
011. Volunteering, with Bang
1 October, 2025. If you think of soup kitchens and beach cleanups when you think of volunteering, Bang is here to change your impression of what volunteering can be. Bang shares his varied volunteering experiences, encou

Hosted by Benjamin Yap · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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Public Conversations is a podcast experiment, capturing the intersection of a time, a place, and the people that move through it. Learn more at convos.pub A project by Benjamin Yap (benjaminyap.me) currently beaming out of a community-led possibility room residing in Pearl Hills Terrace in Singapore, run by the team at Stranger Conversations (linktr.ee/strangerconvos).Podcast cover by Rania (IG: @artsbyrania), intro music by Eli Sands.
Benjamin Yap hosts Public Convos, a society show with 11 episodes published.

1 October, 2025. If you think of soup kitchens and beach cleanups when you think of volunteering, Bang is here to change your impression of what volunteering can be. Bang shares his varied volunteering experiences, encou

10 September, 2025. Maisie and Ben have a meandering conversation around embracing the unknown through the “spirit of exploration.” We cover our changing relationship with creative endeavours, Maisie’s focus on social im

20 August, 2025. Julian shares his process of finding inspiration for and writing poetry with the podcast. We chat about how he discovered his own poetic instincts by accident (with the help of a guitar), discuss the (fa

July 14, 2025. Su Ting joins the podcast with the topic of self-compassion. We run through different definitions of other self-perception traits, like self-worth, self-esteem, etc, and talk about how we’ve found ways to

July 4, 2025. Aya recently moved to Singapore from Japan and is bringing the sencha of Shirakawa-cho along for the journey. We learn about her transition to life in Singapore, why she’s trying to share her love for the g

June 25, 2025. Chris joins Ben for a conversation about starting new things—from launching his new YouTube channel, to encouraging curiosity and creativity in his young daughter. We explore the different ways we approach

June 4, 2025. Adi comes onto the podcast to discuss the intersectionalities between marginalised communities. We talk about queerness and neurodivergence, more specifically asexuality and ADHD, and Adi’s personal journey

May 28, 2025. Alicia shares with us her ongoing journey in her career transition from life coach to counselor, as well as the personal reasons underpinning this change. We try to ask good questions together, ponder if th

May 21, 2025. Tony came to Ben wanting to share some life lessons he’d like to leave his currently 4-year-old niece! We push and pull at the life advice Tony has come to, his ongoing journey that brought him to them, and

May 15, 2025. This episode we begin with Dawne’s topic on climbing and then branch out wide to hear about her career journey, discuss how to open ourselves to new (peak) experiences, and learn to ask for help! (Please he

May 14, 2025. Xing Jian joins Ben to share his journey becoming a life coach. We also discuss ways to raise personal awareness, become better friends to others, and toss some possible answers to the point of human existe

April 16, 2025. On the first episode of Public Conversations, Ben chats with Shu about career breaks, generalisation versus specialisation, and finding one’s own identity outside of a career. We also talk about the impet
Maisie
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Julian
Pond Professor · Puma
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Aya
grade 8 student at Omaima Bint Oqba school
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Chris
Pastor · unknown
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Adi
HBA '26 · Greenhouse Gaslighting
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Alicia
Doctor of Nurse Practice · YWWL
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Tony
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