduation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 15:43


    Season 2 of Spoken Word Diaries is upon us! This season features the short memos and thoughts of the girls. From Eloise's thoughts of the Golden Globes this year to Yoko's wish to close the last four years in a memorable way...Loriel, Yoko and Eloise are ready to enter the second chapter of their lives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 010: tech illiterate, student stories and a people's history of their US history classes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 51:35


    This week's episode the girls bring on a special guest...their favorite AP government teacher! Mr Mooney talks about what it is like being a teacher with virtual classes. Shares some funny stories of teaching boisterous middle schoolers. As well as what needs to change within history classes for more empathetic individuals in today's politically divided times. Hang on till the end of the episode for random rapid fire questions the girls present Mr Mooney with. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 009: astrology, Bridgerton and great flaws

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 45:52


    They are back! After a week's hiatus, the girls are here to chat with you on: food, films, astrology, school counselors and so much more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 008: drivers license, D'amelio hate group, the storming of the Capitol

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 43:45


    Talk about what's in?! The girls discuss everything that is in the hot seat at the moment, from new music to the "hype house". This conversation is the epitome of teen culture. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 007: depression, anxiety and mental health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 34:00


    Yoko and Eloise take on a heavier discussion, and chat with special guest Kayla Lesane on mental health. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry: 006: 2020 recap, finals in January and 2020 vs love life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 52:35


    Loriel and Eloise sit down and chit chat about their year, what has been making them upset with their school system and what their love life has been like through the pandemic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 005: thrifting, Princess Diana and the death penalty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 48:18


    This episode the girls are joined with special guest Jah'zaria Michael as they discuss; what's hot and what's not in clothing trends, true crime cases and their thoughts on the death penalty in America. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 004: reading diaries, pooping and the ugly of beauty standards

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 32:33


    It would not be Spoken Word Diaries if the girls did not read what was in their actual diaries once, now would it? Yoko, Lori and Eloise stay on a real note and talk about; how they have been feeling, the last time they peed on themselves and things they hate about beauty standards. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 003: the fear of blood, expired milk and driving into a house

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 39:05


    The girls speak what is on their mind this episode. From Yoko's fear of blood, to Loriel's obsession with Home Alone, this episode is as chaotic as they come. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 002: the college process, French culture and school fights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 45:01


    They are back!! With better audio this time around. After asking for questions, topics to discuss and advice to be answered, Loriel, Yoko and Eloise bring all they got. From questions of how to deal with procrastination, feeling unwanted, or simply the college process, the girls give out their best advice from their points of view and experiences. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

    entry 001: period scares, dumpster Christmas tree and smelly tuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 27:18


    Welcome to Spoken Word Diaries! Yoko, Eloise and Loriel kick off their first episode on a personal note. From recounting embarrassing school stories, to what their methods of washing their posteriors are... This episode is the start of a beautiful spoken word diary. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

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