INTRODUCE YOURSELF Hello my name is Jacob Altstein, I go by Jacob. My pronouns are He/Him. I’m born and raised in Brooklyn and am now living on campus at CCNY. I’m currently undeclared / liberal arts. I’m considering majoring in Film and Video Production. If I could have a conversation with a person of my choosing […]

1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Murakami ran a small jazz bar for 7 years. This definitely show’s inhis work. He’s won many awards for his […]

1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Murakami ran a small jazz bar for 7 years. This definitely show’s inhis work. He’s won many awards for his […]

1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Murakami ran a small jazz bar for 7 years. This definitely show’s inhis work. He’s won many awards for his […]

AUDIO RECORDING Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is likely that English is his first language. He speaks with ease and without doubt. Being an American, I can […]

“Audio Recording Response” Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is likely that English is his first language. He speaks with ease and without doubt. Being an American, I […]

When we think of propaganda, I think what comes to mind is evil dictatorships and political corruption. Kim Jong Un, WW2, Hitller, Vladimir Putin. But in reality, propaganda is something that is everywhere, and it’s not necessarily evil, I mean sometimes it is but not all the time. Propaganda is notoriously used as a tactic […]

Interview with my Girlfriend Abi Rivera  I met Abi in Brooklyn by Fort Hamilton on a Thursday afternoon. We immediately went to the Parade Grounds where I would conduct the interview. On the way there we talked some about what we would be discussing and what type of questions I would be asking her. Although […]

I will interview my girlfriend Abi. I know I’ll get good authentic answers from her. I’m going to record the interview on my camera, I’m hoping that we can both be in it but I might have to hold the camera. An original question I will ask her is “Coming from a Spanish speaking family, […]

Several summers ago when I was just a young boy, me and my family decided to vacation in Europe. From the start I was already nervous about going to another country where people don’t speak the same language as me. We stayed in Paris for a week before spending our last few days in Normandy, […]