YouthCast

Swayam Sidh Tripathy, Samarth Pal, Yajat Gulati
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A podcast for the youth by the youth created by 3 students- Swayam Sidh Tripathy, Samarth Pal, and Yajat Gulati- wishing to share their views on the latest happenings around the world and how they affect us, be it politics, world affairs, economics, technology or even education .

  1. Meet The Teens Fighting Against Climate Change

    19/10/2021

    Meet The Teens Fighting Against Climate Change

    The hosts are in conversation with young changemakers from their own school about their initiatives to help save the environment and have a discussion about how people listening can help make a positive change as well.

    20 min
  2. Why Your News Sucks

    13/10/2021

    Why Your News Sucks

    In the backdrop of disproportionate attention being given to the seemingly trivial case of 23-year-old Aryan Khan being caught with 13 grams of cocaine on a cruise ship while a 3000 Kilogram drug bust at the port of a businessman with close ties to the Modi Government went unreported by the mainstream media, the hosts ask the question: Why does our news suck?

    17 min

  3. 09/10/2021

    The Facebook Crash: The Fall of a Monopoly

    On Monday, October 4th, Facebook and the Facebook-owned Whatsapp and Instagram were down for over 8 hours raising concerns across the globe. On the 31st episode of the YouthCast Podcast, the hosts discuss Facebook's monopolistic behaviour which has been characterised by many as destructive to free society and democracy in the backdrop of the global outage.

    27 min

  4. 03/10/2021

    An Update

    We dive into an update on the personal lives of the hosts in this episode! Listen in as we talk about school, college, military service and much more!

    13 min
  5. UWC and the Diversity Paradox: Can UWC Do Better? w/ Nick Alchin

    18/09/2021

    UWC and the Diversity Paradox: Can UWC Do Better? w/ Nick Alchin

    In the past few months, many students of The United World College (UWC) of South-East Asia, an institution that praises itself for its diversity, have come out with their experiences facing racism and discrimination within the school. The Instagram account @uwcdobetter (https://www.instagram.com/uwcdobetter/) has been at the forefront of highlighting these experiences. On this episode of the YouthCast podcast, we talk to Mr Nick Alchin, Head of Campus at UWCSEA East, to understand his take on the issues plaguing the school.

    19 min

  6. 04/09/2021

    Should the Covid-19 Vaccine be Mandated in Schools? W/ Nick Alchin

    In this episode of the YouthCast Podcast, we discuss the possibility of vaccine mandates in schools across Singapore and the world with Nick Alchin, Head of Campus at UWCSEA East - an international school in Singapore with over 4000 students. Listen to find out how soon we can expect such mandates and what their implications would be on the future of education.

    26 min
  7. iPhone or spyPhone? The Question of Privacy in the 21st Century

    28/08/2021

    iPhone or spyPhone? The Question of Privacy in the 21st Century

    Apple new tool for tackling Child Sexual Abuse Material received a fair bit of praise when the Cupertino-based tech giant unveiled it. But one could sense that most were just damning it with faint praise. Soon, the scepticism translated into warning shots being fired by some of the world’s leading privacy researchers and tech leaders. In this episode of the YouthCast Podcast, the hosts discuss the rollout of the controversial new feature and discuss its implications on privacy.

    20 min
  8. Has the Human Race Peaked?

    11/08/2021

    Has the Human Race Peaked?

    Have we as a society reached our limits? Why are we breaking records less and less often? Are we prepared for the end of Moore's Law? Listen to this episode of the YouthCast Podcast, in which the hosts contemplate the future of the human race, to find out.

    19 min
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About

A podcast for the youth by the youth created by 3 students- Swayam Sidh Tripathy, Samarth Pal, and Yajat Gulati- wishing to share their views on the latest happenings around the world and how they affect us, be it politics, world affairs, economics, technology or even education .

Information

  • Creator
    Swayam Sidh Tripathy, Samarth Pal, Yajat Gulati
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Swayam Sidh Tripathy, Samarth Pal, Yajat Gulati