By Amiya Daye
The McDaniel Budapest Campus is revitalizing its student-run podcast that goes by the title MCDB-Clock It n’Go. It can be found on Spotify and other audio streaming apps and platforms. The organization is run by co-producers and editors Nicholas Trunecz, (who is also a peer mentor and co-president of SAC) and Anna Horváth, a McDaniel Budapest alum. Dr. Christopher Cox, professor and director of academic and institutional development, acts as the overseer of the club.
Four students in total are being featured in front of the camera and over the sound waves this semester: Lilla Fekete, a second-year student and native Hungarian; Vera Timothy, an international student from Nigeria and fellow second-year; Jasmine Artis, third-year and study abroad student from the Westminster campus; and myself, second year student and fellow study abroad participant.
While reflecting on previous years, Nicholas comments, “this project usually draws a disproportionate amount of study abroad students,” but despite the high number of study-abroad students, this is an open and non-exclusive club where any and everyone is encouraged to join. There is no application process, and the emphasis is on creating a space where all conversations are welcome. The motto for the podcast this year is to “Make of it what you will” because those in front and behind the camera are always looking for innovative ideas that are important and interesting to fellow students.
The club not only gives people the chance to discuss things that are important to them but also to learn how to operate equipment, use audio and visual software, and post content on social media. Meetings take place each Monday (except Spring Break) in Room T2 where an episode is recorded, then the topic for the following week’s episode is discussed. The plan is to shoot and edit an episode each week until the end of the semester to produce five episodes with visual, audio, and short-form content.
Plans to continue and expand this project on the main campus in Westminster have been vaguely discussed. According to the producers of the podcast, higher-ups on both campuses are open to the idea and many students traveling to and from Budapest are intrigued as well.
Follow the link below to listen to older Clock It n’Go content and prepare for upcoming releases:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7p9CwxKt4HL665QPPJzf2u?si=fTQHBxsMS8qfSWUO1Fwe2Q
The Interrogation, which is another podcast that has content from previous McDaniel Budapest students: https://open.spotify.com/show/5usZfd7dNun9BLtWPlHlZQ?si=rvwQBHvKRaWsmC3mg5DSFw
