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SUSAN MONDZAK...PRODUCER-TEACHER

ALICE JERVIS...TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Teen Talk Live

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Teen Talk Radio

Every Semester, the Full Time Internship Program at Teen Talk is responsible for the team-production of Teen Talk Radio - our hour long teen-oriented radio series. As in all of our documentaries, video or radio, the topics of Teen Talk Radio are "real and hard-hitting". Here we are in the studios of WSHS, wrapping up a typical one-week project at Teen Talk Radio. Our topics this year include...

TEEN TALK RADIO 2008

"Self Esteem In The City That Never Sleeps... " - March '08
 Members of NYC Healthcorps crew join The BIGGEST LOSER Jim Germanakos and Sade Gray with the Teen Talk crew at West Side High for a taping of SELF ESTEEM IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, looking at the issue of body image and self esteem.
Dr.Oz's infamous High School Health Corps team spoke about healthy lifestyles AAt home, BIGGEST LOSER Jim Germanakos lost over 50% 0f his body weight...A total of 186 pounds!!!A
Students define their own issues, do all of the research, write all questions, and host each segment of the show.A
   
   
IIn addition to the interview process, students also learn all aspects of the technical end of production. We use cameras to cover the guests on our panel as well as hand held cameras to get shotsw of our interview hosts...students will then edit the final product at the end of the semester.
West Side High School graduate Sade Gray is also a spoken word artist. Her composition "I'M FAT, AND..." examins the grief she has endured for not fitting into the "skinny" stereotype of women portrayed by the media.
Students listen to tech direction getting ready to launch into their interviews.
In addition to video, produced for Manhattan Neighborhood Network, we also produce audio on DAT (Digital Audio Taperecorders) for WHCR---Harlem Community Radio. Here's an audio engineer working during our shoot.

 

 

Teen Talk Radio - 2006-07
TEEN TALK DOCUMENTARY FALL '06--HIP HOP ADDICTION...A 3 PART SERIES LOOKING AT NEW SCHOOL, OLD SCHOOL, AND SPOKEN WORD AS A CULTURAL INFLUENCE. HERE WE ARE WITH ERNIE PANICCIOLI, LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER, KING YODA OF THE ZULU NATION, AND VETTA FROM DA KING AND I...OUR PANEL OF HIP HOP PIONEERS (PHOTO BY JOE CONZA---HIP HOP PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHER. OUR THANKS TO ERNIE FOR MAKING THIS ALL POSSIBLE.
JOE, KING YODA, ERNIE, AND VETTA...THEY WERE THERE WHEN IT ALL STARTED...
THE LEGENDARY KURTISBLOW...AND THE CHURCH OF THE GREATER HOOD KURTIS TAKES SOME TIME WITH US PRIOR TO PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN HIP HOP LANGUAGE...

..THANKS KURTIS..CHURCH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!

The Live Shows.....

10/12

DO KIDS REALLY VALUE THEIR EDUCATION?


THIS SHOW WAS JUST TO SEE WHETHER KIDS ARE INTO THEIR EDUCATION OR NOT. I
MADE THIS SHOW UP BECAUSE I FEEL THAT TODAY'S YOUTH ARE INTO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT IMPORTANT, THAN WHAT'S IMPORTANT, AND THATS YOR EDUCATION.

Guests included a panel of youth/ teachers, and parents
   

 

'WHAT'Z HOOD' - 11/9/06


This is a show that I strongly want to do because it's a problem in the community. The show is about how the hood impacts the youth.
Think of it this way... look at all the things that go on the the urban hoods....not too many good things if you do your research.
If you talk to any old heads from the hood, their reaction to anything relating tothe hood, they would say that the youth today will end up 2 places.... dead or in jail.
Guests are youth from Each One/ Teach One- formerly incarcerated youth and the Christian Culture Youth Ministry.
   

11/30

TOO MANY CHANGES- SO LITTLE TIME- a look at teen moms from the past to the present.


This show is basically about teens mom and how it has changed from the past to the present. We are going to have former and present teenage moms as guests on this show. Because teen moms are always getting stared at, which I disagree with. It should be talked about so they can express there feelings and defend themselves! In addition to current teen moms, we also have women who were teen moms in the '50's, who were forced to give their children up for adoption.

LIFE ADDICTIONS- 12/7/06


This show will touch basics on youth and adult addictions. Also, in this show, there will be many point of views. We, personally, will be telling our stories on how drugs have affected our lives. Also, we will get stories from WPA and Vertex Drug Rehab Center who were addicted and have completely turned their lives around. We wanted to talk about this to the people who are either goingthrough it or have gone through it and can relate. Therefore, this show is for all those who feel that no one knows how they feel. WE DO!!!

