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Wok this Way: Inner Mongolian Chinese Chef Bo Li’s journey from architecture to culinary arts
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - May 03, 2024 01:50 - 26 minutes“He’s abandoning his bright future to cook food for someone else,” Bo Li’s father said in dismay when Bo Li decided to drop out of his Master’s degree in Architecture at Deakin University. Discover how and why Bo Li embarked on a completely different career trajectory, even winning 2023’s best r...
Headlines to Heartstrings: Teacher, journalist and owner of Makchic, Laych Koh’s journey of writing from journalism, teaching to motherhood
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - April 16, 2024 07:18 - 43 minutesAs young as nine years old, Laych experienced firsthand a lesson of humiliation and also kindness from an unpleasant classroom experience in Malaysia which she believed had shaped her view of empathy and compassion. From there, Laych went on to be a ‘rockstar’ journalist (in Devina’s words) for ...
Feasting on Fun: Ili Sulaiman’s journey from serving the British Royal Wedding to becoming Malaysia’s much loved celebrity chef
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - March 08, 2024 05:16 - 52 minutesIf you’ve watched Ili on screen, she’s always bursting with so much joy and laughter. The joy is real and permeates everything she does from her studies, to every career move, which includes serving at Will and Kate’s wedding (!). You don’t want to miss this episode!
Runways and ruins: Two senior academicians from Southampton University take us through their journey in luxury fashion and archaeology
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - January 19, 2024 05:55 - 43 minutesDoes fashion matter, or is it just frivolous? Also, what does a museum and archaeology expert do when she gets more confused from visiting Nepal’s Narayanhiti Palace Museum? Dig deep into all these and more as we chat with Professor Bryony Whitmarsh, Professor of Heritage and Museum Studies; as...
An award-winning writer at dawn and reservoir engineer by day: Wole Talabi on the joy of figuring out numbers and narratives
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - November 08, 2023 06:44 - 47 minutesWole Talabi’s curiosity has taken him places. At nine, he read his parents’ entire collection of encyclopedias because he enjoyed the process of finding things. Later, as a chemical engineer, he went to Imperial College to pursue a Master’s degree in Reservoir Engineering because he was so frust...
From engineering, literature to digital humanities: Leeds’ Dr Dibyadyuti Roy’s intricately woven journey across three continents
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - October 11, 2023 07:33 - 45 minutesThe word ‘text’ originates from ‘textile’ - which means woven together. To Dr Dibyadyuti Roy, this was the single most accurate way of describing his journey from literature into digital humanities. To him, his foray into media studies digital humanities was about looking at texts in the largest...
Proving the naysayers wrong: How Malaysia’s first blowdry bar, Cocodry broke even in six months during Covid-19
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - September 20, 2023 07:10 - 32 minutes“It won’t work,” people told Kim when she first bounced the idea of a blowdry bar. “You’re going to get eaten alive by the big fish.” Kim, the perennial lover of challenges, set out to prove everyone wrong. Here’s her story of starting Malaysia’s first blowdry bar to mind-blowing success.
Climate crisis: You can make an impact right where you are, says ecopedagogy specialist, Dr Ria Dunkley
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - July 12, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutesStraight from the heart, Dr Ria Dunkley revealed that she didn’t know what she wanted to do at university. Her tutor encouraged her to study tourism. She thrived at university and became a lecturer in tourism - then dedicated her life to ecopedagogy after she worked for the Eden Project in Cornw...
Reconciling real life with art: How Tragikomedi founder Shari Jaffri grew her writing and illustrating skills from a childhood of ‘daydreaming’
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - May 22, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutesShari’s teacher would complain to her parents, “Shari’s just a daydreamer, she should really focus more in class.” But being a daydreamer had grown her observation and reflection skills, which in turn, she put to writing and illustrating. Today, Shari is a sought-after multi disciplinary creativ...
A marketeer from childhood: Southampton University’s Assistant Professor in Marketing, Dr Tugra Akarsu on the invaluable impact of her entrepreneur parents on her career
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - April 28, 2023 02:00 - 34 minutes“There was always an action at the workplace,” Southampton University’s Assistant Professor of Marketing, Dr Tugra Akarsu shares. She confesses that growing up with her working parents had sown the seeds of sales and marketing in her from her early years. Discover how her food engineer parents’ ...
