![]() In addition to his work with TribLIVE Radio, Mike also currently holds a position as a digital content producer and reporter for .ĭespite mostly a radio background, Asti has worked in TV, serving as a reporter for WPXI’s “Skylights” high school football coverage. He was a lead host on the radio side of the credentialed and. Also, Mike spent time as a multi-media journalist for Robert Morris University, highlighted by serving as the main color analyst for the Robert Morris women’s basketball team. At Champs, Mike covered Western Pennsylvania high school athletics and beyond as one of the lead on-air analysts and color commentators on the network. Professionally, Mike held a position as a member of the Champs Sports Network. His tenure as host is one of the most decorated in station history. There, he covered several sports and held a leadership position as host of the station’s sports talk show – The Sportspage (2008-2010). He started at West Virginia University’s college radio station, WWVU-FM in Morgantown (U92). Mike has spent many years in multiple aspects of multi-media journalism. Asti currently serves as the Assistant Station Manager and Lead Host with TribLIVE Radio. She's been living with her best friend's family ever since.Mike J. All I knew was I had to get out of that house," Raven said. And I was just crying all the way to my bus stop all the way to school. "I just I had to run, 'cause everything was going to catch up eventually. Later, her mother's abusive and sometimes violent boyfriend would wreak havoc on the household, fuelling her mother's alcoholism. Raven is Indigenous, and her grandmother was a residential school survivor. Raven was 16 years old when she told Mic Drop the story of how she freed herself from "a constant circle of violence and alcohol" in her home. And that was something that I needed to get through my head." Raven: Rewriting Indigenous narratives But it won't just get better if you sit down and just say, why isn't it getting better? You have to make it get better. "Everybody always says it will get better. One of the most important lessons he's learned about mental health is acknowledging that some days will be harder than others - but that doesn't mean you aren't on the right path. "I actually haven't talked to my father in about two years, which has been one of the best decisions I've ever made," he said. Mic Drop won the Best Podcast honour at the RTDNA awards for the Central Canada region in 2018. He and his mother also made a clean break from his father. Today, Gary has been doing better, thanks to therapy, antidepressants and moral and emotional support from his mother and friends. "He just tries to find ways to set you up to fail, just so he can get angry at you to fail." My dad is a very manipulative person - a very emotionally abusive person," said Gary. "My parents got divorced when I was five. When he first spoke with Okeke, he was 14, and described some dark moments as he struggled with depression and an abusive father. And I found people that valued me more as a friend." Gary: Grappling with mental health just, like, stopped stop talking to them. And I realized that like most of my friendships then were just me trying," she said. "I just realized that: Look, you can't waste your time on people that aren't giving you the same energy, because, like, a friendship takes two people trying. This coming year she hopes to focus on her studies and her dancing skills, with the support of new friends. She's also grown more confident, and feels comfortable challenging her fellow students and even her teachers on their viewpoints. They have a gender-neutral bathroom, too. ![]() She switched to a public school, where she says she's encountered more LGBT-positive peers and staff. Today, Melissa is 15, and in a better place. Mic Drop: Here's why The Current is giving a voice to Canadian youth.Podcast Teens take over the mic, share their personal stories in CBC's Mic Drop
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