Tea & Tangents with Tara

Happy New Year! On season 3 episode 2, Naomi and Tara talk about why 10-year-olds are shopping in Sephora. Why do middle schoolers have skincare and cups on their Christmas lists? Will artificial intelligence change how influencers create content? Naomi and Tara speak about how capitalism & social media have influenced the development of young people. Naomi goes on to share about the importance of working on "your craft".

On season 3 episode 1, Tara goes into the most effective way to use an iPad and organization skills for students with and without the iPad. She recently bought an iPad Pro and is in love with how productive she can be with it. Tara is in love with Duolingo and Collanote. Are third-party iPads a sham? Did Tara get scammed by Amazon? How can you save $200+ on an iPad?

What is competing in a pageant actually like? Do we regret competing? Join the strangers turned roommates, Tara and Emiliann, to discuss competing in Miss. New York USA.

As the second part in a two-part series, Emily and Tara make environmental health news palatable and link the environment's health to our own health. “Cyanobacteria are blue-green algae that produce a variety of bioactive compounds" (Zahra et al., 2020). Cyanobacteria have been considered as a potential tool for the energy crisis, food security, disease outbreaks and climate change. Why is the blame for climate change on consumers? How do we support a population of 8 billion people? ----- Can cyanobacteria be the solution?Source:Zahra, Z., Choo, D. H., Lee, H., & Parveen, A. (2020). Cyanobacteria: Review of current potentials and applications. Environments, 7(2), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7020013 

As the first part in a two-part series, Emily and Tara make environmental health news palatable and link the environment's health to our own health. Emily will be pursuing her MPH in Fall 2023 and contributed greatly to the research for today's episode. Our first episode focuses on a disease that embodies the environmental health movement: asthma. When discussing environmental triggers of diseases or how public health is impacted by the environment, scientists and researchers have to mention asthma. How can we prepare for climate change's impact on our health?Sourceshttps://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/epdf/10.1289/EHP10440 https://www.weather.gov/lch/eventshttps://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-la.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967478/ https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/4955/https://www.aafa.org/asthma-facts/https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/information/state_factsheets/louisiana.htm https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1104239 ​​https://www.weact.org/en/ https://www.weact.org/campaigns/asthmadisparities/unequal-air-and-care_digitalcopy_page_01/ 

On season 2 episode 9, Tara hosts Katerina and Alvaro to discuss if their trio works. Should they break up? Are trio friendships actually genuine?