Undergrad Unhinged

Undergrad Unhinged

🎤 Introducing #UndergradUnhinged – The podcast where King's College London's finest minds come to play! 🚀 Get ready for a rollercoaster ride through the wild, wonderful world of university life. From hilarious mishaps to genius life hacks, we've got it all. Think of us as your unofficial, over-caffeinated guides to surviving and thriving at King's. 🌟 Join us for laughter, learning, and a little bit of lunacy, as we bring you stories so funny and insightful, you'll forget you're actually getting smarter. Buckle up, KCL family, it's time to unleash the fun! 🎓🎉

Episodes

  1. 11/04/2024

    Episode 9 (Seed Stories): Peter Wood & The Graduate Guide

    Welcome back to Episode 9 of Undergrad Unhinged. In today's episode, Ammiel and Saheb speak with Peter Wood, the founder of the Graduate Guide. We talk about his founding story, his university experiences, and share uncommon but valuable tips on how you can navigate your university life. Here are the episode timestamps: (0:30) Introduction to the guests (1:00) Ice-breaker question: What are the top 3 things on your bucket list? (2:55) Why did Peter study History at UCL? (4:00) What did Peter do on his year off, and how it unexpectedly taught him applicable skills (7:20) The importance of naivety (9:30) What was the first episode of the Graduate Guide, and why did Peter decide to start it?  (13:30) How do we redefine metrics for success outside of University? (15:25) What made the Graduate Guide stand out as a podcast? (18:00) What has the Graduate Guide team grown to now? (21:30) Are there any exciting updates with the Graduate Guide? (23:45) Does Peter have any ideas for the future, and the importance of leveraging a Linkedin network (26:30) Water2 and the power of going the extra mile, and marketing (31:25) Different ways to market the water (35:20) Peter’s first internship, and how his father inspired his entrepreneurial journey (39:00) Peter’s question to Ammiel and Saheb — “What do you think in your life right now is missing?” (40:00) Dev’s answer (42:05) Saheb’s answer  (45:00) Ammiel’s answer (47:20) What Peter thinks is the most important skill in the job market? (49:00) Peter’s closing advice to university students

    52 min
  2. 28/03/2024

    Episode 8 (Seed Stories): Amar’s story, how to build your network into VC, and what being an angel investor is like

    Hi everyone, welcome to another episode of Undergrad Unhinged. Today, marks the introduction of our special episodes which will run concurrent to our weekly programming: Seed Stories. Today, we interview Amardeep Parmar, Co-Founder of The BAE HQ, and a 5x Angel Investor. Amar was the second fastest writer to reach 50,000 followers (the first was President Barack Obama), and has since been the founder and host of 3 notable podcasts (Mindful & Driven, Entrepreneur's Handbook & The BAE HQ Podcast). Today's episode timestamps are below: (0:30) Introduction to Amar (1:00) Icebreaker: If you could have dinner with anyone, dead, alive or fictional, who would it be? (1:20) What made him decide to go into Economics?  (2:11) How Amar started an unexpected journey into writing and entrepreneurship  (3:50) How Amar started writing on Medium (5:40) Amar’s supportive bosses, and how it led him to starting a company  (6:20) Amar’s first two podcasts: Mindful & Driven and the Entrepreneur’s Handbook: Interviewing the founders of Netflix and Twitter (8:00) British Asian Entrepreneurs (BAE) HQ, and how Amar met his cofounder (9:50) Finding support after moving from a technology consulting job to becoming a writer (12:05) What made you decide to start all these podcasts, and what were the challenges you faced when starting your first versus third podcast?  (15:30) The advantage of having experience in podcast interviewing (16:00) How Amar leveraged his network to begin interviewing his community — the biggest writers on Medium (18:00) How Amar got good at podcasting and speaking publicly (20:20) The importance of being comfortable with rejection, and pressing on.  Being an Angel Investor (22:20) Ammiel’s conception of what an Angel investor is, and is it true? What is angel investing? (24:00) What are angel syndicates? (26:45) What is one thing you wish people knew about angel investing? (29:00) Amar’s cofounder’s experience in VC (32:40) What is the best and worst thing about being an angel investor?  (37:00) Amar’s top tips on pitch decks — finding your edge (41:40) Why working for a BigFour or BigTech company may not be an indicator of founder pitch deck success The BAE HQ  (42:30) What does Amar want to do through the BAE HQ?  (44:20) Success and sustainable systems for success (47:00) Amar’s review of Ammiel and Saheb as podcast hosts 😬 (49:40) Amar’s closing thoughts (52:00) Ammiel’s closing summary

