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Panjab In My Eye // Episode 3

04 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Panjab In My Eye // Episode 3 by SOAS Radio

W/MSB Episode 2

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Reflect, Relax and Regenerate. A journey of soothing beats to uplift your spirit and reenergise your week. Featuring artists such as Mansur Brown, Aft...

Bollo Speaks Episode 2 - Inequality & Mental Wellbeing

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the Widening Participation department and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created ...

Global Sports Conversations with Sean Cottrell

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr J Simon Rofe & Sean Cottrell (lawinsport) in conversation concerning the legal implications of COVID19 for Sport, Lex Sportiva and Sports Law.

DanDana Episode 14 | Ambient Music from Greater MENA

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The borders between genres such as ambient, drone, musique concrète, electro-acoustic and experimental music are blurry. Compositions sonically weave...

CISD Afghanistan Strategic And Geopolitical Perspectives 12 March 2019

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CISD Afghanistan Strategic And Geopolitical Perspectives 12 March 2019 by SOAS Radio

Panjab In My Eye // Episode 2

30 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Manvir is back with this weeks mix of alt Panjabi hits

Bollo Speaks Episode 1 - Identity & Perception

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each ...

Sound & Colour Ep 5.5: Astral Traveling

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this follow-up episode on the space theme, we explore music evoking contemplative spaciousness. Expect spiritual jazz from the 70s, sheets of sound...

Charkha Discs 5: Face To Face

13 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As we carry on face to face, even thru screens and windows, here are some sounds that calm and suppress. From artists who are always looking for new f...

W/MSB- 1: PS, Floral. A Memory

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prepare to kick back with our new show Dj'd by the ever-talented Manvivr Brar. This week he brings you the best beats in R&b and Hip-Hop

Sound & Colour Ep 5: Music in Space

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To escape the boredom at home during the lockdown, Paolo invites you to a musical journey through the cosmos. Expect an eclectic mix of genres and spo...

DanDana Episode 13 | Resistance and Solidarity Pt. 2

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Expanding on our first part of Ep. 13 Resistance and Solidarity, we carry on the path to explore intersectional and multifaceted forms of resistance t...

Sound & Colour Ep 4.5: A Future Creator

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this unique episode, expect new releases interspersed by conversation with a guest musician on creating music during lockdown -features some hot ta...

Sound & Colour Ep 4.0: It's Not All Bad

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In an attepmt to prove that it's not all doom and gloom, Matt takes you through some hot new releases. Expect a range of rhythms and references to the...

Graphic Details Episode 1 - Persepolis

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Graphic Details explores the world of graphic novels and comics from Asia and Africa. In this first episode Indigo, Ayesha and Gaia will be discussing...

Charkha Discs 4: Saga

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An up-tempo mix of pop melodies and blissed-out, fuzzy earworms to accompany and sooth during this saga. A collection of personal favourite pick-me-up...

A Conversation with the Makers of Film Festival Film

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A podcast focused on the provocative movie Film Festival Film with its co-directors Mpumelelo Mcata and Perivi Katjavivi, as well as film producer An...

Cococnut Qawwali Episode 2: IKEA SHEETS

04 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 2 is here! In this episode, Zaynab takes us through some of the more contemporary renditions of Qawwali from popular Pakistani Dramas to the g...

SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast: Do you sign or do you speak?

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Saskia examines an often overlooked side of languages. British Sign Language is the first language of many deaf and hard of hearing p...

Sound & Colour Ep 3.5: Lilac Orchids

21 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A mixtape continuation of Ep 3 devoted to International Women's Day 2020. The official colour of IWD, purple, has been used throughout history to sign...

Professor Playlist: Paul Basu

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Fred speaks to Paul Basu, Professor of Anthropology about the archive of Northcote Thomas and the ‘Museum Affordances / [Re:]Entanglements’ projec...

Sound & Colour Ep 3: Heliotropics (International Women's Day)

08 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An episode devoted to purple - the official colour of International Women's Day. Expect inspiring, genre defining female aritists from a range of deca...

Sound & Colour Ep 2.5: Ultramarine

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join our relaxed ascent into the ultramarine with this layed back mixtape of tracks that didn't quite make it onto episode 2.

Digital Identity Systems: Great potential but let's not forget the risks

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Digital identity systems: Great potential but let's not forget the risks. In conversation with Mushtaq Khan In our third podcast from the SOAS Anti-C...

Global Sports Conversations: Cricket Diplomacy

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

nother of our Global Sports Conversations with Amran Malik, Wicketz Development Office, Cricket East Lords Taverners & Dave Summers, Diverse Communiti...

