Chirpin' with the Nest - A Student Podcast from the Lenke Family Center for Innovation
Episode 1
In this episode of "Chirpin’ with the Nest" we introduce ourselves and our main initiatives. This episode also features an interview with our co-host Ernesto, who is from Bolivia.
"Chirpin' with the Nest" is a podcast from the Felician University Lenke Family Center for Innovation. It is produced, recorded, and edited by Felician University students and overseen by RadioFelician University station director Matt Blezow.
"Chirpin' with the Nest" is a podcast from the Felician University Lenke Family Center for Innovation. It is produced, recorded, and edited by Felician University students and overseen by RadioFelician University station director Matt Blezow.
Episode Transcript
Jakob: Welcome to Chirpin’ with The Nest! We are your hosts, Jacob...
James: James...
Jamling: Jamling...
Victor: Victor...
Grace: Grace...
Aneisha: Aneisha...
Ernesto: Ernesto.
Jakob: Thank you all for tuning into our first ever episode. We are so excited to announce our first podcast. We are looking forward to the many great conversations to come.
Aneisha: We would like to begin by introducing ourselves, so I will go first. My name is Aneisha Hunt. I’m a sophomore computer science major. And fun fact I am a part of the dance team here at Felician.
Grace: My name is Grace Angulo. I am a freshman here at Felician. My major is History, pre-Law and fun fact I have a twin sister.
Victor: My name is Victor Ascencio. I am a freshman nursing major and a fun fact about me is that I am a full-time babysitter.
Jamling: Sup everyone. My name is Jamling Lama. I’m a freshman here at Felician University. I'm a mathematics major and a fun fact is that I’m on the basketball team.
James: I’m James Alain and I’m a sophomore here at Felician. I do business management here and I play for the soccer team here at Felician.
Jakob: My name is Jakob Alers. I’m a freshman here at Felician. My major is criminal justice and I am on the baseball team here.
Ernesto: Hello everyone. My name is Ernesto Teran. I’m a sophomore here at Felician. I’m majoring in criminal justice and psychology. And a fun fact is that I am half- Cuban.
Aneisha: So, we are a part of an initiative here at Felician University called the Innovation Lab. It is a think tank environment that evaluates, synthesizes, and influences innovative market advancements.
Grace: Our main goal here is to promote creativity in a fun safe environment that is open to everyone. The heads of these operations are run by Joseph Lizza and Louis Ruvolo. We are on the Rutherford campus so feel free to stop by at any time to participate.
Jamling: In Chirping with the Nest, we make possible hard conversations. We talk about topics that people avoid but need to be addressed. In chirping with the Nest, we do not follow the typical boring format of just interviewing someone without conversation. We use an innovative format where guests, professors, and students can have real and meaningful conversations that are not addressed in classrooms.
Ernesto: But one thing is for sure, If Chirping with the Nest does something, we do it with extra class. So we lead these conversations by example through showing respect for all participants’ opinions and encouraging them to freely express themselves.
Victor: You may be asking what is innovation? Innovation is the process or action of creating change. In other words, innovation is to show creativity of new and improved topics. In this podcast, we connect it to innovation. This is something that has not been done at Felician before. This is a place where you can come to hear about topics that might not be discussed in a classroom.
James: To be innovative and show change we want you guys to give us ideas that you want to hear us talk about. Not only do we have a podcast group but we have an Instagram that we also support and urge you to follow. It is @felician_lfcfi. We are just getting started, but as the semester goes on, we will continue to innovate and express our ideas through this podcast. Make sure to tune in every now and then to hear our conversations with each other and with your fellow classmates. Again, we encourage you to interact and talk with us, no matter what opinion you have, and again, Welcome to the Nest!
*Background Music Plays*
Jakob: For our first segment on Chirpin’ with the Nest, we are featuring an interview with our co-host Ernesto., who is from Bolivia.
Ernesto: Hello! What’s up everyone. Ernesto here.
Jakob: So, my first question is what made you chose Felician?
Ernesto: Mhmm... Well, I just wanted to go outside and have an opportunity to have the international student experience. So, when I was in Bolivia, I was improving my English, taking tests, doing the telephone, and so on and so forth. Also, improving my soccer. So, one of my friends told my dad that had a friend here and had an opportunity to come here so I thought it was a great idea to have the international experience so you know I researched a little bit about Felician and I liked the idea. So, I came here.
