Two Blues Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rohan Agarwal & Will Wheatley
Have you ever wondered what studying at Oxford or Cambridge would be like to study at? Have you ever thought about what happens once the doors at the graduation ceremony shut and no cameras or phones are permitted? Or what it might be like to be surrounded by some of the world’s greatest academic minds? So did we! And we always find that students are interested to find out more about these two mythical institutions. This kind of insight is surprisingly difficult to find, so the Two Blues podcast was created to remove the shroud and discuss the reality, all with a light-hearted twist.
How exciting is summer for you? I bet we all look forward to it year after year, but... What's summer like at Uni, what's going on, what's it like?
Let's listen to Rohan and Will tell us about Uni Summer and what you should expect from it.
Doctors Without Jobs?
It's not very common to hear this in our daily lives, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't happen... Listen to the new podcast with a very special guest, find out who she is and how much she has to tell us about this topic! Play it now!
Now we have the last term, revisions. Listen to Rohan & Will, so that you know what kind of approach will be best for you, what is essential to know and how you can deal with the revision.
We are sure you don't know much of what they have to share, so listen up!
In this episode, we get to hear stories from students. isn't that exciting?
Let's hear what they have to tell us from Rohan and Will.
We are sure that listening to other people's experiences always opens up another point of view and perspective.
Let's listen!
Plastic Bags?
How long has it been since we've heard that word in the same way we heard it a few years ago, and we can even say we've stopped seeing plastic bags.
Listen as Rohan and Will give us some context and talk about the changes that must improve the environmental circumstances we live in, do these kinds of actions make a difference?
Have you ever thought about what would have happened?
How many times have we overthought making a decision we didn't make would have drastically changed some part of our lives? Especially when it comes to a decision as important as which University to study at.
Listen to Rohan and Will talk about this topic, you'll be amazed at what they have to say about it!
Have you ever thought about our brains?
How it works, the processes and memory it has, how we activate it and all the use it has in our daily lives from when we wake up, to when we are asleep?!
Listen to what Rohan and Will have to tell, we bet you would never have imagined it.
Play this podcast and enjoy!
Let's talk about sports! In this podcast, we touch on the subject of drugs and their involvement in sports, what is the reason for their use? Why do they tend to be popular? How punishable is it?
It is a sensitive subject that is rarely talked about, but within the sport world it can be more common than we think.
Listen to what Rohan and Will have to share with us, don't miss it!
In this new episode, Rohan and Will talk about why doctors leave the NHS, what are the causes? what are the reasons? what kind of challenges do they face?
You will have to listen to it no miss a single detail of this very interesting episode that will give you new knowledge in the medical field! Have a look.
In today's podcast let's talk about school referrals, what should we look out for? Rohan and Will, will give different tips that we can't overlook for our application process.
Listen to this new episode in which we will talk about how how to get an offer, how challenging it is and what are the steps to follow in order to get it.
In today's episode, Will & Rohan talk about the growing 'Flat Earth' movement that's spreading globally (groan...)
We talk about the sequence of events that lead people to becoming 'Flat Earthers' and why little red riding hood was probably not a flat earther. This leads to a deeper discussion about the scienfitic method and how every flat earther, has the potential to be a great scientist. Will finds a new PhD oppurtunity and Rohan worries about Lollipop ladies taking over Oxford.
If you've ever wondered 'what's the point of a personal statement' then wonder no more! Will & Rohan go through the good, bad and ethically dubious side of personal statements. Rohan pushes Will on whether its ever worth lying in the statement and then we conclude by a mind-blowing fact about sleep. And Will is astounded to learn about a small city where the 2Bs podcast is taking on a cult following.
Let's take a general look at the year 2021, what happened, what changed, the good and the bad of the whole year. And what 2022 looks like in general terms.
Let's talk about Climate Change, this episode touches on the importance of climate change, what are the causes and consequences that we live day by day and have become normalized.
In this episode, we are talking about competitive admissions, how challenging it can be to find a place against all the applicants within the University.
In this episode, we explore the practicalities of surviving in a zombie apocalypse. I take Rohan through the various issues that need to be evaluated when trying to zombie proof your home and he offers new ideas and considerations that my initial plans might not have fully accounted for.
In this episode, we are talking about re-applications, covering who might be considering it, if there's any point in it, and what to do if you're in this position and want to try again.
In this podcast, Rohan and I talk about the college system and our own experience within it. We start by explaining what a college is, what it comprises of, and its relevance to you as a student. Then we go into discussing the pros and the cons of such an environment.
In this podcast, Rohan and Will discus public health topics focussing on vaccines and health screening. We explore firstly what they are and why they are important, and then why they are sometimes not as popular as you’d expect. There’s a broader tangent into why people might not listen to medical science, education system issues and conspiracy theories. There’s also a brief discussion about civil liberties and understanding how, for people who do lack the education, being wary of things they don’t understand isn’t unsensible.
In this podcast, we tackle a bit about the different kinds of universities in the UK. Rohan's preference for city universities, and my preference for campus universities means we were both looking for very different things when applying and we discuss what it was that made us pick that way, how things turned out, and if we'd do things differently in hindsight.
In this episode, Rohan and Will discuss the science and arguments around animal testing. They explore the philosophical side of things, like how do we define an animal and where do people’s comforts start and end in this context. We also go through the scientific side of things – how much has testing contributed to science and how regulated the process is nowadays.
In the third episode of the Two Blues, Will & Rohan chat about different approaches to learning and revision. With Will's psychology and Rohan's medical background, this shapes up to be an interesting debate.
With Oxbridge comes a great many stereotypes, but which are true and which have been twisted over time? Rohan & Will do some Oxbridge mythbusting in this episode - listen in to see which are true!
Your dissertation can be an optional, but often required (and huge) part of your degree. How do you pick your topic? How do you get the most out of it? All of this answered, and more!
Libraries are often seldom used at school, but when you get to university all of that changes - we delve deeper into this topic in this episode.
The inaugural episode of the Two Blues Podcast! To kick things off, Rohan and Will discuss "why bother" with an Oxbridge application at all - after all, it's a pretty gruelling process at times!