That game last night was lit. Oh, yeah, I saw
the game. It was okay. Yo, guys, I got some news
for y 'all. I got friends on again. Wait, wait,
wait. By who? The one that looks like your mom
or the one that's like three years younger than
you? Okay, first of all, she doesn't look like
her mom. Second of all, she's only a year younger
than I am. And third of all, it's someone else,
not her. Okay, Belain, to be fair, the two or
three years younger than you, I wouldn't put
that past you. Yeah, exactly. Belain, isn't she
like the third one this week? I know, right?
When is he going to give up? Probably never.
Just ignore him. Okay, okay, everybody. Let's
have a progress report. Machi, you're up. Alright,
alright. Welcome to the progress meeting, everyone.
Let's check on our scripts today. Rani, where
are you on the episode 17 script? I've drafted
all the questions for it, I just need to finish
the quote of the day. Perfect. Tasi, have you
finished the PSA for episode 16 yet? Yeah, I
guess. I'll take that as a yes. I already recorded
the news headlines as well. Wait, wait, wait.
Do the listeners know what role each person plays?
I don't actually think so. Let's introduce that
now. My name is Darren, and my role on this podcast
is the outreach coordinator. So basically what
I do is reach out to guests, and I also am a
big part of discovering what topics we should
discuss. And in any free time, I like to help
Ronnie with the scripts. Okay, my name is Machi,
and I am the administrator of the team. I run
progress meetings and keep everything in check.
Hi, I'm Puka. I'm the producer, and I make sure
everything runs smoothly. And yeah, I have COVID.
Hi, my name's Lion. I'm the co -host. What I
do is I record my lines at six in the morning
every Wednesday. But besides that, I get a snack.
Also, I try to use my voice to entertain all
of you. I'm Kush. I'm the tech engineer. I'm
here to basically edit out everyone's breaths
because everyone just needs to breathe for some
reason. And it gets caught in the microphone.
Okay, guys, is this a joke that you all planned
beforehand or what? I'm Rani, and I'm the script
editor and writer. So I just draft all the questions
each week and help write the quote of the day
and PSA. I'm Tasi. I'm the investigative reporter.
So I'm supposed to find like quotes and news
and stuff, but that basically means just help
Ronnie with the script. I'm Linda and I'm also
a co -host and I have to get up at six same as
Wayne. Hi, I'm Mr. Jason and I'm the host of
the podcast. Today's episode is a special one
as it features our very own Students Incorporated
podcast team. We'll be playing a short trivia
game, discussing some topics, and singing a popular
Christmas carol. To keep up with each episode's
tradition, let's hear the quote of the day. Everyone
knows this quote, teamwork makes a dream work.
Yeah! But not a lot of people know who said this.
It was said by clergyman John C. Maxwell, who
also wrote a book by the same name. The actual
quote continues on and says, Teamwork makes a
dream work, but vision becomes a nightmare when
the leader has a big dream and a bad team. I
can tell you from experience, it definitely takes
teamwork to produce this podcast, and I really
like my team. I like you guys, too. So, moving
on. Let's start the first segment. For this part,
we'll be playing a game. The rules for this game
are we'll ask Mr. Jason three questions related
to pop culture. Then he'll ask us three questions
about business and marketing. If he gets more
right, each of us will buy something from his
business, Simple Coffee. But if we get more right,
he will buy us something from Simple Coffee.
So is everyone ready? Yeah, let's do this. Okay,
Mr. Jason, I'm going to kick you off with the
first question about pop culture. We want you
to name five rappers whose name starts with Lil.
For reference, Lil is short for little. Yes.
And Lil is spelt L -I -L. Apostrophe. L -I -L
apostrophe. Five. Five rappers. There's so many.
There's millions of them. All right, let me start
with the one I do know, Lil Wayne. Okay, that's
one. And that's about it. Okay, okay. Lil Nas
X. Lil Nas X. Lil Mosey. Lil Mosey. Lil Xan.
Lil Xan. Lil Baby. Okay, you know what? We'll
adjust it a little bit. Name five rappers, period.
We'll give you half point if you can. Five rappers.
Five rappers. Okay, Lil Wayne. Okay. Jay -Z.
Okay. Kanye West. Okay. Let's see. Are you serious?
I'm afraid you have to get that one wrong, Mr.
James. Oh, man. Okay, let's move on because I
literally just had a blank. Let me ask my first
question, okay? So in marketing, there is something
known as the seven P's marketing mix. Yeah, I
knew you'd freak out. So the tip, it's a list,
okay? The seven P's represent seven marketing
terms. Each of the marketing terms starts with
the letter P. What are... Four. Price. Product,
price, place, and promotion. Our administrator
knows everything. And that puts the score at
1 -0 to us students. Mr. Jason. Very good. Very
good. Our second question is multiple choice.