Jakob: So I heard you say that you were like learning English while you were back in Bolivia. How long would you say it took you to like master English or know most of English?
Ernesto: That’s a good question. In Bolivia, most of the schools the English programs is like really bad. Let's say lazy. My school was not an exception. So, I learn English practically by myself. It took me like two or three years I’ll say. You know, just basic stuff. Listening music, watching Netflix with sub-titles on, listen to YouTube videos. So, it’s possible to learn a language just by yourself.
Jakob: So, what is your favorite part about living in America?
Ernesto: Hhmm. I will say the culture. The values that America has like freedom of speech, freedom of whatever you do. In Bolivia we don’t have that. Also the capital aside uh that comes with it, you are free to do whatever you want with your money and you can invest it however you want. That’s something that really attracts me and part of why I am here too.
Jakob: So, before moving to America, is there anything that you heard about it that has been proven to be true or proven to be false?
Ernesto: Well, people usually say that...seems to mention about the culture. Like you know, the culture here is strong. That’s true. But false, I’ll say that people say that like Americans are stupid or something like that. That’s not true. Overseeing every single part of the world, throughout like you know people will talk about decision. But Americans, no. Obviously, that is just a big misconception of America.
Jakob: After you graduate, do you plan on staying here in America or moving back to Bolovia?
Ernesto: Yea, I think I’m planning on staying here in America because I have way more opportunities to live a proper and a life I would like to live better than Bolivia. In Bolivia, especially with the situation, the government situation and political issues we are having right now, I think I would rather stay here in America and have more opportunities.
Jakob: So, before you said you are a soccer player here at Felician. So, what is the biggest change that you seen from soccer in Boliva to soccer in America?
Ernesto: Well, this is actually something I heard all the way from Bolivia. But I thought it was going to be false because I have some friends that came here before and say that bro it doesn’t not matter. If you are good or bad, you go there and the soccer is fast pace. If you not fast with the ball in your feet, you’re out. And that’s something, at least is true so in Bolivia I’ll say we have more of the name kind of players that just want to play with the ball in their feet and never really time it out. But here, the soccer is just fast. It doesn’t matter if you are really good or bad, you need to be fast and good with the basics. So, I believe that America have a way better system than Bolivia in terms of soccer because of it. But it’s just a different, that’s just the main difference I will say.
James: Aight. Now I got a few questions for you. Aight. So, this may be a question you never got before so I heard of people that come from overseas and stuff they... their stomachs starts to like hurt and stuff after they eat the food here, the food poisoning. You know, have you had any experiences like that?
Ernesto: Yea, a lot of it. *Starts to laugh* I’ll say on a weekly basics. Now I’m kind a more used to it I’ll say,. But two or three weeks ago, I was like bad. Just two or weeks ago and I have been here for like eight months already. So, what I’m doing is just trying to eat more basic like protein, fats, and carbohydrates I ate. I will say probably most of it like vegetables. But if I go and try to eat sugary stuff and desserts or whatever, my body just shuts down. Like go off. And that’s something that didn’t happen in Bolivia and I ate a lot of desserts over there and lot of stuff. I believe that maybe because of industrialized it may have in it.
James: Uh, is there any Bolivian food you want to put us on to?
Ernesto: Oh my god! I would like to put a lot of Bolivian food in here. You would love it. There is one called in my city majadito. I will look for it. I will send a picture to you but it’s really good. If I could do it, I’ll do it and I’ll bring it for you.
James: So, what exactly is that food? What does it have in it and stuff like that? Because I have no idea, I never heard of it before.
Ernesto: Okay, so let me search for it real quick because I don’t know to describe it . It’s like a... it’s rice but like bread in there. You have plantain and you have also eggs. It’s just like a weird combination but when you taste it in your mouth, it’s like delightful. It’s pretty good. And also it’s Cuban food. I’m half Cuban right. So in my food, in my house, I’m sorry, practically almost all the food we eat is Cuban or Bolivian. Like really traditional stuff. It’s pretty good.
