Morning Breeze: Recent Episodes
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"Morning Breeze" is the podcast of JMU's award-winning publication, The Breeze. Every week, we discuss the cover story with the reporter who wrote it. Here's the place to get the hard-hitting parts of our most interesting stories right from the source.
Editor-in-Chief Jake Conley talks with Breeze sports editors Savannah Reger and Madison Hricik about what to look for in the post-World Series JMU's softball team that starts play Friday.
Audio recording by Jacob Carter. Audio editing by Clark Moeller.
Editor-in-Chief Jake Conley talks with Breeze sports editors Savannah Reger and Madison Hricik about what happens when JMU's athletes break the law — a particularly relevant topic after the arrest of redshirt sophomore running back Latrele Palmer early Saturday morning.
Audio recording by Jacob Carter. Audio editing by Clark Moeller.
Editor-in-chief Jake Conley and news editors Kamryn Koch and Ashlyn Campbell discuss JMU vaccine rates, case numbers and the Governor's executive directive.
Editor-in-chief of The Breeze Jake Conley talks with sports editors Savannah Reger and Madison Hricik about JMU men's basketball’s win over U. Va. and what the win means for the team.
Audio editing by Clark Moeller.
Editor-in-Chief of The Breeze Jake Conley talks with Breeze investigative reporters McKinley Mihailoff and Mike Staley about the ramifications of the national labor shortage in Harrisonburg. A three-part series in this week's print edition of The Breeze looks at the university's struggles, the impact on local businesses and the weight on the local medical community.
Audio editing by Clark Moeller.
Editor-in-chief Jake Conley talks with Breeze news reporter McKinley Mihailoff about the stress local teachers are currently experiences in the face of a shortage and the efforts of JMU students to fill in those gaps.
Editor-in-Chief Jake Conley talks with opinion editor Jacob Carter about an editorial written by Breeze columnist Mia Hazeldine-Ross diving into the landscape of redistricting in Virginia and what the effects of a gerrymandered result could be.
The Breeze's Editor-in-Chief Jake Conley talks with sports editors Savannah Reger and Madison Hricik about both the family lineage that runs through JMU football, and the Dukes' upcoming match against Villanova.
Audio editing by Clark Moeller.
Editor-in-chief of The Breeze Jake Conley talks with Breeze culture editor Charlotte Matherly and local translator Nasser Alsaadun about the work of local volunteer translators who assisted Harrisonburg in getting COVID-19 information translated en mass for the city's non-native English-speaking population.
Audio editing by Clark Moeller.
Editor-in-chief Jake Conley talks with culture reporter Kylee Toland about what happened to the quad cats, where they are now and what’s next.
Editor-in-Chief Jake Conley talks with news editor Kamryn Koch about the dismissal of his petition against JMU, and what that means.
In today's special, editor-in-chief Jake Conley talks to several members of the JMU community about their experiences on Sept. 11, 2001. In order: Mary Larsen, Sarah Ward, Tonya Amarino, Danielle Stephan, Carol Benassi, Adam Mattox, Jessica Bramhall and Erin Meier.
Editor-in-chief Jake Conley talks with Sports Editors Savannah Reger and Madison Hricik about JMU Football’s return to a packed Bridgeforth: what it means, and what to look for in this season.
Editor-in-chief Jake Conley talks with Madison Business Review Editor Filip De Mott about the recent fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban following the American drawdown — both the economic fallout and the accompanying humanitarian crisis.
In this special episode, Breeze news editors Kamryn Koch and Ashlyn Campbell interview editor-in-chief Jake Conley about the writ of mandamus filed against JMU by Conley on behalf of The Breeze.
Breeze news editor Kamryn Koch talks about what The Breeze has heard from Muslim students at JMU who say the university doesn't do enough to accommodate students who may be participating in Ramadan during the school year. Dining halls aren't open early or late enough, they say, and finals while fasting are an unfair feat to ask of Muslim students.
Jake Conley, editor-in-chief of The Breeze, interviews Kamryn about the story Breeze news reporter Sarah Eccleston reported out, looking at what Muslim students are saying, what the situation is like and what the university is saying in return.
Breeze culture editor Charlotte Matherly talks about what a day in the life of JMU nursing students looks like as they train to be health professionals amid a raging pandemic — which has had no small effect on their education.
Jake Conley, editor-in-chief of The Breeze, interviews Charlotte about the story Breeze culture reporter Christina Butchko reported out, looking at what's changed, what's remained the same and how JMU's nursing students are handling it all.
Breeze news reporter Sarah Eccleston talks about the ticketing system JMU's put in place for graduation attendance, and how some students are having to make hard choices because of it.
Jake Conley, editor-in-chief of The Breeze, interviews Sarah about how JMU's ticketing system is supposed to work and where its downsides are being exposed. Sarah talked with several seniors and relays their experiences.
The Breeze's Kailey Cheng talks about this week's cover story: a special section dedicated entirely to the lack of diversity at JMU.
Jake Conley, the editor-in-chief of The Breeze, interviews Kailey about her two-year-long process of writing, researching and interviewing for these nine stories. Kailey talked to and shares the experience of JMU's minority communities on campus and what life at JMU has been like for them.
The series:https://www.breezejmu.org/voices/