About Insighted: Spotlighting Teen Self-Starters of Tomorrow
Host Hayley Strahs is a self-proclaimed productivity butterfly. Last year, she broke free from her messy and frazzled past and finally got her life in order: transforming her room from a biohazard into a safe haven, cutting her homework time in half, and even more. With all of her newfound knowledge, Hayley is ecstatic to help any current students who also struggle with motivation, scheduling, and balancing their school and personal lives.
Hayley (she/her) is a current high school student in the Bay Area. Outside of podcasting, Hayley enjoys writing, performing, and art.
Episode 13 - Updates and Hypocrisy Intermixed with Advice
Hello, all. I'm back! As someone with a productivity podcast, I'm pretty hypocritical for neglecting my podcast for this long. Sorry about that. I figured that for my last semester of high school, I'd try to upload more consistently. Come along with me for the ride!
13 May 2025
Episode 12 - DON'T Waste Your Summer!
Sites like Tik Tok, YouTube, and R*ddit often provide a monolith for the "right way" to spend Summer. But are expensive precollege programs and fancy research papers really worth your time? In this episode, I give my two cents on how to maximize Summer without sacrificing the "break" aspect of it.
This is the second of many Insighted episodes centered around productivity for high school and college students, with a special emphasis on crafting your own unique system for success. More than anything, I want to host the podcast that I wish I could have listened to when I was at my lowest. I encourage you to stick along for the ride, whether you've been here since the beginning or not. Cheers to a new chapter of Insighted!
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Check out Romeo Venezia, who composed and recorded the theme music for this podcast
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29 Apr 2025
Episode 11 - Why I Hate the Term “Passion Project”: How To Pursue What Makes You Truly Happy
I first started Insighted to spotlight fellow teenagers and their "passion projects." While I am grateful that everyone I interviewed truly cares about their endeavors, I cannot say the same for everyone with a "passion project." In this episode, I unpack why I HATE the phrase "passion project" and how to instead pursue your interests in a genuine way, similar to the term's original definition.
This is the first of many Insighted episodes centered around productivity for high school and college students, with a special emphasis on crafting your own unique system for success. More than anything, I want to host the podcast that I wish I could have listened to when I was at my lowest. I encourage you to stick along for the ride, whether you've been here since the beginning or not. Cheers to a new chapter of Insighted!
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Check out Romeo Venezia, who composed and recorded the theme music for this podcast
https://www.instagram.com/romeoh_venezi/ (https://www.instagram.com/romeoh_venezi/)
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15 Apr 2025
Episode 10 - Insighted's ACTUAL Future
Nine months ago, I released an episode about what I thought the future of Insighted would look like. Obviously, given my lack of podcast-related activity in the past year, that didn't work out. Now, I finally know the direction with which I permanently want to take Insighted.
From now on, Insighted will be all about productivity for high school and college students, with a special emphasis on crafting your own unique system for success. More than anything, I want to host the podcast that I wish I could have listened to when I was at my lowest. I encourage you to stick along for the ride, whether you've been here since the beginning or not. Cheers to a new chapter of Insighted!
Follow Insighted on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Threads, all at @insightedpodcast
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Check out Romeo Venezia, who composed and recorded the theme music for this podcast
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https://romeoh.carrd.co/ (https://romeoh.carrd.co/)
30 Jul 2024
Episode 9 - Insighted's Future
Long time no see! For this episode, I decided to switch things up and interview myself about why I started Insighted, why I stopped uploading, and why I made the difficult decision to shift Insighted's focus to writing instead of general "passion projects"... but wait! Whether you're planning to major in English or Computer Science, writing is a necessary skill vital to any career path. I implore you to stick around and keep listening every other Tuesday, no matter your future plans.
Episodes will continue to come out every other Tuesday :)
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16 Apr 2024
Grayson Dyer - 408 Auto Detail
Welcome to the eighth episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I interviewed Grayson Dyer, a current high school junior and co-founder of 408 Auto Detail. Grayson has lots of experience and insight regarding starting, advertising, and running a business.
Check out Grayson Dyer and 408 Auto Detail at @408autodetail on Instagram and at 408autodetail.com
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2 Apr 2024
Episode 7 - Romeo Venezia
Welcome to the seventh episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I interviewed Romeo Venezia, an extremely talented high school senior who released his first EP, Ballad of Forms when he was 16. From jazz, to rock, to choral music, Romeo is the high school musician to end all high school musicians. In the fall, Romeo will attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.
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19 Mar 2024
Katie Nelson - Katie's Cakes and Confections Co.
Welcome to the sixth episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I interviewed Katie Nelson, a high school junior with her very own baking business, specializing in cakes. Katie started Katies Cakes and Confections Co. two years ago
Check out Katie on Instagram at @katiescakes_co._2022 and check out her website at katie06nelson.wixsite.com/my-site
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5 Mar 2024
Tanishka Padhye - Virtually Verbal
After a hectic few months, I am so happy to announce that Insighted is BACK! And who better to kick off a new era of Insighted than Tanishka Padhye, co-founder of Virtually Verbal. Virtually Verbal is a free language learning platform that helps hundreds of students across the world in learning English, Spanish, German, French, and Hindi.
Check out Virtually Verbal at virtuallyverbal.com and on Instagram, under @virtuallyverbal
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17 Oct 2023
Kyle Santoro - LC2 Productions
This episode contains discussion of fentanyl overdoses.
Welcome to the fourth episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I’m talking to Kyle Santoro, current high school senior and founder of LC2 Productions as well as Red Curb 3. Kyle is an avid filmmaker, with projects ranging from high school football hype videos to a full documentary called Fentanyl High, talking about the current fentanyl crisis, to working with the local county office to make an e-bike Safety PSA, to various other projects, all within roughly two years.
Check out LC2 Productions at lc2productions.com and on Instagram at @lc2productions and Kyle's Instagram, under @kyleasantoro
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3 Oct 2023
Ryan Lin - CENG
Welcome to the third episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I’m talking to Ryan Lin, a current high school student who is the senior Vice President of Curriculum at Computer Engineers of the Next Generation (CENG). CENG is a nonprofit organization that offers free coding classes for children in underrepresented communities. Through CENG, Ryan has taught many different classes in various coding languages, as well as helping put together CENG’s annual hackathon.
Check out CENG at cengclass.org and Ryan's Instagram, under @rye.ane
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19 Sept 2023
Sonya Fedulov, Sophia Fenchel, Gunnar Ivarsson - Stunnar Magazine
Welcome to the second episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I wanted to interview Sophia, Gunnar, and Sonya about their fashion magazine, Stunnar, which works in conjunction with Sonya’s photo company, Revival. Together, they have released 2 issues online and the 3rd and 4th issues are both in the works.
Check out Stunnar and Revival at revivalprj.com and on Instagram, under @stunnarmagazine and @revivalprj
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5 Sept 2023
Episode 1 - Ishaan Allen
Welcome to the first ever episode of Insighted! In today’s episode, I wanted to interview Ishaan Allen about his YouTube channel. In each video, Ishaan combines his talents in filmmaking and music to produce high-quality covers of popular songs featuring a wide range of instruments. On the film side of things, in June 2022, Ishaan posted an hour-long movie which he wrote, shot, and directed himself.
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