AKC Podcast

Welcome to the AKC podcast! The Associateship of King’s College (AKC) is the original award of King's College London, dating back to its foundation in 1829 and reflecting its first motto: ‘sancte et sapienter’ (with holiness and wisdom). AKC lectures enrich and broaden the academic curriculum at King’s in a unique way. All AKC lectures are delivered from the perspective of the academic delivering them and do not represent an official position of King’s College London.

S13 E08: Re-thinking Mind and Body

Dr Karen O'Brien-Kop discusses the mind/body relationship from an ontological perspective

12-08
37:04

S13 E07: Re-thinking our smartphone usage

Professor Ben Carter and Dr Nicola Kalk outline the latest research on smartphone usage and mental health

11-30
39:28

S13 E06: Re-thinking Brain Development

Dr Stacey Bedwell discusses the 5 stages of neurological development

11-24
38:40

S13 E05: Re-thinking Human Learning in the Age of AI

Martin Compton discusses AI in the context of higher education

11-17
38:30

S13 E04: Rethinking Gut and Brain Health

Professor Tim Spector discusses how diet and the gut microbiome affect our health

11-03
38:19

S13 E02: Re-thinking our ocean origins

Rachel Mills discusses our ocean origins and historic and current practices in oceanography

10-20
38:50

S13 E01: Why re-think thinking?

Edward David, Director of the AKC, introduces this semester's lecture series 'Re-thinking thinking'

10-13
34:35

S12 E09: Grammars of Animacy: Geographies of Care

S12 E09: Grammars of Animacy: Geographies of Care by AKC @ King's College London

03-25
43:49

S12 E08: Love, Relationship and Existential Culture

S12 E08: Love, Relationship and Existential Culture by AKC @ King's College London

03-17
44:35

S03 E07: Against 'Mental Health'

Professor Nikolas Rose presents a case against 'mental health' and medicalisation

03-17
46:28

S12 E07: Last Love: Lessons from Care at the End of Life

S12 E07: Last Love: Lessons from Care at the End of Life by AKC @ King's College London

03-10
40:37

S12 E06: Who Controls the Narrative of Lived Experience in High Control Communities?

S12 E06: Who Controls the Narrative of Lived Experience in High Control Communities? by AKC @ King's College London

02-28
33:59

S12 E05: Impossible Subjects? Autistic People’s Belonging in Religious Groups

Dr Krysia Waldock explores neurodiversity in religious contexts

02-10
43:47

S12 E04: On Love, Non-attachment and Liberation

Guilaine Kinouani, Founder of Race Reflections & Author, Scholar and Activist, reflects on non-attachment with reference to Freud, bell hooks, and her own lived experience

02-03
33:08

S12 E03: Vulnerability and Control: Smartphones and Queer Men's Cultures of Intimacy

Dr Jamie Hakim discusses the role of smartphones in queer men's relationships

01-27
42:01

S12 E02: Cunning Encounters: Love as Bravery and Defiance

Dr Selma Dabbagh explores Arab women's poetry

01-21
40:40

S12 E01: On Marriage: A Conversation

Stephen Frosh hosts a conversation on marriage and philosophy with Devorah Baum and Clare Carlisle

01-14
40:42

S11 E09: Wounds Inside: The Anticipated Mental Health Consequences of the Genocide in Gaza

Prof Hanna Kienzler shares research on mental health and conflict

12-02
35:52

S11 E07: Art for Peace and Justice

Professor Rachel Kerr discusses art's role in peacemaking, reconciliation and justice All AKC lectures are delivered from the perspective of the academic delivering them and do not represent an official position of King’s College London.

11-29
01:05:16

S11 E06: The Right to Peace

Dr Maria Varaki discusses the United Nations declaration of human rights All AKC lectures are delivered from the perspective of the academic delivering them and do not represent an official position of King’s College London.

11-29
39:55

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