A podcast series that dives into the personal moments that shape our academic and professional lives.
Host: Femke Gow, Head of Communications at Wolfson College
Intro/Outro credit: Alessandro Zammataro, DPhil Medieval and Modern Languages (FT)
As a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, Wolfson JRF, Lecturer and NHS doctor at the John Radcliffe, a father and a husband to a DPhil student, Young Chan Kim talks about keeping busy helps him balance it all.
25 Aug 2023
11 - Estelle Paulus
DPhil Candidate and Vice Chair of General Meeting at Wolfson, Estelle studying sustainable food systems and is on a journey to make a real impact on the world.
29 Jun 2023
10 - Nerves Workshop with Tom Brennan
For Femke Gow's last episode as Head of Communications at Wolfson, she invited back Creative Arts Fellow Tom Brennan back to talk through his workshop and share his top tricks in overcoming nerves when presenting.
16 Mar 2023
8 - Katya Kovalchuk
CARA Fellow Katya Kovalchuk - an energetic scholar studying Byzantine legends. Katya talks us through moving countries countless times, having most recently joining us here in Oxford from Ukraine as an at-risk scholar. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
17 Feb 2023
7 - Pedr Charlesworth
OxBikes founder Pedr Charlesworth on cycling, adventure and, well... more cycling! Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
24 Jan 2023
6 - Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer
Geophysics Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer talks about balancing (or not) a busy academic career and family life when you're deeply passionate about both.
22 Nov 2022
5 - Shaharzad Akbar
Human rights in Afghanistan - a feminist journey
26 Oct 2022
4 - Dr Natasha Robinson
Post-doc researcher and education consultant Natasha Robinson talks about cultural identity, feminist turmoil in relationships and the constant fluctuation between drive and angst in academic work.
9 Oct 2022
3 - Mary Adeyemo
Winner of a Vice-Chancellor's Diversity Award talks faith, loss, and culture shock
21 Sept 2022
2 - Tom Brennan
Playwright and producer lands at Wolfson as Creative Arts Fellow for his first foray into the world of Oxford Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
21 Sept 2022
1 - Dame Hermione Lee
Our first and so far only female president - heroes, milestones and 17 year old blunders
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