That's the Spirit Podcast: Issue #11

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This edition Syraat AL- Mustaqeem, Hana, and Maliha discuss topics of journalism, diversity, and representation in journalism, as well as some of thei...

Global Sports Conversations: Christa Pryor

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Episode, Christa's prior talks about how sports is a "universal delivery system for joy" especially for young females around the world. Liste...

SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast: Tongue tied – do you speak your mother's tongue?

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tongue tied – do you speak your mother's tongue? Kúnmi speaks to people who grew up with a home or family language different to a dominant soc...

Sound & Colour Ep 2: Shades of Midnight

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on a journey into the ultramarine. This episode explores the sounds of midnight and the accompanying thoughts to this mysterious hour. Expect ...

DanDana SPECIAL Ep 11 | Ammar 808

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Out of the drawer of history, we summoned out an interview that DanDana co-hosts Christina Hazboun and Yamen Mekdad conducted in December 2018 with th...

Humanitarian Hub Podcast - Episode 6, Dr. Natalie Roberts

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the sixth episode of the humanitarian hub podcast, Tayba Ahmed talks with Dr Natalie Roberts about her role as head of emergencies with MSF. Dr Nat...

Humanitarian Hub Podcast - Episode 5, Ellen Goodwin

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the fifth episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Ellen Goodwin about her PhD research exploring the potentials of pro...

Humanitarian Hub Podcast - Episode 4, Dr. Claudia Seymour

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the fourth episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Dr. Claudia Seymour about her book: 'The Myth of International Prot...

Humanitarian Hub Podcast - Episode 3, Professor Steve Hopgood

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the third episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with SOAS's Professor Steve Hopgood about his latest article: 'When the M...

Humanitarian Hub Podcast - Episode 2, Amy Joce

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Amy Joce, a 3rd year undergraduate student at SOAS. Amy, who read D...

Humanitarian Hub Podcast - Episode 1, Dr. Suda Perera

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Dr Suda Perera, Senior Teaching Fellow in Conflict and Migration at ...

Professor Playlist: Meera Sabaratnam

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Almira speaks to Meera Sabaratnam as she shares 5 tracks and speaks on community organisation, decolonisation and her academic career.

Sound & Colour Ep 1.5: Breakfast in Red

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A fast paced mixtape of confidence: A continuation of episode 1, crimison watermelons.

Sound & Colour Ep1: Crimson Watermelons

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Loosely based on synesthesia, this new show explores music’s relationship to the colours of our daily lives through varying lens’ of emotion. Dres...

Global Sports Conversations - Episode with Matthew Barrett

25 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a revealing conversation between Dr J Simon Rofe (CISD, SOAS) and Mr Matt Barrett, of Goal Click https://www.goal-click.com/ - a fascinati...

Global Sports Conversations - Episode with Herwig Demschar

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Global Sport Conversations, Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with POWDR SVP of International Business Development and former alpine co...

Intro: Who is Mr inner Voices?

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Check out one of SOAS's very own Noah Adeoye's Podcast 'Our Inner Voices'. He will be dropping episodes on SOAS radio from time to time. If you'd lik...

DanDana SPECIAL Ep. 10 | Nuri, Tunis, Afro-futurism and the Underground

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of 2019 co-host and producer Christina Hazboun interviews Tunisian producer and musician Nuri during his London visit to Shubbak F...

SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast: What Is Multilingualism?

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join Leo and Frazer, as they take you on a whistle-stop tour around the world via interviews with speakers of a variety of languages in an attempt to ...

Global Sports Conversations - Episode With David Lasday

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our next episode of Global Sport Conversations, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with David Lasday, the Chief Operating Officer of the Israel Lacro...

SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast: What is Indigenous?

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are you indigenous? What makes a person indigenous? What does being indigenous really mean? Join Francesca, Clare and Kúnmi on a big discussion on w...

Urban Echoes: Episode 5 - Changing Tides

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jee has recently raised a complaint against the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for homophobic, racist and transphobic abuse. In this episode, they re...

Scrap Podcast: Scrap It Up

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

SOAS Radio's Jean Kostrzewski in conversation with SCRAP's project coordinator Dr. Olamide Samuel about how young people can get involved in an exciti...

Women in Diplomacy - 2019 Bertha Lutz Prize Interview with Sylvia Bashevkin & Jennifer A. Cassidy

08 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

2019 Bertha Lutz Prize winner Professor Sylvia Bashevkin questions what we know about women's participation in political executive roles with Dr Jenni...

SOAS Spirit Chats: The Big Launch 19/20

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Its the new academic year which means a new year for the SOAS Spirit! This year's addition is gonna be extra spooky not only because it comes out on H...

