Word On The Square

University makes all sorts of demands on your time and your resources, studying, socialising, managing your day-to-day chores etc. For some people, this can lead to feelings of being overwhelmed. That was Farah’s experience for a while here at City St George’s. Farah plucked up the courage to ask for help and she explains what impact that had on her time here.  If you need help and support, pop in...

Welcome to The Place to start, a podcast series full of tips and advice about taking care of your mental health and wellbeing at university. In this episode, we talk to Tom and Elena, two members of the health and wellbeing team at City St. George University.  They explain why they do what they do and what you might expect if you reach out to them for help and support.  If you need help and suppor...

Welcome to The Place to Start, a podcast series full of tips and advice about taking care of your mental health and well-being at university. For most people their time at City St George’s will be full of new friends, new skills and new horizons, but some people hit a few bumps along the way. Fellow students share their stories and how they found solutions with the help of our well-being team.  Th...

University may be the first time you have lived away from home, and it can be a huge adjustment—especially if you are not only changing city but also country. Annavi talks frankly about the challenges of that adjustment and how the support she received from the health and wellbeing team gave her strategies to cope.  If you need help and support, pop into the student centre at City St. George Unive...

The official podcast of City St George’s, University of London's Podcasting Department. Based in the heart of London, our team of audio obsessives from around the world brings you industry insights, behind-the-scenes stories, and our own original audio creations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The City Magazine Show is a weekly variety show. Each episode is centered around a theme. This week’s theme is Comedy. We speak to comedians and City St. George’s students to discuss the craft of jokes, and the students tell a few themselves. Lucy, Melusi, and Thuy spoke to standup comedians about the art of making jokes, how laughs and mental health are related, and the ability to have a good lau...

The City Magazine Show is a weekly variety show, with each episode centered around a theme. This week’s theme is Forgotten Stories. We speak to experts and creators about stories that have been forgotten, and how to retell them. •⁠ Mokshika Sharma speaks to journalist Kavita Puri and producer Ant Adeane about their podcast "Three Million," the story of the 1943 Bengal Famine in British India - a f...

The City Magazine Show is a weekly variety show, with each episode centered around a theme. This week’s theme is Wheels.  In this episode we’re rolling through opinions, memories and emotions on all kinds of transport, and things go off in a surprising direction more than once. •⁠ ⁠Julie Beguin and Manav Pallan discuss Netflix’s Drive to Survive and the past and present state of Formula 1.•⁠ ⁠Peop...

The City Magazine Show is a weekly variety show, each episode is centered around a theme. This week’s theme is Podcasting. In this episode we tackle the podcasting industry - episodes, businesses, and more.  •⁠  ⁠Saskia Cookson discusses students’ Pod Gold experiences.•⁠  ⁠Elly Young talks about her impression of the first episode of “In Detail: The Toxic Waste Scandal”•⁠  ⁠YouTube’s One Billion P...

The City Magazine Show is a weekly variety show, with each episode centered around a theme. This week’s theme is Reviews. In this episode we tackle reviews – good and bad: •⁠  Max’ed Aadan and Hannah Grieve break down their watches of the week: A Complete Unknown and To a Land Unknown.•⁠  People answer: What is a film you think is overhyped?•⁠  Isabella Anderson speaks to BBC film critic Rhianna D...

Can podcasts survive the video onslaught? And should they? Is something lost from the intimate connection that audio creates with listeners if visual versions predominate? In Listen… and Watch? figures from across the best of British podcasting provide their angle on this ongoing debate. From Hannah Moore at the Guardian (who loves audio) to Andy Wood from Traitors Uncloaked (leaning towards video...

Podcast Gold celebrated the very the best in British podcasting. Nominees and award winners gave us insights on creativity, the production process and the shifting podcast landscape.  In this exclusive interview with our own Yaman Mohammed, acclaimed journalist and News Night host Victoria Derbyshire tells us about her podcast, And Then Came Breast Cancer.  Victoria’s podcasting journey is a perso...

Podcast Gold celebrated the very the best in British podcasting. Nominees and award winners gave us insights on creativity, the production process and the shifting podcast landscape.  In this episode, we hear advice from those at the heart of industry, including Victoria Derbyshire, Bella Neale and Jordan Dunbar. Our guests explain niche audiences, the importance of intimacy between listeners and...

On this episode of Word on the Square, Chief Communications & Brand Officer at Acast, Lizzy Pollott. She talks over the monetization of podcasting, how creators should use the format -- and how artificial intelligence may impact the world of audio production. "Podcasting as a medium is so way underserved by advertisers as compared to how effective and engaging it is -- and it's changing massiv...

Tales of City - The podcast where we hear some of the stories from the lives and experiences of the people who make City University the place that it is.  In this inaugural episode, we speak with MA Creative Writing student Aderonke Adeola who tells us all about her writing and how within it, she explores the universal issues of family and class through the lens of Nigerian culture and society. An...

Round The Square: In the time it takes to walk around Northampton Square starting from Danny's café, one of the students here at City tells us all about their podcast. In a very special edition, Charlie Brown walks with Tim Utzig from the MA Podcasting postgraduate course and hears all about his experience as a visually impaired student and what brought him to City to study podcasting. And in extr...

On this episode, our hosts Charlie Brown and Tim Utzig chat with Nathan Freeman from Granny Eats Wolf who tells us the latest from the cutting edge of soundscaping in the podcast industry. And while he is one of the great masters of his craft, Nathan emphasises the importance of collaborative team work for everything that he has achieved: "You got to work together with people you trust, that you t...

Round The Square: In the time it takes to walk around Northampton Square starting from Danny's café, one of the students here at City tells us all about their podcast. In this week's episode, Charlie Brown walks with Oli Mansfield from the MA Broadcast postgraduate course and hears all about his podcast Under One Sky. Under One Sky is a podcast which attempts to paint a picture of homelessness, as...

Round The Square: In the time it takes to walk around Northampton Square starting from Danny's café, one of the students here at City tells us all about their podcast. In this week's episode, Charlie Brown walks with Ash Flaherty from the MA Broadcast postgraduate course and hears all about her podcast Alumni Alibis. Alumni Alibis is a podcast in which we hear from notable alumni of Manchester Uni...

On the episode of Word on the Square, James Cridland, who is a radio futurologist and editor of Podnews.net. He is based in Brisbane, Australia and on a recent trip to RadioDays Europe he popped into City University to discuss the market for podcasts tight now; what’s making him positive for the future and the issues the industry is likely to face within the next year.  Follow James: Twitter: @Jam...

Bonus Content Round The Square: In the time it takes to walk around Northampton Square starting from Danny's cafe, one of the students here at City tells us all about their podcast. In this inaugural RTS episode, Charlie Brown walks with Manav Pallan, 3rd Year Journalism Undergraduate and hears all about his podcast Race Reaction.  Race Reaction is a motorsports podcast that primarily focuses on t...

On this episode, award winning journalist, producer and presenter Hannah Àjàlá-Rahman talks about the whole process of nurturing a podcast idea from its first fledgling beginning to the final round of pitching to commissioners. "An idea turns into a process and it turns into almost being in a relationship with it...so have fun with it!" she advises. Be sure to follow Hannah... @hannah_ajala Hosted...

On this episode, Matt Deegan of Podcast Discovery and Folder Media talks over how to build an audience, as well as doing the marketing to let it shine. "If you make something and you build it from scratch you are the expert -- they should look to you to be the expert on how to market it," he said on the show. Follow Matt Deegan:@mattYou can can subscribe to his weekly newsletter here: https://www....

Introducing Word On The Square, a podcast from City University of London. Episodes drop weekly. . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.