A special weekly podcast from The Queen's Journal, each episode will feature a guest from the Queen's community and read a Postscript from the Journal archives. Each episode will cover a unique aspect of the student experience, ranging from navigating first year at Queen's to learning how to pole dance.
5. Discovering My Limits at the New York City Marathon
"Turning the corner onto Lafayette Avenue, I looked at my arm.
It was covered in goosebumps for the sixth time in the last 50 minutes. I’d been counting. Two hours later, the pain had set in and I was incapable of thinking anything so small. At that moment, there were 26.2 miles of the New York Marathon behind and I was crossing the finish line in Central Park.
It was a long time coming—eight months and three hours to be exact—of turning pain into more pain."
This week, Kevin Bailie, former Queen's men's hockey goaltender, reads Managing Editor Matt Scace's "Discovering My Limits at the New York City Marathon (https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2018-11-08/postscript/discovering-my-limits-at-the-new-york-city-marathon/)," published on Nov. 9, 2018.
Host: Claudia Rupnik (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/claudia-rupnik/)
Producer: Francesca Lim (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/francesca-lim/)
Executive Producers: Raechel Huizinga (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/raechel-huizinga/) & Matt Scace (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/matt-scace/)
3 Nov 2020
4. Mental Health Matters Every Day Of the Year
"I had the game of my life, scoring two tries to secure our ticket to nationals. When the final whistle blew, the score read 20-10 for Queen’s. Everyone was cheering and crying and bursting with excitement.
But I felt nothing.
In a moment where I would normally be overflowing with emotion — and embarrassingly drowning in a puddle of happy tears — I was numb. This is the most frustrating part about living with a mood disorder like depression."
This week, Dan Valley, head coach of Queen's women's rugby, reads "Mental health matters every day of the year (https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2018-02-02/sports/mental-health-matters-every-day-of-the-year/)," written by former Queen's women's rugby player, Nadia Popov. After reading Popov's story, Valley sits down with The Journal's Claudia Rupnik to talk about his time coaching Popov, as well as mental health in the sphere of athletics—and specifically how it's played out during COVID-19.
Host: Claudia Rupnik (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/claudia-rupnik/)
Producer: Francesca Lim (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/francesca-lim/)
Executive Producers: Raechel Huizinga (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/raechel-huizinga/) & Matt Scace (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/matt-scace/)
Music: July for the Whole Year - Devon Cole (https://open.spotify.com/track/6nV4XbMDvLFRLvaIYhs4mq?si=-CinjnuqSFefBBE5V7POkw)
18 Oct 2020
3. Entering the Lion’s Den of Residential Kingston
"Getting too comfortable in your environment is a sin. After a run-in with a local Kingston resident, I realized that’s for good reason.
After three years in Kingston, I’ll admit my cockiness has the tendency to get the better of me. I tend to forget I live in a real town and not a student jungle gym. My most recent wake-up call involved a pylon, a Fiat, and an angry, elderly Kingstonian."
This week, Evelyn Poole (she/her), 4th year LifeSci student, former ArtSci orientation week coordinator and former leader at Get REAL Queen’s, reads "Entering the Lion’s Den of residential Kingston (https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-01-17/postscript/entering-the-lions-den-of-residential-kingston/)," a postscript from January, 2019, by Jamie Urbanek.
Host: Claudia Rupnik (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/claudia-rupnik/)
Producer: Francesca Lim (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/francesca-lim/)
Executive Producers: Raechel Huizinga (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/raechel-huizinga/) & Matt Scace (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/matt-scace/)
Music: "July for the Whole Year" - Devon Cole (https://open.spotify.com/track/6nV4XbMDvLFRLvaIYhs4mq?si=-CinjnuqSFefBBE5V7POkw)
5 Oct 2020
2. Navigating My Long-Distance Relationship With My Brother
"I was devastated when my brother left for school. After moving him into his residence, I said goodbye and drove back to Canada with my parents. I was alone in the backseat of the car for the first time in my life.
Despite being surrounded by my closest friends and family at home, there wasn’t a single person who could fill the gap he left in my daily life when he moved away. I felt abandoned, and I was lonely in a way I’d never experienced before."
This week, Carolyn Smart, author and professor in creative writing at Queen's, reads "Navigating my long-distance relationship with my brother (https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-09-27/postscript/navigating-my-long-distance-relationship-with-my-brother/)," a postscript by The Journal's News Editor, Claudia Rupnik.
Host: Claudia Rupnik (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/claudia-rupnik/)
Producer: Francesca Lim (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/francesca-lim/)
Executive Producers: Raechel Huizinga (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/raechel-huizinga/) & Matt Scace (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/matt-scace/)
20 Sept 2020
1. Overcoming Inadequate Feelings as a First-Year Student
"One month into my first year at Queen’s, I wanted to drop out and go home.
There wasn’t anything wrong with Queen’s. In fact, it was the opposite: there was something wrong with me—or so I told myself. Early in the year, I decided that I was wholly inadequate and unqualified to be a Queen’s student, that I was a simpleton destined to toil away in mediocrity for the rest of my life, and that I would never thrive at this university because everyone else was better than me."
In the first episode of How To Be a Student, AMS President Jared Den Otter reads former Journal Assistant News Editor Luca Danetta's postscript, "Overcoming inadequate feelings as a first-year student." (https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-07-29/postscript/overcoming-inadequate-feelings-as-a-first-year-student/)
Host: Claudia Rupnik (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/claudia-rupnik/)
Producer: Lauren Thomas (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/lauren-thomas/)
Executive Producers: Raechel Huizinga (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/raechel-huizinga/) & Matt Scace (https://www.queensjournal.ca/author/matt-scace/)
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