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“Production Night” returns with podcast host and newly appointed social media editor Sara Rott  joined by Mundo Azteca assistant writer Karina Bazarte.  Kicking off the podcast, Rott talks about the exciting new ideas coming to the podcast in the new semester. Bazarte takes over to talk about an article written by contributor Karelly Vidrio about students crossing the border to attend classes at San Diego State University. The story is available in both English and Spanish.  Likewise, Rott tells listeners about how Adobe Cloud is offered for SDSU students for free. News editor Katelynn Robinson wrote about the new premium version that students can use and take advantage of. Lastly, they end on “Featured Opinion of the Week,” written by Alyssa Phillips about advocating for oneself, the chemistry between host and co-host becomes deep as they talk about their own life experiences. This podcast was filmed in KCR Studios. Production Night is only one of the podcasts produced by the Daily Aztec.

On the latest episode of the Spear Sports Report Podcast. Senior staff writer and reporter Juan Daniel Avila and staff writer and reporter Daniela Ramirez bring you the latest news in sports at San Diego State. In the latest episode, Ramirez and Avila discuss the men’s and women’s basketball teams’ progress, as well as the factors contributing to key losses in the season. They also talk about their predictions for the next Aztec game. Likewise, the two hosts discuss upcoming sports news such as track and field, tennis and a new football recruit. The Spears Sports Report is just one of the podcasts produced by The Daily Aztec, found on all streaming platforms.

Earlier this month, Daily Aztec contributor Connor Larson produced a story that garnered a lot of attention. The story was about the low attendance at Snapdragon Stadium for SDSU football games. Larson talks about his experience after the story gained a large viewership, discusses the making of it all and talks about what didn't make the cut.

Anna Culbertson, the director of the collections office here at SDSU, talks about the history behind one of SDSU's oldest and rarest books, the Malleus Maleficarum, a 4th edition book in its original Latin form detailing the behavior of and proper punishments for witches. Culbertson details the controversy behind both the book and the book's author and its historic parallels to modern day.

Rami Alarian is solo in the studio today, talking with KCR co-events coordinator, Liam Porter. Liam and Rami talk about the new KCR venture, Turtle Talks, with the first episode debuting with Master Rapp.

Joaquin Serrato makes his debut on the Daily Aztec Debrief and interviews the SDSU Aztec's very own kicker, Gabriel Plascencia. Gabe talks about his Mexican-American culture, love for the bay, time at SDSU and how it all fuels his connection to football and sports in general.

Felicity Desuasido is the co-arts and culture editor of the DA. The Daily Aztec Debrief shows their dedication to the arts by speaking with Felicity about her goals for the section, her own work and what it means to run the arts and culture section of the DA. Rami, Jaylynn and Felicity also talk about arts and culture reporting and discuss their Letterboxd top four!

Rami and Jaylynn have their first guests of the Daily Aztec Debrief, the co-editors-in-chief of the Daily Aztec. Calista and Bella tell all about their recent interview with Adela De La Torre and discuss what was and wasn't said in the web story.

Welcome to the introductory episode of the Daily Aztec's first podcast, The Daily Aztec Debrief. Hosts Rami Alarian and Jaylynn Vega introduce themselves and explain what the newest podcast at SDSU looks like. Catch weekly episodes every Sunday morning at 10 am.

On this episode of the Spear Sports Report, host Daniela Ramirez collaborates with Production Night host Sara Rott and bids goodbye to her co-host Juan Daniel Avila. This part two collaboration episode brings listeners back to the last week of school. Ramirez, Rott and Avila reflect on their time working together. Avila also picks Rott’s brain on the production of a podcast and what it takes to make it work. Last but not least, the Spears Sports Report duo end by asking Rott something no one knows about her. Listen until the end to hear what shocked Ramirez and Avila.

On a very special episode of Production Night, Mundo Azteca assistant writer Karina Bazarte podcast host Sara Rott to say goodbye to The Daily Aztec. Bazarte, who graduated earlier this year, reflects back on her time working at the Daily Aztec. “I’ve been in school for 10 years, I graduated from high school in 2012 and I never stopped,” Bazarte said. “When I got the notification that I got into San Diego State University, I was very happy because I was finally gonna finish what I wanted to do in the first place.” The duo reunites to discuss Bazarte's favorite issue and catch up one final time before graduation.