Global Sports Conversations - Gavin Price and Rosa Bickerton

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Discussing the use of sports diplomacy to broaden the international engagement of a small country like Wales with Gavin Price, (co-project lead Britis...

Global Sports Conversations - Akira Shimazu

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Global Sports Conversations - Akira Shimazu by SOAS Radio

Global Sports Conversations - Episode with Kely Nascimento-DeLuca

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our next episode of Global Sport Conversations, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with Kely Nascimento-DeLuca, a storyteller, advocate, and Global G...

Global Sports Conversations - Episode with Pops Mensah-Bonsu

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode of the Global Sport Conversations podcast, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff exchanges with General Manager of the Capitol City Go-Go and...

Global Sports Conversations - Episode with Syra Sylla

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our next episode of Global Sport Conversations, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with Syra Sylla, a journalist and self-proclaimed basketball junki...

Global Sports Conversations - Chris Dial

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back for another episode of the Global Sport Conversations podcast. Today host Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is joined by FIBA coach and founding ...

Urban Echoes: Episode 4 - Put Your Price Up

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we meet with Emily, a former sex worker in London. Emily shares her experience of the profession, and invites us to look beyond what ...

Global Sports Conversations - Joe Favorito

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Global Sport Conversations podcast. This season begins with an wide-ranging look at storytelling and communicating within the glob...

DanDana Episode 08 | Sheikh Imam and Egypt Part 1

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

DanDana hosts Christina Hazboun and Yamen Mekdad chat with music historian Hazem Jamjoum. Travelling back in history to Egypt in 1918 we explore the l...

That Show About South African Music

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Predictably, this is is a show about South African Music. The host, Dela Gwala, takes us on a journey of music and memory - speaking through what she ...

Global Digital Futures: Dynamic Solutions for Healthcare in the Global South

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by Dr. Rainer Tan to speak about Dynamic Solutions for Healthcare in the Global South. Rainer is Swiss, Malaysian and Canadia...

Global Digital Futures: Navigating Online & Offline: Social Activism in China

03 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome Zhang Leilei to speak about Navigating Online & Offline: Social Activism in China. The media and information landscapes in China...

Interview with Yanis Varoufakis (International Social Forum 2019)

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On 13th and 14th July, SOAS hosted the International Social Forum organised by the Labour party and the SOAS Department of Economics. This was an opp...

Global Digital Futures: Media for Development in Bangladesh

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are speaking with BBC Media Action Bangladesh about Media for Development in Bangladesh. Joining us is Richard Lace, the Country Direct...

Professor Playlist: John Parker

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Fred chats with Dr John Parker, lecturer in African history. He shares how Blues music informed his research interest in death and dying.

CISD Annual Law Lecture Interview - Professor Ann Towns

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When public office opened up for women among the states of the early 20th century, there were generally two exceptions: women were not allowed to join...

Global Digital Futures: The Rohingya Crisis and the Role of Media in Conflict

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome Ronan Lee to speak about The Rohingya Crisis and the Role of Media in Conflict. Ronan is an Irish-Australian political advisor...

Consent Vent - Episode 8- Consent in Queer Spaces (2/2)

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 8 of SOAS Radio’s 10-part series Consent Vent.

Consent Vent - Episode 9 - Who holds consent for sex workers?

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 9 of SOAS Radio’s 10-part series Consent Vent. In this episode, we talk to Fez from SWARM, the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance M...

Professor Playlist: Mulaika Hijjas

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Playlist is a new podcast series on SOAS Radio, which invites SOAS academics into the studio to share their personal journeys in research, i...

Consent Vent - Episode 10 - Is consent becoming a buzzword?

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the final episode of Consent Vent, in which Sonja discusses the outcome of this series, and the potential risk of consent becoming a buzzword.

Consent Vent - Episode 7 - Consent In Queer Spaces (1/2)

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 7 of SOAS Radio’s 10-part series Consent Vent. In this episode we hear an anonymous testimony from a SOAS Student as well as from C...

Consent Vent - Episode 6 - How Does Exoticisation & Fetishisation Affect Consent?

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 6 of SOAS Radio’s 10-part series Consent Vent. In this episode our producer Celine spoke to students about exoticisation & fetishis...

Jobs, corruption and major development donors - applying the ACE approach to a thorny problem

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Enough good jobs are vital to social cohesion. But people can't get and keep good jobs without skills. Mushtaq Khan and Jess Sinclair Taylor look into...

Professor Playlist: Benjamin Dix

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Playlist is a new podcast series on SOAS Radio, which invites SOAS academics into the studio to share their personal journeys in research, i...

