INSIDE STORIES: THE PODCAST
Ages 16-29
Spring 2022, Online
In this workshop, student fellows will practice their skills as producers, editors, musicians, and graphic designers to create a polished podcast, complete with promotional materials. The multi-episode series will feature personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated collected in prior workshops, and will share publicly this important and too often hidden aspect of the American experience. Many of these accounts are available on video and in mp3s on the BYFA website (find them here). The podcasting workshop will shape and frame this source material, and the finished series will increase the project’s exposure when published via iTunes and Spotify. Fellows will study successful podcasts from Radiolab, Storycorps, and elsewhere, even as they find their own style and create their own original programming. They’ll work in partnership with story contributors on the series, and their work will be shared on the noted public platforms, at a public exhibition, and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Lukas MacKinney is an aspiring filmmaker and musician. They enjoy all aspects of the movies, but especially scoring films and working as a teaching assistant. They hope to continue sharing cinema as a means of joy, education, and representation.
Greg Carpenter has worked in reentry for twenty years. He is a 2015 Open Society Institute Fellow (OSI) and owner of the 2 AM Bakery, which houses his program Eye Can B-More. Eye Can B-More offers returning citizens work experience, job training, and a range of support services. He also co-chairs the Greater Baltimore City Grassroots Network, which is comprised of more than forty service providers and advocacy groups that assist the formerly incarcerated.
Stan Saunders is a retired broadcaster for WJZ-TV Baltimore. He mentors youth in the Baltimore City Public Schools through his nonprofit program, Baltimore Area Sports and Entertainment (B.A.S.E.). He also creates community-impact documentaries, leveraging his more than thirty years telling Baltimore stories.
Chuofan Yu is an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University studying molecular and cellular biology with a personal interest in visual arts. He is a program assistant for Baltimore Youth Film Arts.
