
Talk Yerdy To Me
Sarah Lerner, CJE is an award-winning journalism adviser.
Sarah Lerner, CJE
Show overview
Talk Yerdy To Me launched in 2025 and has put out 7 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 1 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 9 min and 16 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Sarah Lerner, CJE.
From the publisher
Sarah Lerner, CJE is an award-winning journalism adviser. She speaks to students, advisers and those within the field of scholastic journalism to share their stories.
Latest Episodes
CSPA (March 2026)

Ep 6SIPA (March 2026)
This episode features student journalists attending the SIPA (Southern Interscholastic Press Association) conference held at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. We spoke about why they're here, why journalism matters to them, their future plans within the field & more.

Ep 5Alexandria City High School
This episode features two editors of Alexandria City High School's newspaper Theogony, Rozalia Finkelstein & Julia Gwin, and their adviser, Kamilah Lawson. They sat down to talk with me at the SIPA (Southern Interscholastic Press Association) conference in March 2026 about the censorship issues they faced & overcame after publishing a story about school safety/bussing issues.

Ep 4A Tribute to Mike Taylor
This is a special episode as a tribute to Mike Taylor. It features guests Jeff Bell, Leland Mallett, Sabrina Cady, Jim Jordan and me. The world lost Mike a little over a year ago to cancer. I hope this brings you a smile as you think about my best friend.

Ep 3NSPA (Nov. 2025)
This episode features student journalists attending the JEA (Journalism Education Association)/NSPA (National Scholastic Press Association) conference held in Nashville, TN. We spoke about why they're here, why journalism matters to them, their future plans within the field & more.

Ep 2CSPA (March 2025)
This episode features student journalists attending the CSPA (Columbia Scholastic Press Association) conference held at Columbia University in NYC. We spoke about why they're here, why journalism matters to them, their future plans within the field & more.

Ep 1SIPA (March 2025)
I spoke with student journalists attending SIPA (Southern Interscholastic Press Association) about why they're at the conference, why journalism matters to them, their future plans within the field & more.