SOAS Radio

World Radio Day 2019: Sara Wong (Positive Negatives)

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In conversation with Research and Project Manager of Positive Negatives - Sara Wong. "PositiveNegatives produce comics, animations and podcasts about...

World Radio Day 2019: Vanessa Berhe (One Day Seyoum)

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Conversation with Vanessa Berhe and her campaign 'One Day Seyoum' working for the release of her uncle and journalist Seyoum Tsehaye who has been i...

World Radio Day 2019: Hannah Clark (FarmerRadio, LYF)

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In conversation with guest Hannah Clark (Lorna Young Foundation, Farmer Radio) More on the Lorna Young Foundation: http://www.lyf.org.uk/

World Radio Day 2019: Emma Heywood (FemmepowermentAfrique)

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In conversation with Emma Heywood(FemmepowermentAfrique)after her sharing for World Radio Day at SOAS. Dr. Emma Heywood is a lecturer in journalism, ...

The Social Commentary: Religion is a Sin

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Social Commentary: Religion is a Sin by SOAS Radio

Consent Vent - Episode 3 - How Do I Report?

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 3rd episode of our 10 part series on consent. In this episode we will discuss what happens when you decide to report an incident of sex...

Dardasha Episode 2 with Farah Chamma

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the second Episode of Dardasha, we met with performance and spoken word artist Farah Chamma. translation of the poem "Table Rase" by Farah Chamm...

Global Digital Futures: Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak about Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries. a key focus for the Centre for Global Finance at SOAS, run by Pr...

Hikma History - Abbasid Trade with Europe and India

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Toslima is a PhD student at SOAS and her research topic studies the Abbasid Caliphate's trade with Europe and India.

Global Digital Futures: Queering the Internet, LGBTQ Representation Online

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have 2 guests in the studio to talk about Queering the Internet, LGBTQ Representation Online. Following the repealing of section 377 in I...

Dardasha - Interview - Missy Ness

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On the 10th of November after a great Show by Djane Missy Ness and Lebanese Hip Hop artist el-Rass, we met with Inès aka Missy Ness and talked about ...

SOAS Concert Series: Arsen Petrosyan - Armenian Duduk

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

SOAS Concert Series welcomes Armenian Duduk player 'Arsen Petrosyan' to play in the Brunei. Sophie Darling of SOAS Radio interviewed Arsen before his...

The Believers - Episode 1 - Hare Krishnas

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of The Believers, a show about religion and faith at SOAS, Pablo and Krithika get under the skin of the Hare Krishnas, to learn m...

Tea with the Spirit - Episode 1

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to Episode 1 as we take a look into behind the scenes of creating a student newspaper with The SOAS Spirit Editors. To get involved in The SO...

Global Digital Futures: Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are speaking with 2 SOAS students from Egypt about Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship. Hossam Fazulla is a researcher and w...

The Impostors - EP8 - Ends & New Beginnings

16 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

First-time guests Alina Apostu and Imran Jamal join us again on the final episode of The Impostors to reflect on the last eight months of PhD chat on ...

Global Digital Futures: Who Should Have The Right To Watch Over You?

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are speaking with Griff Ferris from Big Brother Watch about exactly Who Should Have The Right To Watch Over You? Big Brother Watch aims t...

Interview with Bhuchar Boulevard team

11 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

SOAS Radio hosting Sudha Bhuchar and Neela Doleẑalová the team behind 'Decolonising the Curriculum', a new verbatim theatre project to be made in r...

Consent Vent - Episode 2 - Where Do I Go?

11 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 2nd episode of our 10 part series on consent. This time we give some answers to the question ‘Where can I go?’ signposting help a...

Global Digital Futures: Cultural Nuances & India's Digital Economy

30 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Soum Paul about Cultural Nuances & India’s Digital Economy. Soum is the CoFounder and CEO of Homescreen Network, a television network ...

About a War - Interview with the Directors

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This Episode of Regional Spotlights Middle East features an exclusive interview with the directors of 'About a War' a documentary film exploring viole...

The Impostors - EP7 - The Art of Multitasking

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Doing a PhD is not an isolated activity: to progress with our careers whilst staying sane (and funded!) we often have to do a range of other things. I...

DanDana Episode 03 | Cairo Congress on Arabic Music

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

DanDana returns in full force with special guest Hazem Jamjoum, who’s writing his PhD on Arabic Music and previously ran radio shows in Canada and N...

Global Digital Futures: Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are speaking with Lecturer Matti Pohjonen about Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations. Matti is an academic at the intersection of digit...

Why are innovative approaches to evaluation and evidence synthesis important?

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast examines why it's important to use innovative approaches to evaluate development programmes and evidence. In recent years, there’s been...

