Break the ISAK!

In this episode, we interview Lydia about her passions, mainly her YouTube channel. Lydia is a brilliant leader at UWC ISAK Japan who runs a YouTube channel “Lydia Jane” to share her UWC experience and help other people interested in applying to UWC. Furthermore, We talked about the challenges and implications of being a YouTuber at a UWC.

On Friday the 12th of March 2021, Lauricenia, Kampe and Emmanuella organized an Afro-Textured hair workshop to raise awareness on discrimmination and historical contexts among other issues. In this episode, Mutty interviews one of the attendees, Kano Nagata about her thoughts on the workshop, her stance on cultural appropriation, and why she thinks it is important for these workshops to happen.

On this episode of Break The Isak, we interview Simon, a semi-professional volleyball player. Simon speaks about his journey as a volleyball player and the highs and lows of his career. As a competitive player both on and off campus he certainly had a lot to say.

In this episode, we interview one of our team members, Mutty, on his blog about his thoughts on his home country. Cambodia Through the Wide Lens is a blog about Mutty’s opinions and thoughts on Cambodia since arriving in Japan. With this blog, he aims to reflect on his own country and develop a better understanding of Cambodian society with the assistance of new knowledge he gains from being in a different environment.

Here at ISAK we have 3 types of clubs; student-led, core and activity. With the help of our 3 guest speakers, Ben, Kyria and Ally, in this episode we learn more about what these clubs do, the leaders behind it and how club leaders balance their student life on top of this role with responsibility.

Today's episode is about the final U.S. presidential debate with our first special guest speaker of the show: Mr.Earwood! He is a Global Politics teacher at UWC ISAK Japan, his expertise being international relations. In this episode, we explore the history of the debates and the significance of them besides commenting on the candidates and their performance. Discussing the main themes of the debate, we touched on topics that are of global importance while trying our best to be neutral.

Credits:

Guest speaker: James Earwood

Cover photo: Charlotte

Logo: Surei, Art club