James: Alright, bet I will be sure to try it and anybody listening to this podcast please give it a try.
Ernesto: Try it at majadito please. Beautifully.
*Background Music*
Jamling: Thank you for taking the time to listen to this week’s episode of Chirpin’ with the Nest. Don’t forget to check out our Instagram @felician_lfci for updates.
Everyone: We will see you soon. *everyone laughs*
James: James...
Jamling: Jamling...
Victor: Victor...
Grace: Grace...
Aneisha: Aneisha...
Ernesto: Ernesto.
Jakob: Thank you all for tuning into our first ever episode. We are so excited to announce our first podcast. We are looking forward to the many great conversations to come.
Aneisha: We would like to begin by introducing ourselves, so I will go first. My name is Aneisha Hunt. I’m a sophomore computer science major. And fun fact I am a part of the dance team here at Felician.
Grace: My name is Grace Angulo. I am a freshman here at Felician. My major is History, pre-Law and fun fact I have a twin sister.
Victor: My name is Victor Ascencio. I am a freshman nursing major and a fun fact about me is that I am a full-time babysitter.
Jamling: Sup everyone. My name is Jamling Lama. I’m a freshman here at Felician University. I'm a mathematics major and a fun fact is that I’m on the basketball team.
James: I’m James Alain and I’m a sophomore here at Felician. I do business management here and I play for the soccer team here at Felician.
Jakob: My name is Jakob Alers. I’m a freshman here at Felician. My major is criminal justice and I am on the baseball team here.
Ernesto: Hello everyone. My name is Ernesto Teran. I’m a sophomore here at Felician. I’m majoring in criminal justice and psychology. And a fun fact is that I am half- Cuban.
Aneisha: So, we are a part of an initiative here at Felician University called the Innovation Lab. It is a think tank environment that evaluates, synthesizes, and influences innovative market advancements.
Grace: Our main goal here is to promote creativity in a fun safe environment that is open to everyone. The heads of these operations are run by Joseph Lizza and Louis Ruvolo. We are on the Rutherford campus so feel free to stop by at any time to participate.
Jamling: In Chirping with the Nest, we make possible hard conversations. We talk about topics that people avoid but need to be addressed. In chirping with the Nest, we do not follow the typical boring format of just interviewing someone without conversation. We use an innovative format where guests, professors, and students can have real and meaningful conversations that are not addressed in classrooms.
Ernesto: But one thing is for sure, If Chirping with the Nest does something, we do it with extra class. So we lead these conversations by example through showing respect for all participants’ opinions and encouraging them to freely express themselves.
Victor: You may be asking what is innovation? Innovation is the process or action of creating change. In other words, innovation is to show creativity of new and improved topics. In this podcast, we connect it to innovation. This is something that has not been done at Felician before. This is a place where you can come to hear about topics that might not be discussed in a classroom.
James: To be innovative and show change we want you guys to give us ideas that you want to hear us talk about. Not only do we have a podcast group but we have an Instagram that we also support and urge you to follow. It is @felician_lfcfi. We are just getting started, but as the semester goes on, we will continue to innovate and express our ideas through this podcast. Make sure to tune in every now and then to hear our conversations with each other and with your fellow classmates. Again, we encourage you to interact and talk with us, no matter what opinion you have, and again, Welcome to the Nest!
*Background Music Plays*
Jakob: For our first segment on Chirpin’ with the Nest, we are featuring an interview with our co-host Ernesto., who is from Bolivia.
Ernesto: Hello! What’s up everyone. Ernesto here.
Jakob: So, my first question is what made you chose Felician?
Ernesto: Mhmm... Well, I just wanted to go outside and have an opportunity to have the international student experience. So, when I was in Bolivia, I was improving my English, taking tests, doing the telephone, and so on and so forth. Also, improving my soccer. So, one of my friends told my dad that had a friend here and had an opportunity to come here so I thought it was a great idea to have the international experience so you know I researched a little bit about Felician and I liked the idea. So, I came here.
Jakob: So I heard you say that you were like learning English while you were back in Bolivia. How long would you say it took you to like master English or know most of English?
