Borderscapes

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This is a podcast which takes the interview format of production to reshape the stereotype views of the able-bodied dominated society in which we live - that focuses on the medical model of impairment rather than the social model of disability. In this episode, Akin and Stephen explore the world of ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cross the border of impairment.

Studying abroad is a privilege to expand your knowledge and experience in a foreign country. It has all the perks for an eighteen-year-old to live, laugh, and maybe, find love. But what if I told you that it’s not all about sunshine and rainbows? What if there’s more to face?

Imagine you’re a football player and you’re the main striker in your team. There is five minutes on the clock and it’s a very crucial game. You get the perfect pass and you scored the goal, everyone is happy, the fans are all over the place, you’re happy and your teammates are happy. The whistle blows and you look towards the referee and he calls for VAR. You look up on the screen and the goal is signaled offside by a fingertip. So, imagine the feeling you get when you score that crucial goal but /episode/index/show/5d70eb78-31f1-42ed-b815-b082ecefd79e/id/30848618

Brexit has certainly been a very controversial topic ever since it first began, but did you ever think for a second, that it would have a major impact on the future of the music industry? Very soon musicians will no longer be able to freely travel across the EU to play shows to their fans, instead if they wish to play anywhere within the EU, they will have to have travel visas, which will be very costly for sure.

Violet is a student who also does online cam work. She logs on when she wants to, on a camera room, performs and gets paid for that. She is an animal lover, a vegan, and an anthropologist student with a deep interest in people, their experiences and what they enjoy. This episode explores her story and together, we enroll in a deep, private, and surprisingly revealing conversation where we explore not only her experiences with limits and boundaries as a sex worker, but also how as women, we face so many m /episode/index/show/5d70eb78-31f1-42ed-b815-b082ecefd79e/id/30848643

Laila Hussein, a young woman in her early 20’s who used to live in a highly conservative household in the buzzing city of Cairo, Egypt, rebels against her family values and moves out of her family home. Laila shares her story, a gut-wrenching, heartbreaking series of events consisting of limitation of freedom, erasure of individuality, and cultural oppression in a refreshing fashion.

In 2020, a sudden epidemic swept the world. During the nearly 176 days of lockdown, we rely heavily on various social media to maintain our normal lives. Have you ever thought about how these new media will be like after the epidemic is over? Have they become part of us? Or will they fall quickly?

What is home? Is home only a physical space that we occupy, a space where we feel safe? A space where we are understood and appreciated? Or is it an idea that lives within us? When so many of us have it all, there are a few that are still desperately longing for home.