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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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Urban Echoes Episode 3 - Dick & Venus: F*ck Me In The Ear
May 24, 2019 16:55 - 25 minutes - 41.5 MBDick 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 ran a workshop last April at the London Porn Film Festival inviting participants to create scenarios, sexy stories and stimulating noises. Be prepared for an *explicit* voyage into the aural side of sex! Excerpts from: fuckmeintheear.wordpress.com Music: Wtp "K.T.S.E" - Teyana Taylor Love Song - Dent May Producer: Laura Siegler
Professor Playlist: Caspar Melville
May 23, 2019 14:55 - 41 minutes - 95.3 MBProfessor Playlist is a new podcast series on SOAS Radio, which invites SOAS academics into the studio to share their personal journeys in research, interspersed with five of their favourite pieces of music. Frederik Molin and Almira Farid are the hosts of this first season, taking listeners through the first five guests of the series. In this first episode, Fred chats with Dr Caspar Melville, convener of the MA Global Creative and Cultural Industries. He walks listeners through 5 of his fav...
Consent Vent - Episode 5 - Can Sexual Violence Be Prevented?
May 22, 2019 11:10 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBThis 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 STOPSO a charity that offers therapy and counselling to convicted and potential sexual offenders. We spoke to her about her work with STOPSO, what makes someone become a sex offender as well as how she thinks our criminal justice system can be reformed to prevent sexual violence. You can find out more about the work of STOPSO and donate at ⇨ https...
The Yemen crisis & the UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia - Interview with Campaign Against Arms Trade
May 10, 2019 17:37 - 27 minutes - 62.8 MBZaynab 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 qualified the humanitarian crisis in Yemen the worst in the world, bombings in the region are putting no less than 80% of the population at risk of famine, and 85,000 of children have already died of starvation. What is the role of the UK's government and institutions in this crisis? Facebook: @campaignagainstarmstrade Twitter: @CAATuk
Movimientos Flawa Festival Special
May 10, 2019 09:46 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBPart 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 smartphone and the diversity of events at the Festival of Latin American Women in Arts 15th-19th May. http://flawafestival.co.uk/
Global Digital Futures: Digital Strategies for Counter Narratives (EPISODE 10!!)
May 05, 2019 16:58 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWE'RE BACK WITH OUR 10TH EPISODE!!! This week, we welcome Dr. Dounia Mahlouly to speak about Digital Strategies for Counter Narratives. Dr. Mahlouly is lecturing at SOAS Centre for Global Media and Communications. She conducted her PhD research at the University of Glasgow, in partnership with the American University in Cairo and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at King's College London, as part of the European consortium VOX-Pol. Her research interests are in the area of Media Studies an...
CISD Conversation with Dr Phil Clark on Rwanda, Justice and Civil Society.
May 03, 2019 10:43 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBDr 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 to critique the broader workings of the International Criminal Court. We discuss the civil society space in Rwanda that and Dr Clark explains why it is a difficult space to operate in and how academic research by Rwandans can help to break this space open.
Layers of a Ghost City: a tour of Downtown Beirut
April 22, 2019 17:50 - 53 minutes - 123 MBIn 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 reconstruction of Downtown Beirut after the Civil War and its impact on the urban and social fabric of the area. With the participation of Arjun Banerjee.
Global Digital Futures: Molka & Online Violations of Women in South Korea
March 22, 2019 18:29 - 26 minutes - 60.5 MBThis 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 digital culture and politics, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. At SOAS she also designs and delivers an institution-wide training programme for doctoral researchers. In addition to providing courses and workshops on research methods and skills, both online and offline, she is responsible for a range of other tasks to enhance postgraduate re...
Show With Saffa
March 22, 2019 15:19 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MBListen 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
March 15, 2019 16:55 - 1 hour - 76 MBTaken from the LIVE SOAS Series Born in Shiraz, Iran, Peyman Heydarian (پیمان حیدریان) is an award-winning santur (Iranian hammer dulcimer) virtuoso, computer scientist and musicologist. Over the years, he has adopted innovative tuning systems and performance techniques to play a multi-ethnic repertoire on santur and developed computer algorithms for the analysis of Persian musical signals. In addition to teaching at various London universities, Peyman has toured the world with his multi-eth...