Ernesto: That’s a good question. In Bolivia, most of the schools the English programs is like really bad. Let's say lazy. My school was not an exception. So, I learn English practically by myself. It took me like two or three years I’ll say. You know, just basic stuff. Listening music, watching Netflix with sub-titles on, listen to YouTube videos. So, it’s possible to learn a language just by yourself.
Jakob: So, what is your favorite part about living in America?
Ernesto: Hhmm. I will say the culture. The values that America has like freedom of speech, freedom of whatever you do. In Bolivia we don’t have that. Also the capital aside uh that comes with it, you are free to do whatever you want with your money and you can invest it however you want. That’s something that really attracts me and part of why I am here too.
Jakob: So, before moving to America, is there anything that you heard about it that has been proven to be true or proven to be false?
Ernesto: Well, people usually say that...seems to mention about the culture. Like you know, the culture here is strong. That’s true. But false, I’ll say that people say that like Americans are stupid or something like that. That’s not true. Overseeing every single part of the world, throughout like you know people will talk about decision. But Americans, no. Obviously, that is just a big misconception of America.
Jakob: After you graduate, do you plan on staying here in America or moving back to Bolovia?
Ernesto: Yea, I think I’m planning on staying here in America because I have way more opportunities to live a proper and a life I would like to live better than Bolivia. In Bolivia, especially with the situation, the government situation and political issues we are having right now, I think I would rather stay here in America and have more opportunities.
Jakob: So, before you said you are a soccer player here at Felician. So, what is the biggest change that you seen from soccer in Boliva to soccer in America?
Ernesto: Well, this is actually something I heard all the way from Bolivia. But I thought it was going to be false because I have some friends that came here before and say that bro it doesn’t not matter. If you are good or bad, you go there and the soccer is fast pace. If you not fast with the ball in your feet, you’re out. And that’s something, at least is true so in Bolivia I’ll say we have more of the name kind of players that just want to play with the ball in their feet and never really time it out. But here, the soccer is just fast. It doesn’t matter if you are really good or bad, you need to be fast and good with the basics. So, I believe that America have a way better system than Bolivia in terms of soccer because of it. But it’s just a different, that’s just the main difference I will say.
James: Aight. Now I got a few questions for you. Aight. So, this may be a question you never got before so I heard of people that come from overseas and stuff they... their stomachs starts to like hurt and stuff after they eat the food here, the food poisoning. You know, have you had any experiences like that?
Ernesto: Yea, a lot of it. *Starts to laugh* I’ll say on a weekly basics. Now I’m kind a more used to it I’ll say,. But two or three weeks ago, I was like bad. Just two or weeks ago and I have been here for like eight months already. So, what I’m doing is just trying to eat more basic like protein, fats, and carbohydrates I ate. I will say probably most of it like vegetables. But if I go and try to eat sugary stuff and desserts or whatever, my body just shuts down. Like go off. And that’s something that didn’t happen in Bolivia and I ate a lot of desserts over there and lot of stuff. I believe that maybe because of industrialized it may have in it.
James: Uh, is there any Bolivian food you want to put us on to?
Ernesto: Oh my god! I would like to put a lot of Bolivian food in here. You would love it. There is one called in my city majadito. I will look for it. I will send a picture to you but it’s really good. If I could do it, I’ll do it and I’ll bring it for you.
James: So, what exactly is that food? What does it have in it and stuff like that? Because I have no idea, I never heard of it before.
Ernesto: Okay, so let me search for it real quick because I don’t know to describe it . It’s like a... it’s rice but like bread in there. You have plantain and you have also eggs. It’s just like a weird combination but when you taste it in your mouth, it’s like delightful. It’s pretty good. And also it’s Cuban food. I’m half Cuban right. So in my food, in my house, I’m sorry, practically almost all the food we eat is Cuban or Bolivian. Like really traditional stuff. It’s pretty good.
James: Alright, bet I will be sure to try it and anybody listening to this podcast please give it a try.
Ernesto: Try it at majadito please. Beautifully.
*Background Music*
Jamling: Thank you for taking the time to listen to this week’s episode of Chirpin’ with the Nest. Don’t forget to check out our Instagram @felician_lfci for updates.
Everyone: We will see you soon. *everyone laughs*