The King's Court: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the King's Court. In this podcast we put the spotlight on the fantastic King's College London community and the amazing work being done all across our institution. Our guests are students, staff, and academics here at KCL and from our partners across the collective industries we're collaborating with.
The two creative minds behind The King's Court are host David Sylvester and producer Georg Avram. TKC want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work: thekingscourtds@gmail.com
In our final episode of Season One we bring things to a close with an amazing last guest here at TKC: none other than the fantastic 'Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President & Vice Principal (International) and Professor of Security, Leadership & Development.
The BAME trailblazer 'Funmi founded the African Leadership Centre (ALC) here at King’s and she is going to tell us how that has come about. We are talking about her reimagining the Global Leadership & Peace course for the online space, being a champion for the Cultural Competency programme here at King’s, and more.
You can follow her on Twitter @FunmiOlonisakin and on her website funmiolonisakin.com.
You can also find out more about 'Funmi here in the latest edition of KCL's InTouch alumni magazine.
[Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 02:50 - Let’s Talk 18:55 - Up Close And Personal 34:34 - Word Wander 43:35 - Parting Words 45:07 - Closing 49:26]
*And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out and touch base, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
In a world of uncertainty … The past year brought a lot of change to all of us. Many have faced employment and financial woes.
But all throughout this time, King’s has committed to their staff and created a number of redeployment opportunities so our wonderful KCL community have had an invaluable peace of mind during the most difficult of times.
In this episode we are putting the spotlight on three members of the King’s community who have been redeployed to support the university and our students throughout this challenging time: Matt Fryer, Senior Business Manager in the King’s Culture team, who is currently leading on community experience, working on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) centred projects and growing relationships with the student community. Sophie Pan, Event Coordinator, now a Campus Ambassador Manager, ensuring our buildings are safely accessible to students in need for space. And Cyril Joseph, Strand & Bush House Hospitality Manager, who didn't hesitate to jump in the King’s van and deliver food across London to students in need!
Tune in to find out all about their journey of redeployment.
[Intro 00:00 - Opening 03:26 - Matt Fryer 05:21 - Sophie Pan 23:17 - Cyril Joseph 31:41 - Closing 43:08 - Outro 43:23]
*And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out and touch base, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
Happy International Women’s Day! To help celebrate this special occasion we have an extra special guest: the amazing Emily Clements, Research Assistant (Neuroscience of Entrepreneurship project) & Neuroimaging PhD Candidate at King’s.
She is the fiendish mastermind behind the Entrepreneurial Brain Challenge (EBC) that we highly recommend you take. By completing the challenge you can get personalised feedback on your 7 Skills of an Entrepreneurial Mindset (a framework developed by the Entrepreneurship Institute at King’s), your personality, cognitive strengths and weaknesses, as well as a pack containing resources to help you improve your weaker areas.
Join us on this episode to find out how DS took up the challenge; we discuss his results, find out from Emily about the many facets of what makes an entrepreneurial brain and much more!
Read more about Emily and her work in this article.
[Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 03:02 - Up Close and Personal 08:52 - Let’s Talk 11:47 - Word Wander 31:58 - Closing 33:19]
*And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work or a word for Word Wander! Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
Ahoy there, KCL community and beyond. It’s Sustainability Month at King’s. A month dedicated to raising awareness of our precious planet with a wealth of engaging activities happening every week. To tie in with this we have our very special guest: Jeremy Brown, King’s alumnus and creator of The Renegades: Arctic Meltdown, an excellent comic (TKC highly recommend) that approaches climate change from a wonderfully informative and engaging direction. Find out all about what inspired Jeremy on this journey and much more!
[Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 03:16 - Up Close and Personal 08:09 - Let’s Talk 14:00 - Word Wander 30:00 - Closing 31:10]
Gojira - Another World music video
*And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
Ahoy there! Happy 2021!
Our first episode this year is centred around music - to start the year off on a light note (there's too much gloomy news out there at the moment). We have the wonderful Giulia Scarantino with us, Audio Visual Supervisor and very talented musician. We talk about all things music and her latest solo project D’Addio. You can find out more about the project on her website https://www.daddiomusic.com/ and follow her @daddiomusic.
[Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 02:28 - Up Close and Personal 06:33 - Let’s Talk 19:21 - Word Wander 33:56 - Closing 35:46]
*And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
Ho Ho Ho...ly Moly! What a year! As 2020 is drawing to a close we here at TKC are wishing you a merry Christmas and happy end of the year. Be safe ... David is recalling his childhood Christmas memories and if you are looking for some entertainment also has a couple of movie and music recommendations for you. Get ready for some singing too!