On a very special episode of the Production Night. Podcast host Sara Rott collaborates with the host of the Spears Sports report Daniela Ramirez to bid farewell to Juan Daniel Avila. Recapping back to the last week of the semester, Avila reflects on his time at the Daily Aztec and the content he produced. “My favorite was my opinion piece in 2021 about DACA recipients because I don't usually do stuff like that,” Avila said. “But I feel like my opinion as a recipient, had to be told during that time and that was the most memorable.” Rott and Ramirez end the podcast reflecting on the year and discussing what comes next for the podcasts. An exciting year is ahead for both podcasts, stay tuned to hear the hosts bring you new and exciting content.

On a very special episode of Production Night, assistant sports editor Andrew Finley joins social media and podcast editor Sara Rott to say goodbye to The Daily Aztec. Finley, who's graduating this year, reflects back on his time working at the Daily Aztec. First, Finley and Rott reminisce about their early days at their community college newspaper The Summit. It was at that newspaper that they met for the first time. As well as both got their first taste of a newsroom. In Finley’s two years of working for The Daily Aztec, he reflected back on his favorite articles he ever wrote. Two of them being sports articles, “Aztecs win five-hour slugfest in walk-off fashion” and  “Column: Is Brigham Young football actually good?”. He also reflected on his latest article “Miles McPherson offers a ‘Third Option’,” written with managing editor Trinity Bland Finley gave some advice to new staff writers and editors coming onto The Daily Aztec staff. “Be a better leader than you are a worker,” he said. “When you're an editor you're in charge of a group of writers and a new wave of people, you can’t tell people what to do, you have to inspire them.”

The Spear Sports Report returns after a break from the men’s Mountain West Conference basketball tournament. Senior staff writer Juan Daniel Avila and staff writer Daniela Ramirez introduce one of the Daily Aztec sports writers Marco Perez. In this episode, the three discuss what their experience covering the games in Las Vegas was like as well as explaining how the opportunity to watch college basketball in real-time was for each of them. Perez highlights the greats and tough moments the basketball team had during the conference. The semester is coming to an end but sports are still in full swing at San Diego State. Speaking of swing, men’s baseball and women’s softball are both on different kinds of paths this year, and we’re both mentioned on this episode along with other spring sports finishing off the school year. Perez, who is our Aztecs golf beat writer on staff, gave the listeners an update on the team and the achievements earned this spring.

Podcast host Sara Rott is back with photographer Jessica Parga and arts and culture staff writer Morgan Ray for the promised Part Two of “Production Night”’s special Oscars episode! We pick up where we left off on the topic of best film and best actor. Parga finally saw Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake so our three cool cats get into a couple differences between the two film versions of the famed musical (besides the remediation of the older version’s use of brownface). Which side character got the reinvention they deserved? The hosts tip their hat to Kristin Stewart in “Spencer” and give well deserved shout outs to Will Smith and the cast of “King Richard” as well as Denzel Washington’s powerful lead performance in “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (which exposes Ray's high school theater past). As noted in Part One, there’s a staggering ten nominations for Best Picture this year…but how many of them actually deserved a spot and which films got robbed? Ray knows one Netflix film that deserved a lot more love from the Academy…and which film it should’ve replaced. May the best film win!

On this special two-part episode of “Production Night”, host Sara Rott, staff writer Morgan Ray and photographer Jessica Parga gather around to discuss a few of the nominees for the 2022 Oscars! Part one kicks off with the gang discussing the (many) nominees for Best Picture including “Don’t Look Up”, which they have some…thoughts about. The sci-fi desert epic “Dune” fairs better in our hosts’ eyes and “Drive My Car's" winning streak on the international film festival circuit gets a well-deserved shoutout! Could this be a sign of things to come or wishful thinking? Likewise, some of the nominees for Best Animated Film (“Encanto”, “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”, “Flee”) which means yes, they WILL be talking about Bruno! How could they not when the aforementioned song is dominating the Internet and the charts…but not the Best Original Song category? One guest may have the answer to that! Finally, the episode closes with a mini debate over “Being The Ricardos.” Sure the gang loves Lucy, but did they all love Aaron Sorkin’s biopic about the real Lucy and Desi? Listen to this very special episode of “Production Night” to find out now!

