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Last Days of Summer Podcast Overview: In April of 2013, Steve Kluger sat down with the students of THINK Global School to discuss his epistolary novel Last Days of Summer. First published in 1998, Last Days of Summer tells the story of Joey Margolis, a downtrodden and roughed up twelve-year old living in 1940's Brooklyn. To help deal with the bitter pain of his parents' divorce, Joey begins corresponding with...

Choice, flow and self control Podcast Overview: Nils Olsen is an Assistant Professor and the Program Director of Organizational Sciences at The George Washington University. During his talk, which was originally delivered to TGS students in New York City, Nils uses his background as a social psychologist and statistician to deliver an in-depth discussion on why we make the decisions that we do, even when they are ill-informed or irrational....

Tanzania student roundtable Podcast Overview: Global Studies and Social and Cultural Anthropology teacher Nick Martino sits down with seven of his students to discuss their recently concluded intersession in Moshi, Tanzania. Over the course of the hour-long conversation, Nick and the kids discuss what they saw and accomplished during their trip, their thoughts on conservation and globalization as it pertains to Tanzania, and their volunteer experiences building schools in the...

Water, food and energy Podcast Overview: Yolanda Kakabadse is the former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment and current World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) International President. Over the last thirty years, she has served as a liaison between corporations and international environmental agencies, helping to shed light on conservation issues being faced throughout Latin America and the rest of the world. In her lecture, "Water, food and energy," Yolanda leads a...

North India student roundtable Podcast Overview: Students Emma, Cameron L., Gillian, and Hudson sit down for a teatime chat about their recent eight day trip in the north of India. They kick things off with a discussion about their time in the city of Amritsar, where the tranquility of the Golden Temple provides a stark contrast to the bombastic flag lowering ceremony at the India/Pakistan border. The topic switches to...

First impressions of India Podcast Overview: Arriving in a new country can be both exhilarating and overwhelming, especially when it is your first year in a new school. This is the position that TGS students River, Chau and Jonah found themselves in upon their arrival in Hyderabad, India for the start of the 2013-14 school year. Recently, they sat down with TGS 12th grader Liam to share their first impressions...

Beasts of the Southern Wild Podcast Overview: Anyone who has seen the popular indie film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" has had the chance to step into the magical backwoods world co-created by Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar. It is a dark and fantastic place, populated by larger-than-life characters who take viewers on a visceral journey deep into Louisiana's bayous. Learn more about Lucy Alibar as she discusses her own...

War, politics and mass media. Podcast Overview: Professor Noam Chomsky has been a subject of great acclaim during his lengthy career. Once referred to by Paul Robinson of the New York Times Book Review as "possibly our greatest intellectual alive," Mr. Chomsky is best known for his contributions as a linguist, writer, and political activist. As the author of over 100 books and countless columns and essays, Mr. Chomsky's writings...

The importance of the International Baccalaureate   Podcast Overview: Since its introduction in 1968, the International Baccalaureate® (IB) has seen widespread adoption throughout the world, with over 3,600 schools in 146 countries now utilizing its curriculums in the classroom. The challenging programmes are well known for their high quality of education, and enrolled students, like those at THINK Global School, are cultivated into independent learners with advanced critical thinking skills...

Citizen journalism in the 21st century Podcast Overview: With a combined 45 years of experience in the field of reporting between them, BBC correspondents Richard Lister and Philippa Thomas are no strangers to the harsh realities encountered during the news gathering process. Lister and Thomas draw upon these experiences to help explain the role that citizen journalism has come to play in the 21st century media and to provide insight...