Ellen Zhang, a Sophomore at UW-Madison, was recently elected the next Alder of District 8, a seat on the City Council representing the UW-Madison campus area. In this episode of You Seem Exceptional she joins host Oliver Gerharz and guest co-host Kayla Dembiec for a discussion about her campaign, the way it was covered, and what she is looking forward to being able to do in the next two years as an Alder and as a college student.

Sean Michael Dargan is a musician and the advisor to the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Music Committee. In this episode of You Seem Exceptional, Oliver Gerharz and freshly graduated guest co-host Easton Parks talk to him about his music, life as a musician, his straight gig with the Union, baby's first bagpipe, balancing music and sports in the year he was a Division 3 College Baseball player, the stay-at-home dad gig, and the silliest band names he's had. Easton was previously focused on You Seem Exceptional as a guest in early 2025, so take a listen to episode 26 if you'd like to hear more like this.

Michael Pipkorn is the director and writer of "Fragile," one of two student films to come out of Com Arts 659 this semester. “Fragile” is about two college students who meet and fall in love, start dating, but when the girl dies, the boy begins to spiral, and believes that the girl lives on in her favorite porcelain doll. Join Oliver Gerharz and guest co-host Lydia Picotte for an interview with Pipkorn about the structure of the class that helped hm produce the film, being weary of the soul, striving to be the LeBron of movies, and the insane dream that inspired "Fragile." "Fragile" will be shown on campus on May 2nd at 7:30PM.