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Giovanni Wijaya

A new podcast designed to explore subjects too niche for public consumption

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Suraj Vasudevan, a senior lecturer of chemical engineering at National University of Singapore, recounts his postdoctoral work for the Prime Minister’s Office, describes the steps in pursuing a PhD research paper, and lays out his approach in teaching engineering courses.

Co-hosted by Khoa

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Aspen HYSYS
  • Integrated Framework of Simulation, Heuristics and Optimization
  • William Luyben

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Ashley, a psychology student and the incoming Performing Arts Director of Eusoff Hall, challenges the depiction of psychologists in Netflix shows, gushes about the food in Penang, and gives pointers on separating materials for recycling.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Spotlight effect
  • Eusoff Hall Drama-Dance Production 2024: “The 11th Hour”

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Azek, a landscape architecture student and founder of Hennaflair, shares tips on presenting architectural proposals, describes the on-street bazaar scene in Paris, and contrasts between Malay and hip hop dance.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • The Mind Your Business Show, episodes 114, 115, 116, 117
  • one-north Park
  • Kovalee
  • “Haikhun Kaya Toast” at Dance Uncensored 2022
  • “Wimbledumbs” at Dance Uncensored 2023

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Jakob Ray, a singer-songwriter and guitarist, expresses his admiration of Jacob Collier, reveals how long he took to write the lyrics to his debut single, and shares his approach to audio mixing.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Jacob Collier
  • Radiohead
  • “The RHadar Podcast” by Raffles Hall
  • “I’m Not Invited” on YouTube and Spotify
  • L.U.Q
  • “Mind Games” on YouTube and Spotify
  • “Computer Science” on YouTube and Spotify

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Cel, a co-producer of Eusoff Hall Drama-Dance Production 2024: “The 11th Hour” and choreographer for the production’s past three iterations, contrasts between choreographing for a live and video performance, reminisces about the friends she has made through dance, and names the career path she wants to take.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Eusoff Hall Drama-Dance Production 2024: “The 11th Hour”
  • Eusoff Hall Dance Production 2023: “re:generation”
  • Eusoff Hall Dance Production 2022: “Enough”
  • “sMOOkin’” at Dance Uncensored 2024

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Fabien Wee, an infrastructure and project management student at National University of Singapore and a freelance photographer, lists possible causes of flooding in Singapore, names his go-to song for testing in-ear monitors, and examines Singapore’s attempts to promote local music.

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  • Fabien: Instagram
  • Sleekyshoots: Instagram

As mentioned in this episode:

  • Eusoff Hall open day video 2022
  • I’m Not Invited by Jakob Ray
  • Eusoff Hall on Instagram and TikTok
  • Eusoff Events Instagram
  • WHYEUSOFF Telegram

  • Eusoff Hall Engagement Camp Instagram, signup form
  • Inter-Hall Games
  • Crinacle
  • Audio-Technica ATH-LS300iS
  • Moondrop Chu
  • Truthear Zero
  • He Won’t Hold You by Jacob Collier
  • FATfreq Hayabusa
  • Moondrop Dusk
  • AKG N400
  • Benjamin Kheng
  • Oddblood

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Ridwan, a chemical engineering and data analytics student and one-half of Cafe Inspector, describes the challenges in the final year design project at his university, contrasts between his two supply chain internships, and recounts the conversation that sparked Cafe Inspector.

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  • Cafe Inspector: Instagram, TikTok
  • Ridwan: Instagram

As mentioned in this episode:

  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Abbott
  • Hologic
  • Prince George’s Park Residences

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Khoa, a chemical engineering student, shares why he ended up not going for chemistry, lists some chemical plant safety tips, and contrasts between the Lunar New Year celebrations in Vietnam and Singapore.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Aspen Plus
  • Pham Quyen

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Nguyen, a software engineer at Autodesk and Niibori guitarist with Sparkle Guitar Ensemble, reveals the programming language he uses in his work, explains how he arranges songs for his guitar ensemble, and proposes the three layers of learning music.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • NUS Guitar Ensemble
  • EMCC
  • NUS Arts Festival
  • Sparkle Guitar Ensemble on YouTube

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, My New Podcast is ending this month. Thank you for supporting us for the past almost 2 years!

