Quaker Matters

Quaker Matters

Wilmington Friends School

Episodes 70
Avg. Duration 20m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (10)
Since Sep 2021
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

Conversations with faculty, staff, and students from Wilmington Friends School.

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Recent Episodes

S5E14 WFS Athletic Trainer, Noah Underwood

Mar 30, 2026 14m

WFS Athletic Trainer Noah Underwood stops by!

S5E13 UPenn Social Innovators: Dami Johnson ’27

Aug 07, 2025 4m

Dami Johnson ’27: Teens Supporting Teens helped high schoolers organize their time and work more effectively. Dami’s project also focused on improving mental well-being and helping students address…

S5E11 UPenn Social Innovators: Liza Green ’27

Aug 07, 2025 6m

Scarlett Murphy ’27: Passionate about politics, Scarlett began her SIP project by exploring the struggles of individuals involved in the political scene. This led to thoughtful conversations about…

S5E12 UPenn Social Innovators: Scarlett Murphy ’27

Aug 07, 2025 14m

Scarlett Murphy ’27: Passionate about politics, Scarlett began her SIP project by exploring the struggles of individuals involved in the political scene. This led to thoughtful conversations about…

S5E10 UPenn Social Innovators: Justin Hutchful ’27

Aug 07, 2025 4m

Justin Hutchful ’27: Justin’s project, Fixing Procrastination, helped students who struggled with procrastination by offering an online study group that implemented an intensive study schedule to…

S5E9 UPenn Social Innovators: Henry Gaskell ’26

Aug 07, 2025 5m

Henry Gaskell ’26: Henry’s idea, Henry’s Arm Care, was a small physical single-page guide made for baseball players who were unable to perform at peak level because of arm pain. It offered targeted…

S5E8 UPenn Social Innovators: Gianna Cottone ’26

Aug 07, 2025 5m

Gianna Cottone ’26: Gianna’s project, Earth Educators, revolved around educating teenagers about the climate. Her focus was on sparking curiosity or urgency regarding climate change, with the hope of…

S5E7 UPenn Social Innovators: Landis Hershey ’26

Aug 07, 2025 6m

Landis Hershey ’26: After observing a significant lack of transparency in scoring at mock trial competitions, Landis developed a mock trial guide booklet titled All Rise: The Art of Mock Trial. This…

S5E6 UPenn Social Innovators Program: Charlie Kurz ’27

Aug 07, 2025 6m

Charlie’s project, Hockey Parent Connect, was an online newsletter and platform that provided valuable information to parents of youth hockey players about local programs and what they offered for…

S5E5 Rose Mulveny ’26 | School Year Abroad

Jul 22, 2025 14m

On the latest episode of the Quaker Matters Podcast, Rose Mulveny ’26 reflects on her year abroad in Zaragoza, Spain with the School Year Abroad (SYA) program. Rose shares how this immersive…

S5E4 Reese Bryson ’25 and Charlie Bradford | The Friends’ School in Hobart

Jul 09, 2025 26m

As part of her Senior Exploration, Reese Bryson ’25 interviewed Charlie Bradford for the Quaker Matters Podcast. Charlie, a visitor from The Friends’ School in Hobart, Tasmania, spent time at…

S5E3 Jake Rashkind with Andrés Pardo ’21 and Ely Longwill ’21

Feb 20, 2025 27m

Jake Rashkind stops by to chat with Andrés Pardo ’21 and Ely Longwill ’21 about his teaching career at Wilmington Friends School.

S5E2 Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 | Books For Blue, Reading Tour

Jan 09, 2025 15m

“When a child looks at you like, ‘I trust you,’ I think that’s the most rewarding feeling in the world.” Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 recently joined the Quaker Matters Podcast. In this episode, Tracey…

S5E1 Lesley Tryon ’71 | Assistant Director of Finance at WFS

Sep 12, 2024 13m

“To go back to the Quaker SPICES… I think the foundation of what Wilmington Friends School is… it turns out good people. Yes, of course, it’s about the education, but it’s also about the people this…

S4E16 Zach Williams ’02 | Author and Jones Lecturer in Fiction at Stanford University

Aug 22, 2024 39m

“There’s no need to be modest about your ambitions or your hopes. If there is something that you want to do or something that you want to see happen in the world, move toward it one little step at a…

S4E15 Laura Jersild Pardo ’90 | WFS MS Spanish Teacher

Jul 30, 2024 9m

“It prepares you to be a better citizen of the world, both going out into the world and receiving people into your own world who might not speak English. I also think it gives kids a sense that there…

S4E14 WFS Entrepreneurship Club | Anya Agarwal ’25 and Layla Baynes ’25

Jul 16, 2024 14m

Inspired by their mothers’ entrepreneurial spirits, Anya Agarwal ’25 and Layla Baynes ’25 founded the Entrepreneurship Club at WFS during the 2023-24 school year. They created the club to provide a…

S4E13 UPenn Social Innovators Program: Josh Fung ’26 | Preoperative Total Joint Replacement Screener

Jul 11, 2024 5m

Josh created a preoperative total joint replacement (TJR) screener targeting patient-initiated cancellation. This TJR screener gives patients scores/ratings based on how likely they are to cancel…

S4E12 UPenn Social Innovators Program: Cora Lohkamp ’26 | Wild Kids in the Wildlife

Jul 11, 2024 5m

Cora’s project, “Wild Kids in the Wildlife,” is focused on helping teens take action against climate change. Focusing on recycling, reusing, and reducing, Cora helped teenagers understand that there…

S4E11 UPenn Social Innovators Program: Tripp Young ’25 | Safe2Style

Jul 11, 2024 6m

Tripp’s project recognized that athletes care about how they look while they play sports. His project, an awareness brand called “Safe2Style,”focused on helping lacrosse players decrease the chance…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Quaker Matters have?

Quaker Matters has published 70 episodes since September 2021, covering topics in Education.

Is Quaker Matters still active?

Quaker Matters is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 20m.

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