On this episode we are speaking to Tais Koshino and Amelie Maia, co-founders of the DiverseNFTArt initiative which aims to provide a community for Women, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ NFT artists. Tais Koshino is a digital artist from Brazil whose work is featured on Hic et Nunc. Amelie Maia is an artist and senior creative developer currently based in Toronto, Canada. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Editor: Eliza Bacon Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna...
Aug 18, 2021•48 min
A mix of future beats, bass and London sounds.
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Panjab In My Eye Episode 14, giving exposure to various Panjabi sound aesthetics. Featuring artists such as Panjabi MC, LL Cool Singh and Ishu Dhillon. Panj Dareyavaan Da Bass - Bass of the 5 rivers @msb._____
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 31 min
There is before August 4th 2020 and after August 4th in the history of Lebanon. But there is also music and sound. What is the music scene like in Beirut? What artists and venues are there? And how has history been scored into the sound of a city exploded due to corruption and negligence? Beirut and Beyond’s director Amani Semaan joins DanDana’s Christina Hazboun in an intimate, deep and honest conversation about the music scene in Beirut and the latest Beirut 20/21 compilation. With an experien...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Panj Daryavaan Da Bass - Bass of the 5 Rivers @msb._____
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 22 min
This podcast series will explore various potential channels of AMR spread in Sri Lanka with the focus on wildlife, socio-economic drivers and culture, based on the findings from our latest research projects.
Jul 12, 2021•12 min
This week, we are speaking to Bhavjit Singh, the founder of the Twitter account @Tractor2twitr. The account was set up to support the Indian Farmers’ Protests and counter the narrative being promoted by the mainstream media and the IT cells of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by President Narendra Modi. It currently has over 50,000 followers and is run by several hundred volunteers across the globe. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin S...
Jul 07, 2021•41 min
This week we are joined by Dr. Matti Pohjonen to speak about Extreme Speech & Content Moderation Online. For the past 10 years, Matti has developed critical-comparative research approaches for understanding digital cultures globally. This has included work on international news and blogging in India, mobile technology in East Africa, and exploring new methods in “big data” analysis and artificial intelligence for digital media research. Matti has taught at SOAS in Global Media & Post Nat...
Jun 24, 2021•39 min
In this follow-up to the Standing in the Sun episode, Paolo invites you to listen to a few more songs evoking the feeling of a sunny afternoon. The name of the episode is inspired by the wonderful song Onda (which means wave in Portuguese) of the amazing Brazilian musician Cassiano. Verão means summer in Portuguese, and so the title is "summer wave". In addition to referencing one of Brazil's greats in its title, this episode focuses mostly on the country's funk and soul scene from the 70s onwar...
Jun 21, 2021•44 min
Dr Dafydd Fell is a Reader in Comparative Politics in our Department of Politics and International Studies, as well as Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies. A link to his new book, Taiwan's Green Parties, can be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780367650315 He is interviewed by Leon Kunz, a PhD candidate in our Department of Politics and International Studies. Staff profiles: Dafydd Fell: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. In this episode, the young people of Bollo Brook discuss their experience of the lockdowns over the past year. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: anchor.fm/soasapss
Jun 15, 2021•31 min
This week we are joined by Thaysa Costa do Nascimento to speak about Social Transgressions & the Digital Influencer Trajectory in Brazil. Thaysa is a Doctoral student in Business Administration at COPPEAD Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her phD research focuses on influencers and branding within the theme of consumer behavior focused on culture and consumption. She also works as a researcher at COPPEAD Center for Consumer Studies at the Federal Univer...
Jun 09, 2021•31 min
This week we are speaking to Dr. Admire Mare on Social Media & the Changing Election Landscape in Zimbabwe. Dr. Mare is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Humanities. His research interests include analyzing the complex intersection between technology and society, people-centred social policies in the global South, digit...
May 26, 2021•32 min
This week, we are speaking to Craig Ryder, a PhD researcher at SOAS, University of London on Truth, Information & Synthetic Realities in Sri Lanka. Craig is a digital anthropologist concerned with disinformation, social media and the nascent technology of synthetic media. Building on his journalism experience in Sri Lanka, Craig’s PhD research looks to not only understand the impact of fake news on democracy but how communities are mitigating its effect. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera ...
May 12, 2021•21 min
In this episode, SOAS' Amina Yaqin, reader in postcolonial literature, and Naomi Foyle, author of the Gaia Chronicles, discuss working together to facilitate decolonised representations of Muslims, particularly women, in Western fiction and culture. They are interviewed by Professor Alison Scott Baumann. Amina: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff32041.php Naomi: https://www.naomifoyle.com/about/ Alison: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff105767.php
Apr 30, 2021•46 min
Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby and Beth Worku-Dix reflect on their Deepening Democracy Project, which has focused particularly on politically fragile countries through the creation of the Global Research Network on Parliaments and People. Undertaken in collaboration with the Forum for Social Studies (Addis) and Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (Yangon), the research has been supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund through the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The discussion will ...
Apr 20, 2021•52 min
Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. In this episode, the young people of Bollo Brook discuss the climate emergency, protest movements and equality in the future. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: http...