Mr B. and the Teaching Factory
March 14, 2019 20:24 - 50 minutes - 81.3 MBUrban 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 the current socio-political landscape. Helped by a bottle of whisky, Mr B. navigates through the memories of his childhood and school life in India. Interviewer: Laura Siegler
Global Digital Futures: AI for Social Good
March 12, 2019 23:00 - 34 minutes - 79.9 MBThis week, we welcome Angad Chowdhry and Anurag Banerjee, the co-founders of Quilt.ai, the company using big data to understand people better. We speak to them about AI for Social Good. Dr Angad Chowdhry completed his PhD from SOAS, the University of London. His academic specialization is anthropology and media studies. He has conducted big data / big culture research in over 70 countries across clients and industries. At Quilt.ai he is working on integrating the latest advances in cognit...
Consent Vent - Episode 4 - Interview with Black Fly Zine
March 12, 2019 16:46 - 44 minutes - 101 MBThis 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 for people of colour. We discussed the experiences that led them to create the zine, how they put it together and how it has led them to the work they are doing now. It was a lot of fun to record as well as very informative. Enjoy! You can find out more about black fly @blackflyzine on twitter and instagram or order their first issue here. ...
BKchat? BKwards!!
March 08, 2019 18:12 - 1 hour - 209 MBEnjoy our parody of a popular talk show... P.S. Not our own views!
CISD UN Study Trip Reflections
March 07, 2019 15:21 - 46 minutes - 105 MBDuring 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 students' reflections on the trip.
Dear SOASians Episode 001
March 07, 2019 14:21 - 1 hour - 217 MBThe 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 being young, Black and British in today's society.
Why is it important to improve links between the agriculture, nutrition, and food sectors?
March 06, 2019 15:26 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBDespite significant increases in agricultural productivity in the past 50 years and falling food prices, hunger, malnutrition and poor health are persistent development challenges. According to the WHO, almost half a billion people are underweight, and 155 million children were chronically under-nourished in 2016. At the other extreme, excess food consumption has helped trigger global epidemics of overweight, obesity, and food-related chronic disease. It’s widely acknowledged that the agricu...
Episode 2: Nader Shah's Rise and Fall
February 26, 2019 14:02 - 1 hour - 108 MBMy 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 from the psychology of war to Iranian Nationalism!
World Radio Day 2019: Max Graef (RadioActive)
February 19, 2019 14:16 - 23 minutes - 54.1 MBIn Conversation with Max Graef from RadioActive, for World Radio Day 2019. "RadioActive offers a full range of technical services for radio stations and studios – including technical advice and feasibility studies, studio design and installation, creation of radio imaging (jingles, adverts and trailers), radio production training and ongoing technical support" https://radioactive.org.uk/
World Radio Day 2019: Sara Wong (Positive Negatives)
February 19, 2019 14:16 - 25 minutes - 57.6 MBIn conversation with Research and Project Manager of Positive Negatives - Sara Wong. "PositiveNegatives produce comics, animations and podcasts about contemporary social and humanitarian issues. We combine ethnographic research with illustration, adapting personal stories into art, education and advocacy materials" https://positivenegatives.org/about/
World Radio Day 2019: Vanessa Berhe (One Day Seyoum)
February 19, 2019 14:16 - 13 minutes - 31.1 MBIn Conversation with Vanessa Berhe and her campaign 'One Day Seyoum' working for the release of her uncle and journalist Seyoum Tsehaye who has been illegaly detained since 2001. http://onedayseyoum.com/
World Radio Day 2019: Hannah Clark (FarmerRadio, LYF)
February 19, 2019 14:16 - 5 minutes - 13.6 MBIn 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)
February 19, 2019 14:15 - 5 minutes - 11.5 MBIn conversation with Emma Heywood(FemmepowermentAfrique)after her sharing for World Radio Day at SOAS. Dr. Emma Heywood is a lecturer in journalism, politics and communication at the University of Sheffield. She is currently assessing the impact of radio and women's empowerment in Niger, as part of her project FemmePowermentAfrique. She has previously examined the role of local radio in NGO activities on the West Bank, and foreign conflict reporting and audience perceptions of the Israeli/Pa...
The Social Commentary: Religion is a Sin
February 18, 2019 16:57 - 10 minutes - 166 MBThe Social Commentary: Religion is a Sin by SOAS Radio
Consent Vent - Episode 3 - How Do I Report?
February 11, 2019 12:01 - 32 minutes - 74.4 MBWelcome 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 sexual assault or harassment at SOAS. To do this we spoke with Alex* who shared with us their experience of going through the complaints procedure at SOAS, hearing about the demands of the experience and the impact it had on their life and studies. We also spoke to campaign group Account For This SOAS to hear about the actions they are taking to tr...
