Pen To Page: Recent Episodes
Remy Lourdes
how would you improve your educational experience? let’s discuss…
i’ve always been interested in questioning the education system and how it works, but especially what should change.
with this podcast, i want to open up discussions about various topics related to education to get students to form their own opinions and to get a well-rounded perspective and to eventually create change, locally and internationally!
thank you for being here <3
an interview with zina win-lemmers! she's such a talented creative, especially involved in film, music and writing. i hope you enjoy :)all music snippets were used with the permission of zina win-lemmers.zina's music linkszina's main instagramfollow @pentopagepodcast on instagramfollow @whydiscuss.edu.uk on instagramcover art by cecelia koçpodcast music by frankie doemic used - blue yeticontact me via pentopagepodcast@gmail.com regarding any inquiries or sponsorships
an interview with jaison jeyaventhan - he is not only a pop artist, but a music student too! i hope you enjoy :)
all music snippets were used with the permission of jaison jeyaventhan.
jaison's links
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cover art by cecelia koç
podcast music by frankie doe
mic used - blue yeti
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be creative! have fun! get inspired by anything and everything!!! don't be harsh on yourself! enjoy the process and don't get caught up in the ways creative projects are deemed 'successful'!!! sending you love always
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an interview with anya louisa! one of my favourite artists who happens to be a friend too! support her music :)all music snippets were used with the permission of anya caro.stream anya's musicfollow anya's instagramfollow @pentopagepodcast on instagramfollow @whydiscuss.edu.uk on instagramcover art by cecelia koçpodcast music by frankie doemic used - blue yeticontact me via pentopagepodcast@gmail.com regarding any inquiries or sponsorships
giving some book recommendations, which were my favourite reads in 2022! let me know your thoughts if you've already read these or what you plan to read in the comments :)
trigger warnings - i'm glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy
trigger warnings - heaven by mieko kawakami
leena's channel
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cover art by cecelia koç
podcast music by frankie doe
mic used - blue yeti
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an interview with hannah jennifer! make sure to support her music :)
all music snippets were used with the permission of hannah jennifer.
hannah's instagram
hannah's recent single, boy in a band
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cover art by cecelia koç
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first episode of the new season with lexie carroll! she's absolutely wonderful, make sure to check out her music
all music snippets were used with the permission of lexie carroll.
lexie's links
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cover art by cecelia koç
podcast music by frankie doe
mic used - blue yeti
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hello!!! so excited to be sharing this, hope you enjoy the new season :)
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cover art by cecelia koç
music by frankie doe
mic used - blue yeti
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Final episode for a while - a goodbye paired with a new beginning! I announce the new education Instagram page 'why discuss' and I discuss this with the members, all of whom have been on the podcast before. This comes with some changes for Pen To Page and I will be taking a break for a while to work on Season 2. All updates will be on the podcast Instagram :)
Thank you for everything <3
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Yeti
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A quick chat about things I've noticed about education since finishing exams, future ideas for Pen To Page and feelings about A Level results day (ahhhhhhh) THINGS MENTIONED: Follow @pentopagepodcast on Instagram Intro and interlude by me (ukulele) Mic used - Blue Yeti Contact me via pentopagepodcast@gmail.com regarding business inquiries, sponsorships or anything more formal that you wouldn’t write in a DM!
A discussion based on your comments about the expectation to go to university: the positives, negatives and everything imbetween! And a MASSIVE thank you for all the support over the past two years :)
THINGS MENTIONED:
Articles about private school students attending university -
https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/19783
https://www.palatinate.org.uk/private-school-admissions-rise-for-third-year-in-a-row/
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Yeti
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A discussion with Alice discussing our experiences of Year 12, the similarities and differences as well as my experience of Year 13 and Alice's feelings about the upcoming academic year!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Listen to Alice's podcast "Weekly Winddown" :)
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion comparing the education systems in England and South Korea with my friend, Julia!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Explanation of education system in England
Article in Korean about the system
Main takeaways from the above article in English (translated by Julia) - "Their private education rate was 72.8%, 1.7% higher than last year (2018). The private education participation rate was 82.5% in elementary (primary) school students, 69.6% in middle (secondary) school students, and 58.5% in high school (sixth form) students."
Article about private education
Another!
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion about languages education in England currently, personal experiences and needed improvements with my friend, Tilda!
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion about exams and general education in relation to class with my friend, Jimmy!
Just a disclaimer - the focus of this episode is class, but we both recognise other forms of prejudice within education such as race and gender although these things weren't actively acknowledged throughout and we know they do link closely together!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Left Foot Forward article about the new policies about student loans
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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An episode just answering all of your questions that came from a story post on the podcast Instagram back in January. I discuss book recommendations, revision, education comparisons and the future!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Scythe GoodReads page
Scythe TWs
Norwegian Wood GoodReads page
Norwegian Wood TWs
The Death of Vivek Oji GoodReads page
The Death of Vivek Oji TWs
Info about Finland's education system
Listen to my other podcast, pristine paradoxes!
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion about StudyTube, my experience with it and about whether it can be judged as motivating, unrealistic, both or none! Let me know if you would like a whole episode about toxic productivity as I could have continued to speak about it more in this episode!
