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Lockdown and lock-in to ‘Should I stay or should I go?’. A brand new podcast brought to you by 3 British-expats who offer you their light-hearted take on the global pandemic and Europe’s current quarantine in the face of Coronavirus. We discuss our reasons for remaining in Amsterdam and play location, location, hibernation - debating our best spots to escape to in this unprecedented time. Tune in now and make sure to sanitise your hands before hitting play !

Jonathan's Quartet graced our microphones and eardrums last week with their jazzy melodies and exotic instruments. Students of the conversatory, their musical skills are second to none, and under the leadership of fearless Jonathan, one can only wonder what the future holds for these boys.

In this course you will gain knowledge of what it takes to make an engaging podcast, as well as a theoretical framework for journalistic broadcasting.

The course will have two tutorials per week. One taught by Dr. Kate Sircly on Communication Science theory, focusing on the new medium of podcasting. The other weekly tutorial will consist of practical application in our studio, instructed by members of the UvA Radio board, whereby students will learn sound engineering, editing, and recording.

Course catalogue and sign up:

http://tiny.cc/UvARadio_Elective

In this first episode of Momo Eats the Bigly, Carlota Moreno Villar & Lennart Roos talk about homelessness. From Amsterdam to the world, through the ills of capitalism, they will delve into the magnitude of the problem and its causes, and they will discuss promising social protest grass-roots initiatives, such as the Mortgage-Affected Citizens Platform (PAH) in Spain.

Interview met Rector Magnificus Karen Maex over de coronacrisis. Mevrouw Maex geeft antwoord op vragen over de voortgang van het collegejaar, legt uit wat voor specifieke problemen de UvA op dit moment heeft, en hoe deze problemen enigszins opgelost kunnen worden.

UvA Corona Informatie:

https://www.uva.nl/actueel/coronavirus/coronavirus.html

We interviewed Karen Maex from the Executive Board of the UvA. She granted us the inside scoop on how the UvA is handling the Coronavrirus Crisis, as well as responding to your questions about how the UvA is attempting to build a student community and improve the campus cafeterias.

UvA Corona Information :

https://www.uva.nl/en/current/coronavirus.html

Pop the cork, sweetheart!

Drag queen extraordinaire Char de Nay is back and making the best of the quarantine: recording podcast after podcast and finishing various bottles of wine. This week, she dives deep into pop culture again - from the Corona-virus to Taylor Swift, from RuPaul’s Drag Race to Katy Perry. Tune in, listen and enjoy - because what else are you gonna do?

Explore the world of psychedelics with UVA RADIO and the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA)! In this new podcast series, we discover how psychedelic substances are breaking ground in science, therapy and culture. Freddy Kuno has teamed up with APRA to get insights into this growing interdisciplinary field. To kick things off, Freddy chats with APRA founder Marco Aqil about psychedelics, what they can do for science, and why researchers in this field still have a hard time.

All APRA events for the foreseeable future have been cancelled due to Corona concerns, and ICPR has been postponed to September.

Put on your mountain shoes when listening to this Uva live session presented by Mark Madu, because Dec is so smooth you can slip en break your phone. The lyrical prowess of a poet mixed with a smooth, soothing voice. Dec guides these wonderful mixtures with his acoustic guitar to bring the vibes to the people.

This week the Comedy Undergradz chat with Oisín Hanlon, an Irish comedian rolling through town on a wave of chuckles. Join the Banter Brigade (Benedetto Zurlo, Lara Ricote and Ákos Erdősi) as they dive into life in prison, Betty Boop, and the search for being understood.