Which term refers to someone who is good at getting
girls? A. Shoddy snatcher. B, you would say,
he's got the riz. Or C, he's based. So does he
have riz? Is he a shoddy snatcher? Or is he based?
He's based. That is incorrect. He's got the riz.
Okay, you know what? We'll give him half a point.
I'm sorry the public has denied, but he's got
the riz. Okay, he's got the riz as like, what,
he's flashy? No, it's short for charisma. It's
short for charisma. It's a really new term. And
apparently, saying someone has riz is the same
as saying someone has charisma. What's the based
one about? Based is like... when you have respectable
opinions. So if Mr. Jason, if you said something
right now, I guess maybe something more controversial
or something more edgy, but you had a really
good opinion on it, we would say that's based.
Nice, okay. And Charlie's natural, we just made
up on the spot. I knew that was not the right
one. Okay, so I'm zero for two. Okay, my next
question is, what is the difference between revenue
and profit? All right, so revenue is the income
that you make. The profit is revenue minus cost.
Wow. Why do you keep pointing to Machi every
time I ask a question? He's our administrator.
He has to know all this. All right. Third and
final question for ours. This one's a finish
the lyric. All right, guys. Sing it. I'm going
to take my horse to the old town road. I'm going
to ride it. I'm going to ride till I can't no
more. I was close. You were. I was close. We'll
give you half a point. We'll give you half a
point for Mr. Jason. Because technically this
song is referencing riding the horse, but it's
not, I'm going to, it doesn't go, I'm going to
take my horse to the old town road and I'm going
to ride it. It goes, I'm going to take my horse
to the old town road and I'm going to ride it
until I can't no more. So you were close. We'll
give you half a point. I have two more. Oh, okay.
So I got a surprise when I'm hearing one of them.
Okay, my third and final one, and then I'll do
a bonus. So my third one is the late Paul Allen,
an American billionaire, was the owner of the
Portland Trailblazers, Seattle Seahawks, and
part owner of the Seattle Sounders football team,
or an American soccer team, before he entered
the world of professional sports teams ownership.
Paul Allen is best known for co -founding what
company? Anybody but Mashi can answer this. Who
is Paul Allen? Isn't that from American Cycle?
Okay, I'm aware that he owns various sports teams,
but can we have a hint or a half point about
what industry he works in? Technology company.
I'm going to say, should we say Samsung? No,
no, no. Samsung is Korean. Okay, IBM. What about...
IBM is a good guess, actually. Because it's not
Apple, it's not Microsoft, it's not Sony, it's
not... All right, IBM, final answer. That is
incorrect. It's Microsoft. Wait, really? Did
he co -found it with Bill Gates? Okay, so here's
a couple facts about Paul Allen. Paul Allen was
co -founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates.
They were childhood buddies. They started Microsoft
in 1975. They created the name Microsoft from
the words microcomputer and software. Microsoft
just posted their annual revenue for 12 months.
in September 2022, which was over $203 billion.
So they're doing pretty good. And if you're an
investor, they are also doing good because they
are doing a 15 % increase year over year. Okay,
here's my bonus question, okay? Number four,
I wanted to bridge the gap between pop culture
and business because sometimes business questions
can be super boring. So this is a pop culture
hybrid business question. Let's hear it. Here's
the question. What hairstyle is associated with
the semi -iconic phrase, business in the front,
party in the back? Definitely mullet. It's mullet,
I think. It's true. It's either a mullet or it's,
what is this thing called? Mohawk. Mohawk. It's
either mohawk or a mullet. Okay, but like those
are the only two hair, like, you know. Business
in the front, party in the back. See, in the
front, mullets are like, they're fine. If you
look in the back, they're like, I don't know.
Mullet is our final answer. Okay, Mullet is correct.
Yeah! Okay, Mr. Jason. It looks like I'm buying
you all simple coffee. Thank you for playing.
The final score is Students 3, Mr. Jason, 0 .5.
Wait, for reference, in previous classes, he
has asked us these questions. What is goat? What's
another one he asked us? What is drippy? He asked
us what is drippy. However... I would say Mr.
Jason is pretty updated to pop culture, especially
current events. So you know what? Give him a
round of applause. Give him a round of applause.
