Ok Zoomer is a podcast made by Gen-Zs from Singapore, giving their take on issues people from their generation usually face or just random things they find interesting around. Ryan and Joel have been friends for a really long time and look to this project as a collection of their thoughts and memories that they can look back on in the future and reflect upon. Contact us at okzoomer0818@gmail.com (mailto:okzoomer0818@gmail.com) for any feedback/suggestions for us!
#10: Life As A Singaporean Med School Student, How We Define Success And Finding Your Calling, With Edward Tan
In this episode, we have our friend, Edward, a second-year medical school student, to share about his decision to pursue his interests in the medical field and his reasons for applying to med school. We also discuss how we are affected by societal expectations in making life decisions, how each of us plan to find our calling in life, as well as how each of us views the idea of success individually.
9 Dec 2021
#9: Reflecting On Our First Semester In Uni And Managing Our Social Lives (Monthly Reviews 2: Dec 2021)
In this episode, we shared our main takeaways after going through a tough first semester of university, in both academic and social areas. We also discuss about managing the social aspect of growing up, in having to manage different friend groups and how we navigate between old and new friends we have.
31 Oct 2021
#8: Managing Overthinking And Personal Expectations In University (Monthly Reviews 1: Nov 2021)
In this episode, we go over certain challenges we face midway through our first semester of university, starting with Joel sharing his personal issues with overthinking and managing his expectations of himself in school while Ryan shares several methods that are helping him cope with his personal issues as well. This is the first episode in a new segment "Monthly Reviews", where we go over issues/challenges/events that we've gone through the past month and look back on that.
24 Oct 2021
#7: Realities Of A Student-Athlete In Singapore And Looking Back On That National Day Issue With Thiruben
In this episode, we have the privilege of having national athlete, Thiruben, on our podcast, where we find out more about how he developed his passion for running, football and the various difficulties he faced in juggling life as a student-athlete chasing his Olympic dreams. We also look back on the National Day issue surrounding racist and insensitive comments made towards him and his family by netizens online, where he gives his unadulterated thoughts on the events that unfolded and reflects on how we can do better as a society in order to progress forward.
His socials: @thiruben (Instagram)
6 Aug 2021
#6: Solo Travelling As A 19 Year Old, Korean Reality Shows And More With Nicolette Callie
We bring on our good friend, Nicolette Callie, on to share about her interesting experiences solo travelling to Taiwan when she was 19, her popular TikTok videos, her obsession with Cha Eun-Woo, and life as a Communications major in Singapore. Her socials: @nicolettecallie (Instagram), @nicolettecalliewe (TikTok)
29 Jul 2021
#5: Toxic Productivity And The Negative Side Of Self-Help
In this episode, we share our opinions on what productivity is to us, and when it starts getting toxic or detrimental, mainly based on Joel's personal experiences. With the rise of productivity as a trend promoted by self-help gurus and people of influence, we share our views on the negative ramifications of such a prominent issue affecting us Gen-Zs in particular.
11 Jul 2021
#4: How We Learnt To Talk To Strangers
In this episode, we share how we gradually learnt to talk to strangers over the years, sharing techniques that have helped us immensely in having the confidence to approach others and sustaining meaningful interactions with them.
5 Jul 2021
#3: FOMO And How We Learnt To Deal With It
In this episode, we explain what FOMO means to us, how we experience it in our daily lives, and give you guys some methods that have helped us to deal with and combat that dreadful FOMO feeling.
27 Jun 2021
#2: Studying In The World's "Top" IB School
In this episode, we share our experience studying in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)'s IB diploma programme in Singapore, which is known for producing the most number of top scorers globally. To the best of our knowledge, we also give our perspectives on certain pros and cons of the programme, while bringing up our own personal experiences going through it.
23 Jun 2021
#1: Introducing Who We Are, What We Do, And Why Ok Zoomer
In our very first episode, we'll be revealing who we are, what we're doing, and why we even started this podcast in the first place. We'll be sharing about our backgrounds, how Nam Do San bonds the both of us, and what each of us plans to achieve with this podcast too.
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