SOAS Radio
574 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIndependent Radio Station based at SOAS, University of London. Broadcasting music and speech content with a focus on Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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WAD 2013: How Mainstream Economics Distracts from Addressing Causes of HIV Transmission (In French)
November 29, 2013 17:48 - 4 minutes - 6.68 MBThe Political Economy of AIDS: How Mainstream Economics Distracts from Addressing the Causes of HIV Transmission. For World AIDS Day 2013 Franza Drechsel for SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Deborah Johnston, reader in Development Economics at SOAS and Jason Hickel a Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at LSE. Translations by Zacharie Popov and Donato Mancini
World AIDS Day 2013: How Mainstream Economics Distracts from Addressing Causes of HIV Transmission
November 29, 2013 17:39 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MBThe Political Economy of AIDS: How Mainstream Economics Distracts from Addressing the Causes of HIV Transmission. For World AIDS Day 2013 Franza Drechsel for SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Deborah Johnston, reader in Development Economics at SOAS and Jason Hickel a Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at LSE.
World AIDS Day 2013: In Conversation with the Terrance Higgins Trust
November 29, 2013 17:29 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBFor World Aids Day 2013, SOAS Radio talks to Justin Harbottle, spokesperson for the Terrence Higgins Trust, a not-for-profit organisation based in the UK. The Trust has engaged in the fight against HIV since 1982.
World Aids Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV (In French)
November 29, 2013 17:26 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBWorld Aids Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV For World AIDS Day 2013, Kashfia Arif from SOAS Radio introduces a discussion with Dr. Micheal Jennings about the criminalisation of HIV transmission around the globe. French Translation by Raphael Godechot
World AIDS Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV (In Chinese)
November 29, 2013 17:21 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Kashfia Arif from SOAS Radio introduces a discussion with Dr. Micheal Jennings about the criminalisation of HIV transmission around the globe. Chinese Translation by Xiaohang Cui
World AIDS Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV (In Spanish)
November 29, 2013 17:19 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Kashfia Arif from SOAS Radio introduces a discussion with Dr. Micheal Jennings about the criminalisation of HIV transmission around the globe. Translation by Loreley Hahn
World AIDS Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV
November 29, 2013 17:17 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Kashfia Arif from SOAS Radio introduces a discussion with Dr. Micheal Jennings about the criminalisation of HIV transmission around the globe.
World AIDS Day 2013: Increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe (In Chinese)
November 29, 2013 17:13 - 3 minutes - 3 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Valerie Giesen from SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Rashida Ferrand, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to discuss increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe. Chinese Translation by Yu Gong
World AIDS Day 2013: Increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe (In French)
November 29, 2013 17:10 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Valerie Giesen from SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Rashida Ferrand, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to discuss increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe. French Translation by Raphael Godechot
World AIDS Day 2013: Increasing access to HIV Care for Children in Zimbabwe (In Spanish)
November 29, 2013 17:07 - 2 minutes - 2.6 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Valerie Giesen from SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Rashida Ferrand, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to discuss increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe. Spanish Translation by Loreley Hahn
World AIDS Day 2013: Increasing access to HIV Care for Children in Zimbabwe
November 29, 2013 16:58 - 4 minutes - 3.67 MBFor World AIDS Day 2013, Valerie Giesen from SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Rashida Ferrand, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to discuss increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe.
International Jazz Day: George Duke talks about his career
April 30, 2013 11:29 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBCarlos Chirinos from SOAS Radio met up with veteran jazz musician George Duke in London during his European tour, to chat about the weird and wonderful things his career has held for him so far, such as the making of his influential album ‘Brazilian Love Affair’; working with the likes of Frank Zappa and Michael Jackson; and playing the role of Musical Director for Nelson Mandela’s birthday gig at Wembley stadium in 1988. Producer: Charlotte Morgan
International Jazz Day: Marcus Miller talks about Miles Davis and his career
April 30, 2013 11:19 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBCharlotte Morgan from SOAS Radio met with bass player and producer Marcus Miller after a fantastic DMS (George Duke, Marcus Miller and David Sanborn) gig at the San Jose Jazz Festival in California in August 2011, to talk about his career to date and his relationship with Miles Davis over the years. For more information about Marcus MIller's career and tour dates, please visit http://www.marcusmiller.com/ Photo credit: Hiroki Fujioka
World Radio Day 2013: Reducing child mortality using Radio in Burkina Faso
February 12, 2013 12:56 - 5 minutes - 7.64 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio spoke to Professor Simon Cousens from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) about a new research using a social marketing campaign on radio to reduce child mortality in Burkina Faso. The intervention is a randomized control trial, broadcasting messages about how to prevent common illnesses using radio ads and phone-in shows. The project is carried out in association with Development Media International, and Centre Muraz in Burkina Faso...