This will be my final episode for a while - I am now starting a hiatus to not only focus on A Levels, but also to work on my education reform petition, so make sure to follow the Instagram for updates :)
THINGS MENTIONED:
StudyTube channels (+ a few I forgot to mention!) / videos:
Eve Bennett’s channel
Ruby’s channel
Jack’s channel
Jade’s channel
Ibz’s channel
Eve Cornwell's channel
Viola's channel
Evie’s channel (not active anymore)
Sophia's channel
Holly's channel
Jasmine's channel (studyquill)
Daisy's channel (revisign)
Lydia’s channel
Laura’s channel
Vee's channel
Jade's video about 'blurting'
Jade's video about 'associating' method
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion about the importance of practicing self care and working on your hobbies as a student while exploring the differences between the two!
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Her Body And Other Parties TW - https://www.booktriggerwarnings.com/index.php?title=Her_Body_and_Other_Parties_by_Carmen_Maria_Machado
Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion with my friend, Josh Milroy, about our experience of working as students and the realisations it has brought us regarding education! THINGS MENTIONED: Follow @pentopagepodcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pentopagepodcast Intro and interlude by me (ukulele) Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice Contact me via pentopagepodcast@gmail.com regarding business inquiries, sponsorships or anything more formal that you wouldn’t write in a DM!
A chat about some of the misconceptions that school unintentionally or indirectly give us about education and life beyond it!
THINGS MENTIONED:
The video that inspired this episode by leena norms - https://youtu.be/sDDUe7skh-E
A post about circadian rhythm and its links to sleeps - https://www.sleepfoundation.org/circadian-rhythm
An article about the extending of the school day (a somewhat ‘old’ article on this topic, but still interesting and there are lots more on it!) - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/07/extending-school-day-right-thing-to-do-says-boris-johnson
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion with my friends - Elliot, Marcus, Cyrus and Daniel - about how grading affects motivation, how grading can be harmful and whether grades should be removed entirely or just altered. This is my first group episode and I hope you enjoy this format!
THINGS MENTIONED:
The video that inspired this episode by Zoe Bee - https://youtu.be/fe-SZ_FPZew
A video by UnJaded Jade that discusses grades in relation to learning (very good!) - https://youtu.be/RBJJQt0zjJk
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A chat about why I’m so passionate about reform in the UK education system! I also read out a speech I wrote a couple of years ago for my English Language GCSE about mental health and the education system. Let me know if you have any more questions about this topic!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Here are the channels of the original UK StudyTubers, who inspired me!
Lydia’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjFPVezDdWXv6FiYDFIsow
Eve’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD2h_l6FMIta19ronaayedg
Jack’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/thejackexperience
Laura’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/LaurMedley/featured
Ruby’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6a8lp6vaCMhUVXPyynhjUA
Evie’s channel (not active anymore) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXdK_FGysmipUZKiAMc3Vg
Ibz’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/ibstarsns
Jade’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-uObu-mfafJyxxZFEwbvQ
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A discussion with my friend, Marcus King, about introducing optional research projects for A-Levels, climate change education and environmental drawbacks to schools currently. This conversation was based on a ‘discussion post’ on my account and thank you again to everyone who commented. Apologies for any background noise in this episode - I'm still experimenting with my recording set up, so bear with me!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Marcus’ climate change instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/clim.atechaos/
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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The 2nd episode with Eve Bennett - we talk about her experience with exams and her change in mindset, how she thinks the UK education system should change and StudyTube as a whole! I had a wonderful time recording with her and as mentioned in this episode, we chatted for such a long time and had lots of laughs. If you haven’t already, check out all of her links below :)
THINGS MENTIONED:
Eve’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/RevisionWithEve/featured
Eve’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evebennettxx/
Eve’s personal Twitter - https://twitter.com/evebennettx
Eve’s journalism Twitter - https://twitter.com/_evebennett
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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The first of 2 episodes with Eve Bennett - we talk all about Covid and how it has impacted her year abroad, the Oxford experience, the beauty of language learning and making her way into journalism!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Eve’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/RevisionWithEve/featured
Eve’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evebennettxx/
Eve’s personal Twitter - https://twitter.com/evebennettx
Eve’s journalism Twitter - https://twitter.com/_evebennett
All Meridian Magazine links - https://linktr.ee/MeridianMag
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice
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A chat about some podcast updates, some feedback questions I would love you all to answer as well as information on how I aim to make education system reform have a chance to follow through. Thank you for all of your support so far!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Podcast feedback form - https://forms.gle/mExabwrVA1KUudseA
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Intro and interlude by me (ukelele)
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A chat about how to create achievable New Year’s resolutions, specifically with the use of systems. I also give some important reminders about goal setting and being self compassionate in the process!
THINGS MENTIONED:
Mariana’s video on push vs pull goals - https://youtu.be/250J57Lkk6
Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://www.bookdepository.com/Atomic-Habits-James-Clear/9781847941831 (international link)
Notion - https://www.notion.soQ
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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A long overdue discussion episode based on comments from the corresponding Instagram post!
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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Chatty Q&A with your questions that were sent in on Instagram, thank you to everyone who sent one!
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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A discussion with my friend, Tom Dames, on the debate of exams vs coursework in the UK education system and our personal experiences with both. This was one of my first episodes without a strict plan so I say “like” a lot and it’s very chatty, just to let you know!
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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Discussion with my friend, Elliot Brown, on the inclusion of teaching life skills in the UK education system and its importance.
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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Discussion on the issues regarding GCSE and A-Level results and the faults this has highlighted in the education system.
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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Discussion on the issues regarding GCSE and A-Level results and what happened.
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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A discussion about mental health - this is an important one!
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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A discussion about things people would change about the education system which were commented on the discussion post on the podcast instagram.
THINGS MENTIONED:
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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)
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Not 100% happy with this, but I’m getting used to speaking in this way/to my earphone mic, so bare with me! Podcast instagram: @pentopagepodcast