Thank you. One, two, three, four. It's time for
the PSA. Did you know that giving gifts is actually
about who's giving the gift rather than what
the gift is? So as Christmas approaches, try
to choose something that is practical, not flashy.
Choose gifts that address their daily needs and
don't create problems. Remember, it doesn't have
to be expensive, and it's the thought that counts.
Enjoy your Christmas break. Thank you for that
announcement. Choosing topics for our growing
and diverse audience is quite challenging, actually.
It's something we debate about and talk about
in our progress meetings. Thank you, Machi. For
example... We understand that not all episode
topics will be interesting to every listener.
So we try to curate enough diversity of topics
while also wanting to be positive, encouraging,
and uplifting in our programming. So for part
two of this episode, we thought we would put
together a list called the top 10 list topics
we knew we did not want to cover in our podcast.
Some are quite controversial. Some are too political.
Some were just completely off limits or negative.
Okay, without further ado, here are the topics
that didn't make the cut for our podcast episodes.
Topic number one, regional politics. We just
didn't want anyone to disappear in the middle
of the night or at the very least be prosecuted
for something dumb that we said. So this was
a no -no topic. Now, staying on the topic of
politics. Number two. why Donald Trump was kicked
off of Twitter and for some reason is now back
on Twitter. This goes back into the larger question
of free speech, cyberbullying, government overreach,
or censorship. Again, not a topic we felt should
be recorded and released since I'm sure our listeners'
viewpoints are very diverse as well. We want
our podcast to bring people together, not divide
them. Moving on to the medical world. Number
three, the origins of COVID -19. Is it because
some dude ate a vibe or is it because... It leaked
from a lab in Wuhan, China. We do have our theories,
and they are the worst, but again, we want to
bring people together, not divide them up. Okay,
moving on to aggression and war by other countries.
The Russian invasion. To put it simply, my boss
in Russia wants Kiev. There's plenty of news,
talk, and videos about the ongoing conflict already.
It doesn't need our two cents, even though I
feel like we just gave it. So, switching over
to other topics. They're a little closer to home
or school. Triple T week. None of us want to
talk about... And of course, none of us want
to talk about... And nobody wants to talk about
Let's move on, guys. We really should move on.
Okay. Number six. Okay, number six. Stress code
infractions. School should not and cannot stop
us from being drippy, everybody. Wait, what does
drippy mean again? Exactly. They don't even know
what it means. So move on. Let's move on. Number
seven, school food. We wanted to send out a survey,
but we knew what the results would be, so we
didn't bother. But to be fair, have any of you
ever tried to feed 1 ,000 people in one day?
Okay, discussion closed. We can move on from
the school food issue. Number eight. Back at
me again. Google tea and gossip, including rating
couples at ICS. Like your friend zone situation?
Yes. Okay, there are honestly too many of them,
and we definitely do not want to alienate any
of our listeners. Also, gossip is pretty divisive,
and talking about couples can be challenging
because breakups can and do happen. Number nine.
Rating teachers off the school website. We didn't
want to pick favorites, but Mr. Tim is the GOAT.
Yeah! I'm sure that's a positive meaning somehow.
Yes, it means he is the greatest of all time.
So Mr. Tim, if you're listening to this, we love
you. That's an acronym. Yes, sir. I know I wouldn't
want you guys sitting at home looking at my photo
on some website and then scoring me. I mean,
this is how Facebook was started by Mark Zuckerberg
and his college dorm roommates, except they posted
girls' photos and had the guys in the college
dorms rate them, hot or not. Super not cool.
Okay, let's move on to our last and final topic,
our number 10 on the list. So for number 10,
this one's more directed towards Mr. Jason. Why
is simple coffee so expensive? Wait, really?
You guys wanted to talk about that on the podcast?
I hope you enjoyed hearing about the topics we
will avoid. How about we give our listeners a
sneak peek for next semester? Topics will include
predictions for 2023, Model United Nations, sports,
human -centered design, and a lot more. Stay
tuned for those and remember that you can listen
to any of our podcast episodes on Spotify, Apple
Podcasts, and a lot of other listening platforms.
Guys, it's Christmas. We can't leave them without
a carol. So before we go, we're going to be singing
our definitely not rehearsed and very on the
spot acapella rendition of We Wish You a Merry
Christmas. All right. Let's go. We wish you a
Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a
Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year! We hope you enjoyed this non -traditional,
unique episode. We really enjoyed recording it.
And we hope you have the same amount of fun listening
to it. Have a great holiday season and Merry
Christmas. Merry Christmas and have a happy new
year. And we are signing off until next time.
We are Students Incorporated because your voice
matters. Thank you.