This episode, Teia and Cher illustrate (ha!) that art, in its creation, appreciation, but also destruction, tells us a lot about the ethical and psychological consequences of ‘expressing yourself’ in this day and age. They also chat sh*t about the kinds of art they like, because it’s their podcast, and they make the rules.

Teia’s quote of the day: “Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.” The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde.

Sources for this episode:

Physical Works:

Manganiello, Dominic. “Ethics and Aesthetics in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.’”

The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies 9, no. 2 (1983): 25–33. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25512571.

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 2015.

Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Modern Classics (Collins). London, 2021.

Shakespeare, William, and Trevor R. Griffiths. A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Shakespeare in Production. Cambridge, 1996.

Online Resources:

https://asiasociety.org/art-and-chinas-revolution

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/14/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers

Channel 4’s ‘Graffiti Wars’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulOiB3xEkzM

http://ldngraffiti.co.uk/graffiti/banksy-vs-team-robbo-timeline/

https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-07-06-humidity-not-just-light-causes-color-degradation-historical-paintings-researchers

Into the Wicked, by Cher C:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0g7BCgXZr7Vtc6cITgvdPj?si=c2a24524388b4d9b

We hope you enjoyed this episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by Teia C. (Oxford History BA) and presented with the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy BA), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

Here's the full version of us discussing the fun facts (I promise they are fun) we covered in 'Blue eyes are a lie'!

Capillaries:

https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cardiovascular/blood/classification.html

Uvulas and their human uniqueness:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1408233/

Blue eyes and structural colour:

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/your-blue-eyes-arent-really-blue

Descartes on the pineal gland:

https://n.neurology.org/content/94/15_Supplement/914

The Patella:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patella

The Foramen Magnum, the biggest hole in the skull:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526041/

Anatomy is strange. Etymology can be even stranger. This episode, Cher implores Teia to attempt identifying parts of the body based solely on their namesake If you know anything about root words, they can appear absolutely out of pocket. What part of the body do you think is named ‘big hole’?

We talk about teleological arguments, undoing vasectomies, and doughnut topology. To escape the highbrow nonsense, we also play a few rounds of Innuendo, making the most incredibly crass, raunchy - and hopefully witty - euphemisms and pick up lines.

Cher’s quote of the day: “Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose”Richard Dawkins (2015). “The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

Sources for this episode:

Capillaries:

https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cardiovascular/blood/classification.html

Uvulas and their human uniqueness:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1408233/

Blue eyes and structural colour:

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/your-blue-eyes-arent-really-blue

Descartes on the pineal gland:

https://n.neurology.org/content/94/15_Supplement/914

The Patella:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patella

The Foramen Magnum, the biggest hole in the skull:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526041/Manfred Werner/Tsui - CC by-sa 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

We hope you enjoyed this episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy) and presented with Teia C. (Oxford History), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

Cher wrote a game that contained an Aztec myth. Teia turned the tables and educated Cher about not only Aztecs, but additionally about Incas too, rubbing salt in the wound. Jokes aside, enjoy our first bonus content episode, taken from Episode 1, 'The beginning of an era'.

Sources for this bonus episode:

The Florentine Codex, Book 12, Chapter 1: https://enl.wired-humanities.org/fcbk12ch01

Compiled by Bernardino de Sahagun and many indigenous Nahua scribes in the mid 16th century in the Colegio de Santa Cruz.

Translated by A. J. O. Anderson and C. E. Dibble. This website has the other chapters in Book 12 which cover the conquest of the Mexica by the Spaniards, and is one of our only sources written in the indigenous Nahuatl as well as in Spanish.

R. Hassig, 'Time, History, and Belief in Aztec and Colonial Mexico'.

S. Gruzinski, 'Man Gods in the Mexican Highlands' (Stanford UP, 1989)

D. Carrasco, "Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition" (revised edition, 2000.)

T. d'Altroy, The Incas, (Oxford, 2014)

https://www.livescience.com/21677-antarctica-facts.html

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Chris K., SECONDARY EDITOR: Cher C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

This episode, Teia and Cher try not to yuck your yum (or yum your yuck) by discussing how we taste food, whether or not we think we would like some weird foods eaten in history, and the gustatory experience in its full qualitative glory. We apologise for the budget ASMR conducted in this episode - we sincerely hope you don’t mind.

Teia’s word of the day: Slumgullion /slʌmˈɡʌljən/

Noun: a meat stew. [Definition from Merriam-Webster]

Sources for this episode:

Tyromancy:

https://backyardbanshee.com/divination/tyromancy/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/330839

The Science of Taste:

https://www.science.org.au/curious/people-medicine/how-do-our-tastebuds-work

https://www.kikkoman.co.uk/inspiration/umami-the-5th-taste/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_receptor

https://foodinsight.org/the-science-of-taste/

Fun Foods in History:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a46006/astronaut-ice-cream-is-a-lie/

https://www.historynet.com/revolting-rations/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-27118824

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by Teia C. (Oxford History BA) and presented with the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy BA), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

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PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

I don’t know about you, but I am both fascinated and scared shitless by the ocean. Granted, I’m not one of those old timey seamen standing on the deck yelling that the sea calls to me and that I love her, but I still believe marine biology is truly a marvel. Deep sea gigantism and whale falls, anyone? Something that keeps me up at night though, is that we’ve only explored around 5% of the oceans so far, and even scarier shit is definitely down there.

