This year's Christmas Special trumps even last year's Christmas Special. It's a compilation of about tradition and Christmas stories. Tune in to get into the holiday spirit!

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Season 2, Episode 12: Christmas Special

Even though this week we struggled with an audio glitch, it's still worth a listen since a spooky month calls for spooky stories and fun memories. Listen in to our group's candy favorites, past and present costumes, along with our favorite halloween memories. It's time to get our spook on. Happy Halloween!

Season 2, Episode 8: Halloween Special

Today you'll hear a few supernatural stories from our podcast crew. They go into in depth detail about each creature and their origins. We hope these stories give you a fright, for you may not sleep tonight.

The Supernatural

This week we bring you a special episode, an episode we hope you find inspirational. We welcomed Anaheim’s own Poet Laureate, Grant Hier, into our studio. We learned about him through our own Anaheim Union district librarian, Mrs. Regina Powers, who also joins us this week. Mr. Hier shares his background, writing philosophies, and future plans for budding artists. Mrs. Powers presents her plans for a district-wide creative writing magazine for students. It’s an episode you don’t want to miss!

Season 2, Episode 6: Grant Hier, Anaheim's Poet Laureate

The podcast club loves October, and they ring in the month with a discussion of the Day of the Dead, a tradition celebrated in the Hispanic culture. The kids give an in-depth overview of the holiday and a brief overview of its comparisons to the American holiday of Halloween. Keep listening to the end when they cover folklore and ghost stories. You don’t want to miss this one.

Season 2, Episode 5: Dia de los Muertos

October is the month of spirits, wandering souls, the Day of the Dead, and superstitions. Take a listen to this week’s episode wherein our podcast club talks about Witchcraft -- a perfect topic to start the month. They discuss the definition of witchcraft, the Salem Witch Trials, and much, much more. Make sure to listen in with an open mind and open heart, for not all witches are as bad as made out to be.  

Season 2, Episode 4: Witchcraft

Ever wondered about school newspaper or video news? Then you’re listening to the right episode. Hear from our very own Copy Editor and Editor in Chief of The Shamrock Newspaper. They discuss the generation of ideas, journalism and free press, their favorite columns, the hard work that goes into our bi-weekly Shamrock News video, and the class potlucks they both love. Thank you, Faith and Mel, for sharing your stories.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Shamrock News

For our second episode of the season, we invited our new principal and assistant principal into the studio for a meet-and-greet. We promise you will enjoy getting to know their personalities, their educational philosophies, and details about their family -- including pets. After listening, be sure to take us up on this week’s challenge. 

Season 2, Episode 2: Meet the New Voices of Kennedy

Welcome to Season 2 of the KennedyStrong Podcast. The podcast club launches the new season with an introduction to upcoming episodes and themes, requests for new episode ideas and participants, additional opportunities to engage with the podcast club, and small talk with members new and old. Be sure to listen until the very end when their discussions take a one-minute detour towards thoughts on witchcraft. We look forward to bringing you another fun season of what makes Kennedy strong!

Season 2, Episode 1: Welcome Back

This is the final episode of season 1 of the KennedyStrong Podcast. We would like to thank all students who played a role in making this season a big success. Enjoy your summer and see you next year!  

Episode 61: Bloopers

We have two special guests in the studio today, and you’re in for a special treat. One of our Shamrock newspaper staff and our own school psychologist join one of our club members to discuss mental health challenges and supports. This episode is both personal and insightful. It’s one you won’t want to miss. 

Episode 60: Mental Health Retouched

Two Kennedy sophomores are in the studio this afternoon to discuss movie remakes. They delve into Poltergeist, IT, the Halloween franchise, Carrie, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and more. If you like movies, horror films specifically, this is your episode. Maybe you’ll even get as worked up as they do!

Episode 59: Movie Remake Reviews

Ivy, Nadia, and Ceci are here today to talk about sea life and the environment, specifically how the Aquarium of the Pacific helps with saving sea life and how it contributes to make the environment better. They have looked to see how it ties to Kennedy. It’s a great episode about recycling. Enjoy!

Episode 58: Aquarium and Recycling

Welcome to the Kennedy Strong Podcast.  We have three sophomore students from Kennedy discussing the inaccurate depiction of teens in film and tv. They discuss Means Girls, High School Musical, Boy Meets World, and many more. It’s an interesting discussion about generational issues that you won’t want to miss.

Episode 57: Inaccurate Teen Depictions

Most people today live lives that aren’t their own. They mostly follow the same basic pattern: going through school until college, finding a spouse, baring children, and ultimately having their children start back on square one. Is there anyway you think we could stop this tedious existential realism we call “life”? Of course, all you have to do is listen to today’s podcast. Because on today’s podcast Khalil, Konrad, and Jorge are going to inform us on the various other opportunities after school outside of college. 

Episode 56: Alternatives to College

Our mission is to focus on the good in our school and community to spread awareness, kindness, and the strength of students. The KennedyStrong Podcast is “All student. All the time.”