Distanced: By The Covideo Project The Covideo Project

Anupam Chettimada and Ayush Malhotra join us in discussing a mental health app called @talkhappi which was developed by Ayush with the help of some computer engineering students from the University of Waterloo. The app is currently performing very well is looking to branch out into bigger communities. Talk Happi won a $10,000 scholarship at the Canada Wide Science And Engineering Fair and it is essentially an app to provide counseling online for your mental health. Seeing that youth all over the world are struggling due to the impact of COVID 19 on their academic and social lives, they wanted to reach out to these youth and offer a new perspective. Here is the link! https://cont.st/rcDag_eBUuOOl?g=1

How have sports been affected and how will they change forever following the pandemic? What are some other societal changes that will occur because of this? Jeff Eisenband provides some inside information and great discourse around these prompts. Jeff graduated from Northwestern University in 2015 and has gone on to become an active member of the sports media industry. He currently hosts the Hall of Trivia on HQ Trivia. Working for MSG networks, he covers the NHL, NBA, and NFL. He also works as a play-by-play broadcaster for PGA Tour live and covers the NBA 2K league and other E-sports. Obviously, the sports world has been impacted intensely by Covid, and Jeff is here to talk with us about it!

Iván Andarza, Zainab Pate, and Elson Bankoff are joined by Elsa Dormon (Budapest), Destiny Bigcrow (Pine Ridge Reservation, SD), Zoe Verma (Potoma, MD), and Elaine Wen (Ontario) to recap some of the most notable events of 2020 form a global youth perspective. Life hack: This episode is long, so listen on a faster speed! 

*DISCLAIMER* This episode is not directly related to the pandemic but has its implications and as always, is your youth perspective on the news! Wow! Eventful week for Americans and people around the globe. Listen as American hosts Iván, Elson, and Zainab, as well as Hungarian guest Klári Rábai unpack the storming of the US Capitol and President Trump's actions along with their consequences regarding the structure of democracy. 

Iván, Elson, and Zainab have a really cool AND INFORMATIVE conversation about the vaccines that are being distributed or are about to be released. We break down the facts and then discuss the implications. Great listen. 

With Wendy Wang, and cohost Zainab Pate, we are taught about the origins and intent behind Wendy's amazing project, 'Together we Art', which provides a space for creative unity and artistic opportunity. Check them out and go submit to @togetherwe.art !