12/21

U R WHAT YOU EAT


A live show discussing the value of the materials that you stick into your body.
   
   

 

Teen Talk Live - Fall 2005
Stephanie, Keith, Dilenia, and Oscar get sound bites ready for air
Jeo and Kally learn to engineer in the DJ room

This season (fall '05) Teen Talk live presented the following shows:

11/10- LESSONS OF KATRINA- including live phone interviews with high school students from the John Curtis Christian Academy

11/17- HIP HOP CULTURE- including up and coming artists from Meridian Productions, Hot 97 DJ Raqiyah, Tachelle Wilkes and Danny Brantley of Femmixx, famed photographer Ernie Panicolli- author of WHO SHOT YA?

12/1- MEDIA- THE UNTOLD TRUTH- with Danny Schecter of Media Channel, Brandon Jordan and Brian Jollet of Deep Dish TV

12/15- IMMIGRANT YOUTH- members of VOICES FOR YOUTH on the topic of being an immigrant youth in the foster care system

1/5- GHETTO- NOT JUST A BLACK THING- with community activists Johnny Montalvo (former gang leader), Cheif Daweb of Rebuild, and Quentin Harkins of 4u2nv - ghetto gear.

1/12- A MOTHERS GRIEF- A GRANNY'S RAGE- Grandmothers Against the War, and Military Families Speak Out's Sue Neiderer, who lost her son in Iarq 2 years ago

1/19- GRADUATION SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Documentary Radio - Fall 2005

 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WITHIN

A look at our inner struggles for mental and physical acceptance. Included interviews with:

West Side High School Youth

Plastic Surgeon Andrew Klapper

Dr. Ira Sacker on Eating Disorders (author of DYING TO BE THIN)

Students dealing with depression from CEC CARES

NYC Youthline

Ray Aarons and Alan Ross on loosing a loved one to Suicide (from A TIME FOR HEALING, and THE SAMARITANS)

"FATAL ATTRACTION"

A look at what makes relationships work, and what happens when a positive relationship becomes a fatal attraction.

Interviews include:

OES- Sheepshead Bay high school students on relationship views

Beacon High School students on inter-racial dating

Green Chimneys Students on same sex relationships

RAPP program and Park Slope Safe Homes on Domestic violence

SAFE HORIZONS on surviving loosing a loved one to jealous homicide

Karen Carrol- SART unit- North Central Bronx Hospital and rape survivor

GEMS girls- on the street life of being sexually exploited (former prostitution lifestyle)

The Door at WNYE

 

WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER - The Door 'OES' Class

A look at extremes of unsafe sex, drugs, and the partying lifestyle

Part 1- Unsafe Sex- HIV positive speaker from Love Heals, and CEC and OES high school teen parents

Part 2- DJ FlyGirl and Tyrone Davis on the party scene, West Side High School parent program on parental views, and teens in

drug rehab from DAYTOP VILLAGE

Teen Talk Live - Spring 2005

3/10 - ABC'S OR GED'S - a look at the NYC School system as experienced by recent graduates, GED students, a da panel of teachers and administrators. How have recent changes in the system effected the learning and teaching process... turn in to hear their thgouts

 

3/24 - THE PUPPET SHOW - How are today's youth efected by subliminal images in their environments? Does negative imagery have a deep impact on the self esteem and goals to our youth? We hear from teens-parents-community activists, and music activists on this subtle but powerful issue.

4/7 - BELIEVE... MAKING IT IN TODAY'S WORLD - hear the inspirationl stories of youths who have overcome the odds to be positive people in today's society. From dysfunctional families to immigrant stories..hear how our guests found inner strength to overcome their odds.

 

4/21 - BUSHWACKED - What are the hidden realities behind the war in Iraq? How does the media's representation of it differ from the experiences of those who have served? Hear how those back from Iraq feel about the Bush policies in Iraq.

 

5/12 - CARE FOR YOUTHS - Join us for an in-depth look at the realities of life in foster care...from a family seperated via the "system", to a woman working for a group home that became so attached to her young charges, that she ended up becoming their foster mom...all 6 of them!

 

6/2 - BEHIND THE MUSIC - A look at how the music industry influences youth on a cultural level- from rap to rock!

 

TEEN TALK RADIO- DOCUMENTARY

"INNER WARS- A LOOK AT POPULARITY VS. INSECURITY" - An in-depth look at teen life and the stress factors that influence behavior. The pressure to gain "popularity" is often fololwed by great feelings of insecurity. Hear how man on the street New Yorkers from Harlem to the Upper East side feel about popularity and insecurity...hear Jr. High school views and how those views change to inner city and suburban high schools...hear how drugs and eating disorders play into the situation...and last but not least, how living in a group home effects your feelings in insecurity and your sense of self.