Birmingham’s South Hampton K-8 Students Create Podcast on Global Topics

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times South Hampton K-8 School students have created and host a weekly podcast to have candid conversations about world issues. Recorded in the school’s Library of Innovation in Birmingham’s North Pratt neighborhood, each episode features a group of students sitting around a table to dig into a topic they consider groundbreaking, controversial, or relevant. The podcast, Bulldog Talk: On the Edge, is livestreamed on Apple and Spotify. So far, students have interviewed aviation pilots, therapists, counselors, and other professionals. “My favorite thing about our library is our podcast. It keeps you entertained, and it is fun. You get to learn with other people by just sitting and having a conversation,” said Kimora Jordan, 14, an 8th grader at South Hampton. The podcast has helped her grow and now “I want to study about apps. I want to know how to make them and coding,” she said. In partnership with Birmingham City Schools, Ed Farm two years ago introduced the South Hampton Innovation Library, the organization’s first learning space designed through its “Spaces” initiative. Ed Farm is a tech and education startup nonprofit headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Launched in February 2020 with founding support from...