Undismissed Blake McLean

On this episode of Undismissed: “Understanding Blockchain," we bring on Luke Poltorak, Co-Founder of Drem and SCU Blockchai. In this conversation, we attempt to disentangle blockchain from its pop-culture perception, and get to the root of the technology and potential behind this quickly growing phenomenon.

In this episode of Undismissed, college sophomore Jordan Egbejimba joins us to discuss his music. Jordan is a Finance major from Seattle, Washington who also creates and produces his own music. Self-taught in both producing and audio engineering, Jordan walks us through his creative inspiration, balancing music and his career as a college student, and what music means to him. In addition, Matthew Lallas joins the Undismissed crew as head audio engineer of the podcast.

PSA: The audio quality of this episode is mixed as the studio is currently undergoing renovations. We promise the quality will get better with each recurring episode.

In this episode of Undismissed, Faith Hinojosa - a mixed-race teen who is part white, part Hispanic, part Japanese, and part Hawaiian - and I talk about identity development in interracial kids, the importance of looking at all sides of an argument, how types of discrimination vary in different parts of the country, and more.

In this episode of Undismissed, Megan Hanson and I talk about doctors' roles in the opioid epidemic, alternative pain medications to opioids, the benefits of naturopathy, and more.

On the first episode of Undismissed, Bellevue High School's Black Student Union President Alex Ogbue and I talk about the insurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd, performative activism, racism in Sammamish, the importance of voting, and more.