The Octopod

By The Octant

The Octopod brings issues within and beyond Yale-NUS that we care about, straight to your earpods.... more

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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

The Octopod episodes:

March 22, 2019 Student Speakers Series: Individuals in Educuation
The Octopod will be helping to document Yale-NUS student speakers series. The speakers at this event discussed the theme of individuals in education. Follow us using your favorite platform: RSS – http://theoctant.org/feed/podcast iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-octopod/id1346799534?mt=2 Pocket Casts – http://pca.st/0OVK
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47min
March 17, 2019 Octopod Chats | Pink Hour
Join your host, Harrison, Pink Hour creator, Paul Jerusalem, and student government director of athletics, Michelle Lee, for a critical conversation about Pink Hour. Instead of just rehashing the debate that played out online, they dive deep into the underlying motives for Pink Hour, the meaning of the term hypermasculinity, the nature of discourse on […]
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56min
November 13, 2018 Trigger Warnings | Aporia | Ep. 1
Trigger Warning: This podcast contains questions about trigger warnings. On the very first episode of the Aporia, Avani takes a deep dive into the use of trigger warnings on campus and considers an important question: In a world where opinions on it are divided between two extremes, how does one finds one’s own answer? Listen, […]
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21min
November 05, 2018 Race | Project Anonymous |Ep. 1
Race at YNC: we asked for your thoughts and you told us. Listen as Benji and Jacinta discuss cultural identity, reverse racism and more on the first episode of Project Anonymous. Listen, enjoy, and stay tuned for more! Communicate with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/octopodcast Follow us using your favourite platform: RSS – http://theoctant.org/feed/podcast iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-octopod/id1346799534?mt=2 Pocket […]
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12min
October 31, 2018 Aporia | Teaser
Join Avani as she navigates the sensitive topics on campus that everyone seems to have an opinion about, but no one is really the authority on. Follow us using your favourite platform! RSS – http://theoctant.org/feed/podcast iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-octopod/id1346799534?mt=2 Pocket Casts – http://pca.st/0OVK Like our Facebook page Missing an app or platform? Let us know: [email protected]
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7min
October 23, 2018 LGBT activism in Singapore | Activism at YNC | Ep. 3
Guest: Daryl Yang
n the third installment of our Activist series, Rhyhan and Casidhe speak to Daryl Yang ’18 about his LGBT activism within Yale NUS and in Singapore.
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24min
October 17, 2018 Complaining About Dining Hall Food| Talking Cock | Ep. 2
Follow your host, Rhyhan, on his crusade to teach the internationals of Yale-NUS College how to speak Singlish. In this episode, join our guest, Fedi, and learn how to complain about dining hall food.
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16min
October 07, 2018 Liberal Arts in Asia| The Octopod |
Join us for a discussion on the advent of Western colleges expanding into Asia. We talked with students and faculty from NYU Shanghai, NYUAD, Duke Kunshan and Vin University, to figure out what these schools are like and what they say about the future of education in Asia.
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36min
September 19, 2018 Complaining about School | Talking Cock | Ep. 1
Follow your host, Rhyhan, on his crusade to teach the internationals of Yale-NUS College how to speak Singlish. In the inaugural episode, Rhyhan attempts to educate his awkward producer, Harrison, how to complain about school using Singlish. Whether or he was successful is up to you to decide.
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5min
September 12, 2018 Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan: In Conversation with Sohaib Nashit | The Octopod |Activism at YNC | Ep. 2
Guest: Sohaib Nashit
Listen to the second installment of our Activist series! In this episode, Benji and Reza discuss Sohaib’s political activism in his home country of Pakistan. Tune in for a thoughtful conversation about liberalism, religion, and history.
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28min

FAQs about The Octopod:

How many episodes does The Octopod have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.