For my capstone, I created a podcast focused on the importance of young voters, addressing how to engage students and debunking common misconceptions about why young adults avoid civic participation. Alongside the podcast, I built a website where visitors can listen to episodes, read brief summaries, and access voter registration resources. The goal was to create a dedicated platform for students who feel lost on the topic of voting, and a tool teachers can share in the classroom.I chose this project because, as a newly registered voter, I noticed my peers had the same questions but nowhere to turn for clear answers. I wanted to build something creative and genuinely useful because I personally learn better by listening than reading.The process was largely trial and error. Researching reliable data, recording interviews, stitching audio together, and building the website. My biggest challenge was teaching myself audio editing using WeVideo to combine recordings, add transitions, and clean up sound quality. Looking back, I’m most proud of the podcast itself. I went in nervous and came out satisfied with a product I believe fills a real gap for students my age. If I did it again, I’d skip the rigid script, conversation flows better when you aren’t following lines of writing. I would also explore better audio editing software.This project reflects everything SLA taught me, to ask questions, research deeply, collaborate openly, and create with purpose. I’m proud to leave something behind that future students can actually use.

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