Welcome to the intro of Amnesty Hour! This is a trial episode where the 2025-2026 committee introduce themselves and the society. The Amnesty Hour podcast is an ongoing project by the University of Birmingham Amnesty International Society in collaboration with BurnFM. Our members will be discussing current political and human rights issues, as well as student activism and how to get involved!

Welcome to Continental Corner! In this episode, we introduce your new co-hosts, Faye Thomas and George Blincko, and we discuss the initial steps and feelings leading up to our year abroad.

Time for a REBRANDDDDDD! Do you have a niche interest that no one asks you about? Do you want to learn about random things that you probably don't know about? Tune in to hear me and Erin discussing her oddly specific interest in horror video games! Many thanks to Erin for also redesigning the podcast art - follow her design instagram @erinmae.designs and follow the podcast instagram @tellmeeverythingburnfm

In this episode, I interview my old headteacher, and find out his opinion on many topics, including social media, AI, the future of jobs, and education.

Welcome to the long-awaited first episode of Calling Maintenance, hosted by Libby, Matt and Alice. In this episode, we discuss everything from tiktok chefs and a banana related trauma to a welsh language band and a string of chaotic robberies. Whilst entirely unstructured, we do hope you enioy!

Welcome back to Tell Me Everything for my last episode of this academic year! Matt joins me once again in the studio where we discuss all things music. We go through questions like what is the best genre, are bands dead, and can you really tell much about someone from their playlists? Get ready for a surprisingly structured and definitely fun episode!

In this episode, Cassandra explores the powerful impact of Mary Jean Chan’s non-Anglophone upbringing on her poetry and poetics. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chan writes from the intersection of cultures, languages, and identities—bringing Cantonese inflections and a diasporic lens into English verse. We examine how her bilingual background shapes her themes of queerness, voice, and belonging, and how her poetry navigates the tension between inherited tradition and self-invention.

Welcome back to Tell Me Everything with possibly my favourite episode yet! For the fourth episode I have brought on my friend Lauren from the university brass band to talk about the world of brass banding with me. Listen to us explain how brass banding works, all the drama involved in it, and get quite emotional over our UniBrass win!

Welcome back to the second episode of the pod! This week we will be discussing our experience of the visa process and finding accommodation on our year abroad.

As always, if there are any burning questions you would like us to discuss, feel free to send them here: [email protected]'s

Hajera's article on chatting with our ex-prime minister: https://theuoblinguist.com/2024/07/16/british-polyglots-an-endangered-species/

Ahead of their upcoming album 'The Big Sad', Morgan Cummins (BurnFM) and Izzy Tobin (RedBrick) chat with The Pale White about their new music, upcoming shows, and their style influences.