World Radio Day 2013: People's Power Collective [English]
February 12, 2013 12:54 - 4 minutes - 4.04 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio's Rahul Verma spoke to Saritha Thomas, Founder & Director of People's Power Collective, a social enterprise working with communities to bring community radio to disadvantaged groups in rural and urban India. For more information please visit http://www.peoplespower-co.org/
World Radio Day 2013: The Role of Radio in East Africa [Swahili]
February 12, 2013 12:51 - 2 minutes - 4.56 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio's Josh Kayane highlights the way in which radio has improved lives of people in East Africa through disseminating health information and promoting peace though sport
World Radio Day 2013: School Without Walls [English]
February 12, 2013 12:48 - 12 minutes - 16.7 MBFor World Radio 2013, Mary Thackray looks at the growing role of radio in giving children and young people the opportunity to speak about issues, including education, child protection, climate change and health. This features an interview with Allan Kiwanuka of Childhope and radio by young people from The Children's Radio Foundation. For more information please visit http://www.childhope.org.uk and http://www.childrensradiofoundation.org/
World Radio Day 2013: Interview with Pete Musembi of BBC World Service [Swahili]
February 12, 2013 12:47 - 5 minutes - 7.89 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Debula Kavwagira speaks to Peter Musembi of the BBC World Service on the history of radio in Africa, from the early beginnings of transistor radios on short wave to the now booming Frequency Modulation (FM) stations across Africa.Will the digital age catch on in Africa soon?
World Radio Day 2013: A Political and Cultural History of Radio in the Arab World [Arabic]
February 12, 2013 12:45 - 3 minutes - 6.22 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Mohammed Tahboub summarises the history of the changes and development that radio went through in the Arab world, from political prominence to to cultural prominence.
World Radio Day 2013: People's Power Collective [Hindi]
February 12, 2013 12:42 - 4 minutes - 6.13 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Swati Sen of SOAS Radio spoke to Saritha Thomas, founder and director of the People’s Power Collective, an organisation empowering rural and isolated communities in India through community radio. For more information on Peoples Power Collective please visit www.peoplespower-co.org
World Radio Day 2013: China Radio International [Mandarin]
February 12, 2013 12:40 - 2 minutes - 4.27 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Xiaoyu Zhang explains the history and background to China Radio International, which broadcasts 1592 hours of radio in 61 languages (including English, Bengali, Hindi, Russian, Hausa, Spanish), everyday.
World Radio Day 2013: China Radio International [English]
February 12, 2013 12:38 - 2 minutes - 3.03 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Xiaoyu Zhang explains the history and background to China Radio International, which broadcasts 1592 hours of radio in 61 languages (including English, Bengali, Hindi, Russian, Hausa, Spanish), everyday.
World Radio Day 2013: Radio in Russia Today [Russian]
February 12, 2013 12:33 - 1 minute - 2.7 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Karina Carter of SOAS Radio tells us the history of radio in Russia and how it’s thriving in the contemporary context despite fierce competition from the emergence of digital technologies.
World Radio Day 2013: Community Radio in Francophone Africa
February 12, 2013 12:27 - 3 minutes - 5.49 MBFor World Radio Day 2013, Pauline Roland of SOAS Radio looks at community radio in Francophone Africa as an efficient grassroots development tool, providing access to the information in local languages to people living in remote areas of the country. In Senegal, for example, community radio is reducing dangerous home-births and female genital mutilations, and also impacting on the economy by giving women access to knowledge on how to become an entrepreneur.