No money, no network, no experience: How two Portsmouth College students built the award-winning media agency Hewitt Matthews all by themselves
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - March 21, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes“I’ll just sell my car - that will do our salaries for a while, and we can just walk to meetings,” thought Carl Hewitt when his co-founder Reece Matthews and him first started their little-known media agency. Discover how these 18-year-old’s rose against all odds and gave their all to build an a...
Entrepreneur from young: How ZUS Coffee COO Venon Tian’s online business funded his university life and grew his career
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - February 20, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes“We won’t be able to send you to university anymore, we couldn’t afford it. You got to think for yourself,” Venon Tian’s mother told him as he finished high school. Amazingly, Venon (who is now COO at ZUS Coffee) went ahead with university and even funded his own law degree in the UK. Tune in ...
Super curricular and extra curricular: how Oxford International College CEO Yasmin Sarwar helps students track their career for life
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - December 13, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutesAs the founder and leader of the UK’s two highest-performing A-level colleges for twelve consecutive years, Yasmin started her career “purely by chance” in her kitchen-turned-to-lab when she was waiting for her research grant in Cardiff. Tune in to find out how this Malaysian education entrepren...
Break a leg: How a rugby mishap became a self-fulfilling prophecy for actor and MPW’s Director of Admissions James Barton
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - November 15, 2022 03:00 - 49 minutesWhen James Barton broke his leg as a teenager, his dreams of being a professional rugby player had to take a dramatic shift. Looking back, the mishap literally ushered him into a new ‘stage’ of his life: acting and Indiana Jones (yes) were part of that stage. Tune in to discover how it all came ...
Dime and time: Patreon’s Editor Julian Brimmers’ journey of giving his all in writing about music, pop culture and more
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - October 11, 2022 02:00 - 38 minutesJulian Brimmers grew up in unassuming Straelen, Germany where he “yearned for the exciting stuff”. He went on to be a journalist, filmmaker and podcaster whose works have been published by the BBC, the Paris Review, and many more. For Julian, the path that led him there was all about “going thro...
Dime and time: Patreon’s Former Editor Julian Brimmers’ journey of giving his all in writing about music, pop culture and more
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - October 11, 2022 02:00 - 38 minutesJulian Brimmers grew up in unassuming Straelen, Germany where he “yearned for the exciting stuff”. He went on to be a journalist, filmmaker and podcaster whose works have been published by the BBC, the Paris Review, and many more. For Julian, the path that led him there was all about “going thro...
History ‘Manuel’: Leeds’ Professor of Global History Manuel Barcia’s makes his own history from a working class family in Cuba to international recognition
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - September 06, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutesProf. Manuel Barcia’s first day of work at a museum archive changed his life forever. “This is what I want to do for the rest of my life,” he thought to himself. Tune in to find out what’s in the museum archives and how he journeyed from Cuban history to global history at Leeds.
Still getting starstruck: Record label 4AD Head of Press & Communications, Annette Lee chats about how going for gigs turned into a career for her
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - August 08, 2022 04:00 - 49 minutesAnnette Lee started off as a receptionist before rising the ranks to be the Head of Press & Communications at 4AD, one of the world’s most respected indie record labels. Learn how Annette’s self-starting aptitude helped her to make the most out of the receptionist role as the only person of colo...
Museum Musings: Corinna Gardner on her unique journey as a museum curator at the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art and design
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - July 18, 2022 02:00 - 37 minutesYou’ve probably visited museums, but have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a museum? More specifically, being a museum curator? In this episode, Corinna Gardner shares her unique journey as a museum curator and how it’s like working at the V&A in London, the world’s leading museum of ...
Find your beat: How award-winning international broadcaster and social psychologist Aleks Krotoski found her own voice in her career and encourages you to do the same
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - June 13, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutesBorn in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning international broadcaster Dr Aleks Krotoski takes us through her journey of reinventing her own story. Shuffle with Dr Krotoski between the US and the UK — from being born to scientist parents, to her decision of studying “philosophic...
