Sophie Ryan speaks to Kumi Naidoo, human rights and climate justice activist.Roads Less Travelled is a series of conversations with remarkable individuals who have, in one way or another, taken a road less travelled to discover their vocation

Roads Less Travelled with Nick Kristof

Mar 27th, 2023 51m 41s

Sophie Ryan speaks to Nicholas Kristof, American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times.Roads Less Travelled is a series of conversa

Roads Less Travelled with Mindy Chen-Wishart

Jan 10th, 2023 49m 51s

In this episode of Roads Less Travelled, Sophie Ryan speaks to Mindy Chen-Wishart. Their conversation covers Mindy’s journey to becoming the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Oxford University, her vocation for teaching, and her work shining a ligh

Roads Less Travelled with Francisco Blaha

Dec 7th, 2022 38m 27s

Sophie Ryan speaks to Francisco Blaha, an ex-fisherman and scientist turned independent fisheries adviser. Their conversation explores Francisco's work in the area of sustainable fishing, the value of lived experience in creating policy, the do

Roads Less Travelled with Yifan Hou

Oct 4th, 2022 40m 29s

In this episode of Roads Less Travelled, our host Sophie Ryan speaks to Yifan Hou, one of the most remarkable figures in the history of chess. Yifan became a Grandmaster at the age of 14, the youngest ever female player to qualify for that titl

Roads Less Travelled with Leana Wen

Jun 15th, 2022 29m 46s

Roads Less Travelled with Leana Wen by The Rhodes Trust

Roads Less Travelled with Simon Chesterman

Apr 6th, 2022 39m 41s

Roads Less Travelled with Simon Chesterman by The Rhodes Trust

Roads Less Travelled with Tope Folarin

Mar 2nd, 2022 41m 49s

Roads Less Travelled with Tope Folarin by The Rhodes Trust

Climate Leadership: Katharine Wilkinson

Nov 2nd, 2021 26m 2s

Our new three part podcast series (available on Spotify and Apple) features three Rhodes Scholars, talking to Scholars in Residence about what it takes to be a climate leader:Malcolm Turnbull and Brian O'CallaghanDr. Katharine Wilkinson, Cla

Climate Leadership: Rhiana Gunn-Wright

Nov 2nd, 2021 21m

Climate Leadership: Malcolm Turnbull

Nov 2nd, 2021 22m 31s

Rhodes Ahead: A Focus on Disability Leadership

Sep 6th, 2021 30m 52s

Rhodes Scholar Sara Rotenberg and Atlantic Fellow, Dr Shubha Nagesh talk about the impact that COVID-19 has had on people living with disabilities and how we must prioritise accessibility and inclusion in recovery plans. The transcript of this

Welcome to the Rhodes Community: Mental Health

Mar 23rd, 2021 14m 20s

Welcome to the Rhodes Community! Find out what it's like to be a Rhodes Scholar studying at Oxford University by listening to this podcast series. Manpreet, Anish and Ezzaty walk us through what their first two terms in Oxford has been like - h

Welcome to the Rhodes Community: Rediscovering Oxford

Mar 23rd, 2021 15m 19s

Welcome to the Rhodes Community: Connection Online and Offline

Mar 23rd, 2021 18m 56s

Welcome to the Rhodes Community: Inspiring Minds

Mar 23rd, 2021 13m 26s

Impact: Elizabeth Kiss

Apr 16th, 2020 27m 25s

“Don’t be an idiot, apply!” Recorded back in February, Elizabeth talks to Brian and Rahul about her diverse and impactful career trajectory. She reflects on applying for the role of founding director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics (at Duke

Rhodes To Law: Cyrus Habib

Mar 10th, 2020 44m 8s

Rahul talks to Cyrus about the nuanced nature of privilege, the significance of inclusion, and how blindness has informed his professional journey.

Impact: Jennifer Haverkamp

Feb 28th, 2020 31m 18s

Katie and Brian talk to Jennifer about her work as a special representative for environment and water resources, with personal rank of ambassador, in the U.S. Department of State; her involvement with the Montreal Protocol and her philosophy of

Impact: Megan Wheeler

Feb 18th, 2020 23m 9s

In the first episode of Impact, Rahul and Dan talk to Megan Wheeler about her transition from being a Neuroscientist, to a Clinical Psychologist, and then to the Executive Director of the Schmidt Science Fellows.

Rhodes to Law: Edwin Cameron (Part Two)

Feb 6th, 2020 20m 5s

Rahul talks to Edwin about his experience of coming out in South Africa, the nature of shame, and how being diagnosed with HIV informed his outlook on life.

Rhodes to Law: Edwin Cameron (Part One)

Jan 23rd, 2020 34m 14s

Hailed by Nelson Mandela as "one of South Africa's new heroes", Justice Edwin Cameron (South Africa-at-Large & Keble 1976) speaks to Rahul Bajaj (India & Linacre 2018) about his experience as a young gay man growing up in South Africa, his time

Rhodes Humanities Forum: Maria Sachiko Cecire

Dec 16th, 2019 19m 39s

Maria talks to Jean and Yan about what makes fantasy literature magical, why parts of it are culturally inflected and what we can do re-imagine its future. She also explains what experimental humanities is and why it's so important.

Rhodes Humanities Forum: Maureen N. McLane

Dec 11th, 2019 18m 50s

Does time exist in poetry? Why is poetry important and how can it transform our world? Maureen N. McLane speaks to Mimi Borders about the necessity of poetry in today's world, her writing style, where she writes her poetry, and reads her poem '

Rhodes Humanities Forum: Sasha Polakow-Suransky

Dec 5th, 2019 21m 12s

Sasha Polakow-Suransky speaks to Shantel Marekera & Michael O'Keefe about his experience as an op-ed editor at the New York Times, his deputy editor role at Foreign Policy, and his experience as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He also di