Epsom Insight: Recent Episodes
Epsom College
Regular Interviews with Epsom College students, staff, former pupils and influential guest speakers. Hosted by Lower Sixth Students.
Welcome to Season 3 of Epsom Insight. In this episode, Caitlin Lynch and Leah Woulfe speak to Collin Osborne about coaching rugby at Harlequins, teaching in Zimbabwe and singing.
In this episode, Lower Sixth Formers Bella Buck and Phoebe Gordon speak to OE Stephanie Knight. They discuss Stephanie’s experience as a boarder in Crawfurd House, life beyond the College and her exciting career in property.
Earlier this year, Ben and Holly interviewed Jeremy Thomas, a renowned music producer who now delivers powerful talks on mental health and coping mechanisms. This episode is being released as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2023. The chosen topic for this year is anxiety. For more information on Jeremy Thomas, visit his website: https://jeremythomastalks.co.uk. If you've been affected by any topics discussed in this episode, find support via https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Earlier this term, Bella and Stefano sat down with prominent mental health campaigner and influencer, Ben West.
They discussed many current topics including Ben's campaigning journey, recent mental health proposals from the government and healthy masculinity.
Find more information about Ben here:
https://www.benwest.org.uk/
If listeners find anything in this episode distressing, please find more information below:
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
https://www.tellmi.help/
https://giveusashout.org/
A new season of Epsom Insight kicks off with Makeen Alikhan, a former Epsomian, who now plays rugby for Harlequins.
Last year, Ben and Stefano interviewed Hyphen, a music artist and mental health advocate. This episode was originally recorded for The Wellbeing Hub, who have kindly allowed us to repost this here in honour of Men’s Health Awareness Month.
This episode aims to destigmatise mental health, vulnerability, and access to mental health support.
The Wellbeing Hub from Teen Tips provides a proactive approach to mental health and wellbeing by offering support and guidance for every parent, carer, pupil and member of staff via three distinct ‘Hubs’. It’s live and interactive, with a team of professionals delivering new content weekly.
In this episode of Epsom Insight, the College’s pupil-led podcast series, Allegra Sheen (Upper Sixth, Murrell) sits down with Ashlyn Lam (last year’s Upper Sixth, Murrell) to reflect about the fallout from COVID-19 facing the Asian community, including a recount of her own personal experiences of racism.
Epsom pupils Ollie and Oskar have a chat with ex King pin Shaun Atwood, and find out more about his life in prison, his experiences as a King pin and what life is like now for him.
Despite the recent national lockdown, Maddie Fairbank and Max Franks kick off this new term with an interview with Head Of Drama, Mrs Johnson and drama students Poppy Tilling and Ben Kersley about drama at Epsom and their general enjoyment of being on the stage.
In the latest episode of the EC Insights podcast series, Max Franks and Ollie Butcher speak with George Greenbury, Head of Religious Studies. In a wide-ranging discussion, they touch on topics such as the difference between the UK and US education systems, the best ways for teachers to ensure good discipline in the classroom, and life after death.
In the aftermath of the seismic and controversial US presidential election, Allegra Sheen and Maddie Fairbank speak to Head of Politics, Mr Dunn and Politics student, Theo Mully (who hails from America) to explain and analyse the key issues: the conversation ranges from ideological difference to corruption and legal allegations.
In the third episode of the Epsom Insights podcast series, Lower Sixth Form pupils Ollie Butcher, Jude Clark and Maddie Fairbank interview two members of the Common Room who reached the highest levels in their sports: Head of Sport, Michael Johnson and Head of Rugby, Paul Burke. They provide and interesting insight into life in professional sport, as well as valuable advice for aspiring sportsmen/women.
To mark Black History Week, Max Frank and Maddie Fairbank meet Olaiya Adeniji, Remi Adeniji and Ida Saidy to discuss Black Lives Matter and the work of Epsom College's Black History Week Committee.
Jude Clark and Allegra Sheen meet Izzy Mitchell and find out what life is like for a new Head of School.