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The STEMcast
by Latifa Al-Khalifa
Let's talk #STEM! 🧪⚙️🔬The STEMcast is a short, monthly chat on anything and everything STEM....offering on-the-go insights into current events and compelling STEM stories that empower and inspire! 💡Hosted by Latifa Al-Khalifa, EDUpreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of Clever Play.
Episodes
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Esports: The Next Billion Dollar Industry
Dive deep into the growing and thriving industry of Esports and the expanding community of viewers, players and passionate followers. Staunch advocate Rami Jamal breaks down the barrier of entry to engage in Esports in the region elevating it from a recreational to an aspirational and competitive...
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Curiosity in the Face of Immersive Technology
Explore intelligent connectivity, extended reality (XR), AR and VR with Dr. Sana Farid who speaks about immersive technologies in friendly terms. As a physician and educator, she curiously constructs meaningful and impactful ways in which we engage with technology to better the human condition.
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Your One Word For the New Year
Ready to make changes in 2023? Then, start with this solo episode where Latifa identifies how to choose a word for the year 2023 and shares ideas to help you pick the word that feels right for you! Use your Word of the Year to help guide your decisions and continue towards the best version of...
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Lessons & Breakthroughs
In this solo episode, Latifa looks inward and identifies the biggest lessons learned in 2022 and some breakthrough moments. She encourages listeners to take some time and space to look back and be introspective before moving forward with the rest of the year. Press play, and let's look back to…
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Imagination, Storytelling, and Space
Listen in to our interview with Bader Al Moulah, Kuwaiti astronaut-aspirant whose out-of-this-world pursuits inspire the youth to soar their sights, share their stories and dare to dream beyond the skies.
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Why You Should Chase Failure
In this solo episode of the podcast, Latifa invites listeners to reframe their mind and refocus on chasing failure instead of chasing success. She shares practical takeaways so that they can start implementing it in their lives right away.
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Breaking Glass Ceiling All the Way to Space
Listen in as our host Latifa sits down with Sahda Haroon, an 18-year-old aspiring astronaut from a small town in the island nation of Sri Lanka. Her sights go far, looking to be among the first to set foot on Mars.
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What If?
Do you recall a time when you showed creativity? What exactly is creativity anyway? In this solo episode, Latifa demystifies the concept of "creativity" and asks a thought-provoking question: What if you are already creative?
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Learning with the Future in Mind (Ft. Murtaza Sinnarwala)
Our guest in this episode Murtaza Sinnarwala is an advocate for learning that connects to real world problem-solving. His work in education as Apple Education Specialist and Lead Robotics Trainer has taught him the value of learning with the future in mind. Listen in for human insights and tech...
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My Top 5 STEM Lifestyle Quotes
From mindset to practice – Latifa explores behavioral cues that stem from a STEAM-oriented attitude. Do not miss quotable quotes this episode brings you. See how STEM-style makes for an engaging and colorful way of life.
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Hear Her STEM Story (Ft. Prasha Dutra)
Meet the mechanical engineer, career coach and the voice behind the podcast Her STEM Story as she shares setting the STEMinist mindset on the best possibilities. Prasha Dutra shares the beauty of believing and being in your own brilliance.
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Looking Back on Lessons
Where there is a story, there is a lesson. In this solo, Latifa look backs on lessons from around 50 awesome STEM movers and makers that graced STEMcast this year. Listen in and lean on the learnings.
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STEM Lessons in the Kitchen
Get your apron and your chef's hat ready, we are headed into the kitchen for this one! Believe it or not, the kitchen is a place that inspires many lessons centered around science, technology, engineering, art and math that you can learn. Listen in to Hessa Humood Al-Khalifa on this episode as…
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Goal Setting Hacks
The new year is just around the corner ready to ring in a fresh start, a hopeful outlook. Do you ride along the roll of time just going with the flow or are you intentionally driving on your own path, making things happen? In this episode of STEMcast solo, Latifa Al-Khalifa takes goal-setting to...
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Technology in the Service of Education- A Mindset for Making a Difference
Today, Latifa Al-Khalifa explores the intersection of STEM and business and the innovative ways technology comes to the aid of education in these challenging times. Hear from Mr. Mayank Dhingra- a senior business leader looking to create solution frameworks to carve meaningful impacts of…
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Can You Teach Kids to Be Creative?
We live at a time when a college degree is no longer a guarantee of employment. The evolving digital revolution is demanding more than academic achievement, or even hard skills. The real currency of the future are human skills such as creativity. This begs the question; can schools educate kids…
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How to Be an Aircraft Engineer & A Woman
Listen in to the woman who broke the aircraft engineering mould by being the first of her kind in Bahrain. Hend is not your typical multi-tasker. Her range of interests take her inside women’s lifestyle, treading unfamiliar career track and riding the waves of social media.
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Will You Start Before You're Ready?