Cher’s word of the day: Bathypelagic, /bæθ.ɪ.pəˈlædʒ.ɪk/

Adjective: relating to the part of the ocean that is between approximately 2000 feet (600 metres) and 12,000 feet (3,600 metres) deep. Definition provided by Cambridge Dictionary.

Sources for this episode:

Sperm whales and spermaceti:

https://archive.org/details/greatspermwhalen0000elli/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_19720017412/

Yeti crab:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/14/science/in-the-deep-deep-sea-the-yeti-crab.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227565/

Cuttlefish:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.3161

Nautilus:

https://www.mbari.org/news/16-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-cephalopod-sex/

North Atlantic Right Whales:

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/north-atlantic-right-whale

Pom pom Crabs:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/crabs-anemones-pom-pom-clones-fight

We hope you enjoyed this episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy) and presented with Teia C. (Oxford History), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

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PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

Teia takes the reins in this episode of The Gifted Kid Complex, as she and Cher attempt to tackle what it feels like living in a body with (hopefully) some success. We contemplate some of the science behind transhumanism, and some of the fiction behind it too, and the scope of what it could do for us in the not so far future.

Teia’s quote of the day: ‘Why should our bodies end at the skin, or include at best other beings encapsulated by skin?’

Donna Haraway, ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’

Full Citation: Donna J. Haraway, “A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century,” in Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (New York: Routledge, 1991), 149-181.

Sources for this episode:

Transhumanism:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/transhumanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-transcendence

Tattoos and ink:

Ted-Ed Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMuBif1mJz0

https://thevarsity.ca/2021/10/31/science-of-tattooing/

Neuralink:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65717487

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/04/elon-musk-neuralink-approved-human-testing-concern

In Vitro Fertilisation:

https://www.britannica.com/science/in-vitro-fertilization

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/in-vitro-fertilisation

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/in-vitro-fertilization/about/pac-20384716

We hope you enjoyed this episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by Teia C. (Oxford History BA) and presented with the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy BA), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

It’s the first ever episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! In this episode hosted by Cher, we introduce and talk about the meta of the show, about beginnings and myths, then have a bit of a silly laugh at the end talking about an iconic figure of Early Modern Philosophy with whom UCL is scarily, and frankly, concerningly obsessed.

Cher’s word of the day: Prolegomenon, /prəʊlɛˈɡɒmɪnən/

Noun: a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue. Definition from Oxford Languages.

Sources for this episode:

Judeo-Christian Genesis Creation Narrative:

https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0101.htm​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative

Aztec Five Suns:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1062864https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Suns

Chinese Pangu Creation Myth:

https://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/1-2-3-the-legend-of-pangu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangu

Jeremy Bentham:

https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/jeremy-bentham/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/about-jeremy-bentham/auto-icon

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7863973

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.

It's the first bonus (and first overall) episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy BA) and presented with Teia C. (Oxford History BA), who hosts every other episode. In this bonus episode, Cher talks Teia through the meta and all the formats she's written for the show, as well as from where all of her ideas were stolen.

Three full episodes are to be published together for the launch of our show on either the 4th or the 11th of July depending on time constraints; episodes should be released weekly from then on.

Head over to patreon.com/TheGiftedKidComplex if you would like to help support our team and get exclusive bonus content as thanks. Thank you so much for your contributions and support to help us do what we love: to keep this show going.

Thank you so much for your contributions and support to help us do what we love: to keep this show going.

For business enquiries, contact [email protected]

CREATED BY: Cher C.

CO-HOSTED, WRITTEN, PRODUCED, EDITED BY: Cher C. and Teia C.

Surprise! It’s the trailer for The Gifted Kid Complex, the show where the panellists were gifted kids and refuse to move on. Today, we briefly introduce the hosts, the structure, and concept for the show; namely, to satirically take on intellectual elitism by having the most (tongue-in-cheek) inane, pedantic, and convoluted conversations every week. Each episode will be hosted by either the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy BA) or by Teia C. (Oxford History BA); we will be individually writing the episodes that we host so we can surprise each other, and part of our jobs will be attempting to hold the banter together.

Three episodes are to be published together at the beginning of July for the launch of our show; episodes should be released every Tuesday after launch.

Head over to patreon.com/TheGiftedKidComplex if you would like to help support our team and get exclusive bonus content as thanks. Thank you so much for your contributions and support to help us do what we love: to keep this show going.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Chris K., SECONDARY EDITOR: Cher C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.