Dardasha Episode 2 with Farah Chamma
February 11, 2019 11:34 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBFor the second Episode of Dardasha, we met with performance and spoken word artist Farah Chamma. translation of the poem "Table Rase" by Farah Chamma (In French) Take everything I know Take everything I know and throw it in the Nile Like the mother of Moses did Don’t ask me where I am from Or where I was born Don’t look for what is written on my papers I am no one A nomad, a lost soul, a simple nomadic spirit I am a language without meter, without rhyme I am Arabic, Persian, Latin, Germa...
Global Digital Futures: Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries
February 06, 2019 19:55 - 24 minutes - 55.9 MBThis 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 Professor Victor Murinde. Professor Victor Murinde is a financial economist, with more than 25 years’ expertise, mainly in academia, policy and consultancy roles for governments and leading international organisation. He was the founding Director of African Development Institute at the African Development Bank (2011-2014). Professor Murinde is c...
Hikma History - Abbasid Trade with Europe and India
February 05, 2019 15:32 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBToslima 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
January 25, 2019 17:48 - 28 minutes - 65 MBThis week we have 2 guests in the studio to talk about Queering the Internet, LGBTQ Representation Online. Following the repealing of section 377 in India. A law which gives hope for LGBT communities by making homophobia illegal. In this episode we explore the realities and how queer identity can exist online. Mayur Suresh is a Lecturer in Law at SOAS. In 2016, he was awarded a PhD from Birkbeck for this thesis titled ‘Terrorist’ lives in Delhi’s courts: An ethnography of the legal worlds o...
Dardasha - Interview - Missy Ness
January 25, 2019 15:40 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBOn 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 her sounds, her influences, some projects she runs, we talked about Feminism, her experiences as a Djane.
SOAS Concert Series: Arsen Petrosyan - Armenian Duduk
January 23, 2019 21:05 - 22 minutes - 51.6 MBSOAS Concert Series welcomes Armenian Duduk player 'Arsen Petrosyan' to play in the Brunei. Sophie Darling of SOAS Radio interviewed Arsen before his performance about his upcoming show, the traditions of the ancient duduk and Armenian music. Arsen Petrosyan Duduk: Sound & Symbol of Armenia Arsen Petrosyan is a young master of the Armenian duduk, an ancient double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. He is a graduate of the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, where he studied ...
The Believers - Episode 1 - Hare Krishnas
January 15, 2019 17:40 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBIn 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 more about them than the delicious free lunches that they provide students.
Tea with the Spirit - Episode 1
January 15, 2019 10:16 - 13 minutes - 31.2 MBTune 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 SOAS Spirit, email [email protected]
Global Digital Futures: Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship
January 11, 2019 16:00 - 36 minutes - 83.1 MBThis week we are speaking with 2 SOAS students from Egypt about Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship. Hossam Fazulla is a researcher and writer from Cairo. He has spent the last 7 years bridging the gap between art and human rights as Director of Freedom of Artistic Creation at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) and as a former trainer at Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. Fazulla’s work focuses on cultural policies and the contemporary Egyptian cu...
The Impostors - EP8 - Ends & New Beginnings
December 16, 2018 14:39 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBFirst-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 the show. Tune in for thesis submission and viva tips, some great advice on how to survive the winter blues and writing-up process, a few reflections on the future, and a very geeky discussion on the importance of 'communitas'. About the guests: Imran Jamal is a fourth year PhD student at the Department of Anthropology at SOAS: https://www.so...
Global Digital Futures: Who Should Have The Right To Watch Over You?
December 14, 2018 16:17 - 27 minutes - 63.5 MBThis 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 to expose and challenge threats to our privacy, our freedoms and our civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change in the UK. Their work includes research around facial recognition and biometrics, access to communications data, and digital surveillance. Their most recent campaign #FREESPEECHONLINE focuses on the risks of censorship ...
Interview with Bhuchar Boulevard team
December 11, 2018 17:43 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBSOAS Radio hosting Sudha Bhuchar and Neela Doleẑalová the team behind 'Decolonising the Curriculum', a new verbatim theatre project to be made in residence at SOAS by Bhuchar Boulevard theatre company. https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem135509.html Editor: Mai Weisz Co-host and photographer: Lena Naassana
Consent Vent - Episode 2 - Where Do I Go?
December 11, 2018 13:11 - 23 minutes - 42.7 MBWelcome 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 and resources available at SOAS and in the wider community, for those of you who have experienced sexual violence or want to support a loved one. We are also joined by SOAS Academic and Welfare case worker Susanna who tells us about her work, what support is available and how SOAS can do more to support its students. Use this form to give us feedba...
