Meghana Kakubal
Stories
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One breakfast, divided. How social media polarizes us
After the election, some RadioActive teen reporters had questions: about polarization, belonging, and social media. In this episode, they set out to combine factual reporting with fictional scenes to tell an even "truer" story about these questions.
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Oh, the places you’ll go! On Zoom, in your living room...
Graduation is a time of great fanfare in the United States, but this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, students had to find other ways to celebrate. RadioActive’s Meghana Kakubal and Lila Shroff documented their graduation from Mercer Island High School for KUOW, chronicling intimate moments with friends, as well as the logistics of a drive-through graduation.
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'It's a civil rights issue.' Special education in the midst of a pandemic
As a Mercer Island High School senior, RadioActive's Meghana Kakubal worried that school closures would make it difficult for her to graduate on time. She wasn't worried about finishing her course work, though, because she knew it would continue online. Unfortunately, many students with disabilities won't be able to transition to online courses so easily. Christine Kenyon, a special education teacher at Mercer Island High School, worries that her students’ education will be completely disrupted by the closure.
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This documentarian makes you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes
Can a documentary inspire social change? Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi is using the emerging world of virtual reality to evoke empathy from viewers.
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Pressure, insomnia and hospitalization: The new normal for students applying to college
"If you had asked me if I would chop my leg off if it meant admission to Stanford, I would say yes in a millisecond."
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A Rohingya teen escaped genocide in Myanmar. This is how he ended up on Mercer Island.
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Your houseplant might know how you’re feeling
While we might think plants are not sentient, they are constantly communicating with each other. Some even think that plants communicate with us. Perhaps even more startling: some theorize that plants have actually domesticated us.
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From feminism to black power: How superheroes changed the status quo
How Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Black Panther challenged tradition and changed the American superhero industry for the better.