Smashcast is run by SMASH, the Summer Math and Science Honors Academy. It's a collection of podcasts created by teens in San Francisco and is sponsored by the Level Playing Field Institute, an organization that "promotes innovative approaches to fairness in higher education and workplaces by removing barriers to full participation." The teens creating these podcasts are not the teens you would think of as having a deep interest in science or math. They defy stereotypes. One teen podcaster, Iris Rodriguez, presented this past weekend at Blogher about her involvement in a math and science honors program as a Latino female. Smashcast has podcasts that are updated frequently and range in topics from artificial sweeteners in drinks to the white water rafting trip the SMASH team recently went on. Head on over to Smashcast yourself and listen to what these teen are talking about.

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