“20 years ago it was ‘Let’s start a band’. Today, it’s ‘Let’s make a podcast’” Podcasts are one of the fastest growing and most innovative forms of entertainment on the internet today. They come in all shapes and sizes, covering all kinds of topics and hosted by all kinds of people. The biggest names in YouTube have them. BBC Radio programs use them as … Continue reading Podcasts: What’s the big deal?
On Sunday the 26th of November, Xpress Radio celebrated the success of their fundraising event. The student radio station interrupted usual broadcasting to do a 24-hour special to raise funds for new equipment, with each hour consisting of different specialist music. The ÔÇÿSpecialist TakeoverÔÇÖ started at 12pm on the 25th of November, and managed to raise over ┬ú2000. Xpress Radio has been running since 1996 … Continue reading ┬ú2000 Raised In 24 Hours!
The time has come to announce that we have an officially up-and-running podcast section! Our Head of Creative Arts, Keiran Manetta-Jones, has been working tirelessly over the previous month to set up and organise all sorts of podcasts. There will be plenty to entertain and inform you over the coming months. Stay tuned! Coming soon: Best of Xpress Y Ddadl Episode 4 – The War … Continue reading *NEW* Xpress Podcasts
It’s election week here at Cardiff Students’ Union and we’ve grilled every candidate so that you can get a better picture of who’s in the running to represent you next year. Below are podcasts which feature interviews with each candidate running for each post. You’re able to vote every day this week up until 5 PM on Friday the 24th online or by visiting a … Continue reading Cardiff Student Elections 2017
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/306301407″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] The Best of Xpress Podcast is back! *party emoji* We’ve curated the absolute best of Xpress Radio over the past fortnight and put it all together in one lovely package especially for you. On this weeks episode, James Wilkinson performs a monologue, The Xpress Science Show discuss all things love and Harry Bligh says goodbye to Michelle Obama. … Continue reading The Best of Xpress – Episode 1
“The biggest disaster in Welsh history” 50 years ago, on October 21st at 9:15 am, the mining village of Aberfan, Wales, was the epicentre of the biggest disaster in Welsh history. 4 million cubic feet of debris fell from a coal slurry pit on the mountain top demolishing everything in its path. 144 people were killed including 116 children and 28 adults. In this episode, … Continue reading THINK TANK – The Aberfan Disaster
https://stream15.mixcloud.com/c/m4a/64/b/5/4/5/3bcc-03d5-4e0f-aa8b-55f7b47c1210.m4a Live results for the 2016 Cardiff Student Elections. Continue reading Cardiff Student Election Results 2016
https://stream17.mixcloud.com/c/m4a/64/a/7/6/3/d6bb-9cfc-4c31-989f-c67ec6d9ffbd.m4a A live debate between five of the candidates running for SU President in this year’s Cardiff Student Elections. #ElectionsCSU Continue reading Cardiff Student Elections 2016: Presidential Candidates’ Debate
Here are the top shows from Xpress in the past week that you should seriously consider listening to now! The Clinic with Ella and Harry This week was Valentines Special. Ella and Adam were put up against each other joined by their significant others (Sam and Amy) in a head to head contest of ‘The Clinic’s Mr and Mrs’. Interview with Beech Coma’s Harry Bainbridge … Continue reading Xpress Weekly Picks: 19th February 2016
https://stream17.mixcloud.com/c/m4a/64/f/f/c/7/e004-1f1f-45dc-9b8b-99594d7879e6.m4a Recorded coverage of the second Candidates’ Question Time on Thursday 18th February 2016. #ElectionsCSU Continue reading Cardiff Student Elections 2016: Candidates’ Question Time 2
