A Little Bit of Genius

On this episode of A Little Bit of Genius, hear from Bertrand Piccard, a record-breaking explorer and balloonist from Switzerland. Bertrand is a Nord Anglia Education alumnus from Collège Champittet and is famous for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe non-stop in a hot air balloon. He also completed the first round-the-world solar flight in history​!

Bertrand speaks with student hosts Amber and Alex from Nord Anglia International School Rotterdam about a range of topics, including his inspirations, his work to protect the environment, and how he was able to stay resilient during all his awe-inspiring adventures around the world.

On today's episode of A Little Bit of Genius our hosts are two secondary school students, Min Ho and So Young, from the British International School Ho Chi Minh City (BIS HCMC) in Vietnam.

Their guest is BIS HCMC alumni Kisum Chan, who recently graduated from University College London. In 2018, Kisum received the prestigious Hult Prize of US$1 million to help fund Rice Inc., a social enterprise that helps farmers by making the rice supply chain more sustainable.

Listen in as Kisum shares about sustainability, agricultural technology, start-ups, teamwork, and how his business is remaining resilient during the coronavirus pandemic.

Thanks for listening and please do look forward to more episodes in series two later this year!

In this episode of A Little Bit of Genius, our guests talk in detail about how they are balancing working from home and supporting the virtual schooling needs of their children during the coronavirus pandemic.

Our guests in this special episode are two colleagues from Collège du Léman, a Nord Anglia Education boarding and day school in Switzerland. Pauline Nord is the Director General at Collège du Léman, and Rob Breare is the school's Director of Admissions & Marketing.

Welcome back to A Little Bit of Genius. This episode’s co-hosts are secondary school students Angelina and Alex.

Together, they speak with Ebbe Sand, who is a former Danish international footballer whose achievements include scoring the fastest goal by a substitute in a World Cup in just 16 seconds. Ebbe shares about what it takes to become a professional football player and the importance of practicing daily.

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Today on the podcast is Billy Tan, a comic book illustrator for Marvel and DC and now owner of his own comic company called Tan Comics based in China.

In this episode, Billy speaks with student co-hosts Eli and Alex about his life and career, including what it takes to be a professional illustrator in such a highly-competitive industry.

Dr Joseph Polisi is the president emeritus of The Juilliard School. He is also the longest-serving president, from 1984-2017, following a successful career as a bassoonist.

In this episode, student co-hosts Angelina and Alex talk with Dr Polisi about what it takes to be a professional musician and his vast experience of life in the performing arts.

In this episode of A Little Bit of Genius, our student co-hosts Eli and Hala speak with Andrew Jack, Global Education Correspondent at the Financial Times.

Andrew has been with the paper since 1990 after studying at Oxford and Harvard.

In this episode, he discusses how he became a journalist at a leading paper, how Financial Times works with students in schools, and the importance of being creative when writing.

Welcome back to A Little Bit of Genius!

In this episode of the podcast, student co-hosts Angelina and Hala speak with Lord David Puttnam, the Oscar-winning film producer of Chariots of Fire.

Having retired from the film world, Lord David Puttnam currently sits on the UK House of Lords and Nord Anglia’s Education Advisory Board.

Listen as our students speak with Lord Puttnam about how creativity shaped his career and life.

In this episode of A Little Bit of Genius, our students speak with critically-acclaimed author Deborah Ellis, who wrote more than 20 books including the best-selling novel The Breadwinner.

In 2017, The Breadwinner was made into a feature-length animated movie with Executive Producer, Angelina Jolie.

Deborah is also an activist and has made considerable contributions to the improvement of lives of women and children in war-torn countries.

This episode’s co-hosts are secondary school students Eli and Angelina.

Welcome to A Little Bit of Genius, a podcast series run by Nord Anglia Education students that looks at the topic of creativity here in its first series.

In our first episode, our co-hosts are secondary school students Eli and Hala. They're speaking with Daniel Gilbert, a young entrepreneur who started his own digital marketing agency called Brainlabs after starting his career at Google. Brainlabs was named by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest growing companies.

They discuss the growing importance of digital marketing in our modern world, along with topics that students interested in marketing should know, such as how creativity can be used in agency life to create ads, and much more.

Enjoy the first episode of this education podcast and tune in to all the others in the series!