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Agatha, an intern at Shell, describes her ferry trip to her workplace, recounts her move from a small school to a big school, and names the country where she wants to retire.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Shell at Pulau Bukom
  • Angklung
  • NUS Angklung Ensemble in CAC+US 2023

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Lee Yi, the lights head of Eusoff Hall Dance Production 2023: “re:generation” and an actor in Eusoff Hall Dance Production 2022: “Enough”, lists out common pitfalls as a fledgling actor, shares his communication approach with the lights designer of “re:generation”, and recounts how he went back to playing in band after a three-year break.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Eusoff Hall Dance Production 2022: “Enough”
  • NUS CAC Amplified on YouTube
  • Enter Sandman on YouTube
  • Rosanna by Toto on YouTube
  • Great Is Thy Faithfulness
  • What a Beautiful Name
  • Best Part by Daniel Caesar on YouTube

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Luke, an audio arts and sciences student at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and keyboardist in Eusoff Band, shares his cable coiling experiences, slams a Beethoven quote, and spends 1.5 minutes trying to search up a pianist he discovered by chance.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • Audio Arts & Sciences program at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
  • Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3 No. 2
  • Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
  • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
  • Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31
  • AKB48 on YouTube
  • Official髭男dism on YouTube
  • Ayase on YouTube
  • Hiromi Uehara
  • Somethin' Blue by Chihiro Yamanaka on YouTube
  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
  • Scary Pockets’s cover of Kiss Me More, performance by (EH)MPLIFIED

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Rishika, the host and producer of Chaotic Calm podcast, shares how she chooses guest stars for her podcast, explains her pre-interview process, and lays out steps to send press releases to journalists.

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  • Rishika: Instagram

As mentioned in this episode:

  • Power Your Podcast with Storytelling by Alex Blumberg
  • Your Social Media Bootcamp by Jasmine Star

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Neek, the vice-president internal of National University of Singapore Students’ Union and a bassist and saxophonist, expresses his admiration of The ISB Man, recounts how a cookie started his saxophone journey, and throws out suggestions for a first musical instrument.

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  • Neek: Instagram

As mentioned in this episode:

  • The ISB Man’s blog
  • “Romeo and Juliet” by Tchaikovsky
  • ABRSM Music Theory exams
  • Jacob Collier’s Logic Session Breakdown of “Moon River”

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Jules, a law student at National University of Singapore and singer in Eusoff Band, goes through how a judge decides on cases, lists out good places to cry on her campus, and shares the inspiration behind her band names.

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Joel, a resident fellow at Eusoff Hall and electric bassist, lists out the animals he has seen in the hall, recounts his two-year stint as a Yamaha student, and details how he uses each of his mics.

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  • Joel: Instagram

As mentioned in this episode:

  • Benjamin Britten’s “The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra”
  • Logic Pro
  • CAD E100S
  • Sennheiser MKH 416
  • SSL preamps and audio interfaces
  • Beyerdynamic M201TG
  • Zoom F6
  • Focusrite Vocaster

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My New Podcast is now 1! Thank you for supporting us for the past year! The podcast’s host and producer delves into the behind-the-scenes of every episode so far.

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Dio, an electric guitarist in NUS CAC Amplified and formerly in Eusoff Band, lists out songs that his band’s audience would mosh to, shares his experience playing drums in a studio recording session, and reveals why his multilingual band has never performed songs in Indonesian.

This episode contains content in Indonesian.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • ROOMTHIRTEEN on YouTube
  • fivetoseven at Amplifright
  • 527 and FCH at Amplitube

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Valerie, a co-head of EusoffWorks and a former co-head of Eusoff Acapella, recalls her process of creating My New Podcast’s logo with a friend, rants about Canva-made graphics, and shares about her mom’s unpublished podcasts.

Corrections: at 0:31, the name should be Eusoff Hall Orientation Camp, not Committee; at 34:04, the episode number should be 3 not 5.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • EHOC Instagram
  • Eusoff CMC Instagram
  • Eusoff SPT Instagram
  • Computer Science
  • Flows
  • LE! music video by Justin Tzuriel
  • Behringer C-3
  • Rode NT2-A
  • Focusrite Scarlett 4i4
  • Audio-Technica ATH-LS300iS
  • Eusoff Hall Dance Production 2022: “Enough”
  • NUS CAC Angklung Ensemble

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Gede Arya, a former tutor of National University of Singapore’s popular engineering/computing module CS1010E, discusses the evolution of the module in his 3 semesters teaching it and his most memorable moments with his students.

We actually talked about many other aspects of Arya’s life, however due to a recording issue, most of the audio ended up unlistenable and had to be discarded. I’ve provided more details in the audio, I apologize for this.

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As mentioned in this episode:

  • CS1010E

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Hello guys, thank you for listening to My New Podcast so far. Unfortunately, due to logistical issues, I have to stop making podcast episodes for now. I hope this is temporary, I hope to continue podcasting in the near future, but in the meantime, for the fifth episode, I have a message for you all.

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For the fourth episode, Chris describes her experience studying geography from secondary school to present day, explains why she likes cats so much, and expresses her desire to study audio engineering.

I would like to apologize for the choppy audio in this episode, this was due to a technical issue that I overlooked. Pretty ironic for an episode about audio engineering, huh?

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For the third episode, Anya recounts her journey as an electrical engineer and the vice-president internal of her faculty club, goes off on a tangent about scales, and teaches me how to sing a certain Lizzy McAlpine song.

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For the second episode, Stephen hosts a long-winded game of Would You Rather, with Jian Cheng and myself debating things out and showing a rare glimpse into our inner extraversion.

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For My New Podcast’s first episode, I introduce myself. Or did I?