Once I let it be known there would be no school board candidate podcasts in this election cycle for HSE School Board from me, I received a message that some high school students were interested in taking on the job. I had a phone call from Izzy Alexander, a senior at Fishers High School, offering to handle the school board interviews. I offered to post them on my blog and handle the post-productions tasks.
A few weeks later, Izzy sent me 11 audio files with podcasts featuring all 11 school board candidates. Izzy’s brother Casey, a freshman at FHS, handled the interviews with Fall Creek Township candidates (5 in all) and Izzy took care of Delaware and Wayne Townships (6 total).
After receiving a ton of positive feedback on the job they did on those podcasts, I invited Izzy & Casey to join me on a podcast to discuss the experience of interviewing those on the ballot for the HSE School Board in 2020.
Here is that podcast conversation: