Break the ISAK! Podcast

Break the ISAK!

ISAK Students: Anna, Salma, Caleb, Louisa, Mutty, Francisco
Break the ISAK! is the student-initiated podcast of UWC ISAK Japan, founded in 2020. This is a platform that aims to capture UWC conversations and open up discussions to raise awareness on meaningful topics. For more information and updates visit our Instagram account @breaktheisak 
Foreigners in Karuizawa: EtonHouse (in collaboration with FM Karuizawa)
In this episode, we interview three teachers from the international preschool EtonHouse. Irene from Spain, Christine from Canada and Jessica from Brazil share their experience about what it's like to be a foreigner living in Japan. This episode is part of our collaboration with FM Karuizawa on their program Kids Media Labo. Radio segment to be out in December 2021.
Oct 21, 2021
36 min
Ep 16: Andrei Pt 2
One episode is not enough, so Mutty decided to extend the interview to talk about Andrei’s other experiences with language. He tells us about his experience in learning Japanese, explores the characteristics of languages, and the interview ends off with talking about Andrei’s hypothetical invented language.
May 30, 2021
14 min
Ep 15: Andrei Pt 1
In this episode, Mutty interviews guest Andrei Šarapov about his passions for languages, including the languages he speaks. Recently, Andrei has started an investigative project, comparing the sounds and origins of words from many different languages. Andrei’s linguistics passions stems beyond just his recent project, hence why we have a bonus episode to talk more about his passion.
May 20, 2021
16 min
Ep 14: Iasa
In today’s episode, Iasa, from Syria, agreed to sit down with us to talk about the civil war. It has been ten years this week since the conflict started. Ten years in, half of the population is displaced and the country is devastated economically. Iasa offers us a personal insight into the life of someone living in war and hoping for peace.
May 13, 2021
20 min
Ep 13: Junpei
On today’s episode of Break the Isak! We are interviewing Junpei Honda. He talks about his life in general, his experience being homeschooled, learning how to play the flute and about the award that he recently earned with his CAS “Change Maker Award”
May 6, 2021
13 min
Ep 12: Missionaries in Karuizawa (Katie, Tim and Mary)
Today we have an extra special episode of Break The Isak. We were given the opportunity to interview the missionaries who run the on-campus bible study group.
Apr 29, 2021
25 min
Ep 11: Mantaro
In this week's episode we interview a student and club leader here at UWC ISAK Japan. Mantaro is a G11 from Japan and is the current leader of the skateboarding club. Mantaro talks about his interests,goals and passions. He also talks about his experience attending an international boarding school like ISAK.
Apr 22, 2021
10 min
Ep 10: Mr Taymour
Today on Break The ISAK, we interviewed Mr.Taymour. He is a TOK teacher and has a background in both history and Business. Today he speaks to us about his life journey of becoming a teacher as well as his teaching philosophy. He also speaks to us about the most ambitious thesis paper he had written to date about the education systems put in place in Germany and Japan after WWII.
Apr 15, 2021
34 min
Ep 9: Sisi
Today we interview Sisi about life in Mexico vs Japan, their darkroom CAS project, youtube channel and their love for photography and videography. Podcasts are not the greatest place to discuss the visual medium of photography, so check out Sisi’s work @mswshotsjpg on Instagram.
Apr 8, 2021
19 min
Ep 8: Mr Lacoste
In this episode, we discuss with Mr. Lacoste about his passions for 60s cars, ranging from the Kharmann Ghia to the Alfa Romeo Guilia. Since his youthful days, his passion for cars has transitioned into an admiration for woodwork after moving to Japan. We also talked about his love for physics, math, and a little bit about his life journey.
Apr 1, 2021
28 min
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