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In reflection on Hispanic Heritage Month, ASU student leaders speak with reporter Andrea Soto on change within the community and reflect on their own journeys.

A year after hybrid learning, ASU students have returned to campus. In this three-part miniseries, Reporter Sonya Sheptunov follows the lives of five students as they navigate college, hand-in-hand with the virus.

New technology inevitably presents new challenges. State Press Magazine Reporter Sam Ellefson sits down with Pavan Turaga, the director of ASU's School of Arts, Media and Engineering, to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence, machine learning and emerging technology at large.

Join magazine reporter Kiera Riley as she interviews Carlos Diaz, who recently got his marijuana-related charge expunged from his record. Hear his experience first hand from arrest to expungement.

How we dress, how we act and what we enjoy can all be affected by how the world sees us -specifically, how it sees us in terms of gender. What does gender mean, though? Why did everyone care so much when Harry Styles wore a dress on the cover of Vogue? Why don't we talk more about the LGBT+ people or the BIPOC behind gender non-conforming fashion?Press play to hear from the co-chair of the Transgender Studies Research Center at the University of Arizona and an ASU student who has personal experience with straying from the binary.

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, the Pat Tillman Veterans Center, and the Office for Veteran Military Academic Engagement have partnered to form the Veterans Writing Circle, an opportunity for veterans to engage with each other as well as well as creatively express themselves. Travis Robertson sits down with Shawn Banzhaf, a military advocate with the Pat Tillman Center, and Keanna Curry, a student who has attended the Writing Circle, to get a sense of what the circle can offer veterans as well as how it has adapted amidst virtual meetings and the pandemic.

Even if you don't consider yourself a true crime fan, the influx of content about murders, disappearances and serial killers in the past few years has been almost unavoidable. If you have a Netflix subscription, this is especially true. Recently, one docuseries has been all over the platform's suggestions page- "Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer." Listen in as ASU professors Jason Scott and Michael Walker discuss our obsession with serial killers and how we process their crimes through the media we consume.Editor's note: Jason Scott is a professor of film and media production, not film and media studies as stated in the audio of this podcast.

With Arizona making the push to vaccinate as many people as fast as possible, Watts College students are working to do their part. Join podcast reporter Jamie Montoya as she speaks to Steven Latino, vaccine site manager, at the State Farm Stadium, as well as Watts professor Erin Schneiderman and Watts student Bethany Easley on their experiences on site.

Crystal Lee Patriarche, an ASU journalism and public relations alum who graduated in 1998, sits down with podcast reporter Travis Robertson to discuss her experience at ASU and how she came to be CEO of Sparkpoint Studio, a company aimed at amplifying women's storytelling voices and work.

Four freelance photographers and videographers from within the ASU community sit down with podcast reporter Drake Presto to explain how they have adapted their workflow in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ever since Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," TikTok has been known for creating hits and boosting musicians' careers so that when they hit the charts, it's sometimes seemingly out of nowhere. Just as TikTok's influence on the music industry has grown, so has the #PopPunk community on the app. Podcaster Kirsten Dorman speaks to members of bands Arrows in Action and Not My Weekend about how they use TikTok and what it's like to suddenly host live streams instead of post-concert meet-and-greets.

Will Hoxie, the writer and director of the short film, "Breathless," sits down with podcast reporter Peter Vezeau to chat about the filming process during the COVID-19 pandemic and the inspiration and creation of his new film. The piece, featuring a young man rushing to find his date's inhaler, is finding recognition across the country.

Film and Media Studies Assistant Professor Aviva Dove-Viebahn, is hoping to diversify Hollywood with her new screenplay, #VoteLove. This romantic comedy just landed a developmental deal with Women of Color Unite, which is a program that works to ensure women of color are treated fairly in the entertainment and media industry. Podcaster Autriya Maneshni chats with Professor Viebhan to hear how this film came to be.

Living through historical events has become all too common for Gen Z. Hear first-hand about how students were feeling this election night as reporters Stefano Contreras and Morgan Fischer went floor-to-floor at ASU's Taylor Place.

COVID-19 heavily impacted many industries, and the film industry is no exception. Some films have moved forward with smaller crews, while others have paused production entirely. Despite this, State Press Reporter Travis Robertson spoke to three actors about how COVID-19 has impacted their lives and found that many have chosen to focus on the positives.

Clubs and coalitions within the Cronkite School aim to bring diversity to the forefront of students and staff's minds to change the journalism industry. Nicole Shinn, the Co-President of the Multicultural Student Journalist Coalition and Vice President of the ASU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists shares her perspective on how the journalism industry can become more diverse.

ASU students who have not been on campus since the Spring 2020 semester are getting chosen for random COVID-19 testing.ASU stated at the beginning of the school year that students are required to get tested if they have been randomly selected, and off-campus students are worried that coming to campus just for the sake of taking a random COVID-19 test could put them at risk. Off-campus ASU students Sukhmani Singh, TaMeia Murphy and Crystal Grassi share their perspectives of how they felt when they were selected for random COVID-19 testing.Note: This podcast was updated on Nov. 8, 2020 with new information.

In this episode of State Press Play, podcaster Travis Roberston sits down with two ASU community members, Ross Satchell and Dr. April Miller, to find out more about their experience as people who cannot vote in the 2020 election, despite currently living in America.

ASU's Disability Resource Center recently changed its name to Student Accessibility and Inclusive Learning Services or SAILS. The name was changed to align with the center's role on campus and to make students feel more comfortable seeking its services. Podcast reporter, Madison Young, spoke with the Director of SAILS, Chad Price, to uncover the motivation behind renaming the center.

For ASU Fine Arts majors, missing half of their spring semester was only the first of many cancelations that COVID-19 brought for them. Maggie Reynolds, a sophomore Music Therapy major, sits down with podcaster Autriya Maneshni to share her perspective on what's like to be Fine Arts major during a global pandemic.

The fast-paced news cycle of today can leave people overwhelmed by information. A course on media literacy is being offered worldwide through the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to educate individuals on how to be responsible consumers of news. On this episode, podcaster Stefano Contreras sits down with mediactive course instructors and students to gain insight into the world of media literacy.

Autriya Maneshni interviews two students from the class of 2021 to find out what it is like to be a senior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some ASU students are taking time off from school due to COVID-19. Podcast reporter Rachel Kennedy sits down with three ASU students to discuss deferring scholarships, the unintended consequences and benefits of postponing their education, and how they're feeling about their decisions.