The Minerva Quest is the independent, student-produced news source for the Minerva Schools at KGI community and all interested readers. This account is no longer active. See our new Spotify channel instead:https://open.spotify.com/show/1sBa2qvpvopPYBi5EiDQES?si=gMOzlenATcSGHnDW-Kk98g
What is happening with the world?
This time on Coming and Going, Klara talks about getting home, feeling lonely, and missing friends, but also about how it's important that we all reach out for support during this time.
CALL: Help others feel less lonely and isolated by being featured on Coming and Going! Interested? Reach out to Klara on Facebook or email.
29 Sept 2019
The Ironing Board: Episode 1.
Let's be honest. Minerva is not always the utopian global carousel that our Instagram accounts portray it to be. Our student body faces significant challenges - some unique to Minerva, and others prevalent in universities worldwide. Regardless, the best way to address them is to start talking about them. This no-budget podcast is Liberty Pim's (class of 2020) response. Equipped with an ironing board, a microphone, and some sketchy editing software, she interviews brainy Minerva students about community issues important to them, in the hope that we can come together and create change.
This episode, Jess Zier (2020) and Erica Gonzales (2021) talk about their motivations and plans to create a formal scheme for FLi (Financially independent and Low income) students at Minerva - a group that has so-far been over-promised and under-supported. No matter what financial background you're from, this conversation is worth listening to. Let's iron these wrinkles out of our Minerva quilt together. #worthatry
29 Aug 2019
Coming and Going: Episode 6 - Limbo Part 1
Explore the complex relationships we all have with "home" in this podcast by Minerva class of 2020 student, Klara Eriksson.
This time on Coming and Going, Klara reflects over the constant disappointment that is time allocation and productivity, as well as thoughts about diving into the last sprint of the Minerva degree.
19 Aug 2019
Coming and Going: Episode 5 - Names (ft. Kroner)
Explore the complex relationships we all have with "home" in this podcast by Minerva class of 2020 student, Klara Eriksson.
This time on Coming and Going, we join Amelia Kroner (M20) in her exploration of home. Kroner talks about her road "home" to her name, and how she started dealing with what was holding her back.
29 Jul 2019
Coming and Going: Episode 4 - Whose home? (ft. Anda)
Explore the complex relationships we all have with "home" in this podcast by Minerva class of 2020 student, Klara Eriksson.
This time on Coming and Going, we join Anda Yoshina (M20) in her exploration of home in small-town USA as she ponders over who gets to call something home, and who doesn't.
6 Jul 2019
Coming and Going: Episode 3 - Winding Down
Explore the complex relationships we all have with "home" in this podcast by Minerva class of 2020 student, Klara Eriksson.
This time on Coming and Going, we get a little personal. Klara talks about the process of winding down after a tough year and about dealing with big changes at home.
19 May 2019
Coming and Going: Episode 2 - Coming Home? Part 1
Explore the complex relationships we all have with "home" in this podcast by Minerva class of 2020 student, Klara Eriksson.
This time on Coming and Going, Klara talks about the complicated feelings of leaving a semester and going back to her parents' house, fitting in, and what home really means.
11 Apr 2019
Coming and Going: Episode 1 - End of a Semester
Explore the complex relationships we all have with "home" in this new podcast by Minerva class of 2020 student, Klara Eriksson.
From going home after being away for so long to sustaining a relationship with friends from afar, this podcast will cover the difficulties that often come as we move and alter our definitions of home.
26 Mar 2019
Collecting Histories: Episode 1 – Argentina
Join Klara Eriksson (2020) as she explores the history of Argentina with and through the eyes of Sofia Camussi (2020). This episode is a part of Klara's podcast series: Collecting Histories. Where she takes the listener on a journey through the history of the countries of different Minerva students.
9 Oct 2018
Ikigai: Episode 1 - Olaf & Cause Prioritization
This is the first episode of Ikigai - a student-let podcast where students from Minerva Schools at KGI share a topic that they love and know quite a bit about, hosted by Julia Minichello (class of 2020). In this first episode, Julia talks with Olaf (Class of 2020) about cause prioritization. Wanna know more about the podcast? Read here: http://bit.ly/IkigaiPodcast
Want to be the next guest or recommend someone as a guest? Fill this form: http://bit.ly/ParticipationFormIkigai
Resources recommended by Olaf:
• 80,000 Hours -- cause prioritization applied to career (https://80000hours.org/);
• Center for Effective Altruism -- cause prioritization applied to donations and philanthropy (https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/);
• Give Well -- organization that ranks charities based on how much impact they objectively have (https://www.givewell.org/);
• Doing Good Better -- book on cause prioritization (https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Good-Better-Effective-Altruism/dp/1592409660 ).
• Future of Life Institute (https://futureoflife.org/), and
• Foundational Research Institute -- long term theoretical discussion on ethics of cause prioritization (https://foundational-research.org/).
Olaf’s Medium post on cause prioritization (https://medium.com/@Olafvanderveen/making-informed-decisions-the-value-of-cause-prioritisation-46ee80fcff27).
Feedback? If you are interested in giving any feedback on how can I improve in this new podcast life, feel free to email theminervaquest@gmail.com
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