In this episode we have one of the pillars of King’s, since 1988: SVP of Operations Steve Large.
What exactly is it that an SVP Operations does at a university? Well TKC have the answers and much more for you! Find out about how Steve started and hear the story of him and a near seven foot giant collecting money in Bloomsbury, a love of classic rock - plus much more!
[Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 02:02 - Up Close and Personal 09:43 - Let’s Talk 20:20 - Word Wander 28:09 - Closing 29:43]
*And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
Since 2016, King’s has supported thousands of people to become more entrepreneurial. In this episode we dive deeper into the world of entrepreneurialism. David is joined by Holly Knower, Head of Ventures at the Entrepreneurship Institute, and welcomes two entrepreneurs of the King’s 20 Accelerator to the show: Amar Mehta, Lead Entrepreneur at Advicely, and Adele Aitchison, Co-founder at Grandnanny.
Happy Halloween!
In this spooktacular Samhain Special David aka Mr Wolf bestows the listener with the occult origins and traditions of this celebration most macabre.
We also have some movie and music recommendations for this year’s fright night for perusing pleasure.
This special episode will be capped off with an extra special regaling of horror most otherworldly:
Mr Wolf is going to read the short story 'Memory' from the master of horror himself, H.P. Lovecraft.
Enjoy and Beware!
Music and sound design by @georg.avram
*We want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
In this episode we are talking to Michael Bennett, Associate Director of Widening Participation @KCLWP. We learn about WP’s projects and their work with underrepresented learners and their supporters, empowering them to access, thrive and succeed in higher education.
Michael is also the janitor/manager/fixer @thoughtbubbleuk, the UK’s Biggest Comic Art Festival. We talk comics & graphic novels on the fringe of mainstream with him and also find out that both he and David share a commonality in comic book references and professional wrestling. Listen here!
Follow Michael on Twitter @mikeyjdbennett.
*We want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on twitter and instagram @thekingscourtds.
Happy International Podcast Day to all of you! In this bonus episode your host David Sylvester aka DS welcomes you all to the new academic year, gives a brief origin story of how producer Georg Avram aka GA and him created The King's Court and announces the upcoming episode.
*We want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.
This crisis has a deep economical impact with hundreds of jobs on the fence. But no matter how difficult times are, people have always overcome hardship and shown inventiveness and entrepreneurial spirit.
In this episode we are talking to Julie Devonshire OBE, Director of the Entrepreneurship Institute at King’s. We’ll find out about the initiatives at the institute and how King’s is supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups. Julie is going to tell us about the path that led her to King’s, share the secrets of what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and uncover her passion for cooking!
Find out more about the King’s Entrepreneurship Institute on our webpages.
Follow Julie on Twitter @juliedevonshire.
*We want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on twitter and instagram @thekingscourtds.
No doubt that internet usage has increased especially in these times of social distancing. We are all relying on social media and video conferencing apps to keep us connected.
In this episode we are talking to Luca Viganò, Professor and Head of the Cybersecurity Group of the Department of Informatics at KCL. We’ll find out about his thoughts on social media and which apps he would recommend as a cyber security expert. We’ll also learn about him leading a double life as playwright, so tune in!
More on Cyber Security at King’s on our webpages, where you can also apply or request more information on the Advanced Cyber Security MSc.
Follow Luca on Twitter @LucaVigano68 and find out more about him on his website lucavigano.com.
*We want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on twitter and instagram @thekingscourtds.
Are we trapped in a movie? Could this be a dream? Difficult questions to answer right? The one certainty is: the world has changed...for everyone. And that’s why we’re here.
Welcome to The King’s Court.
In our very first episode we introduce the handsome host David Sylvester who will bring you stories from all across the King’s College London community and introduce you to the amazing people at KCL, what they do, what makes them tick and maybe learn about hidden talents too!
In this debut episode we are joined by Mei-Ying Chow. She studies Economics & Management and will start her 3rd year in September. She’s going to tell us all about her life at King’s, talk about her passion for music and give an insight of what it takes to be a successful YouTuber.
If you are interested in KCL’s Economics & Management BSc please have a look at the King's website where you can also find more information on the choir.
Check out Mei-Ying’s YouTube channel and follow her on Twitter & Instagram @meiyingchow.
*We want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on twitter and instagram @thekingscourtds.