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Josh and Russell: 'Commemorating Gordon Brown?'
URY's award winning, record breaking, Hilary Benn bothering radio review brings you the best of politics, current affairs and culture. Join in our weekly topical debate, enjoy the pre-recorded political review, shout at interviews, explore world music with our weekly 'muso', sing along to live music, pray away with our exploration of campus religions and, of course, weep at the Russell Truran Telly Blog.
Music Team Presents: Bands of the North East
Richard Wheeler explores the musical offerings of the North East including yourcodenameis:milo, Dartz!, Kubichek!, Minotaurs and the Motorettes. Featuring interviews and session clips, he'll explain the bands' histories and what exactly shaped their sounds.
Music Team Presents: Cardiacs Special
Daddsy explores the music and history of British punk-proggers Cardiacs. Expect interviews, musical highlights, influences and much more...
Where the Wild Radios Grow
Get ready for funny songs, word-less songs, foreign songs, rude songs, songs about goats, tomatoes or egg-meat. We will explore the outermost echelons of musical hysteria and bring you the choice samples. Movie soundtracks, harmonic hoovers, zero-hit wonders and guilty pleasures will abound, all suitably enhanced by random chatter. From Tom Waits to Prokofiev. Be there or be elsewhere!.
Influence Hour

Each week I'll take a new up and coming band, group or artist and explore their music and the music that inspired their sound. Expect indie, folk, motown, rock, hip-hop, jazz, funk...anything goes.


Ahoy-hoy, It's Cass and Coy

Each week we explore a different genre of music, interspersed with high quality chat.


URY:PM - Britt Happens

Join me for 2 hours of tunes, banter and general laughs. Each weekly show will explore a new alphabet letter as the theme, focusing on music, news and general gossip for which ever A-Z is The Chosen One! Featuring guests, games and guaranteed to make you smile! 


Beats Per Minute

Welcome to the world of Drum & Bass. Come and explore as we showcase some of the best tunes, anthems, rollers and classics of the Drum & Bass world.


The History Programme with Jack Staples-Butler

The History Programme explores a new historical topic each week with insightful analysis by presenter Jack Staples-Butler, a URY News veteran and history enthusiast. Visiting a new place on the timeline of human history every episode, the programme will feature investigation and explanation of diverse epochs, movements and personalities. From the late Roman Republic and the assassination of Julius Caesar, to Henry VIII and the Reformation, to the Second World War and the Swinging Sixties, The History Programme takes listeners to the heart of enthralling and divisive historical arguments and debates with the perspectives of experts and eminent scholars living and dead. History is the constant dialogue of past and present - come and join the discussion. 


Diggin' Deep

A unique space to explore the underground side of electronic music, from disco and funk to dark and dub techno. The show is presented by Pol Piella, resident dj at On&On and Amnesia Ibiza and with a good knowledge from the underground scene. 


Spectrum

Expect a slightly different theme each week, delve deep in to Polish house and explore Norwegian disco all from the comfort of your bed. The perfect bed time soundtrack.


Cream Cheese

Cream Cheese - crème de la crème of cheesy music! Kaja and Chris explore wild genre of cheesy music. Join them during this upbeat extravaganza while they judge hits based on the dance-inducing capabilities.


Chef Will's Food Frenzy

Chef Will hosts URY's only food based quiz show.  Each week Neave is pitted against a new guest to explore a new food topic through a series of games and challenges.  


Time War

Now in its 4th season, Time War pits newer popular music against some timeless classics, with a new theme each week to explore.


Conspiracy Corner

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is an area which we call the Conspiracy Corner.

Join us on our journey as we explore a different conspiracy theory every week. We'll also have guests, games, themed music and the chance for you to call in and give us your two pence.  


Grime Time

Do you like Grime? Well listen up! wether you're a seasoned veteren or completely new to the realms of 140bpm there will be something for you. From early Eski Beat, to the latest itterations of this underground movement, we're going to span the past 2 decades experiencing this fairly unexplored genre.


Behind The Tunes

Join Josie and Charlotte for a weekly show that delves into the world of music. Exploring the stories behind the tunes! 

Each week will be a different genre, theme or decade allowing us to explore the world of music in depth and discover new truths!


Pi in the Sky

It's Pi day 2019! The day is 3/14 (if you are one of those people who write dates that way)

Join JK and some special guests as he explores maths, calculates Pi by hand and plays some appropriate music.

If you want to join in the fun, then fill out this form and we'll use your answers to calculate pi! https://goo.gl/forms/qgPFJf7uHOqBd8Wb2


Stuff and Nonsense

Join us, as we explore some of the most madcap music out there, from nonsense lyrics, to crazy jazz solos, instrumental music and more. There's something here for everyone.


Immigration

Join Piotrek Przyborowski for the whole hour of international music. From Portuguese fado through African vibes to Polish progressive rock. Explore music, explore the World.


Chatageddon

A friendly talk show about basically whatever is on my mind. Will feature a rotating cast of guest presenters and one-off interviewees from the world of "student politics". Likely topics are;

I'm not entirely sure as to what it would be fully, but I will plan every episode extensively. I wouldn't want it to be anymore than an hour. It migth be crap, but I would quite like to try something new. Possible music genres include;

Whatever takes the fancy really. I know this is a really wooly pitch, but would just like an outlet to explore a 

I'm also really unsure on the title, so any suggestion would be welcome.


URY News Special: Black Lives Matter

Join us as we explore the events of the past week, the movement that has been created, and discuss what this means for our community on campus.


Alumni Shows: Anything but the 80s

 Alumni Shows: Anything but the 80s. As a change from his regular Sunday evening 80s shows, David Hemingway explores music from other decades. most of which has probably never been played on URY before. The first hour is an eclectic mix of weird, sometimes baffling, but always engaging music; in the second hour, we settle down a specially curated late-night mix of laid-back sounds.


U-Turn of the Century

U-Turn of the Century is a show all about celebrating the music and pop-culture of those times before the milenium. with a timescale of January 1st 1960 to December 31st 1999.

Each episode explores a decade with a selection of songs from a selected musical genre, movie recomendation, album highlight and an amusing news story


Culture Vultures

Ever wondered how art inspired Bowie? Or what gave rise to Freddie Mercury’s most iconic looks? 

Join us as we explore the intersections and connections between art, music, history, literature and fashion together. From 20s French Jazz to 60s New York, we’ll chat your ear off about all things culture! Enjoy the dulcet tones of two Culture Vultures right here on URY.