On this episode of Spear Sports Report, senior sports reporter Juan Daniel Avila was joined by Daily Aztec sports reporter and East Village Times writer Austin Tarke. For the first time on the podcast, Avila is able to take over the show as Daniela Ramirez prepares for the big week in Vegas. Austin Tarke is a San Diego native and grew up watching the Aztecs’ men’s basketball team and still follows the Aztecs very closely. Tarke is currently the  San Diego State men’s basketball beat writer for East Village Times and will be representing the publication in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend starting with their first game on Thursday night. The expert himself talks all about the Aztecs’ chances of winning the Mountain West Conference Tournament, upsets, and history. Tarke also talks about his love for the sport and the daily meditation strategy he uses to stay focused and live in the present moment.

The Spear Sports Report returns with senior staff writer Juan Daniel Avila and staff writer Daniela Ramirez. This week they introduce Daily Aztec sport writers, Jayden Hanzy and Morgan Prickett. In this episode, Hanzy and Prickett kick off the podcast with talking about where they are from and how they ended up attending San Diego State. The four dive into the two popular sports, tennis and women's basketball. The sports writers discuss key players to recognize with the hosts, highlighting the athletes. The hosts lead the guests in making predictions on the upcoming Mountain West Tournament for men and womens basketball. Take a listen to get all your weekly sports recap as well. Avila gives all the insight for SDSU soccer fans. A special sneak peek on men’s soccer playing their first friendly match against the San Diego Loyal.

After a brief hiatus, The Spear Sports Report returns with senior staff writer Juan Daniel Avila and staff writer Daniela Ramirez. This week they introduce The Daily Aztec Sports staff writer Adam Correa as their special guest. In this episode they pick Correra's brain, learning about the SDSU's women’s lacrosse team and the fundamentals of the game. Since the podcast was recorded last week, the hosts discuss the men's basketball team's latest matchups. Did the hosts' predictions match up to the actual results of the games? Stay tuned to listen. Likewise, they discuss the men’s basketball team preparing to hit the road to Las Vegas for the Mountain West Conference Tournament. As well as what the women's team is up to as their season comes to a close. Lastly, in other sports news, Avila gives a sneak peek of his latest package regarding big soccer news out of SDSU. Towards the end of the show, once again all three Daily Aztec representatives share a little bit about themselves for everyone to get to know them.

On this episode of “Production Night” podcast host and newly appointed social media editor Sara Rott  joined by staff writer Sumaia Wegner. Kicking off the Valentine's Day special, Rott introduces Wegner to her first ever podcast. Valentines arrives a bit late on the podcast, however dating apps are year round. Rott starts with an article written by news editor Katelynn Robinson about students using dating apps to find love. The two also discuss their adventures in the dating app world. Similarly, Wegner discusses her latest article about questions students may have surrounding sex. They discuss stereotypical ideas students may hold and resources available to help them feel comfortable. The co-hosts agree having a romantic date is a valuable part of a healthy relationship. An article written by Eugenie Budnik tells readers about the scenic spots lovers can go. In multimedia news, Wegner discusses arts and culture assistant editor Cristina Lombardo’s homemade treats package. Wegner talks about how easy it is to make rice crispy treats in anyone's kitchen. Who said that Valentine's day is only for lovers? In an article written by staff writer Isabel Smith shares spending time with your girls on ‘Galentine's day’ is just as important. Wegner and Rott discuss how important it is to show some love to your friends. Likewise, the leading ladies talk about staff writer Daniela Ramirez’s article on red flags to beware. It strikes up an interesting discussion on red flags both hosts noticed in their life. Lastly, they end on “Featured Opinion of the Week,” written by opinion section writers. They share a couple of juicy horoscopes relating to their sign.