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Pittsburgh King After School: Wrestling Podcast, Episode 2

April 23, 2015 – 10:36 am
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After students listened back to their podcast from the week before, Radio Clubbers decided to make a second episode – with even more hot takes and analysis on professional wrestling!

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: In 10 Years

April 22, 2015 – 11:36 am
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Students at Brashear gazed into the future and talked about where they see themselves in 10 years. Some Radio Club members seem to have it all figured out, picturing themselves in a wide range of careers like pilot, software engineer, or professional soccer player.

Pittsburgh King After School: Wrestling Podcast, Episode 1

April 16, 2015 – 12:02 pm
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State testing is tough. With our King Radio Club students worn out from PSSA testing, we asked them what they wanted to talk about. The answer was a resounding “WRESTLING!”

Pittsburgh King After School: Alien Stories

April 9, 2015 – 3:59 pm
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With all the nice weather, we decided to stroll through historic Allegheny Center over to the Children’s Museum and have a studio day. There, King students put on their science fiction hat and wrote stories containing aliens.

Brashear After School: When I Get Home & Stress

March 25, 2015 – 10:39 am
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Since students were gearing up for spring break, they decided to discuss what they do when school is over and they get home. Some Radio Club members helped their younger siblings with homework, hung out with friends, or immediately got something to eat.

Pittsburgh King After School: Super Power

March 19, 2015 – 10:55 am
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If you had to pick one super power, what would you choose? We asked students at Pittsburgh King the same question and got some really off the board answers. Our Radio Club members aren’t interested in standard powers like flying or invisibility, but would rather have control over lava or be able to melt faces.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Overrated/Underrated & Discussion of Drugs in School

March 18, 2015 – 4:36 pm
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We asked Radio Club members in our first two blocks what they thought was overrated. The topic and subject were up to them. As you might imagine, there was a great variety of responses – everything thing from Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to blue jeans.

Pittsburgh King After School: Interviewing

March 12, 2015 – 3:48 pm
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Students at Pittsburgh King got the chance to interview each other and learn some basic examination techniques. Afterwards we played the Who Am I? game, where students try to figure out which famous person they are by asking their fellow classmates questions.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Language Week, Advice For Freshmen, & Reading

March 11, 2015 – 4:47 pm
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Some great dialogue at Brashear last week! Each of our three blocks chose their own topic for discussion.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Who was John A. Brashear?

March 4, 2015 – 2:58 pm
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Students knew that Brashear’s namesake was John A. Brashear but they didn’t know much else about the astronomer, inventor, and Western Pennsylvania native.