Emily Cho – Wild Business Growth Podcast #323: Prison Teacher, Juvie for STEM Founder

Don’t judge a book by its cover. That’s the story of this week’s Wild Business Growth podcast guest, Emily Cho. Emily is the Founder of Juvie for STEM aka JSTEM. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms, and watch on YouTube.

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Episode 323: Emily Cho – Prison Teacher, Juvie for STEM Founder

Emily Cho, the Founder of Juvie for STEM aka JSTEM, joins the show to share her journey from volunteering in prisons to creating the largest youth-led education technology nonprofit. Hear what makes prison so fascinating, what you can learn from teaching in prison, how to structure your business, how to run a business with limited time, and Emily’s work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This episode covers everything from prison to Star Wars. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• What got Emily interested in prison
• How does she run JSTEM while being a freshman at Cornell University
• What’s surprising about the JSTEM students
• 9-1-1
• Proton Therapy

Connect with Emily at JuvieForSTEM.org.

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

• Intro & Prison
  • [0:29] Email me at to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool
  • [0:38] Connect with Emily at JuvieForSTEM.org
  • [2:20] Is this her first-ever podcast
  • [2:39] What got her interested in prison
  • [4:34] What got her interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
  • [6:31] Sir Isaac Newton

• The Juvie for STEM aka JSTEM Story
  • [6:55] Why did Emily start volunteering in prisons
  • [12:57] How did she structure JSTEM aka Juvie for STEM
  • [16:24] What are the most common programming languages for coding
  • [19:03] How does Emily run JSTEM while being a freshman at Cornell University
  • [21:08] What’s surprising about the Juvie for STEM students
  • [22:33] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Emily
  • [22:35] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
  • [22:36] Such an honor speaking at Podcast Movement ’23 in Denver! Sign up to grab the slides from my session at MaxPodcasting.com/PM23
• Rapid-Fire Q&A
  • [22:51] What’s Emily’s favorite true crime podcast
  • [25:30] 9-1-1
  • [26:34] What is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
  • [28:08] Star Wars
  • [28:15] Proton Therapy
  • [28:45] Connect with Emily at JuvieForSTEM.org
  • [29:44] What are Emily’s Final Thoughts
  • [30:14] Follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about the podcast. And show love (or roast me) by leaving 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify
  • [30:23] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Emily
  • [30:25] Check out the Wild Business Growth podcast on Goodpods, where you can see what your favorite people are listening to
  • [30:28] Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter (aka X), and Threads @MaxBranstetter and TikTok @WildBusinessGrowth
  • [30:30] Save time with your high-quality podcast. Email me at to bring your podcast to life and use it as a business-building tool
  • [30:35] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
  • Theme music: Freestyle Percussion Magik – “Jungle Tribe” – provided by Jamendo

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