The Gap Year Podcast by Kalina Elkin

💌Hey everyone and welcome back to the gap year podcast, For the past five weeks I had the wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into my culinary endeavours and attended the  5 Week Ballymaloe cookery school in Ireland. This is a very special interview because we have the amazing chef Rachel Allen here on this podcast. Rachel was one of the lead cooks during the demonstrations at Ballymaloe and has inspired many through her amazing cookbooks and the joyful energy she brings to the culinary course. This interview will give a deep dive into the idea behind this culinary course and what makes it such an incredible experience. Could not wait to share this one with you!Enjoy!

Hey everyone!Here is part two of our amazing interview with Hannes, where we he is going to share more about his experiences outside of Ecuador - his most unforgettable experiences and travels. Here is the official instagram account ,webisteof the voluntary service and Hannes’s personal instagram account. If you have any more questions, which were not covered throughout the interview.Voluntary service (website)-https://www.weltwaerts.de/de/startseite.htmlVoluntary Service (instagram)-https://www.instagram.com/opendoorinternational?igsh=eGxrYmVqb2trMWdq or https://www.instagram.com/fiides_ecuador?igsh=MXE2dTJ1ZmIwdTEyNA==Hannes-https://www.instagram.com/hqnnes_?igsh=MWsyb2J1ZmM3cXljEnjoy the episode!-Your host 

💌Hello everyone,In this amazing episode Hannes will be sharing some of his personal experiences as a volunteer in Ecuador.  Throughout Part one of this episode, he will talk about the organisation itself, his voluntary service and what one needs to know before heading to such a journey to South America. Hope you enjoy listening!-Your Host 

Hey Everyone, and welcome to the second part of this episode. Last time we talked about the idea behind the project, but now a little bit more about the inspiration behind it and the team. Hope you enjoy and let's get right into it!💌

Hey everyone,I am back with another interview episode!💌We often talk about personal projects and how a gap year is a lovely time to develop them further. One personal project we talked about throughout this Podcast was Charice's singing career (episode one), or my love for podcasting and this personal project of mine. This time we are going into a different direction- STEM Sciences  and how a gap year is a lovely time to develop a startup. This episode (part 1)  will focus on how this project started and the research going into it.🎙

Hey everyone!🎙On todays episode we have Nat. She did two gap years and her journey is all about finding your path and embracing  change. She is currently studying Sustainable Management and Technology in a top leading university in Munich, but before both of her gap years her plans for the future were way different. She will talk about her travels with Jascha (second interview) to New Zealand, share some of her  favourite climbing sports there, how she balances working and travelling throughout her gap year and how her gap year influences her university studies. Todays episode is for everyone that feels like their life is like a rom-com.💌Enjoy!-Your host 

Hey, everyone!This episode focuses on my own personal journey with university applications, comparing how I felt submitting my personal statements to German and UK Universities during my Gap Year VS 12th grade (IB2).I am excited to share this one, because I wanted to show through this episode  and my future episode with Faris, that you are not alone. So many student work so hard for these university applications, that no one takes a moment and be proud of the work they have done for the last couple of years!Be proud!-Your host  

From sailing across the Caribbean Sea and exploring South America to doing an interrail trip across Northern Europe, Katharina has had some interesting travels. Throughout this episode she will give some examples of good gap year destinations, tips on what you need for long distance travels and touch on the topic of sustainability and gap year travels. Here are some of the websites she recommended when it comes to solo traveling:https://www.trustroots.orghttps://www.couchsurfing.comhttps://www.worldpackers.comhttps://www.weltwaerts.de/de/startseite.html (in German)Hope you like it!💌

Heyy everyone!This solo episode will focus on the different types of gap years. There are 10 gap year ideas, including the one I am currently doing. Throughout this talk you will also hear about- a little bit of information regarding my future interviews 💌Some travel tipsideas for volunteer positions Hope you guys like it and see you soon during the next interview episode!🎙(link to workaway: https://www.workaway.info)-Your host 

Hey guys!This is an amazing episode which focuses on, the importance of:finding the right place for yougap years and how they help you with your uni studiesof having self dates excepting that things might not work out the way they thought it will bebeing braveThis is my third interview for this season and I am very happy that we talked about these topics. Eva made the hard decision to take  her second semester off and do half a gap year. And throughout this interview she was talking about her personal experience with copying with this choice and making the most out of the rest of the year. Truly inspirational for everyone, that is scared about uni applications. Hope you guys like it!-Your host 

Hey everyone!This episode is going to be a little bit different from the previous  ones, it is a solo episode, during which I am going to talk about my personal experience in battling my procrastination and establishing a daily routine. I will also talk about some of the online courses I have attended:1. HMX:https://onlinelearning.hms.harvard.edu/hmx/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BrandedTerms_HMX&utm_term=hmx&utm_content=318434705889&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA04arBhAkEiwAuNOsItTtJWG5p2_kX QTTzcAsZU1F16ZP9iLGaodl9DScJkNduaRl2c7efxoCVUYQAvD_BwE2.Oxford University:https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk .... and the idea of finding a new hobby or interested throughout a gap year.I hope you like it and have fun listening!💌

Hey everyone!This is a small trailer episode, during which I (the host) will introduce myself. Around everything going on with the podcast I forgot to make an official introduction, so here we go.A lot of love and hard work , was put into this project, I hope you like it and have fun listening !-Kalina 

Hey everyone!I am happy to not only publish the official third episode of these series, but also upload the second part of the interview with Jascha. If you are wondering what it is like to :  balance work and travelling throughout a Gap Year taking jobs that might not necessarily be connected to your gap year and their advantagessearch for internshipsyour caravan to be attacked by some farm animals during your stay in New Zealandfocus on your mental healthThis is the episode for you!During this episode Jascha name drops this amazing website (https://www.workaway.info), which helps you with finding work while travelling. For more info connected to this episode, you can follow the official instagram page on: https://instagram.com/thegapyearpodcastbykalinaelkin?igshid=cmpjbjJlcm90cXM1&utm_source=qrHave fun listening!

This episode is all about unsuccessful plans and how to cope with them. Spontaneity is a big part of a Gap Year, because sometimes what you plan, would not necessary happen and you should be ready to embrace this wonderful challenge. Another thing that Jascha and I will talk about during this episode is about our own travelling adventures. some tips on travelling will be shared and also some wonderful websites one could use for planning. Very excited for this episode!

The Gap Year is a wonderful opportunity for students to develop further their passion. During this episode an amazing individual artist, Simone,  will talk about her Gap Year journey and how she ended up developing her passion for song writing and music production, before she starts her bachelor.

"You're on your own kid " is a trailer episode, which discusses what a Gap year is and gives an overview of the idea behind- "The Gap Year Podcast by Kalina Elkin".