The Big Switch Feed: Recent Episodes
Logan Ye, Nathaniel Mah, Farheen Asim
A podcast about people who gave up on great talents, positions or other endeavors to pursue something truer to their ambitions and desires. Episodes are released biweekly on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
On this episode of The Big Switch, we take some time to deep dive into a career path for aspiring creatives: writing. A professor of literature and creative writing at Yale-NUS College, Robin Hemley takes Logan through his writing and teaching career. From rooms full of drafts and notes to the Writer’s Centre at Yale-NUS College, Robin recounts all the trials and hardships of the craft, and gives some tips for aspiring authors.
Fancy yourself an intellectually curious, problem-solving student with a strong work ethic? Then management consulting might be for you, or so they say. On the third episode of The Big Switch, Logan interviews Joanna Lee, a Columbia University literature student turned management consultant turned college administrator, on finding her fit for employment after graduation. Why (and how) did she switch between these seemingly unrelated paths? Tune in to find out.
We’re switching gears on our second episode, peering into the Singaporean rap scene. An ex-Team Singapore basketball player and Yale-NUS graduate, Subhas Nair, like many college students, started his studies with no idea where he would go afterwards. So upon graduation, he made the obvious decision: he decided to pursue a rap career. Subhas brings Logan through both the challenges and rewards of pursuing this unconventional path in an exceptionally unconventional environment.
Have you ever considered taking a break in the middle of college? In our inaugural episode, Logan interviews professor Christina Tarnopolsky, who took a 10 year break in the middle of her undergraduate degree to work in finance and technology right in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. Logan and Christina bond over their shared Torontonian heritage and discuss the strange process of returning to study after working for a decade.