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The new SU sabbatical officers/Co-presidents for 2018-19 introduce themselves: Hau-Yu (Democracy & Education), Youssra (Equality & Liberation), Soph (Activities & Events) and Jess (Welfare & Campaigns).

This is the first of two companion podcasts. In this episode, we interviewed Wonde Nevens, a current SOAS student who has recently completed the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy module – Sport and Diplomacy: ‘More than just a Game;’ alongside Gavin Price SOAS alumni and now Associate Tutor for MA Global Diplomacy programme and trade specialist in the UK Government. Wonde and Gavin speak to SOAS Teaching Fellow Verity Postlethwaite about their thoughts and experiences on sport in Ethopia, USA and Australia, in particular, the impact of current geopolitical climates on the complex issues that intersect with sport.

More information on Wonde and Gavin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wonde-nevens-23549097

https://twitter.com/GavinMPrice

https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff121848.php

​For information on SOAS sport and governance:

www.soas.ac.uk/sport-diplomacy-and-governance/

For information on the next event at SOAS around the 2019 Japan Rugby World Cup:

https://www.soas.ac.uk/jrc/events/jrc-sport-symposia-series/20sep2018-countdown-to-kickoff-japans-rugby-history-one-year-out-from-the-2019-rugby-world-cup.html

Rachel Beckles Willson, ethnomusicologist, writer and musician was a guest at SOAS Radio, to present a new album she recorded "Today is Good!" by young asylum-seekers recently arrived on the coast of Europe. In the run up to the Arts Against Slavery Launch Event on June 30th, Miia Laine had a conversation with Rachel about her work in Sicily, the process that took Rachel from providing music workshops in reception centres in Sicily to recording the album and launching a new charity.

Album Launch "Crossings", 30th June, London: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crossings-tickets-46521561242

Arts Against Slavery: https://artsagainstslavery.org

Wonde Gavin Edit by SOASRadio

This is the fourth episode of the SOAS’ Environmental Movement’s podcast. Clare joins Hannah in the SOAS Radio studio to discuss why she is currently 14 days into a hunger strike – which is primarily because of proposals to build a new runway at Heathrow airport, and the impact this will have on carbon emissions. They discuss the climate crisis, aviation, Heathrow expansion plans, the impending Parliamentary vote & how you can get involved. Listen to find out more!

Relevant groups:

https://www.facebook.com/votenoheathro/

https://www.facebook.com/RisingUpUK/

Tribe of Doris is an annual summer school of music, dance and ceremony taking place in August each year at Standford Hall in Leicestershire. This is a collection of soundscapes from the workshops, performances, showcases, special moments at this unique festival. Whilst you journey through the summer school’s workshops featuring Afro-Colombian song, performances of Jamaican percussion, to moments around the communal campfires, you’ll hear the joy of learning, the rich diversity on offer, the inter-generational exchanges, and respectful celebrations of world cultures.

For more information go to: http://www.tribeofdoris.co.uk/

Image credit: Anita Hummel

Joined in the SOAS Radio studio by Nisha, Halimo & Dimitri ~

1:33 Question: Why Boycott the NSS?

10:12 Question: Complaints & people going through disciplinary procedures as a result of the hard picket

13:56 Question: The women's wudhu facility is very poor and lacking compared to the men's. Can this be resolved?

15:00 Constitutional reform

16:30 S.U. survey - fill it out here for a chance to win 5x £50: https://soasunion.org/news/article/6013/All-Student-Survey-out-now/

18:30 #SavetheGreen

20:22 What's coming up

20:58 Summer of SOUL 6th June - buy your tickets here: https://soasunion.org/ents/event/1085/

22:25 UoL workers strike 6th June

24:00 Submit photos from this year to [email protected]! They will projected on the wall at the End of Term party ~

24:39 Second hand bike sale June 5th!!

25:32 Environmenstrual workshop June 12th

25:56 Decolonising Sexuality conference June 9th-10th

26:18 Commemorating the anniversary of the SOAS cleaner deportation June 12th

27:40 Grenfell one year on - silent march June 14th

Intro/ outro song: The Philosopher by Ezra Collective

Do you want to submit a question to be answered during our next episode? Please submit them here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedS4pzjIIhslF6W24l88SLES3JA8fyd6MVawILX096ytFxGA/viewform

Here is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. We interviewed Simon Kuper, a Financial Times columnist and author, who has been at the forefront of journalistic commentary of current affairs with a specialist focus on global football and football tournaments for over three decades. ​Kuper speaks to SOAS academic Dr J Simon Rofe about: his own work, his preparations for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup and some general reflections on the dynamic of sport, diplomacy and football.

More information on Simon Kuper:

https://www.ft.com/life-arts/simon-kuper

https://twitter.com/KuperSimon

​Kupers latest text Soccernomics (2018 World Cup Edition) https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/simon-kuper/soccernomics-2018-world-cup-edition/9781568587516/

For information on SOAS sport diplomacy and football:

https://www.soas.ac.uk/sport-diplomacy-and-governance/

In this episode of The Impostors, we take down the topic of procrastination, our struggle with it, but also how we manage to get everything done, and even spare some time to work on other interesting projects, asking ourselves, can procrastination ever be useful?

About the guests:

Jonathan Galton is a PhD student based at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff115658.php

When not writing his thesis or out on a long walk, he composes music and plays the piano: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-galton

Kirstie Kwarteng is pursuing her PhD at the Department of Development Studies at SOAS: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff127273.php

Between the occasional Netflix break, since 2014 she also dedicates her time to running The Nana Project: https://www.thenanaproject.org/

An omnipresent topic in culture yet often a taboo in conversation, six Londoners reflect on their different stages of broken hearts. A sound collage put together from four interviews conducted over winter 2017/18.

Produced by Miia Laine

Artwork by Lena Laine