James Brown-Kinsella is interested in the idea of nonsense in ancient Chinese philosophy. He studied philosophy at Princeton, completed a Masters degree at Peking University, and is currently a graduate student at Cambridge.

Daniel Yamamoto is half Japanese and half British, and spent his childhood in Tokyo and Yokohama before moving to the UK for university. He is currently a graduate student at Cambridge.

Cecily Polonsky joins Modus Mirandi to discuss our shared interests of Russia, languages, teaching, and more. Cecily spent her early childhood in Moscow before moving to Cambridge, England. She studied comparative literature at Princeton and has previously been a teacher in New York City.

Justinas Mickus is a graduate student in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge. He has previously worked in a policy think tank in his home city of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Tez Clark is a PhD student in Philosophy at NYU. She studies epistemology, a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of knowledge.

Delaney is a PhD student in Philosophy at UNC Chapel Hill. She is interested in moral and political philosophy. Prior to her PhD, she did her undergrad at Princeton, and before that, she spent a gap year volunteering in Peru. Delaney is also passionate about the outdoors, and was a leader trainer in Princeton’s Outdoor Action program.

Jennie Kim has interned at the White House, worked as a middle school math teacher in Florida, and currently works on policy at a major tech company. She is passionate about education and tech, and how they are influenced by government policy. In this episode, we discuss our teaching experience, our journeys out of teaching into the tech world, and anti-Asian discrimination.

My father grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts, where his dad was a WWII veteran and his mom was a school teacher. His post-college gap year teaching English in Japan would change the trajectory of his life, leading to a lifelong interest in the Asia-Pacific region as well as deep personal connections to Japan. After many years working in Tokyo, London, and Washington DC, he now works at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, an organization working to eradicate extreme poverty in Asia through investing in sustainable development.

Will Nolan is a graduate student and Barry Scholar at Oxford studying Philosophy. He is also an avid runner, a student of the classics, and a former high school teacher.

Zartosht Ahlers credits the beauty of nature for his incessant need to be left alone.