Apr 13, 2021•30 min
In this episode we were fortunate to have Catherine Hezser, professor of Jewish Studies at SOAS, lead an episode discussing Jews and Coronavirus. She will be talking to Dr. Daniel Staetsky, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Dr. Keith Kahn Harris, Senior Lecturer and course team leader at Leo Baeck College, and Dr Michael Marks, Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and tropical medicine. We will also be joined by Mr Eli Spitzer, headmaster at the T...
Mar 30, 2021•47 min
In this very special Behind the Scenes episode of 'That's the Spirit', Maliha Shoaib, Abdul Basit and Louisa Johnson talk all about the value of student journalism, and how we structure the Spirit. If you are an aspiring journalist looking for tips and advice on how to break into the industry, or perhaps an external student wondering how to set up your own uni publication - this is the episode for you! We also interview various team members about what it is like to work on the mechanics of a pub...
Mar 30, 2021•35 min
In the latest episode of ‘That’s the Spirit’, the Spirit editorial team of 20/21 sit down to talk through Issue 16. Our final issue of the academic year, this one is our biggest and best yet! In this episode, Maliha Shoaib, Abdul Basit and Louisa Johnson interview National News Editor, Josh Mock, and Culture Editor, Lizzy Edwards, about the many articles in their sections. Maliha, Basit and Louisa also discuss the WTFees campaign at SOAS; squash the rumours about a UCL takeover; share their dism...
Mar 22, 2021•35 min
The SOAS Radio Research Forum is a vehicle for us to promote SOAS research projects. Through quality audio content with the expertise of SOAS Radio, the podcast will facilitate discussions around our academics' collaborative research, including partners and other stakeholders, and impact. For more information about Rahul: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff50829.php For more information about Sian: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31080.php
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min
A selection of songs to bridge the last cold and grey weeks before the beginning of spring and hopefully find their way into your sunny days playlists.
Mar 05, 2021•44 min
This two-part episode looks at issues of Islamophobia on university campuses, in the media and across political institutions. I was fortunate to be able to speak to Professor Alison Scott-Baumann (SOAS) and Professor Mathew Guest (Durham University) about their Islam on Campus research. My colleague Dr Rob Faure Walker had an engaging discussion with Zeeshan Ali from MEND, and Richard McNeil-Wilson from the European University Institute in Florence. Alison and Mathew's research iCoP initiative M...
Feb 26, 2021•58 min
Back by popular demand, Panjabi In My Eye Episode 12. Giving exposure to some recent and not so recent releases, flips and mixes. Featuring artists such as Straight Bank and CheemaBeatz amongst others. Indian farmers sit steadfast at Delhi against the centre in opposition to the three farm acts passed by the Parliament of India. This episode is published on the 140th birthday of Chacha Ajit Singh (23-Feb-1881), anti-colonial steppa and uncle of Bhagat Singh, who led the 'Pagri Sambhal Jatta' mov...
Feb 23, 2021•28 min
In this interview with CISD Master's Students Itoro-Abasi and Phebeana, Andrew Hunter gives an insight into his time at Port Adelaide Australian Rules Football Club, his current responsibilities & projects at Minderoo Foundation, and graciously exposes us to the inner workings of sports diplomacy and Australian bi-lateral relations.
Feb 18, 2021•30 min
Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. This episode is about money and what it means to some of the young people of Bollo. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/soasapss
Feb 09, 2021•30 min
We're back with a new episode of That's the Spirit. In this episode, the Spirit Senior Editorial Team takes you through our favourite articles of Issue #15. We discussed an exclusive interview with SOAS' new Director, Professor Adam Habib, and recapped his future plans for the university. We went over our International news section, and shared our thoughts on the tragic death of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan following a night in police custody. We also reflected on the ten year anniversary of the Arab...
Feb 08, 2021•29 min
On top of the high mountains of Haifa, by the Mediterranean sea there lies a vibrant scene of Palestinian music, from which singer songwriter Rasha Nahas emerged. With her guitar and poetic voice, Rasha’s music talks about the personal, political, space, movement and emotions. On the eve before the release of Rasha Nahas’ debut album, DanDana host and producer Christina Hazboun delves with Rasha Nahas into the music scene in Haifa, what tunes inspired her and what magical ingredients Rasha has s...
Feb 02, 2021•56 min
This episode is a discussion with SOAS Dr Paolo Novak on the topic of Brexit and Borders, where he talks about border management, sovereignty, citizenship and trade deals. Find out more about Paolo: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31531.php "Back to Borders": https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/22391/
Jan 27, 2021•34 min
SOAS Leads the Conversation is a new podcast which aims to generate interest around SOAS' research expertise, and to provide the opportunity for SOAS academics, professional services staff, students and our wider community to come together to discuss current affairs. It is a collaborative effort between SOAS and SOAS Radio, co-produced by Fredrik Molin (Station Manager at SOAS Radio) and Katie O'Reilly Boyles (from Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange), who are also both SOAS alumni.
Jan 18, 2021•36 min
