Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Kobe Bryant explains what’s next for Granity Studios, award winning multimedia original content company focused on creating new ways to tell stories around sports. Stories that are crafted to entertain, by bringing education and inspiration together (Granity Studios website). The original interview from Hit Network was uploaded on March 5, 2019.
Full Interview on Hit Network: youtu.be/ZL9FtWjLvpQ
Excerpt from ‘OCDE unveils ‘The Punies’ lesson series based on podcast produced by Kobe Bryant’ article by Vicky Nguyen:
After retiring from the NBA in 2016, Bryant developed and directed a podcast called “The Punies” through his company Granity Studios as a way to help young children and his own four daughters navigate childhood.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, the Orange County Department of Education in partnership with Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation and Granity Studios will unveil the Punies Lesson Series to third- through fifth-grade teachers and school counselors in Orange County.
Andrew Ntzouras, a social-emotional learning program specialist for OCDE’s Educational Services division, is facilitating the virtual step-by-step introduction to the lesson series. He and his division spent nearly 18 months developing and creating these lesson plans inspired by Bryant.
“It’s an honor to be part of this work alongside Granity Studios and the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation,” Ntzouras said. “To be able to keep his legacy going with the Punies is something I’ll treasure forever. I’m very honored to do that. Through this work, the lives of Kobe and Gigi Bryant, and their passion to inspire the next generation, will always live on.”
Full article: newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-unveils-the-punies-lesson-series-inspired-by-the-late-kobe-bryant
Kobe Bryant explains what’s next for Granity Studios, award winning multimedia original content company focused on creating new ways to tell stories around sports. Stories that are crafted to entertain, by bringing education and inspiration together (Granity Studios website). The original interview from Hit Network was uploaded on March 5, 2019.
Full Interview on Hit Network: youtu.be/ZL9FtWjLvpQ
Excerpt from ‘OCDE unveils ‘The Punies’ lesson series based on podcast produced by Kobe Bryant’ article by Vicky Nguyen:
After retiring from the NBA in 2016, Bryant developed and directed a podcast called “The Punies” through his company Granity Studios as a way to help young children and his own four daughters navigate childhood.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, the Orange County Department of Education in partnership with Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation and Granity Studios will unveil the Punies Lesson Series to third- through fifth-grade teachers and school counselors in Orange County.
Andrew Ntzouras, a social-emotional learning program specialist for OCDE’s Educational Services division, is facilitating the virtual step-by-step introduction to the lesson series. He and his division spent nearly 18 months developing and creating these lesson plans inspired by Bryant.
“It’s an honor to be part of this work alongside Granity Studios and the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation,” Ntzouras said. “To be able to keep his legacy going with the Punies is something I’ll treasure forever. I’m very honored to do that. Through this work, the lives of Kobe and Gigi Bryant, and their passion to inspire the next generation, will always live on.”
Full article: newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-unveils-the-punies-lesson-series-inspired-by-the-late-kobe-bryant