Let it be a journey: Accenture’s SEA Energy Lead Cheah Wai Seng bares all about his most important influences and principles that led to his success
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - March 29, 2022 02:00 - 40 minutesMost of Cheah Wai Seng’s childhood memories revolved around what he did outside of school. Discover how these puzzles of life fit into his journey from childhood to his successful career in one of the world’s top management consulting firms today. Cheah Wai Seng is the Southeast Asia Energy Lea...
Courting destiny: Kelantan-born Vinita Templeton's journey from child rights specialist to immigration lawyer
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - February 18, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutesVinita Templeton disliked studying law and thought it was the most dreary thing ever. “I’d sooner pick up a novel than read a law book,” thought Vinita when she was studying her LLB in the UK. Little did she know that she would be Director of Immigration and Public Law at Duncan Lewis Cardiff of...
Yalpanam author Shivani Sivagurunathan on creativity, the creative process, teaching creative writing and finding her creative voice
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - January 03, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutesCreativity—as author Shivani Sivagurunathan discovered for herself—was birthed out of the lack of activities and events in her quiet hometown in Port Dickson. Because she kept to herself mostly, she often invented creative activities of her own while burying herself in books. Tune in to discover...
Business unusual: How Professor Peter Rodgers’ interest in Soviet Union politics paved the way to his role as MBA Director at Southampton Business School
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - December 20, 2021 01:00 - 32 minutesEver wondered what it is like to study at one of the most sought-after MBA programmes in the world at the University of Southampton? Listen in as Southampton MBA Director Professor Peter Rodgers shares about the programme and his journey from political science into the world of business. Profes...
Paradise found: Dr Bryan Brazeau on the immeasurable value of an interdisciplinary liberal arts degree and how it has transformed his life
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - December 01, 2021 03:00 - 53 minutesWhat really is the value of a liberal arts degree? Associate Professor (Liberal Arts) at the University of Warwick, Dr Bryan Brazeau, has answers and questions for those of you considering a liberal arts degree. Discover how the world can be your oyster with this degree and how it’s made Dr Br...
Fashion educator Karen Heard on growing up as a country girl, her Devil Wears Prada years and unending discovery with students at UAL
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - November 18, 2021 02:00 - 56 minutesFashion educator Karen Heard grew up in the West Country, England where the seeds of curiosity and exploration were first sown. Later, when faced with “what will I be when I grow up” at secondary school, she was advised by her teacher to work in a bank, despite her obvious interests in creative ...
Connecting people and culture: How Dewakan restaurant founder and head chef creates meaningful connections through every ingredient
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - November 10, 2021 03:00 - 30 minutesIn 2016, Dewakan was named the Best Restaurant in Malaysia on the prestigious Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant list. Join us as we talk to Dewakan’s head chef, Darren Teoh about his journey from childhood to being a world renowned chef.
I couldn’t have planned any of this: Dr Lata from Leeds on her identity, her career journey so far and how everything worked out fortuitously for her
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - October 21, 2021 03:00 - 44 minutesAs first generation child of Indian migrants to Canada in the 70’s, Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds traces her interest in global development back to her identity as an immigrant in Canada. Learn how Dr Lata grapples with the big questions on belonging, iden...
I couldn’t have planned any of these: Dr Lata from Leeds on her identity, her career journey so far and how everything worked out fortuitously for her
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - October 21, 2021 03:00 - 44 minutesAs a first generation of an Indian diaspora to Canada in the 70’s, Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds traces her interest in global development back to her identity as an immigrant in Canada. Learn how Dr Lata grapples with the big questions on belonging, ident...
Art-iculating through life: Multidisciplinary artist Nini Marini’s colourful journey through art school, work and beyond
What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - September 27, 2021 01:00 - 47 minutesNini Marini is a full-time multidisciplinary artist and maker who explores art through various mediums such as ceramic, textile, metal and even artificial intelligence. This year, Nini was listed on Tatler Asia’s Most Influential: The Culture List 2021 that identifies leaders making indelible im...
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