{"id":544,"date":"2025-08-22T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djam.biola.edu\/hopel3\/?p=544"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:02:52","slug":"focus-on-the-family-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djam.biola.edu\/hopel3\/internships\/focus-on-the-family-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on the Family internship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Focus on the Family internship<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

372 hours
June – August 2025
Podcast Programming Intern, onsite in Colorado Springs, CO<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During my 10-week internship for Focus on the Family, I worked an 8-5 in a cubicle (see photo) Monday through Friday to support my supervisor, the podcast producer for three Focus podcasts: The Boundless Show<\/a>, Focus on Parenting<\/a> and Focus on Marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My daily tasks consisted of researching authors and potential guests online and by reading their books to determine if they would fit our show, pitching podcast ideas based on my findings, attending programming meetings with the existing team and writing scripts for existing programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I got my own cubicle during this internship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

My daily tasks consisted of researching authors and potential guests online and by reading their books to determine if they would fit our show, pitching podcast ideas based on my findings, attending programming meetings with the existing team and writing scripts for existing programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I primarily worked behind the scenes of The Boundless Show, I wrote eight scripts<\/a> for the Focus on Parenting Podcast as well. These preps were for episodes that would release twice a week during August 2025 and outlined two hosts’ conversations according to clipped segments of the Focus on the Family with Jim Daly<\/a> broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boundless Show<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Anatomy of a Boundless episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n