Global Digital Futures: Mobile Phones & Educating the Girl Child in Kenya

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome Professor Ronda Zelezny-Green to speak about Mobile Phones & Educating the Girl Child in Kenya. Ronda is a mobile technologis...

Violence To Voice

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome on an exploration of the power of singing and performance to give people voice where words alone fail. Paige Annelize takes us behind the scen...

Professor Playlist: Angela Impey

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Playlist is a new podcast series on SOAS Radio, which invites SOAS academics into the studio to share their personal journeys in research, i...

Why are anti-corruption efforts failing? In conversation with Mushtaq Khan

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a first podcast from the SOAS Anti-Corruption Evidence research consortium, Mushtaq Khan joins Jessica Sinclair Taylor to explain why standard, off...

Urban Echoes Episode 3 - Dick & Venus: F*ck Me In The Ear

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dick Twitch and Venus Flytrap introduce us to the stimulating world of audio porn and to their first project as a duo, "Fuck Me in the Ear". They also...

Professor Playlist: Caspar Melville

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Playlist is a new podcast series on SOAS Radio, which invites SOAS academics into the studio to share their personal journeys in research, i...

Consent Vent - Episode 5 - Can Sexual Violence Be Prevented?

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 5 of SOAS Radio’s 10-part series Consent Vent. In this episode we spoke to Juliet Grayson, pyschosexual therapist and founder of ST...

The Yemen crisis & the UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia - Interview with Campaign Against Arms Trade

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Zaynab and Laura talk to Ibtehal Hussein from Campaign Against Arms Trade about Yemen and the UK's arms trade with the Saudi-led coalition. The UN has...

Movimientos Flawa Festival Special

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Part of the team behind London’s upcoming FLAWA festival take over the Movimientos show to discuss the gender gap in the arts, filmmaking with a sma...

Global Digital Futures: Digital Strategies for Counter Narratives (EPISODE 10!!)

05 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WE'RE BACK WITH OUR 10TH EPISODE!!! This week, we welcome Dr. Dounia Mahlouly to speak about Digital Strategies for Counter Narratives. Dr. Mahlouly ...

CISD Conversation with Dr Phil Clark on Rwanda, Justice and Civil Society.

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Clark talks about the need for justice to be done in accessible, community spaces and how his book takes lessons learned from Rwanda and uses this ...

Layers of a Ghost City: a tour of Downtown Beirut

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laura talks with Marc Ghazali, the organiser of Layers of a Ghost City, a walking tour of Downtown Beirut. Marc tells us about the r...

Global Digital Futures: Molka & Online Violations of Women in South Korea

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome Dr. Yenn Lee, to speak about Molka & Online Violations of Women in South Korea. Yenn is an active researcher in the field of dig...

Show With Saffa

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Saffa talk about her experience growing up in Holland as a Sudanese.

SOAS Concert Series - Peyman Heydarian (پیمان حیدریان) - The Voice of the Santur

15 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Taken from the LIVE SOAS Series Born in Shiraz, Iran, Peyman Heydarian (پیمان حیدریان) is an award-winning santur (Iranian hammer dulcime...

Mr B. and the Teaching Factory

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Urban Echoes Episode 2 In this episode, Mr B. tells us about being a teacher in London and the difficulties that schools and students are facing in th...

Global Digital Futures: AI for Social Good

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome Angad Chowdhry and Anurag Banerjee, the co-founders of Quilt.ai, the company using big data to understand people better. We spea...

Consent Vent - Episode 4 - Interview with Black Fly Zine

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 4 of SOAS Radio’s 10-part series Consent Vent. This week we talk to Ella and Nana, co-founders of Black Fly, a sexual health zine ...

BKchat? BKwards!!

08 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy our parody of a popular talk show... P.S. Not our own views!

CISD UN Study Trip Reflections

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

During reading week of term two, CISD students went for a five day study trip to the UN Headquarters in Geneva. Tune in to listen to participating stu...

Dear SOASians Episode 001

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The talk show you have been waiting for is finally here! We deliver the tea piping hot every week! From the issues of growing up in the diaspora to be...

Why is it important to improve links between the agriculture, nutrition, and food sectors?

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Despite significant increases in agricultural productivity in the past 50 years and falling food prices, hunger, malnutrition and poor health are pers...

Episode 2: Nader Shah's Rise and Fall

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

My guest Parsa enlightens us on why Nader Shah was able to be so successful and also on his meteoric decline as well. Along the way we discuss things ...

World Radio Day 2019: Max Graef (RadioActive)

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Conversation with Max Graef from RadioActive, for World Radio Day 2019. "RadioActive offers a full range of technical services for radio stations ...