By Zahra Rashid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah\u2019s \u201cTea with Gen Z\u201d podcast team met their listeners and interacted with them March 15 during their first in-person event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The podcast, produced for the Office of Student Affairs, features AUS-relevant interviews and discussions about topics ranging from pop culture to student activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was very fulfilling to actually meet the people who are listening to us and supporting us in-person,\u201d said host and TWGZ Social Media Director Dalal Awienat, adding that she considered the event, held outside the student center, a huge success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cTea With Gen Z Partea\u201d included a game, giveaways and snacks to entertain podcast listeners. The centrepiece was \u201cSpectrum,\u201d in which students agreed or disagreed with prompts from the hosts by moving to a corresponding line. Awienat and the rest of the team got students moving by reading off controversial or amusing statements and soliciting their opinions from strongly agree to strongly disagree. After each round, they asked some students on each side about the reasoning behind their decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Awienat said this was inspired by YouTube videos on the channel Jubilee, which has a similar concept. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to put our own twist to it so we came up with many different types of prompts such as food, pop culture and AUS related prompts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AUS related prompts included \u201cThe best building at AUS is the SBA building,\u201d or \u201cBreakpoint is better than Subway.\u201d Other statements were more general, such as \u201cOne Direction will get back together,\u201d or \u201cAndroid phones are ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Awienat said the event gave her and the rest of the podcast team a boost of confidence and encouraged them to plan more events for the rest of the semester. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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