Renaissance Foundation Podcast

Welcome to the Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people.

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We speak to MP for East Ham Stephen Timms. He spoke to us about his career, the impact he's had on East London, advice for young people and also sharing a very personal experience, a situation in which he was stabbed by a constituent at a constituency surgery. Thank you for talking to us so openly Stephen, we all learnt something from this discussion

Thanks so much!

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Welcome to the Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people.

This episode we speak to businessman, diplomat and British Ambassador Matthew Kirk. He spoke to us about his career, shared personal stories and also gave us a positive outlook on our current situation.
We loved speaking to you Matthew Kirk, you gave us great advice, inspired us and made us smile!

Thanks so much!

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Welcome to the Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people.

This episode we speak to President Obama's former Speechwriter and advisor Ben Rhodes. He has worked with Obama since his campaigning days, accompanied him around the world when he was president and was also instrumental in the recent diplomatic agreements with U.S.A and Cuba. So as you can tell this episode covers a lot!

We loved speaking to you Ben, you gave us great advice, inspired us and made us laugh!

Thanks so much!

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Welcome to the Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people.

This episode we speak to entrepreneur Patrick McCrae, who founded his own art consultancy agency in East London (really close to us). He talk to us about his journey from Uni, to fish and chips shop to starting ARTIQ and watching it grow.

We loved hearing year from you Patrick thanks so much for talking to us sand sharing your advice, you really inspired us!

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Welcome back to another Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people.

This is Part 2 of our chat with award winning comedian Dane Baptiste! You'll hear the young people ask him questions about his jokes, celebs he's met and also great book recommendations and ideas on how to reach out to each other while in isolation.

We loved hearing year from you Dane, thanks so much for talking to us so openly and honestly.

Thank you so much Dane Baptiste for talking to our young people!

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Welcome back to another Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people. This week we spoke to award winning comedian Dane Baptiste! He had us cracking up telling us stories about how he started in comedy, dealing with hecklers and also how to tell what's off limits in comedy. All of which was peppered with great advice and fun to listen to.

We loved hearing year from you Dane, thanks so much for talking to us so openly and honestly. We can't wait to share part 2!

Thank you so much Dane Baptiste for talking to our young people!

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Welcome back to another Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people. This week we spoke to world class Norwegian Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing! she amazed us with her violin playing and also gave the us some really great advice about dealing with nerves, confidence and also dedication.

We loved hearing about her 260+ year old violin and also hearing about how she is coping with quarantine and whats keeping her inspired. Do watch her performances online as well as looking at her website and social for tour dates and tickets. Thank you so much Eldbjørg Hemsing for talking to us!
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Welcome back to another Renaissance Foundation Podcast, a podcast about inspiration made by young people. We were lucky enough to have a whole session dedicated to the importance of wellbeing led by the very inspirational Naomi Jane. Founder of her own company A Life Less Ordinary, Naomi helps entrepreneurs/business leaders overcome challenges and also facilitates workshops.

In this discussion you'll hear our young leaders and staff ask Naomi lots of questions about wellbeing as we are all stuck in isolation and definitely need it!  Naomi offers incredible advice about being there for people you care about as well as using empathy to support loved ones, why you shouldn't take online quizes too much to heart and simple breathing exercise that can really help when feeling too overwhelmed.

These 2 resources were mentioned in the episode and we encourage checking their websites to see if their services can help you or a friend:

Young minds:
https://youngminds.org.uk/

Childline by NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/our-services/childline/

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Welcome back to the Renaissance Foundation Podcast. A podcast about inspiration made by the young leaders of Renaissance Foundation Youth Charity. In todays episode you'll hear the full interview with New York Times Journalist and 4 times Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rukmini Callimachi. She talks to our young leaders about everything from how she started in journalism, what keeps her going as well as her own podcast The Caliphate in which she reports on IS in Iraq.  We loved speaking to Rukmini as she gave us incredible advice which definitely took the edge off of being stuck in isolation. We look forward to seeing more of her work and want to thank her for making the time to talk to our youth charity.

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Renaissance Foundation Podcast. A podcast about inspiration made by young people. This week we catch up with our young leaders about being stuck in quarantine while the country is on lockdown due to COVID-19. We also have a very special preview of an interview we did with New York Times Journalist, and 4 time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rukmini Callimachi. In this preview she talks about what keeps her going as a journalist.