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These child prodigies are taking on the world
Audacious with Chion Wolf
English - July 01, 2022 13:48 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What’s it like to be a child prodigy?
In this episode, you’ll meet a boy who became a chess master at the age of ten, a pair of siblings who started college at seven years old, and one of the youngest members of the high-IQ society, Mensa, who joined it when she was two.
GUESTS:
Tanitoluwa Adewumi: an 11-year-old Nigerian-American chess prodigy and chess master, who co-wrote My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion Tanishq Abraham: began community college at 7, and got his BS in biomedical engineering at 14 years old. He is now an 18-year-old PhD candidate in biomedical engineering at the University of California, Davis Tiara Abraham: began community college at 7, and is now a 16-year-old graduate at the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance Kashe Quest: became the youngest member of Mensa at the age of 2. She just turned 4 Sukhjit Athwal: Kashe’s mom, and Founder of The Modern Schoolhouse in Los AngelesSupport the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate
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