pseudo bravado: Recent Episodes
Selina
A 20-something college student’s best attempt at distilling meaning amidst the chaos through a podcast functioning as cost-efficient self therapy, nothing more quintessentially “broke undergrad going through personal crisis” than that. Exploring topics ranging from school-life-work balance, personal identity, music and arts, this podcast is a capsule of the changing seasons in the life of a young woman trying to find her niche in the world. You can call this a budget friendly coming of age production, undeveloped bravado (hence pseudo), or an eavesdropping session on a stranger’s life.
An unfiltered conversation between my sister and I as we reflect on 2020 through a series of questions from We’re Not Really Strangers, new year’s edition. We talk about the shortcomings, personal growth, and challenges of the last year and look towards a hopefully exciting 2021
In today’s episode I talk about everything MCAT related, advice from someone who has recently taken the exam, and also why I ultimately decided I don’t want to pursue medicine anymore.
Today I chat about everything since quarantine started, from classes moving online, moving back in with my dad, interviewing for jobs and the rejection that inevitably led me to re-evaluate my future, taking the mcat for fun, and gap year plans in Korea.
This episode is a medley of updates, I tell an anecdote about a failed passport office visit, bullet journaling, new habits in 2020, and general apprehension towards a new semester of classes. The podcast is now available on multiple platforms including google podcast, radio public, breaker and more! Share and follow along for season 2 in a couple of months after I get through another school term!
In the finale of the series of questions to fall in love, my sister and I unload a lot of personal baggage. Some tears were shed, honesty permeating our pores, long pensive pauses throughout, all unfiltered!
A sequel to the last episode with the second set of questions from the New Yorker where my sister and I start unpacking deeper questions about our family and relationships.
Felicia, my sister, is back with us in a series of 3 episodes to be released in the next few weeks where we explore our answers to a series of 36 questions compiled by the New Yorker that is believed to forge meaningful relationships between any two strangers, caveat to this episode, Felicia is not a stranger. Stay tuned for part 2 and 3 on the way. Don’t forget to follow the podcast and share with friends :)
In this hour long episode, I struggle through describing my favourite things in an appealing way that will pique your interest. Movies, music, podcasts, tv shows, and more!
This is an episode where I recall my experience with anxiety by reading aloud a non fiction piece I wrote for my creative writing class a year ago and talk about my progress over time. If you are a gut bacteria enthusiast and mental health advocate, this episode is for you!
This short episode is a perhaps underwhelming follow up to the last episode with my sister, but hey, it’s honest and unfiltered. Listen to me stumble through 16 minutes of navigating these feelings of being alone but also find the silver lining in the solitude.
On the season debut episode, I welcome a special guest who has known me for 18 of my 20 years, my sister. We chat about her first term in uni, transitions from high school, highlights of the year, and mental health. It’s starts off slow with her talking about her favourite colour but I promise it gets hopefully more interesting as we progress. Can’t guarantee all episodes will be so long, but we had a lot to catch up on!
This is the trailer for the new podcast: pseudo bravado, aka “I am too broke for actually therapy so here I am dissecting all my problems in a monologue”. This is brought to you by a current college student who is trying to figure out her life. New episodes coming soon!