A couple of months back, I received an email in my inbox with something in the subject line along the lines of "Odyssey's National Podcast is Creating a Team." I open all of my emails (even those that might contain a virus), so this was no different. As I continued reading, I saw that the Odyssey was looking for talented, driven individuals to compose a national podcast team for a new branch of their platform. There was a series of questions: do you work at your college radio station? Do you have recording experience? Do you listen to a lot of podcasts? My answers were yes, yes, and begrudgingly for work, yes. It looked as if I should apply for the job.

Being the pessimist that I was, I didn't think much about the application. I was applying for a lot of internships at the time. Pretty much any application that came my way I attempted to fill out. After all, when you're the last of your friends to have acquired summer plans, you start to get a little nervous. Then, I received an email. It was time for a Skype interview, one of many oddities of my generation I've pretty sure I will never be able to fully think of as normalcy. Questions were asked about why I'd be good at the job, forcing me to brag about myself in a way I never feel comfortable doing, and about my prior experience, which I have so overly memorized by now I probably know my resumé better than the birth dates of my family members.

Eventually, things got exciting. While at a reading on campus entitled, "Women Writing About Sex and Desire," I received an email: I was chosen as Lead Producer of Odyssey's National Podcast. I couldn't have been happier or more surprised.

Now about a month into the position, I can wholeheartedly say it is one of the most challenging but also coolest projects I've had the pleasure of working on. The team for the podcast consists of about 12 millennials from colleges across the country. Paired up in a combination of hosts and segment hosts, they discuss everything from the presidential elections to trending pop culture topics to how to write the perfect Tinder bio. They're amazing people who have taught me more than just how to adequately navigate the Slack application of my cell phone.

Going forward, I know there will be challenges beyond the ones we've already faced such as deciding on a name ("Odyssey On Air" ended up being the favorite) and how to record when certain hosts live in a different states in different time zones. I'm not worried - I'm excited. There's something very special about this team of individuals, and I know the podcast is going to be unique, unlike anything myself or the Odyssey has done before. I hope you'll think so, too.

You can check out the teaser for the podcast on iTunes!