Global Digital Futures: Cultural Nuances & India's Digital Economy
November 30, 2018 16:37 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWe speak with Soum Paul about Cultural Nuances & India’s Digital Economy. Soum is the CoFounder and CEO of Homescreen Network, a television network venture built for the smartphone era. Over the last two decades, he’s played instrumental roles in a series of disruptive startups - Knowlarity, State.com, Mixercast. He’s also a writer, and his books Topper Prepares andFlight of the Unicorns have both been published by Harper Collins India. When in between projects, he spends his time trotting th...
About a War - Interview with the Directors
November 26, 2018 15:35 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBThis Episode of Regional Spotlights Middle East features an exclusive interview with the directors of 'About a War' a documentary film exploring violence and social change through interviews with ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War. https://www.curzoncinemas.com/soho/film-info/about-a-war Editor: Mai Weisz Contributor and photographer: Lena Naassana
The Impostors - EP7 - The Art of Multitasking
November 21, 2018 13:41 - 41 minutes - 65.8 MBDoing 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. In this month's discussion, we hear from two expert multitaskers on how to achieve a work-life balance, and how to cope when things can start to feel overwhelming. About the guests: Karla Cervantes Barrón is currently doing her PhD in Engineering at the University of Cambridge, looking at Energy Services across different countries: http://www.e...
DanDana Episode 03 | Cairo Congress on Arabic Music
November 20, 2018 11:09 - 1 hour - 106 MBDanDana 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 New York. In this episode we discuss the Cairo Congress on Arab Music held in 1938, the history and politics around it and who attended the conference. We delve deep into details about what was going on behind the scenes, while we explore the rich musical recordings that ensued from the conference. Towards the end of the episode we invite you to ...
Cairo Congress on Arab Music
November 20, 2018 11:09 - 1 hour - 106 MBDanDana 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 New York. In this episode we discuss the Cairo Congress on Arab Music held in 1938, the history and politics around it and who attended the conference. We delve deep into details about what was going on behind the scenes, while we explore the rich musical recordings that ensued from the conference. Towards the end of the episode we invite you to ...
Global Digital Futures: Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations
November 16, 2018 16:21 - 29 minutes - 66.3 MBWe are speaking with Lecturer Matti Pohjonen about Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations. Matti is an academic at the intersection of digital anthropology, philosophy and data science. His work developing innovative research methods for hard-to-reach populations has taken him from Kenya and Ethiopia, to India. Now back at SOAS he is a Lecturer in Global Digital Media. Tune in every 2 weeks for conversations on the future of digital technologies and their global impact. https://ww...
Why are innovative approaches to evaluation and evidence synthesis important?
November 15, 2018 16:59 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBThis podcast examines why it's important to use innovative approaches to evaluate development programmes and evidence. In recent years, there’s been increased scrutiny of international development and particularly foreign aid. For example, the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) regularly faces criticisms regarding the effectiveness of its aid programmes from publications such as the Daily Mail and Sunday Express. At the same time, the Sustainable Development Goals have helped...
SOAS Concert Series - On the Stage: Wiyaala
November 12, 2018 13:16 - 1 hour - 164 MBLive recording of Soas Concert Series' first performance of the academic year: Wiyaala 19th Oct 2018. Produced by Sophie Darling Wiyaala, which means “the doer” in her local Sissala dialect, is from Funsi, a village in the upper West region of Ghana, close to the borders of Burkina Faso and Cote D’Ivoire. Her music is a potent fusion of West African folk songs and stadium Afro-pop, informed by her personal interpretation of traditional West African mythology and storytelling. Despite grow...
Global Sport Conversations - Changing Mediums: Sports, media and diplomacy in 2018
November 07, 2018 15:45 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBHere is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. We interviewed Keir Radnedge, who has been covering football worldwide for more than 50 years, writing 36 books, from tournament guides to comprehensive encyclopedias, aimed at all ages. His journalism career has included reporting at 14 World Cups as well as many Olympic Games and European Championships. Radnedge speaks to SOAS academic Dr J Simon Rofe about: his own experiences of technology change in global sports m...
Women Founders of the UN with Dr Rebecca Adami and Fatima Sator
November 04, 2018 15:42 - 23 minutes - 53 MBIn her new book, Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dr. Rebecca Adami highlights the contributions made by Latin American female delegates and other prominent non-Western female representatives who took part in the drafting of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Intrigued by the history of gender equality in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dr. Adami dedicated her research to uncover the hidden figures who pushed for more inclu...
CISD Presents: New Beings and Women's Empowerment Group in discussion with Baroness Valerie Amos
November 01, 2018 23:41 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MB"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 things to deal with it. But if we are not even prepared to admit that its there, we are not going to make any progress." Valerie Amos (2017) Director of SOAS since September 2015, Baroness Valerie Amos has already become a formidable presence on the campus. As the first black woman to be the Director of any UK university, what better person to...