The Dialogue Central Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Dubai College students explore their passions, curiosities and favourite topics through fun, light-hearted dialogue!

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Rama Kanji, Educational Psychologist at The Valens Clinic talks us through the challenges that individuals face when it comes to understanding and working with numbers, quantities, time, distances and the various tools and strategies that can help support students addressing mathematics problems.

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Dr. Amy Bailey - Dr Amy is the department Head at KidsFirst Medical Centre. In this conversation, Amy helped explain what Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is and what to expect if you or your child is going to see a CBT therapist.

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Jackie Greenwood - Jackie is a Psychologist working at Vivamus Psychology clinic in Dubai. Jackie had a conversation with us about the experience of and preparing for an 'Empty Nest' and gave some practical tools on how to manage that stage of life.

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Listen to our latest topic podcast on Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with Rama Kanj. Lead Educational Psychologist at The Valens Clinic, Rama works closely with families and schools providing holistic and multidisciplinary care optimizing well-rounded growth for every child.

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In this episode of DC Wellbeing, we feature Jackie Greenwood. Jackie is a Psychologist working at Vivamus Psychology clinic in Dubai. Jackie had a conversation with the DC Counsellors about the experience of and preparing for an 'Empty Nest' and gave some practical tools on how to manage that stage of life.

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DC Wellbeing series on Sleep #2 Improving your sleep - Julie Mallon is the founder and director of Nurture 2 Sleep, an organisation supporting families with sleep in Dubai. In this podcast we furthered the conversation about the importance of sleep and looked at some practical steps we can improve our sleep.

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Welcome to the second edition of the DC Wellbeing podcasts for this year, and the first in our series on Sleep.

Prof. Mary Carskadon is a professor of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour at Brown University and is one of the most prominent researchers in America on sleep. In this podcast, she spoke to our Counselling Team about sleep/wake patterns in children and adolescents and looked at the impact of insufficient sleep.

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Come listen to the team discuss how they made their choices for their GCSE options -- and what you might want to think about before you make yours!

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Here at Dialogue Central, we love to discuss and debate the latest and most riveting local topics. Alize, Aleeza, Ryan and Samarvir hosted this episode all about COP28 and sustainability. The team explores the layout of COP28, different feasible types of renewable energy and even food security. So, make sure to give this thought-inducing episode a listen and watch out for more from Dialogue Central coming to you soon!

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Welcome to the first of the DC Wellbeing podcasts of the year - Resilience with Noor El Ali.

Noor is a Psychologist working at Valence Clinic in Dubai and she kindly took the time to have a conversation with our Counselling team regarding Resilience - what it is, why its so important and how to foster it in our children.

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DC students discuss ChatGPT and the rise of artificial intelligence

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Presenter Ross Addison from Reverse PsychologyTopic: Depression in the Teenage Years

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Florence Gillet discusses 'Raising Teenagers to have a Healthy Relationship with Body and Food'

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It's DC Science week! Join the pod team as they discuss the most exciting STEM stories and breakthroughs of 2022 to celebrate all things Science!

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DC Debrief discussing Marvel

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Join Emaan, Maha, Aleeza and Karma as they discuss whether or not students should still read "the classics" of literature. They take a deep dive into authors like Dickens, Shakespeare, Austen, Doyle and Shelley. This is one of our most in depth discussions ever!

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Dubai College Counsellors talk to Dr. Saliha Afridi, Founder and Managing Director of The Lighthouse Arabia about parenting your teenager.

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Students from DC Debrief discuss conspiracy theories

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Students from DC Debrief discuss The Asia Cup

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In this episode, Aditya and Karma interview special guest and DC parent Mr John Bull. Mr Bull is the director of the Sustainability Pavilion "Terra" at Expo 2020. 

He shares his remarkable path to becoming a science communicator, his fascinating life experiences and his advice for passionate young people looking to pursue their dreams. A truly inspiring discussion!

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In our debut episode, Karma and Emaan interview Dr Kavita Dhingra. She is a medical doctor and Dubai College parent who shared her experiences in the medical field and answered questions sent in from DC students!

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Join Tegan, Ameera, Saanvi, Karma and Aaditya as they discuss mental health and the psychology of the teenage brain. They share their experiences during the COVID pandemic and more in an inspiring discussion about teenage well-being.

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In our third episode, we have Maya, Karma, Aryan, Samuel and Dhruv discussing their passions for computer science, and the future of artificial intelligence.

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In this episode Aaditya, Aarav, Karma and Maha discuss all of the excitement and build up to the first day of the event we've all been waiting for -- Expo 2020 Dubai!

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In our debut episode, Aleeza, Maha, Karma and Aryan discuss the future of human space exploration and the Mars 2020 mission.