Best Wadham College University Of Oxford Podcasts (2024)

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#13 Queer Ways of Knowing | with Felicity Long 12:06

6M ago12:06

12:06

What does it mean to be known and seen as queer, by others and ourselves? Felicity Long shares some insights, from rural Lancashire to the Dreaming Spires. Felicity works in the University’s Graduate Admissions and Recruitment team on access programmes to support graduate students from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups to apply to Oxford, a…

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#12 The Future of Music at Wadham | with Tom Hammond-Davies 19:43

8M ago19:43

19:43

In this episode, we talk to our new Director of Music, Tom Hammond-Davies. The Director of Music role has been newly envisioned, and Tom shares what this might mean for the future of music at Wadham. He also opens up about his own musical journey, confesses his latest listening habits, and shares how you can get involved with music in College. To l…

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#11 A Place of Passage | with Rowan Williams 13:09

12M ago13:09

13:09

This year marks the 410th anniversary since Wadham’s chapel opened. Our chaplain, Jane Baun, has been very busy this past term, marking the occasion with exhibitions, festivities, and talks. We were privileged to have former archbishop, and more importantly, Wadham alumnus, Rowan Williams give a short address at a special evensong. It was recorded …

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#10 Two SU Presidents Talk | with Simon Milner & Eemil Moisio 57:28

1y ago57:28

57:28

Wadham alumnus, Simon Milner (History & Politics, 1985; SU President, 1987) is the APAC VP of Public Policy with Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc) and joins us for our first 'Notable alumni in conversation with Wadham students' exchange of 2023. We are very honoured that he gave us his time for this insightful exchange, conducted by another…

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#9 Mental Health Interfacing with Arts and Ethnicity | with Kam Bhui 28:26

1y ago28:26

28:26

This episode introduces Professor of Psychiatry and new Wadham Senior Research Fellow, Kam Bhui! Kam has been a practising psychiatrist, he's advised the government on mental health policy, and he's active in research. We discuss taking psychiatry beyond merely medical approaches to mental health, challenges ethnic minorities face in accessing ment…

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BONUS: Is British Politics Ready for the Economic Challenges we face? | with Peter Mandelson 26:56

1y ago26:56

26:56

Peter Mandelson is former European Trade Commissioner and Secretary of State. Prior to this, he held a number of Cabinet posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was one of the architects of New Labour. Peter spoke to Wadham College on Tuesday 28 February on the topic 'Is British Politics Ready for the Economic Challenges we Face?' This talk was…

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#8 Social Justice & Desire | with Cara Addleman 30:54

1y ago30:54

30:54

What does it take for us to be free people? How should we think about our desires when those desires are formed by oppressive social structures? Cara Addleman, a third-year Wadham student studying Philosophy, Politics & Economics won the College's Cheney Prize for her essay addressing these questions. We discuss the ideas and themes of her essay, e…

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#7 Two Mortals Confront One Infinite Logic | with Alex Paseau & Owen Griffiths 28:22

1+ y ago28:22

28:22

Two brave philosophers, Alex Paseau & Owen Griffiths, scale the nature of logic. Their weapon? Reason. What awaits them is singular and infinite. How did mere mortals venture so far? Join them as they detail the journey of their new book, 'One True Logic'. Along the way, discover how advances in logic influenced a technological revolution, how logi…

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#6 From Rightmove to Writing | with Jane Griffiths 43:27

1+ y ago43:27

43:27

Jane Griffiths is Fellow in English at Wadham. She recently published her sixth poetry collection, Little Silver. One day, while browsing Rightmove, Jane discovered a clue that her childhood home was at risk of demolition. The book’s title sequence responds to what she discovered when following that clue... In this Wadcast, Jane reads a few poems f…

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#5 Academia & Entrepreneurship Combined? | with Adaku Agwunobi 20:20

1+ y ago20:20

20:20

Adaku Agwunobi shares her experience being both an academic and an entrepreneur, as well as her research in wellbeing for Black entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs more generally. The "MCR" stands for Middle Common Room and is the body of graduate students. The "SCR" stands for Senior Common Room and is the body of academic staff and other senior figu…

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#4 Sonic Therapy at Wadham's Chapel | with Jane Baun & Maggie Mae 20:16

1+ y ago20:16

20:16

Chapel webpage: https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/chapel Chapel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTfA5iYotEsIwwXrfYMFdWw Chapel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wadhamchapel Maggie Mae on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wheresmaggiemae/ Contact the chapel at chaplain@wadham.ox.ac.uk The choir recordings in this episode are recording…

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#3 C Day Lewis's Poetry, 50 Years On | with Bernard O'Donoghue & Fox White 29:50

2y ago29:50

29:50

This episode features Emeritus Fellow, Bernard O'Donoghue and undergraduate, Fox White. View the full discussion on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2 Credit to Wadham Librarian Tim Kirtley for organising initial recording. The music in this episode is 'Lost Memory' by Crowander, used under the linked Creative Commons License. Sound effects obtained from http…

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#2 Surrogacy and the Significance of Gestation | with Andrea Mulligan 36:19

2y ago36:19

36:19

Andrea Mulligan is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin and a Visiting Fellow at Wadham. The intro music is 'For the Poor' by Dan Brasco, used under the linked Creative Commons License. #oxford #surrogacy #gestation #medical #law #ethics You can provide feedback on Wadcast at https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/wadc…

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#1 Rachmaninoff Reappraised | with Philip Bullock 43:32

2y ago43:32

43:32

The guest for our debut episode is Wadham's Fellow & Tutor in Russian, Philip Bullock. Philip's new book: Rachmaninoff and His World. Bard Music Festival Congratulations to Wadham MSt student, Hannah Ledlie (Creative Writing, 2020) who won the competition to be the voice of Wadcast's intro. The intro music is 'For the Poor' by Dan Brasco, used unde…

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Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero 55:10

12+ y ago55:10

55:10

Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science, as part of LGBT month. The British mathematician Alan Turing, whose centenary falls this year, was the founder of modern computer science. He was also the chief scientific figure in the Anglo-American codebreaking effort in W…

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#13 Queer Ways of Knowing | with Felicity Long 12:06

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#12 The Future of Music at Wadham | with Tom Hammond-Davies 19:43

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#11 A Place of Passage | with Rowan Williams 13:09

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#10 Two SU Presidents Talk | with Simon Milner & Eemil Moisio 57:28

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#9 Mental Health Interfacing with Arts and Ethnicity | with Kam Bhui 28:26

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BONUS: Is British Politics Ready for the Economic Challenges we face? | with Peter Mandelson 26:56

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#8 Social Justice & Desire | with Cara Addleman 30:54

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#7 Two Mortals Confront One Infinite Logic | with Alex Paseau & Owen Griffiths 28:22

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#6 From Rightmove to Writing | with Jane Griffiths 43:27

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#5 Academia & Entrepreneurship Combined? | with Adaku Agwunobi 20:20

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#4 Sonic Therapy at Wadham's Chapel | with Jane Baun & Maggie Mae 20:16

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#3 C Day Lewis's Poetry, 50 Years On | with Bernard O'Donoghue & Fox White 29:50

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#2 Surrogacy and the Significance of Gestation | with Andrea Mulligan 36:19

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#1 Rachmaninoff Reappraised | with Philip Bullock 43:32

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Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero 55:10

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