SOAS Concert Series - On the Stage: Wiyaala

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Live recording of Soas Concert Series' first performance of the academic year: Wiyaala 19th Oct 2018. Produced by Sophie Darling Wiyaala, which mea...

Global Sport Conversations - Changing Mediums: Sports, media and diplomacy in 2018

07 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Here is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. We interviewed Keir Radnedge, who has been covering football worldwide for ...

Women Founders of the UN with Dr Rebecca Adami and Fatima Sator

04 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In her new book, Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dr. Rebecca Adami highlights the contributions made by Latin American female del...

CISD Presents: New Beings and Women's Empowerment Group in discussion with Baroness Valerie Amos

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"We have to be able to recognize that we have discrimination in our society, that there is prejudice and that we are going to have to do some concrete...

4429 Lectures - Sport Diplomacy: Dr Simon Rofe

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Simon Rofe discusses his recently published book: 'Sport and Diplomacy: Games within Games', (Manchester: Manchester University Press / USA Oxford ...

CISD: Bruce Jentleson - The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from 20th Century Statesmanship

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Jentleson is a professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, and is the recipient of the 2018 Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial A...

Global Sport Conversations - Professor Susan Brownell: On spaces and bodies in global sport

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Here is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. We interviewed Susan Brownell, Professor of Anthropology at the University ...

Interview: Neneh Cherry

19 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Neneh Cherry dropped by the SOAS Radio Studio the night before the release of her 5th album "Broken Politics", after her "In Conversation with Reni Ed...

Zoroastrianism on SOAS Radio with PROF. Almut Hintze and Farrukh Dhondy

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Isuru talks to Professor Almut Hintze and Author Farrukh Dhondy on Zoroastrianism

Carlene Dancehall Queen

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CARLENE The ORIGINAL DANCEHALL QUEEN talks to ISURU about her career and influences!

The Impostors - EP6 - PhDs and Parenting

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Is it a good idea to do a PhD while being a parent, or to become a parent while doing a PhD? In this month's episode, we escalate the question of how ...

UrbanEchoes 1st Episode - The Dust of Cairo

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Dust of Cairo Urban echoes wants to share the voices of London that are often drowned out by the hustle and bustle of the big city. By sharing ho...

The Impostors – EP5 – Public Engagement

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

PhD students are increasingly encouraged to disseminate their research to the wider public, but it can be tricky to know where to begin and how to do ...

Consent Vent - Episode 1 - What is Consent?

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A podcast on consent. Straightforward, right? With more and more cases of harassment and rape going public, the conversation seems to have found a wid...

Development Matters- Why is migration still a hot topic, and what is the role of research?

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

More than 1 billion people are estimated to be migrants, living either inside or outside their country of birth. Since an influx of Syrian refugees ar...

Almaz: A Story of Migrant Labour

07 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is a dramatisation based on the account of a 21-year old woman called Almaz. In 2014, Almaz was living in a women's refuge in Addis Ababa...

Global Sport Conversations - Unpacking (2): Additional Reflections with Dr. Stuart Murray

19 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a companion piece to the previous podcast where we interviewed Wonde Nevens and Gavin Price. In this episode Verity, Wonde and Gavin s...

Global Sport Conversations - Interview with Netball Player Maryka Holtzhausen

19 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we interviewed Maryka Holtzhausen, a Vitality Netball Super League player from South Africa. A netball fanatic, Maryka, has just fini...

The Impostors – EP4 – Mental Health Matters

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it important to talk about mental health as PhD students? In this month’s episode of The Impostors, we discuss this question from a UK and cr...

The Impostors – EP3 – Rites of Passage

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Impostors we look back to the different rites of passage we have to go through as PhD students; from the first year upgrade, to...

S.U. Voice box S2 E1: The New Sabbs

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The new SU sabbatical officers/Co-presidents for 2018-19 introduce themselves: Hau-Yu (Democracy & Education), Youssra (Equality & Liberation), Soph (...

Global Sport Conversations - Unpacking (1): The complexities of sport, diplomacy and human societies

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first of two companion podcasts. In this episode, we interviewed Wonde Nevens, a current SOAS student who has recently completed the Centr...

Interview with Rachel Beckles Willson - "Today is Good!" Album Launch

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Beckles Willson, ethnomusicologist, writer and musician was a guest at SOAS Radio, to present a new album she recorded "Today is Good!" by youn...

Environmental Movement Podcast Episode #4: Heathrow Third Runway

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is the fourth episode of the SOAS’ Environmental Movement’s podcast. Clare joins Hannah in the SOAS Radio studio to discuss why she is curren...

The Soundscapes of Tribe of Doris

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tribe of Doris is an annual summer school of music, dance and ceremony taking place in August each year at Standford Hall in Leicestershire. This is a...

