The Happy Hour Podcast Episode 1: PINK PENGUIN POOP

shaylyn martos, Malakai Wade, and Smit Parekh
Feb 15, 2020

The Happy Hour: EP 1
PINK PENGUIN POOP

Welcome to The Happy Hour: A palate cleansing podcast! For Episode 1 hosts Malakai Wade (@malakaiwade) and shaylyn martos (@shaylynmartos) share only the happiest and best news stories for the past two weeks.

Join us this week as we talk about how NASA tracks the smallest penguins in Antarctica, the brand new Trick Dog menu and magic mushrooms, as well as bringing our wonderful guest, Golden Gate Xpress reporter Smit Parekh, to talk about genderbending fashion at awards shows!

Happy stories this week:

Trick Dog unveils their new semi-annual menu, Trick Dog University (link)
Pink penguin poop from space! (link)
Santa Cruz decriminalizes magic mushrooms (link)
An ode to San Francisco’s most overlooked landmark, the Hunter’s Point Crane (link)
This app will give you the “Nudge” to get outdoors (link)
Native ko’ko’ birds are back in force on Guam, where shaylyn’s family is from! (link)
Genderbending fashion with guest reporter Smit Parekh (link)
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is now online (link)
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye turns 50 (link)
Last call! What’s making us happy this week?

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About the Contributors

shaylyn martos

shaylyn martos (she/her) works to provide better representation of LGBTQ+ people in media, and produces stories that address possible solutions to larger, systemic issues. She currently serves as multimedia editor for SF State's Golden Gate Xpress and produces The Happy Hour Podcast. In 2019, shaylyn was honored as an NPR Next Generation Radio Mentee. When not chasing a story, shaylyn can be found reading speculative fiction, cooking her favorite native Chamorro foods or bombing at a stand-up open mic. She's online @shaylynmartos

Malakai Wade

Malakai is a senior journalism student at SFSU and the Editor-in-Chief of Xpress Magazine. She is in her last semester after finishing a minor in International Relations. Malakai wants to focus on multimedia productions such as podcasting and video, as well as magazine design and publishing. She likes writing about global feminism, community organizations, and other artists. She also co-hosts and produces The Happy Hour Podcast, a comedy/news/talkshow all about happy stories. Catch her at home or wearing a mask when she goes out.

Smit Parekh

Smit is a student at San Francisco State University, pursuing BA in Journalism (Print & Online) with a minor in Women & Gender Studies. With his niche in fashion and design, Smit's interests also include arts, culture, climate change, and community journalism. After graduation, he hopes to find a job in journalism to continue his writing practice.