Daniels Radio logo design by Mark Bennett.

The Daniels Faculty's students are known for their command of visual and architectural design, but now some of them are entering new territory: audio. A group of undergraduates and professors has released the first episode of Daniels Radio, a podcast about the student experience at the Faculty.

The inaugural episode is embedded below, and can also be downloaded right here.

The podcast's production is being organized by two faculty members, assistant professor Peter Sealy and assistant professor Jay Pooley. But they don't appear on the podcast itself: all of talking, editing, music, and art direction is being handled by Daniels students. (Faculty members may make contributions to future episodes, but the project will continue to be student-focused.) "We're not speaking for the school, but allowing the school to speak," Pooley says.

The first episode, titled "Black Lives Matter," focuses on the Black experience, both within the Daniels Faculty and in the broader world.

The episode is split into two segments. The first is a conversation between Renée Powell-Hines, Elvin Kaunda, and Doryne Nduka, three Black undergraduate students. The second part of the episode is a conversation between Guershom Kitsa, an African-Canadian student who also serves as the episode's host and editor, and Foli, a Chinese-Canadian student who was one of the episode's musical directors.

"Something that came up constantly throughout Black Lives Matter was a lot of people asking: 'Hey, how can we be allies?' And that’s a very important question to ask, because that’s also a question I needed to ask," Kitsa says. "Allyship is listening."

The podcast will continue to be produced on an irregular basis, by Pooley, Sealy, and a rotating crew of student contributors. The next episode will be about the experiences of women in design fields.

Episode 1: Black Lives Matter

Featuring:
Guershom Kitsa, host and editor
Renée Powell-Hines, segment writer
Elvin Kaunda, segment writer
Doryne Nduka, segment writer
Foli, co-musical director
Mark Bennett, art director and co-musical director

Click here to download a full transcript.