Simi Olurin
Staff Producer
simi.olurin@yale.edu
Simi Olurin currently serves as editor of the Yale Daily News Podcast Desk. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, she is a double major in Political Science and Film & Media Studies.
Producer Archive
SIMI OLURIN
PODCAST | 4 Black Editors

Are there black people in Harry Potter? Where were the black people in Gilmore Girls? Four are currently (or formerly) editors at the Yale Daily […]

February 18, 2022

Sophie Henry
ANDREA LEE & SIMI OLURIN
PODCAST: Open call for submissions

Do you write flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or plays? Are you interested in voice acting or music composition? The YDN Podcast Desk’s first audio narrative […]

February 2, 2022

SIMI OLURIN, ALYSSA MICHEL & CHRISTION ZAPPLEY
Full Disclosure: Confessions of Student Athletes at Yale

Yale Daily News Podcasts · Full Disclosure: Confessions of Student Athletes at Yale Varsity student-athletes at Yale sit down to discuss the various myths and […]

March 5, 2021

SIMI OLURIN & ALLISON CHO
Full Disclosure E5: Native Students Speak on Fall Semester and its Significance

Yale Daily News Podcasts · Native Students Speak on Fall Semester and its Significance The end of the fall semester usually presents difficulties for many […]

November 30, 2020

SIMI OLURIN, JORDAN FITZGERALD & JORDAN JENKINS
Full Disclosure E4: Activism Beyond the Performance

Yale Daily News Podcasts · Full Disclosure: Activism Beyond the Performance Students and faculty discuss the nuances between genuine progress and performative activism and allyship […]

November 11, 2020

SIMI OLURIN, CHRISTION ZAPPLEY & ALYSSA MICHEL
Full Disclosure E3: Piece of Mind: Faculty and Students on Yale’s Mental Health Culture

Full Disclosure · Piece of Mind: Faculty and Students on Yale's Mental Health Culture Students and faculty discuss the realities of Yale’s mental health culture […]

October 19, 2020

SIMI OLURIN
Humbled and Confused

I like to consider myself a snob when it comes to cinema. Not only do I think that I have impeccable taste in films and […]

October 15, 2020

SIMI OLURIN
Full Disclosure Ep 1 Part 2: First Impressions of Yale’s Queer Race Gap

A first year and a sophomore offer fresh insights and perspectives about their early experiences as queer students of color in Yale’s LGBTQ community. In […]

October 6, 2020

SIMI OLURIN
Full Disclosure Ep 1: Reflections on Yale’s Queer Race Gap

Two students of color discuss their experiences, erasure, and the importance of intersectional perspectives within the LGBTQ+ community at Yale. Part 1 of the two-episode […]

September 29, 2020

SIMI OLURIN
Dwindling Circle

COVID has ravaged every facet of society. It’s scary because with each day it becomes increasingly difficult to imagine life after COVID. Every conceivable aspect […]

September 11, 2020

SIMI OLURIN
School of Public Health introduces racial justice concentration

As the country grapples with an unruly pandemic that has disproportionately affected people of color, the Yale School of Public Health has rolled out a […]

September 1, 2020