Analyze until you are paralyzed, or dive into the process with your senses and gut instincts on high alert? In this Episode of STEMcast solo, Latifa Al-Khalifa balances between the conventional wisdom of diligent preparation and the practical wisdom of gaining understanding and competency from...
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أهمية اشراك القطاعين الخاص والعام في مجال ستيم
استمتع إلى حديثنا مع الاستاذ عبدالعزيز السليم - المدير العالم لشركة نوليوم في المملكة العربية السعودية. يحدثنا ضيفنا عن رؤيته حول الاتجاهات التعليمية وأهمية المشاركة مع القطاعات العامة والخاصة في خلق واستدامة الوعي حول العلوم والتكنلوجيا والهندسة والرياضيات
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Ingredients for STEM Success
What do the most prolific scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians have in common? Find out what qualities they share and how anyone can be a STEM success if they set their mindset and behavior around it. Latifa takes you behind-the-scenes of success.
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Learning in the Pandemic, An Educator's Perspective
Meet a school coordinator sharing insights into the academic year that was – the quick transitions for teachers and students, coping strategies and the way forward towards a transformational learning experience for all.
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The Significant Role of Parents in STEM
STEM does not need to be found in an instructional setting to make an impact. In fact, STEM is most alive in the context of leisurely activities and fascinating real-world practices. In this solo episode, Latifa explores the vital role of parents in molding a STEM mindset.
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Movies as Learning Mediums
Whatever traditional schooling lacks in terms of interest and inspiration, LXL Ideas provide by using film, stories and events that make learning larger than life. Meet Chief Learner and the creative mind behind Horlicks Wizkids, School Cinema and other out-of-the-box educational experiences. We...
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Designing Your Own Learning Curriculum
We live in an era of continuing personal and professional development. The steady increase in the number of learning organizations and the bottomless resources that serve independent learners point to a promising time to become lifelong learner. Get a Masters or PhD? Latifa asks, how about...
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Leading a Reading Drive (ft. Deema Al Alami)
Whether you read to lead or just out of need, there is no doubt the great value reading brings to your table. Meet a mom of boys, educator and reading advocate who is on a mission to excite kids and grown-ups to the transformative power of a book.
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What's Your Superpower?
Strength, speed, agility. Do you believe that we all have superpowers hidden within us? Because if there is any time in history in dire need of superheroes, it is certainly the present. How do you step up to the plate? In this solo episode, Latifa unmasks superheroes to reveal the very human...
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How to be a Superlearner (ft. Dom Zilstra)
Meet the man behind Super Learning - the podcast and the app. Dom Zilstra takes us down curious roads and creative pathways for rewiring our brain to achieve the best outcomes.
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The Playful Side of STEM
Play has the power to make us imagine, connect and communicate with others, problem-solve, experiment, work with others, try and fail, think outside the book, and create our way into overcoming every day challenges. In today’s solo, Latifa explores the educational value of play in STEM learning…
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A Young Inventor's STEM Journey (ft. Fatima Al-Kaabi)
For many students, there is a gap between the science classroom and real-life career in the sciences and it gets in the way of their interest. In this episode, Latifa talks to Fatima Al Kaabi – acclaimed youngest Emirati inventor who is creating innovations that bridge that gap. She aims to…
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Minding the Inventor's Mindset
In this solo episode, Latifa explores the inventor’s mental code! She looks at habits and beliefs that great inventors and innovators have in common. Join her as she breaks down mental habits that breed breakthrough ideas.
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Building an Entreprenurial Mindset at a Young Age (ft. Mohammed & Hassan Abdulla)
Today I am speaking with a business tandem of two brothers. Yes, they're businessmen! But before you busy your mind visualizing a couple of suit-and-tie gentlemen, think again. They're just 12 and 15. How's that for starting early?! Can't wait to hear their story so let's begin.
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Disrupt Yourself!
The technological battlefield cries out for radical disruption - reinventing work, forging new paths and opening possibilities. In this episode, Latifa turns the table of disruption to the self. She explores simple ways in which we can disrupt ourselves by some game-changing growth habits.
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Cruising on Space Altitudes (ft. Sarah Cruddas)
In this episode, my guest Sarah and I talk about the spark and significance of space science even from down here on Earth. If you want to take your sights to greater heights and re-imagine what is possible for humanity, listen to this episode. Sarah Cruddas is a space journalist, international TV...
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STEM Inspired Life Lessons
In this solo episode, Latifa Al-Khalifa invites us to depart from the common view of STEM, that is, in terms of subject lines. She proposes that we look beyond college and career readiness towards valuable life lessons that the practice and process of STEM imparts.
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Be Unapologetically Ambitious (Ft. Habiba Maher)
On our most recent episode of the podcast, we speak to a relentless 16 year old innovator and national Golf player. We talk about her love of tinkering and coding, her plans for the future, how to build an unbeatable mindset, and so much more! Habiba is such an inspiration. We hope she inspires…
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REclaim Your Curiosity
In this Solo episode, Latifa Al-Khalifa looks to explore why curiosity is an overlooked super skill and invites you to open up your minds to create continuous curiosity to fuel lifelong learning.
