Molly Josephs

Molly Josephs is a project-based educator who, with an inspiring team of teenagers, founded and runs the youth dialogue and podcasting program which creates the podcast This Teenage Life found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else podcasts are heard. This Teenage Life episodes feature personally meaningful topics that are particularly resonant with teens, preteens, parents, and educators. 

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Facing Reality & Themselves

Posted by Molly Josephs on October 27, 2020

After the school day, I work with a group of teens to engage in dialogue and make a podcast called This Teenage Life, found on podcast apps such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We meet virtually twice per week to talk about issues the teens care about, such as when they began seeing their parents as human beings, love in high school, queerness, and the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement. We record these conversations, edit them, compose music and web art, and create podcast episodes with conversation and activity guides for teachers and students who might want to engage in similar conversations. Throughout the pandemic, This Teenage Life has been a social and creative lifeline for us.

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