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American English
That-one-from-the-book-course and that-one-from-across-the-pond are joined by that-one-with-bagpipes, bringing you the best music and news from both sides of the Atlantic.
Club Med with Jose, Luke & Lev
Your favourite mediterranean bro's and token english rose bid you fair well to URY with a weekly round up of what's hot in music, film and television.
Little Miss Dreamer
Starting off your week with Little Miss Dreamer
Marissa and Libby do American English
Marissa goes US on your ass, while Libby has tea and cake. And there's some music too.
The English Soc Hour
Members of York English Society present a varied hour of radio. Expect something different each week. Visit the Facebook group for more information.
Tuesday and Belle do American English
Tuesday goes US on your ass, while Belle has tea and cake. And there's some music too.
'The New World Order' by Ben Jeapes. Part 1: 1645
URY's national award winning team presents our most ambitious drama to date, available to hear worldwide at www.ury.org.uk, with two feature length Episodes over two consecutive weeks! ‘England, May 1645: The civil war that has torn England apart between King Charles I and Parliament is nearing its bloody conclusion — and in the English countryside, a stranger seeks his old love and finds there is a son whom he has never seen...’ You would be excused, perhaps, for thinking that this is the introduction to a thrilling historical drama. And you'd be dead right. Yet this is not the history you know, for the world has turned on to a new and deadly path. With breath-taking imagination, Ben Jeapes has wrenched the familiar flow of English history out of its course and made it into something else, something entirely other. There is a third force, an entirely alien force — the Holekhor — who have martial powers of their own, their own religious leaders who command mysterious and strange forces, and who bring with them technology that should not have been seen in England for another three hundred years... Prepare to be astounded. History will never be the same again.’ Described by the Sunday Times in 2004 as "Without doubt the best science fiction book of the year”, the national award winning drama team at University Radio York has the privilege of the first ever dramatization of this incredible novel. With an incredible cast of around 30 talented student actors and a specially composed score recorded by an ensemble fine student musicians this two part feature length drama brings you, through the power of radio, scenes to rival Hollywood epics as well as an intimate portrait of historical figures and beautifully crafted characters in a world turned on its head. NOTE: This production is only going to be broadcast once and will not be available on our on demand service.
'The New World Order' by Ben Jeapes. Part 2: 1651
niversity Radio York's national award winning team presents our most ambitious drama to date, which sees the English Civil war turned on its head when a third force enters the battle in this alternative history thriller. Six years have past since the events of Part 1 and an uneasy peace has been agreed. But with the arrival of The Dommonel and missionaries from Golekh englands peace stands on a knife edge. Based on the acclaimed novel and available to hear worldwide at www.ury.org.uk, with two feature length Episodes over two consecutive weeks!
Indie-Go Breakfast Special

Has Fresher's week made you tired? Hungover? Vomiting into your bedsheets, wondering why, oh god why, you got yourself in this dour predicament? If you answered no to any or all of these questions, you might actually be awake enough to listen to the Indie-Go Breakfast Special at 10AM this Thursday. We'll be serving up a full English of rock and indie sausage, with a squirt of Entertainment Ketchup, topped off with... er... fried egg something. I dunno, don't do metaphors.


What's That Topic?

A unique series of intimate interviews with academics at York University.


Tweedle Dum, De and Me

Show comprising 3 final year undergraduates taking a look at that inevitable question of 'what next?'... through the medium of entertainment. Alongside a special guest each week (we'll sort these- people with varying weird and wonderful things lined up for them after uni), we'll look to sift through one more potential life choice every week as we count down towards the end of university. The planned format of the show will look to include an interview with our special guest as they join us for a whole host of potential silly features including: 

- Helen and Judy's travelling tips. Being seasoned travellers of Asia, the pair will reveal another wacky story from their travelling experiences each week. 
- 'Fit it in my Fro' - special guest will look to fit a different object each week into Joe's afro. Feature will also include leaderboard based on nature of object chosen and how many they managed to fit in his hair.
- 'Joe's chimes' or a title to that effect. Comic song, recorded specially for the show every week, written by Joe on a subject messaged in to the show/something to do with the idea of 'what's next?'
- Interview with our special guest on what his/her plan is for next year and/or what they are currently doing having now graduated. Many exciting people lined up!
- 'Decipher Judy/Helen' or title to that effect- feature involving Joe/listeners attempting to guess certain scottish accented words in English or Gaelic.

Show's music will probably be around 6 songs and will be a competition between Joe, Helen and Judy (2 songs each) on who has picked the best music for that day. Potentially based around the 'what next' theme for that show! 

In a nutshell, light-hearted entertainment show looking at the serious question of 'what's next?'. Aimed then at current final years but also applicable for all years. Will also look to have jingle for the show- playing on idea of 'tweedle Dum' (Helen/Judy), tweedle De (Helen/Judy) and Me (Joe).


Pardon my French

Pardon my French is one of those "anything goes" show. Haaaaaave you met me?  No? Than come and share my love of all things vinyl and hear what a feisty frenchman sounds like on radio.


The Perdix Chronicles

All a man's life, only to say "One."' One hour will never be enough to even do justice to the incredible music coming from the four corners of the world, but I hope to give you a weekly taste of the brilliant world music open to us. If it's not in English, you bet I'll be playing it


A Beautiful Pre-Game

With English football back, we're back to our usual name. URY's best pundits preview, review and do live analysis of the best games taking place in England, Germany and Spain over the weekend.


A Good Bit of Kino

Kino, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a gum obtained from certain tropical trees by tapping, used locally as an astringent in medicine and in tanning. And the Urban Dictionary defines it as flirtatious physical contact.

But those definitions are WRONG (if one was to proclaim as such in a group of linguistic experts then one would be most embarrassed and most likely expelled from the premises for causing a ruckus). But the only definition we care about is the following:

The highest form of artistry in the motion picture world.

This is a podcast that celebrates movies, flicks, films, talkies, features and every other corner of the cinematic world. From Lynch to Welles, Mann to Kurosawa and everyone else in between. Join us, your hosts Cavan and James, as we travel through time and across continents to explore the art and wonderment of the motion picture world.

Join us every fortnight as we taste and savor A Good Bit of Kino.


Full English Breakfast with Ellie and Emma

Join Ellie and Emma (struggling English students) for a morning of books, bangers and breakfast boogies - grab a brew and start your day sunny side up!


Music in my suitcase

Come with Sabina on a music travel around the world and explore non-english language music that often doesn't get to the mainstream.


Sunday Service Breakfast Broadcast

University Radio York's flagship Sunday morning show. (for a small amount of time)

I played some quiet jazzy songs.

But I got bored of the idea when I realised that having the Sunday morning slot wasn't very impressive even if it was quite funny.

And also I was half awake.

Very nice life experience being forced to talk into a microphone in an empty room :)

I should probably listen back to these to make sure these audio clips don't cancel me but... for the most part, I trust that my that my younger self wouldn't get cancelled.

Feel free to listen back to these shows but I warn you- they're bad.


The Knights of the Turn-Table

Join the gallant knight ser Tony as he journeys on his dutiful quest through music, from the perspective of English history and literature!

(Or just tune in and listen to the english jams he chucks out. He knows it's what you're here for.)