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Graduating: the reality
Two graduates talk about their very different experiences of what life's like now they're employed in 'the real world'. - "There was one colour that we weren't allowed to wear... but nobody knew what that colour was."
RnB and Hiphop of 2015: We Gon’ Be Alright
2015 was an undeniably good year for RnB and HipHop talent and Podium.me music journalist Frankie Wells has put together a playlist of her favourites. Listen to her lowdown here and check out the playlist on Spotify. -
Backing the blues
Jack Elsom talks about why he's a young Conservative supporter, what it's like being an under 20 pro-Tory and why he thinks more of us will be voting blue in the next election. - "We do have to accept and be tolerant of people that don't match the pre...
Man boobs?
Josh talks about his decision to share his diet with the internet and talk online about his biggest insecurity: gynaecomastia. - “The goal isn’t to be able to look in the mirror and think ‘yeah, you are one handsome devil.”
Having a sugar daddy
Listen to an insight into what it's like dating older men and what made Sonia go online to look for them. - “All I need is company and a good time with someone interesting”
I’m a stripper and I’ve got rights
"A lot of people, if I say I'm a stripper they're like, 'Oh no, let's just say that you're a dancer...' And I'm like, 'No, I'm a stripper...I like that word, I don't think it should be a dirty word'."
Doctors on strike
George Addo joined medical students at the Royal London Hospital on their protest and heard what they would like to say to Jeremy Hunt. "We are not trained in spin, we are trained in helping patients."
The UK is drowning
Amy Machaj talks about the emotions that went along with the flooding in her home town over Christmas and finds out and how students dealt with the damage to their university (got drunk) - "Basically I got more time to procrastinate"
Young, Italian and free
Last year, more young Italians moved to the UK than ever before. Our journalist Sandro Schiena interviewed a group of recent immigrants about why they made the trip to the UK and whether it lives up to their expectations. -