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What Life and Work Taught Me About Living Consciously (ft. Daryl Bustos)
Listen in to our latest episode with Daryl Bustos - a seasoned ICT/Telecom Project Manager who has been around the IT industry for over 13 years. His love of gaming, music and travel scaffolded his path towards developing important skills that have now become his valuable asset. Check it out!
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Being Your Own Best Brand
Are you one of those people who wish to be THAT person people go to? What if your passion is on STEM, would you make a credible source for anything related to STEM? Getting attention is one thing but gaining trust is quite another. Join STEMcast host, Latifa Al-Khalifa, as she spells out what it...
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Mechanical Engineering through HER Eyes (Ft. Marwa Alalawi)
Meet VR enthusiast and MIT mechanical engineering student looking to change how we see STEM and girls, Marwa Al Alawi. A true STEMinist – a strong female voice eager to share her pursuit of engineering with hopes to inspire the youth and in particular, women.
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Wait Time, Think Time
Ever been called in class only to go blank in front of everyone? Your breath getting heavier with each ticking second. Is learning really a race to the quickest response or is it an exercise in thinking things through? In this epsiode of STEMcast solo, Latifa Al-Khalifa talks about Wait-Time in…
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From High School Drop Out to Harvard Teaching Fellow (Ft. Aditi Parekh)
Listen in to our conversation with leadership coach and online education consultant Aditi Parekh whose journey to meaningful learning has led her to crafting innovative online education programs and coaching on leadership. Attending Harvard and having worked at MIT Playful Journey Lab, she shares...
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Why E-Sports is the Future of All Sports (ft. Mohammed Hilal)
Meet Mohammed Hilal, an 18 year old proud Bahraini that is passionate about eSports and the gaming industry. On this episode, he shares why he is keen on promoting eSports as a true sport beyond barriers in Bahrain and the entire region. Listen in on the impact that technology has in the way we...
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Representation in STEM Matters
Despite the long list of women achievers in science and math, only 24% of people working in science are female. Women in engineering make up an even smaller fraction. In this episode, Latifa Al-Khalifa delves into why female representation in STEM matters and why we must address gender-limiting...
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Effort Over Outcome
We live in a competitive world. Over the years, somehow we have come to place more emphasis on power, prestige, and status and have overlooked the tough journey of achievement. Society started to send a message that OUTCOME is more important than the EFFORT it gets to get there. In this solo...
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How Mindvalley is Reinventing Education by Making it Personalized, Meaningful, Democratic and Relevant (ft. Soliman ElSaber)
Ever wondered how educational platforms are personalized to cater to your specific needs? Listen in to our conversation with a data engineer from Mindvalley who is innovating the learning experience online.
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You may Fail, but You're NOT A Failure!
In this solo episode, Latifa Al-Khalifa shares why failure should be viewed as a hurdle rather than a roadblock and encourages listeners to see failure as a great teacher, to grow from their mistakes, and to get back on the horse. We might not be able to change the past, but we can affect the...
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Lessons from a Self-Taught Coder (ft. Anita Amini)
On this episode of the STEMcast, we sit down with Anita Amini where she shares her experience of how she learned how to learn and the importance of continuous-improvement. Anita is a software engineer in London who studied Pharmaceutical Science at University, but later on transitioned into tech....
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Using STEM To Change the World
Tackling climate change and the countless environmental challenges we face calls for innovation and courage. In her solo episode, Latifa Al-Khalifa shares how young leaders and changemakers are leading the way, and how they are using STEM skills to do it.
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Gaming the SySTEM: How Video Games Help Students Level Up (ft. Carl Leducq)
In this episode of the STEMcast, we sit down with Carl Leducq, a Game Developer & Content Creator currently working on Survival game Icarus for Rocketwerkz in Auckland, New Zealand. Carl has over 6 years experience in the industry, working on mobile, PC & AR games. He's incredibly passionate…
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Why Learning to Learn is the Only Skill That Matters
In the next 10 years, every knowledge worker on earth will become one of two things: invaluable or obsolete. No matter the industry, the pace of progress and new information is faster than ever before in human history- and it's accelerating exponentially. In her first solo episode, Latifa...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Let's talk #STEM! 🧪⚙️🔬The STEMcast is a short, monthly chat on anything and everything STEM....offering on-the-go insights into current events and compelling STEM stories that empower and inspire! 💡Hosted by Latifa Al-Khalifa, EDUpreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of Clever Play.
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Let's talk #STEM! 🧪⚙️🔬The STEMcast is a short, monthly chat on anything and everything STEM....offering on-the-go insights into current events and compelling STEM stories that empower and inspire! 💡Hosted by Latifa Al-Khalifa, EDUpreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of Clever Play.
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The STEMcast is created and hosted by Latifa Al-Khalifa.
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