Do you remember the magic that the neighborhood streets carried? The color that life had when you were younger, and the simple joys that every day would bring? Join Preston Williams as he looks at his own neighborhood streets, telling all sorts of stories from his life thus far, showing that hope and color doesn't just belong to the neighborhood streets – you just need to know where to look for it in your everyday life.
S2E2 - Why You (Probably) Suck at Money, and How to Not Suck at Money
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Personal Finance is one of the most difficult things that we all have to manage, and most of us are really bad at it. With debt available to us almost instantaneously, a belief that restaurants can be a regular expense and not an exception, and a complete disregard on saving for the future, us as Americans have gotten really bad at managing our own money. But not all hope is lost. What can we do to turn things around and make a difference in our finances? This and more are covered in today's episode of Welcome to the Neighborhood Streets. Listen on to find out just how much I spent on fast food last month (It's kinda crazy...)
7 Mar 2024
S2E1 - The Ethics of My Marketing
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Did you know that I use Handwriting machines at my job every single day? Or that Wendy's is introducing surge pricing, that changes the cost of their menu items based on the time of day? Did you know that Twenty One Pilots released new music?
All of this and more is covered in the Season 2 premiere episode of "Welcome to the Neighborhood Streets," where I talk about the work that I do on a daily basis and think about the ethics of the marketing that I'm a part of at my job. Hopefully my employer doesn't mind me talking about this lol...
2 Feb 2023
Ep. 8 - Overcommitments
Hello everyone, it's such a pleasure to get to speak with you all again! In this episode I just talk about the show, where it's at, and what I want it to be in the future. Spoilers: I can't promise weekly posts until I finish school in May, but I'll be posting more frequently from this point on. You have my word.
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24 Oct 2022
Ep. 7 - The JUUL Room
Welcome to the Neighborhood Streets is back and better than ever! Join me as I talk about my "War on JUUL" when I was a Senior in high school, and how sometimes the biggest difference we can make is by simply caring for those around us. (An alternative description would be "sorry for not posting for 5 months, let's talk about e-cigarettes for half-an-hour to make up for it")
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9 May 2022
Ep. 6 - Having the Freedom To Be
In this episode, things get a bit more emotionally personal as I talk about my journey through social anxiety and how I learned to accept the true value that I have. My hope is that this episode would be encouraging to those who have also had issues with social anxiety or accepting themselves, because if I'm able to move forward in strength from this, then I know that you can too. And don't worry – even though this episode is a touch more serious, it's still got the little quirks and corny jokes that makes the Neighborhood Streets the show that it is.
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26 Apr 2022
Ep. 5 - Get Rich Quick, Kid!
It's time for the stories of the neighborhood hussles!! As a kid, you can't get jobs because of something called labor laws I guess? Weird. But thankfully, no laws could stop me and my neighborhood friends from getting on the grind in order to make some quick cash for the frequent mall trips we would make while our parents ran errands. I'm talking snow shoveling, raking leaves, trying to get famous on Vine – the standard stuff. These trips to the mall would always be about hitting up specific shops, and I remember that there was an NES controller snapback in Hot Topic. My 12-year-old self was DETERMINED to get that snapback. The question is: Will we come up with an idea to make the money for it?
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18 Apr 2022
Ep. 4 - Star of Stars
Okay, this show is about finding color in the grey areas, but I have to share this story sooner than later. My senior prom was an emotional euphoria of sorts, because everything in my school life was practically perfect at the time. I had gotten two free trips (which were basically vacations) with a school club, I was about to graduate high school, and I was going to prom just three days after the second free vacation with the best person I could've ever gone with. Join me as I recount my night spent with the Star of Stars, and learn about how prom can be all fun without the stress. Trust me, prom is a night made to be fun, so let's make the night fun again without all of the stress and worry.
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11 Apr 2022
Ep. 3 - The Perfect Speech
Over my short life, I've come to learn that I am a perfectionist, for better or (more frequently) for worse. For the most part, this has just caused me to work on stuff more last minute and be a lot more critical of what quality I'm okay with submitting for assignments or projects. However, this perfectionist mindset can sometimes cause... issues. Like, staying-up-until-9am-to-submit-a-speech-I-started-at-midnight issues. Join me as I recount one of the most difficult experiences I've ever had as a public speaker, all because I was being my own worst enemy (having to wear a full three-piece suit for most of the night on 0 hours of sleep certainly didn't help morale either).
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11 Apr 2022
Ep. 2 - The Homewringer
How far are you willing to go to help out your best friend? Is it possible for someone to eat six meals in one night without getting sick? Why does Preston hate grilled chicken biscuits? For the first story on Welcome to the Neighborhood Streets, Preston recounts the story of The Homewringer: A Waffle House extravaganza, where he and his friends had to eat at six different Waffle Houses in one night while trying not to get sick. To make matters more intense, his best friend Sam was documenting the Homewringer experience for one of the biggest projects in his advanced film class, so the pressure was on. Will we power through the urban legend and come out triumphant, or will we all be collectively throwing up in the bushes outside of the second Waffle House of the night? Find out in The Homewringer!
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Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/presto.bismol/
11 Apr 2022
Ep. 1 - Welcome to the Neighborhood Streets
In the very first episode of Welcome to the Neighborhood Streets, Preston introduces us to his magical world of the neighborhood streets, where the streetlights are your curfew, Razor scooters are the coolest thing to own, and the worries of the world can never hurt you... but falling off your bike still can. Join Preston as he journeys through all of the nuances of this Wild West for kids, and shows how the magic of the neighborhood streets is never actually lost from us, but can be found in every part of our lives.
If you feel like life has become grey since you've gotten older and left the neighborhood streets behind, take heart in the fact that life doesn't actually become grey – the color of life just has to be found in a different way from when we were younger. To start this quest of rediscovering color, I will be chronicling my own stories of my life thus far, showcasing the color in everything from some of my most extravagant adventures, all the way down to how I used too much Axe body spray in 7th grade. Every life experience has color, and I want to show you that through my life so that you can learn how to see it in your own.
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