S.U. Voicebox Episode #10: Almost there!!

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Joined in the SOAS Radio studio by Nisha, Halimo & Dimitri ~ 1:33 Question: Why Boycott the NSS? 10:12 Question: Complaints & people going through d...

Global Sport Conversations - From Russia with Love: Thoughts on the imminent World Cup

17 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Here is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. We interviewed Simon Kuper, a Financial Times columnist and author, who has...

The Impostors - EP2 - Procrastination

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Impostors, we take down the topic of procrastination, our struggle with it, but also how we manage to get everything done, and ...

The Timeline Of A Knot

13 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An omnipresent topic in culture yet often a taboo in conversation, six Londoners reflect on their different stages of broken hearts. A sound collage p...

Brainworm Episode 1: Interview with writer Mahesh Rao

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I sit down with author Mahesh Rao to interview him about his short story collection One Point Two Billion. We talk about his writing process, his mot...

Listening In, Sounding Out EP01 - Reylon Yount Presents His EP 'Sun'

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode, we speak to Reylon Yount, an MA student of “Music in Development”. Reylon plays the yangqin, a percussive string instrument...

S.U. Voicebox Episode #9: Co-presidents respond to your questions

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Join all four co-presidents in the SOAS Radio studio today discussing the past couple of very eventful months here at SOAS Students' Union. The co-pre...

Global Sport Conversations - When Sport Meets Diplomacy and Governance

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Here is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. Today we interview Dr. J Simon Rofe and Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, who respect...

The film festival as laboratory - A conversation with ICA curator Nico Marzano

20 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation with Nico Marzano - film curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London - we speak his work as a curator and about the up...

Global Sport Conversations - Aziyadé Poltier-Mutal

17 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Here is our first episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. A collaborative project between: the Centre for International Studies and ...

The Impostors - EP1 - Back to the start

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of The Impostors, three anthropologists look back to the beginning of their PhDs, the difficulties of writing ethnography, and t...

World Radio Day Interview with Omar Salha: Football Beyond Borders & Identity in Sports

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laura Siegler talks to Omar Salha, Phd Student at SOAS University. Omar’s research focuses Muslim football players and their role i...

13/03/2018 - The University Pension Strike continues

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

University staff UK-wide have entered the 4th week of striking in one of the biggest industrial actions of the sector. On March 12th, an agreement bet...

CISD Seminar Series: The Cinderella State: Pakistan - New Form and Relationships

09 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, SOAS South Asia Institute – Research Associate In an age where a number of South Asian states seem to re-define their nationalis...

Interview with Seun Kuti and preview of new album, Black Times.

01 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

SOAS Radio was unbelievably glad to be hosting this musical legend, Seun Kuti, who is holding up the mantle of political afrobeat. Listen as Nick and ...

Being vulnerable, free and unafraid - An Interview with Yumna Al-Arashi

01 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview with the Yemeni-American photographer Yumna Al-Arashi we will speak about her upbringing and education in the US and about a project...

Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century - Interview with Prof. Kathryn Sikkink

22 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri (Director of the Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice at SOAS) talks to Prof. Kathryn Sikkink (Harvard Kennedy...

World Radio Day Interview with Verity Postlethwaite - Sports & colonial history

20 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In a post World Radio Day interview with SOAS teaching fellow Verity Postlethwaite, we talk about the complexities of sport, including, reconciliation...

S.U. Voicebox Episode 8: Strike, elections & beyond

16 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Check in with the 4 co-presidents of SOAS Students’ Union to get an update about what’s been going on & some of the key things coming up, includi...

Radio Fair Interview: InsightShare - Sports for Development

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview, Maisie talks to Soledad from Insightshare about how participatory media and sports projects can be used in community and personal d...

Radio Fair Interview 2018: Street Child United

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview, Nick talks to Dave from Streetchild United. Street Child United is a UK charity using the power of sport, specifically internationa...

Lola - FBB Productions Interview

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

During World Radio Day 2018, SOAS Radio broadcasted live from our mobile studio at the Radio Fair. In this Interview, Lola from SOAS Radio speaks to ...

2018 Radio Fair Interview: Dekan Apajee

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

During World Radio Day 2018, SOAS Radio broadcasted live from our mobile studio at the Radio Fair. In this interview, Karl FM from SOAS Radio speaks ...

CISD Seminar Series: The Evolution of India's 'Act East' Policy

13 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Frederic Grare, Carnegie’s South Asia Program - Non-Resident Senior Fellow

WAGIC EP1 - What is a 'Chinese Woman Artist'?

05 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In WAGIC’s very first podcast, hosts Tessa Qiu and Yuan Ren are joined by researchers Dr Monica Merlin (Birmingham School of Art), Luise Guest (Whit...

