Incongruent

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Today we share some of our back catalogue in anticipation of a major sustainable development event that our team is participating in today.  Our guest, Kehkashan Basu, is also part of the same event and panel. 

Kehkashan Basu is an eco ambassador who has received awards from so, so many places. According to her LinkedIN profile she is a United Nations Human Rights Champion; the Founder-President, Green Hope Foundation; a Forbes 30 Under 30; the Council Lead, Toronto-St. Paul's CYC; one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women; and an Int'l Children's Peace Prize Winner - and this hasn't been updated since New Year when she was awarded two other notable titles including the "Nation-Building Youth Award" at the International Conference on Nation-Building in Thailand!

Imnah and Arjun spoke to Kehkashan in 2019 when she visited campus to lead a Climate Reality Project seminar. This interview was part of our class project which we have repurposed for today!

The Sustainable Living, Building Back Better conference which is taking place on January 13 (virtually) can be accessed here: https://www.unileverme.com/sustainable-living/green-recovery/. 

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In what is technically the first episode of season three, we kick off with a bang. Lydia and Arjun had the chance to interview Juan Pablo Celis. a youth policy and climate advocate and empowerment speaker in the run up to his participation at a major UAE conference on sustainability.

Juan Pablo is an Adviser to the Youth Representatives Steering Committee of the United Nations Department of Global Communication, Civil Society Unit, where he was a founding member since 2016 and shares his unique outlook and experience on the multilateral system, and how youth can and are being involved in public policy development. 

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As we prepare to launch season 3, Arjun takes time out to speak with our celebrity graddie, Divya Premchand (@divsglam) who is not only one of our top graduating media students, but also a rising social media star. Divya is shortlisted in the Filmfare Middle East Social Media Awards. Our Arjun meets up with Divya and gets the low-down on what it takes to be an Instagram "Beauty Queen" and social media "Rising Star".

Check out https://filmfaremiddleeast.com/socialnight/ for more Divya!

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It's the finale for season 2 - and this time we are doing Secret Santa in an extremely Incongruent fashion. And by that, we mean we get everything wrong... it's chaos as we conclude 2020 - but that does mean that 2021 will be a better year, it has a low bar to leap over!

Hosted by Arjun Radeesh and Stephen King (and Santa!)

With:

• Angelica Banares
• Hashim Riyan @hashim_riyan
• Lydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrl
• Arjun Radeesh: @arjunrads_20
• Mabel Roy: mabellle__
• Imnah Varghese @potted_ivy
• Samira Banat

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This was always going to be our most challenging episode... but little did we know this topic would also be contentious. Culture wars break out as the Taj Mahal takes on the Pyramids and then are stomped by the Greeks... But all is well as the Philippines rise to spread peace and joy to the world, potentially inspired by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber... If that doesn't make any sense, then you may well enjoy this week's episode of the Incongruent!

Hosted by: Stephen King (@stevekingindxb)

With:

• Angelica Banares
• Hashim Riyan @hashim_riyan
• Lydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrl
• Arjun Radeesh: @arjunrads_20

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In this episode Hashim finally offers some valuable advice  on his Mastermind Specialist Subject - fashion. And it's clear that the boys have a better (!) idea on style than the ladies... or is it. The usual shenanigans are afoot with Arjun arriving fashionably late and random discussions on horoscopes. Sit back and enjoy our longest episode yet...

Hosted by Imnah Varghese: @potted_ivy

With:

• Hashim Riyan @hashim_riyan
• Stephen King @stevekingindxb
• Lydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrl
• Arjun Radeesh: @arjunrads_20

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In this Plus episode Arjun and Samira are joined with a true legend of radio journalism - presenter/producer - TV & Radio, Broadcast consultant, voice over artiste, moderator/compere for conferences and events, Phil Blizzard. 

Phil is the voice of Wish You Were Here with Phil Blizzard which is broadcast from 2pm-5pm UAE on Saturdays, via  Internet radio station, Capital Radio UAE (http://cruae.ae/events/event/whats-on-in-the-uae-with-phil-blzzard/). 

Enjoy 35 years of radio history, and also we get the definitive answer on the best airplane and airline in the world!

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Santa is coming to town and we all know what that means! Toys... or at least that's what the boys are thinking as the girls have mostly deserted us for this episode leaving Lydia to provide an alternative, and more intelligent perspective on this week's theme.

Hosted by Hashim Riyan: @hashim_riyan

With:
Arjun Radeesh: @arjunrads_20
Lydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrl
Stephen King (on saxophone)

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We are beginning the festive season on a high, sharing some of the history and culture of our home nations. This week we are inspired by the UAE National Day celebrations, and the team imparts its collective knowledge on our own national days - filling a segment of just over 20 minutes between us...

Hosted by Arjun Radeesh  (@arjunrads_20)

With:

• Imnah Varghese @potted_ivy
• Lydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrl
• Stephen King @stevekingindxb
• Hashim Riyan @hashim_riyan

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We are all very excited that research into a COVID-19 vaccine is reaching the advanced stage... and that we may once again begin dreaming about summer holidays abroad. In our fourth episode of season two, the team tries to encourage each other to visit their home country. Listen for tips on visiting India, the UK, Greece - and find out where our first international podcast will be broadcast from!

Hosted by Imnah Varghese @potted_ivy

With:

• Arjun Radeesh: @arjunrads_20
• Lydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrl
• Stephen King @stevekingindxb

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