The Clarion Chats 2025

by Sinclair Clarion

Welcome to The Clarion Chats. A hub for news and entertainment at Sinclair Community College. In 2025, were excited to give you a scheduled monthly listen for issues with our world and words from our hearts.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • Clarion Chats 2025: What Were We Made For?

    Clarion Chats 2025: What Were We Made For?

    Welcome back to the Clarion Chats listeners! This episode we have a beloved member of our team, Maliah Bitemo, talking to me today about her experience as a women of color. Come listen to her tales of her childhood, her hardships and how she made it to where she is today.

  • Clarion Chats 2025: Human and Equal

    Clarion Chats 2025: Human and Equal

    Welcome back to the Clarion Chats listeners! This month was Black history month and on this episode we introduce you to a close friend, Isabella Cain. Isabella explains her childhood, growing up mixed, and a retrospective on today's world with the POC community. Tune in and enjoy.

  • Clarion Chats 2025: Meet The Editors

    Clarion Chats 2025: Meet The Editors

    Welcome back to the Clarion Chats listeners! On this episode we welcome you to 2025. Meet three of our editors, Guppy, Atticus, and Esperance. Know about their lives and stories, as well as tips for todays world.

  • Season 2

  • Globe-trotting linguist extraordinaire, Derek Petrey

    Globe-trotting linguist extraordinaire, Derek Petrey

    Professor Derek Petrey, the Chair of Humanities, Government, & Modern Languages at Sinclair Community College, was once a regular student. Learn how he made the most of his love of linguistics and turned a passion for Spanish and Portuguese into a career that is the envy of his peers.

  • Having a laugh with comedian, actor, and chemistry professor Mike Canastero

    Having a laugh with comedian, actor, and chemistry professor Mike Canastero

    Some know him as a Dayton-based comedian. Others as a recently retired chemistry professor and longtime podcaster. Mike Canastero wears many hats and will soon add director to that distinguished wall. Whether you’ve seen his many collaborations with filmmaker Henrique Couto or are looking forward to ‘Big Trouble in Jackson Heights’, there’s plenty we can learn from him.