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In this week's episode of the Continental Corner podcast, we sit down with John Goodyear, the chairman of the year abroad! 

Prof. Marcus Du Sautoy joins Benjamin Davies in this one-off episode, to discuss his new book 'Blueprints' on the connections between mathematics and art, the contemporary relevance of C. P. Snow's infamous 'Two Cultures' lecture, and the value of interdisciplinary collaboration in modern society. 

Welcome to the first full episode of Amnesty Hour! Listen to the previous intro episode for an introduction into this podcast. In this episode, UoB Amnesty Society members Manato, Gautam and Manan discuss issues and the future of youth activism and education in the UK and their home countries. 

In this episode, Brannon interviews PC Treasure about young people, education, police-community relations, and more!

In this episode, I am joined by my amazing guest, Tam! She is very prepared (far more than I am), which makes for a very informative and interesting episode! This time, my guest's niche interest is the Titanic, and Tam teaches me all about it. Make sure you follow @tellmeeverythingburnfm on Instagram!

In the pilot episode, your hosts Janhavi and Audrey talk about packing their bags and moving to Birmingham for their master's degrees. A weird move, but an honest one. Listen for big sister advice, chaos, and an unhealthy amount of laughs! We've been through it, and came out glowing. So can you. Pull up, the tea is piping hot! ☕️

In the pilot episode of the 'Danfo 2 Double Deckers Podcast', we talk about everything from music to fashion to tiny random things. Your hosts are Nabil and Tami, and we focus on adapting to diverse cultures and how moving to the UK from Nigeria has shaped our worldview. We hope you enjoy it!

In this week’s episode of the Continental Corner, we are joined by a special guest, Masie James, who completed her year abroad between Lisbon, Portugal and Santiago, Spain. Listen in for another perspective on the year abroad and Masie’s experience in both Portugal and Spain!

In this week’s episode of the continental corner, we take a look back at how we felt commencing on our year abroad and dealing with living in a new country. We delve into our first impressions of daily life and the university, challenges and setbacks and the shocks and surprises we faced throughout our year abroad.

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 @tellmeeve...

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, an...

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: wrf102@student.bham.ac.uk.here's Hajera's article on chatting with our ex-prime minister:  https://theuoblinguist.com/2024/07/1...

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.

Prose and Cons is all about contemporary English-language literary texts written by writers that were not raised in Anglophone places, whether this is in prose or poetry. This episode, Cassandra is presenting you the works of Marilyn Chin. She is a Chinese American poet, writer, activist, and feminist who—together with rhymes and violence—creates social and racial commentary within her beautiful p...

Welcome back to the Tell Me Everything podcast! This episode I’m trying something a bit different, and inviting my housemates Sophie and Matt on to discuss our 2025 ins and outs! Hope you enjoy this episode with some controversial takes and lots of laughs.

Listen to BurnFM’s interview with Rioana Media and get to know your Guild Officer candidates.

Listen to BurnFM’s interview with Randolph Fields and get to know your Guild Officer candidates.

Listen to BurnFM’s interview with Sameera Bindu Nair and get to know your Guild Officer candidates.

Listen to BurnFM’s interview with Max Williams and get to know your Guild Officer candidates.