BlackBox: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to BlackBox! This is a podcast that facilitates discussion among a diversity of Black students at Northwestern University regarding a wide variety of topics.

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On episode 3, Freddie, Aaron and Alisa give their take on the best dorms on campus (2:07), the worst dorms on campus (32:10) and their experiences living off campus (44:55). Alisa opens up about her trauma from living in West Fairchild (9:30), and her stance on RAs (51:03). 

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On Episode 2, Brittany, Frederick, and Aaron talk about their experiences with undergrad party culture (1:20), the time Brittany carried her friend all the way from Burger King to the fourth floor of Bobb (19:32),  their biggest irrational fears (22:50),  the time Aaron blacked out (29:00), and how hard is too hard to go on Dillo (37:46).

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Welcome back! To start off the second season of BlackBox, hosts Brittany Henry and Ruth Teklu dive deep into Hot Nerd Fall (3:38) to celebrate their first last day of college (12:09), name their Top Three Megan Thee Stallion songs (26:37), and banter about Ruth's love for talk shows (32:56).

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For our fifth episode, we talk to special guests Brian Bullock, Jesse Meyler and Jordan Thompson on their experiences as Black athletes at Northwestern with our hosts: Aaron Lewis, Brittany Henry and Ruth Teklu

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For our fourth episode, we recap on a run-in we had recording our second episode and talk about our experiences with white people with our core four hosts: Aaron Lewis, Alisa Nazaire, Brittany Henry and Ruth Teklu.

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For our third episode we talk about our experience with adjusting to college life with our key contributors: Ruth Teklu, Alisa Nazaire, and Aaron Lewis. In this episode, our guest speaker Afnan Elsheikh joins us!

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For our second episode we talk about problematic celebrities with our key contributors: Ruth Teklu, Alisa Nazaire, and Brittany Henry.

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For our first episode we talk about shooting your shot with our key contributors: Ruth Teklu, Aaron Lewis, Alisa Nazaire, and Brittany Henry