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Episode 8: The Master Connector: Ed Brady on Hollywood, Creative Leadership, and Cranston’s Future (opens the original)
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In this special episode of the STEAM Box Podcast, recorded live with our summer ACN (Advanced Course Network) youth, we sit down with Ed Brady, Hollywood producer, restaurateur, and Cranston mayoral candidate. Known as the ultimate “master connector,” Ed shares his incredible journey from carrying golf bags as a 13-year-old at Alpine Country Club to rubbing shoulders with celebrities at an SNL after-party and successfully pitching Kenan Thompson at 4:00 AM to film Good Burger 2 in Rhode Island.
Episode 7: Afrofuturism 3.0: Redefining the Algorithm: Art, Identity, and the Cultural Matrix of Generative AI with Dr. Nettrice Gaskins (opens the original)
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STEAM Box and the youth of the summer ACN program sit down with author and artist Dr. Nettrice Gaskins. Recognized as a leading pioneer of "Afrofuturism 3.0," Gaskins discusses how generative AI acts as a digital continuum of her background in computer graphics, education, and traditional fine arts. The conversation dives straight into the high-stakes debates surrounding AI in the arts today. Dr. Gaskins addresses the systemic racial biases baked into mainstream image generators, sharing how she
Episode 6: Reimagining the Classroom: With the ACN STEAM Punks, Amy Duffy and Kristina Lamour Sansone (opens the original)
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The ACN STEAM Punks join special guests Kristina (professor at Lesley University College of Art and Design) and Amy Duffy (ceramics teacher at Central Falls High School). Kristina, a leading point person for the Reciprocity Rhode Island project, shares her vision of educational school design that has been growing through community organizing since 2020. Together, the group explores a revolutionary question: "Do schools even need to have walls?" They discuss how alternative models like STEAM Box,
Episode 5: Relationship First, Money Second: STEAM Box Talks Financial Wellness with Carlos Vargas (opens the original)
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In this episode the STEAM Punks sit down with Carlos Vargas, VP of Community and Government Relations at Navigant Credit Union, to demystify personal finance and plan for the future. Carlos shares his journey growing up on the south side of Providence and explains how his personal mission is simply to "help the 5-year-old me" and support families like his own. Together, the youth dive into high-impact financial and life topics, including: Banks vs. Credit Unions: Why being a "member-owner" rathe
Episode 4: Harry's Quest: STEAM Box vs the Dark and Digital Lord Voldemort (opens the original)
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In this special, chaotic episode of STEAM Box vs! The summer program Steampunks sit down with none other than the Digital Dark Lord himself, Lord Voldemort. Our youth hosts don't hold back, grilling him on everything from his half-muggle heritage to why he famously underestimated Harry Potter. Voldemort opens up about his miserable, sweaty days living as a parasite on the back of Professor Quirrell's head, his absolute disdain for Hogwarts "reality shifters", his bizarre feelings about muggles "
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