TOK Talk in Ten: Recent Episodes
Paras Nainani
A ten-minute tumble through the tricky topics of TOK by your teachers every Thursday! We hope this encourages you to see TOK in the everyday
The third and final episode of this season has us questioning what makes good art. We also explore whether all art is performative, and whether or not authorial intent 'matters' in evaluating, appreciating, or understanding art. Note: In the interests of being more celebratory of neurodivergence, we've started publishing auto-generated transcripts of our podcast episodes! Here is today's.
The first episode of this season is a special, featuring none other than Julie Dale - HOD and mathematician extraordinaire! Tune in as we bombard her with knowledge questions to understand a little bit more about the wonderful world of maths!
Note: In the interests of being more celebratory of neurodivergence, we've started publishing auto-generated transcripts of our podcast episodes! Here is today's.
This week, you have the privilege of meeting Mr. Shift -- Mr. Paradigm Shift, that is -- as Paras and Nina discuss paradigm shifts. Then, Paras and Nina unpack IA prompts. Enjoy!
Note: In the interests of being more celebratory of neurodivergence, we've started publishing auto-generated transcripts of our podcast episodes! Here is today's.
This week, we think critically about vaccines, the difference between the Human and Natural Sciences and... identical twins?
Note: In the interests of being more celebratory of neurodivergence, we're going to start publishing auto-generated transcripts of our podcast episodes! Here is today's.
In this episode, we are grateful to have HOD Anna Hammonds on the show with us to give us some tips and tricks for the IA!
This week we call upon expert theologian (and all-round awesome guy) Andrew Baker to help us understand how religion and natural sciences can intersect and potentially work in harmony. NB: this is our second special so it's a whopping 35 minutes long!
Welcome back, listeners! This week we're asking whether we can really, truly know anything.
In our first ever special feature, we speak to two brilliant scholars who were kind enough to enlighten us with wisdom (both personal and shared!) that helps us understand the indigenous perspective in a way that books never could. Warning: this episode is nearly an hour long!
In this episode, we explore different definitions of "indigenous", and the perspectives and ethics around the "protection" of indigenous peoples
This week we introduce a new segment to the podcast before we dive into the world of social media to try to get to the bottom of just how bad it really is.
This week we're joined by a special guest who blew us away with an email filled with some very pertinent questions! Shout out to Vivi for making the time to nerd out with us. Our sincere apologies for getting this episode up so late - we were having some technical difficulties! Finally, we're beginning to toy with the idea of TOK Talking in Twenty as opposed to Ten, so please excuse the second lengthy episode in a row.
Links/references
- Supreme Court Shenanigans - CGP Grey
- What Can You Do About QAnon? - NYT Opinion
In Episode 2, we talk about the impact that power structures that we are embedded in have on us.
Welcome to the first episode of TOK Talk in Ten, the weekly TOK podcast brought to you by your TOK teachers!
Edit: here is some light but fantastically informative further reading courtesy of your friendly neighbourhood librarian - the one and only Kurt Wittig:
- Online Censorship perspectives from SIRS Issues Researcher
- Freedom of Speech perspectives from SIRS Issues Researcher
- Censorship and Democracy from EBSCO Points of View
- Censorship from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- Freedom of Speech from Gale Opposing Viewpoints