"Sports as more than a game": Interview with Simon Rofe & Jose Gigante

02 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last few decades, sport has become a business and a social phenomenon that attracts more interest and more investment than many other industr...

S.U. Voicebox Episode 7: back to it in 2018!

02 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Way overdue, but here you go!! Now a historical snapshot into SOAS S.U.'s activities during mid-late Jan 2018, with dimitri, Nisha & Halimo - next epi...

World Radio Day 2018 Podcast Series: Interview with Fight for Peace

02 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laura Siegler talks to Fight for Peace about their youth programme giving young people a way out of crime, what makes their organisat...

World Radio Day 2018: Interview with Anna Kessel (Women in Football)

25 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the build up to the World Radio Day Event 2018 the SOAS Radio Team will be interviewing community radio, representatives of communication for sport...

What I did when the British media made our kind invisible - Feminist Sangeeta Pillai Lander

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“I believe there is little or nothing in mainstream British media about British Asian women. And I’d like the media to talk about us beyond honour...

The Korea Crisis: Déjà Vu All Over Again?

11 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, talks about the Korean Crisis. Will the Trump Administration manage to get China to help ...

UK FCO's Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China Papers Archives for Research

11 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This session – led by Ms Vicky Bird and Dr Avinash Paliwal – will offer an introduction to the archives of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’...

Corporate Compliance

11 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chenaara Edghill-Peart talks about the rise of corporate compliance. From what it entails such as anti-bribery to why it has gained importance over th...

S.U. Voicebox Episode #6: End of the year wrap-up

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to listen to your 4 co-presidents chat about what's been going on at SOAS this past month, and what's to come in 2018! 1:15 Whole school walk...

Sex Talk, Cities, and Those Movies - LIVE With Sugandha Parmar & Srishti Guru Krishnakumar

05 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Our first LIVE show had Ruchi chatting with SOAS's very own Sugandha Parmar & Srishti Guru Krishnakumar - talking sex-cultures, cities, movies and fem...

Asia Rising: China and India As Emergent Great Powers

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

CISD Seminar Series Abstract: China and India’s contemporary rise to prominence will significantly impact upon geopolitics over the coming decades...

Development Matters - What is antibiotic resistance and why is it a serious global threat?

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The World Health Organization has described antibiotic resistance as one of the biggest threats to global health and food security. It is estimated th...

Episode 5: India's WHITE FETISH Says it All

26 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The unusual attention given to that Caucasian exchange student in your class, to all-white celeb crushes and sports gods; your all-time (and all-white...

CISD Seminar Series: Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

26 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, is a leading astrophysicist as well as a senior figure in UK science. He has conducted influential theoretical wor...

CISD Seminar Series: Ambassador Abdul Minty on South African Politics

26 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

H.E. Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty (retired), Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Deputy Director General ...

CISD Seminar Series: Women and the UN Origins - A Southern Critique

25 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Current thinking would lead you to believe that Western delegates were responsible for getting women’s right into the UN in 1945– but they weren’...

Episode 4: Intimacy is Not All About Sex! - Young Indians Speak Out

22 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a certain movie, food, pillow, song, or place with which you share an intimate connection? If your mind screamed "hell, YEAH!", then think ab...

CISD Seminar Series: War And Peace in the 21st Century

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Plesch reviews renewed concerns over nuclear war and emerging technologies against the context of intensifying regional conflicts, with hints for a...

SU Voicebox Episode #5: End o' Reading Week

10 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Co-Pres of Democracy & Education Nisha and SOAS Radio's very own Fred about exciting things coming up after reading week!

Ep 2: Governments, markets, men, women, children - who decides which food is good?

10 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is good food? A conversation about food decisions made by governments, the market, in the household and among children Francesca, a PhD research...

Why You Must Talk to Young People About Sex...and How! - with Paromita Vohra and Nicole Cheetham

07 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Chiming in from Mumbai, London and Washington DC - listen to Ruchi and Natalie’s discussion about sex and its nagging partner, shame. Buddies, it is...

CISD - Diplomacy Lecture By Dr Plesh

01 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dan Plesch, Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London, speaks about disarmament on Tuesday, 24 O...

CISD - Dan Plesch on SCRAP Project

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dan Plesch, Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at SOAS University of London, speaks about the student-led SCRAP...

Interview with Habib Koite; One of Mali's Guitar Greats

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded over the phone, with Habib in Bamako and myself in North London, we talk about Habib's ethos as a musician and his relationship with his home...

Interview with Kefaya; The Internationalist Music Collective

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For this interview session I had the pleasure of speaking with Al MacSween and Guiliano Modarelli, the creative power and production duo behind Kefaya...