Incongruent

Incongruent never settles on a single subject, so its title reads less like branding and more like a description. Its feed holds two quite different kinds of episode. One is the guest conversation, which is loose, friendly and prone to teasing. On 'S5E17 AI Meets Dermatology: Jonathan Benassaya', the opening makes a point of saying that no one involved is medically qualified and that nothing said counts as advice. Radhika Mathur is introduced, half in jest, as 'not Dr. Radhika'. The guest makes the case for SkinBeat: dermatology appointments that he says can take three to twelve months to get, and doctors squeezed into seeing 40 or 50 patients a day. His answer is triage, using a scanner with what he calls dermatoscopic resolution so skin can be checked before a doctor is involved. The episode ends with a half-joking promise to book a dermatologist appointment right away. 'The Incongruent: Behind the Curtain with Alex Broun and Osman Aboubakr' moves from clinics to the stage. Desiree Barreto joins after, as the opening explains, the previous team graduated and moved on. Alex Broun is introduced as the Shakespeare of short plays. The talk turns to how someone gets started in acting, writing or production in the UAE, including the blunt point that there is no course for production. It closes with a ticket competition for the play Torn. The other kind of episode carries an 'ORIGINAL PAPER' label. These turn research into audio, and some are read almost as written, section headings included. 'ORIGINAL PAPER: Exposing the Gap Between Promise and Practice in Sustainability' is narrated by an AI clone of Stephen King's voice and asks how genuine the long-term sustainability commitments of corporate leaders and heads of state are. It criticises the reliance on statistical indicators in official Sustainable Development Goals reporting and sets out a rubric for evaluating pledges. The awards paper looks at entering student work into industry awards, a student brief tied to the Unstereotype Alliance, and the place of portfolios in competency-based assessment. The Generative AI series is chattier. Stephen King and Judy test AI slide generators, find the images pleasing to look at but useless for teaching, and try an extension for Google Slides. One voice in the series recalls how negative AI news fed anxiety and cost sleep, until the inquiry's protocol called for a day off. The series signs off by urging listeners to experiment with AI unafraid. Several paper episodes open with promotions for Middlesex University events, including the ICTIS 2023 conference at its Dubai campus. It suits someone who wants the research itself rather than a summary of it and doesn't mind detours into theatre and health tech along the way.