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Ben Sharp and Archie Hodgson host the first ever virtual Sportsfeed as sport starts to get underway again in the UK after the coronavirus pandemic saw the suspension of sport on a near global level for some 3 months. Covering football, boxing, American football, golf, horse racing and much more, Ben interviews Patrick, an amateur boxer looking to go pro and Sam Bird, Club Captain of the Durham Sai...

Archie Hodgson returns on Yellow. to speak to former international rugby union star Mike Blair. Mike studied at Durham University before being capped 85 times for Scotland's international team, the most ever for a scrum-half. He was also the first ever Scotsman to be shortlisted for World Rugby Player of the Year- no mean feat. His self-deprecating, honest and detailed behind-the-scenes discussion...

Ben and Jack are back to discuss everything from UFC 250, including numerous awesome Bantamweight fights and a dominant main event performance from Amanda Nunes. They also preview a subdued card this weekend and look forward to the arrival of fight island next month. All this and more on the latest episode of the Knockout Podcast.

Gabriel Radus talks to Alistair Bruce-Ball, football, golf and cricket commentator for BBC 5 Live, currently presenter of BBC 5Live's flagship football show, 606. Together, they look back at ABB (as he is affectionately known on the Beeb)'s most memorable commentating moments, the people that inspired him and what it's like to work alongside the enigmatic former footballer Chris Sutton. Alistair i...

Accounts of students of colour at Durham University, read out by Mirabelle Otuoze , a first-year student. Read many of those read out and more in Mirabelle’s Tab article.

Exams are over and so all attention moves back over to UFC. This episode Ben and Jack talked through the flights of last weekend and the rise of Gilbert Burns in the welterweight division. They also look forward to UFC 250 this weekend featuring Amanda Nunes at featherweight and a host of interesting bantamweight matchups.

Mary Foy, MP for the City of Durham, talks to Joshua Nichol about students, her priorities for a post-COVID Durham and weighs in on the political scandal of Dominic Cummings lockdown comings and goings.

In this spectacular episode, our heroes watch one of the most amazing movies (according to Simon), debate over the strongest superpower, and once again talk about monkeys far too much.

Cheese thieves, pocket conspiracies, and exam woes - it's all here in this looney episode of The Simon And Alex Show!

Bored out of their minds, Simon and Alex find ways to keep occupied through the quarantine exam season, whilst complaining about the Rom-Com (500) Days of Summer.

Gabriel Radus chats to singer Jorday about his new hit singles Closer II and Do Dat, his collaboration work, what’s coming out in the coming weeks and much more!

Max Kendix is joined by a host of guests as he takes a look at the past week of news. Jack Pearce , co-chair of the Durham University Labour Club , and Lilith Foster-Collins , co-founder of Decommercialize Durham , come on the show to talk about the latest developments with Durham teaching and the Durham student experience, before Joshua Nichol and Emily Gordon , Labour Party activist and Durham U...

In this episode Elle Woods-Marshall interviews Giles Paley-Phillips, award winning children’s book writer, musician, podcaster and prolific tweeter (seriously follow him on twitter). In this interview he talks about his new book One Hundred and Fifty-two Days, discusses how he started writing and  shares his favourite books and podcasts.

Ben and Jack give you the rundown on last week's fun card in Florida featuring plenty of discussion on the various controversial decisions. They also look forward to the fights coming up in a week's time and news of a super fight between Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou.

Simon and Alex make a return to Blade Runner, where Alex actually watches the movie this time around! Alex demonstrates the dangers of what a dystopian future could bring by manipulating Simon's audio throughout the show.

Housefires, rat plagues, and an election - all featured in this episode of The Simon And Alex Show Podcast! Also, we watched John Wick.

The future of sport: should we be optimistic? Presenter Gabby Logan talks to Luca Pittalis about recent changes made in football leagues, her favourite all-time sporting moment, and her journey from a law student at Durham.

In Yellow’s fifth episode, Gabriel Radus speaks to the humble, but brilliant JNR Williams. JNR is a singer/songwriter that has been earmarked by many in music as the UK's next music star. Already amassing millions of listens with hits like A Prayer, What a Difference , and Healer , JNR’s unique stripped back blend of soul with modern tropes is receiving global critical acclaim. Moreover, his down-...

Elle Woods-Marshall talks to Ian Woods, former Sky News Senior Correspondent and BBC Correspondent, about his wonderfully diverse career that has taken him all over the world. His experiences range from covering the fall of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime in Libya, to his work on the Madeline McCann case and his extensive work delving into the case of Richard Glossip on death row in Oklahoma. As well as...

In the first episode of The Simon And Alex Show Podcast, we talk about Moana, discuss life in quarantine, and make monkey noises for a bit. What can we say, except "You're Welcome!"

Do you think all you need to play semi-professional football is a hoarse voice and a dodgy knee? Think again. In this interview with Luke Power, goalkeeper Luke Christie discusses the work ethic and mental resilience needed to survive at non-league level. He also speaks about entry routes, brutal managers, scouting, tactics, and some slightly uncomfortable methods of team bonding.

Ben and Jack make are back again to chat through all the weekly happenings in the UFC. The unique mid-weed UFC fight card threw up many moments to talk about - Anthony Smith's late stoppage being one of great controversy. The boys also look forward to this weekend's card featuring the emotional return of Walt Harris and some intriguing matchups at Featherweight. Tune in for all this...

Gabriel Radus talks to BBC 5 Live Presenter, publicist, author and columnist Dotun Adebayo MBE about his career, from acting alongside Tennessee Williams to presenting the coverage of the Manchester Arena bombings as it happened. Note: There is language contained within the podcast that some people might find upsetting. Recorded April 15th, 2020.

It's been a long time coming but Ben and Jack are finally back to talk about our much-beloved UFC. We cover all the fallout from an action-packed UFC 249 card before looking forward to a mid-week card with a couple of intriguing matchups. There's no other live sport on so you may as well listen to this!

Flow is a new podcast in which Elle Woods-Marshall interviews lots of different creative people during the lockdown, from musicians and spoken word artists to journalists and writers. This episode features interviews with two internet artists from across the world: Mellow Fellow in Manila, the Philippines and Molokai in the US. Both musicians chat about how they got into making music, how the inte...