    53 min
  3. 22/02/2024

    Episode 7: The Gap Year

    Welcome back to Episode 7 of Undergrad Unhinged. Today, Ammiel and Saheb bring on two guests, Dev, and ex-KBC Vice-President Ata. We discuss gap years, our experiences and how we made the most of it. Here are the timestamps for this episode: (0:40) A 20 second summary of what Ammiel, Ata and Saheb did on their gap year  (2:35) Ata’s need to make the most of his gap year, and how it led him to consulting post-grad (4:31) How Saheb spent his gap year preparing himself again to apply for medical school (5:57) How Ammiel’s almost 3 year gap years in the army (7:45) Military service in Turkey vs Singapore  (9:00) How did our gap years change us as people  (9:10) Ata’s search for a purpose admits the freedom of a gap year  (10:51) Ammiel’s on why the traditional high school path doesn’t directly lead to success in university  (12:44) How Ata feels like a gap year forced him to consider his career choices  (14:20) Dev’s take on why coming into uni at 18 is the best thing ever (15:00) Saheb’s advice on dealing with failure and focusing on the process as a medic (16:40) Ata on the importance of solitude  (18:45) Ammiel on the importance of being comfortable with uncertainty  (23:00) How Ata was featured on a YES THEORY Episode  (27:40) Saheb and Ammiel’s time in Australia (29:44) Ata on why a gap year may not be the best time of your life  (31:50) Saheb getting through a gap year after reapplying for medicine (31:20) Ammiel on the importance of intentionally taking time to rest (32:55) Ata on why he would encourage most people to take gap years (35:00) Ammiel on the unintentionally stumbling into careers (37:00) Ammiel on collective skills (38:00) Ata on American vs Nordic Happiness, and why the Americans may have it figured out  (39:00) Pin-holing yourself into career at 17 (43:50) How universities would look upon a gap year  (45:00) Our one regret from our gap year  (48:10) Would we do our gap years again? (50:30) Closing

    51 min
  4. 01/02/2024

    Episode 4: best places to travel to during your holiday

    Welcome back to Episode 4 of Undergrad Unhinged! In today's episode, Ammiel, Saheb along with their guests Dev and Soumil talk holidays, reading weeks, along with spring and summer breaks. We rate the best places we've travelled to, and recount funny stories, from naked people in Copenhagen, to Saheb fighting a kangaroo. Episode Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:05) Would we say that we usually travel more during the breaks, or stay in London? (08:42) Ranking the countries and cities we’ve been from an A to C tier list — Food, Safety, Vibes and Views (09:06) Dev’s Ranking — Copenhagen A Tier (09:52) Saheb’s experience with naked people at a lake in Copenhagen (11:06) Soumil’s recount of naked people in certain lakes in Switzerland  (11:40) Dev’s Rankings — Copenhagen (A), Dubai & India (B),  (14:20) Soumil and Dev’s opinion on Dubai (15:50) Soumil’s Rankings — Big US Cities other than LA (A), Spain, Mykonos, Santorini, & Italy (A), Switzerland, Germany, France (B) (19:22) Dev’s Delhi love story (20:12) Saheb’s Rankings — Australia (A), Vienna (B), Tunisia (C) (21:12) Saheb boxing Kangaroos (21:25) All the uncommon foods the boys have tried — Kangaroos, Crocodiles, Crickets (24:23) What is veal (Apparently not deer meat) (25:49) Ammiel’s Rankings — Rome (A), Milan & Vienna (B) (26:40) Flying things at tourist attractions (29:40) Homelessness in Vienna, and how it relates to the Schönbrunn Palace (32:35) Wrapping up

    33 min
  5. 25/01/2024

    Episode 3: The Top 10 Student Room Questions, Answered

    Welcome back to another episode of Undergrad Unhinged. Today, we'll be answering the top 10 questions on The Student Room, giving you the heads up on what living in London, and studying at King's is like. We talk everything from safety in London to tips on getting into Medicine at Kings. Here are the timestamps for the episode: (0:00) Introduction  (0:31) How and when are accommodations booked and released, and how long are the contracts for the rooms (3:34)-11:30 KCL vs UCL vs Imperial vs LSE (Job opportunities, work-life balance etc.) + King’s having the biggest endowment in London  (11:30) How is the academic rigour of Kings compared to other London Universities (13:30) Varying difficulties of degrees in Kings (16:20) Is King’s a top university, and what is the reputation of Kings? (Medicine, King’s Admin) (18.48) Any tips for aspiring medics looking to do medicine at KCL? (UCAT, SJT, Saheb’s Stats, Advice for interviews, Supercurriculars (26:24) KCL is the 11th most international university in the world. How is the student body at KCL and does the high percentage of internationals make a difference? (26.55) How is safety in London? (Stealing, being robbed, crazy things on the tube (32:27) Safety on Kings campuses (Spiking, Tight security (37:02) Sports and societies at Kings (King’s Entrepreneurs, KCL Tennis, KCL BJJ, KCL Basketball, Kings Real Estate, KCLMC (46:28) How are the facilities at Kings (Strand, Guys, Bush House) (53:02) How is the level of teaching at Kings, and why is King’s rated so low on student satisfaction  (59:52) Conclusion

    1 hr

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🎤 Introducing #UndergradUnhinged – The podcast where King's College London's finest minds come to play! 🚀 Get ready for a rollercoaster ride through the wild, wonderful world of university life. From hilarious mishaps to genius life hacks, we've got it all. Think of us as your unofficial, over-caffeinated guides to surviving and thriving at King's. 🌟 Join us for laughter, learning, and a little bit of lunacy, as we bring you stories so funny and insightful, you'll forget you're actually getting smarter. Buckle up, KCL family, it's time to unleash the fun! 🎓🎉