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What do asteroid mining, artificial intelligence and synthetic meat have in common? Fully automated luxury communism! In this episode Lenny and Carlota discuss FALC, Aaron Bastani’s vision of the future, and all the technological and societal changes necessary to bring it about: UBI, solar energy, information technology… in a world beyond work and scarcity.

There's nothing we love more than a good party. From an intimate dance session, to a big old dirty f*ing rave, partying has within it a political dimension and a social gravity. From safe spaces and illegal raves, the dancefloor can function in therapeutic ways for those that don't belong. No-one knows this better than creature of the night, Calliope Mettas. We invite her to share her story as a raver in the 90's and her opinions, as creative director of HisDarkElements.

In this episode Marta and Lottie made it out of the house! We are back in the studio to compose the communal poem, a combination of lyrics from every guest we’ve had the pleasure of having on the show. We reminisce over our first season and unriddle these bizarre circumstances all over a cup of tea.

4 episodes later, Benedetto, Lara, and Akos introduce themselves to you. Benedetto's new on Instagram and reveals his dumbass super secret technique to get followers. Lara started taking birth control and it makes her sad, but also kind of funny? She tells us in a (we think) New Yorker accent. Akos is from all of the worst countries. 4 of the worst to be exact. The bottle line is that they tell you about them and they read Ariana Grande like prose, which it is. Give it a listen.

This week we’ve got a man from what he describes as ‘ground zero’, Seattle , who’s currently lockdown in the Dam and here to talk with us about Corona-sports. Kerry, the other half of the Lekker Heavy collective, joins us to discuss why ‘ambushing’ his wife is superior to bringing back bear-baiting. As always keep the hands well-scrubbed and lock yourselves in, as we give you four very different takes on our ‘Corona-sports’. Get in touch and let us know what sports you’ve been doing and whether you’ve given any of our corona-sports a try.

By overthrowing social expectations and gender stereotypes, this wave of 90's ravers is influential to this day. From gender constructs, to camp aesthetics. Club Kids have redefined it all! On that respect we invited Chelseaboy, one of the most prominent Club Kids and performers Amsterdam has to offer, to share with us a part of their artistry. Expect 80's aestheticism, emotional bravery and unapologetic queerness.

The Donkcast is back due to popular demand, and for this episode we have a truly spectacular guest joining us on the show. An inspiration to thousands, a luminary in the Donk scene... LOBSTA B. We play our most beloved LOBSTA B tracks for you, the listener, and Mr B selects 3 of his favourite songs from the ever-globally-growing world of Donk, as well as 2 unreleased LOBSTA B exclusives. If you're wearing socks then prepare for them to be blown off. Support your artists & purchase Multigenre Belligerence Vol 1 from DoesitBANG ---- https://doesitbang.bandcamp.com/releases Soundcloud of our very own big boi presenter Adam Tamimi ---- https://soundcloud.com/adamtamimi

Felix sat down with the lovely people at DamMUN to discuss their upcoming online conference on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of May. It's everything you could want from an MUN, passionate debating, alliances forged, friends betrayed and note based flirtation. There's even talk of a virtual disco on Sunday night...

We have begun a collaboration with Room for Discussion and are now conducting online interviews with some of the world's leading thinkers and academics. The interviews are also livestreamed so be sure to keep an eye on our facebook events! In this first installment we discuss what it means to face 'radical uncertainty' with economist John Kay. Is covid-19 truly an 'unknowable unknown'? Are we prepared to deal with its economic impacts? In the long-run - maybe. Right now - who knows?

This week the Comedy Undergradz talk to Zoe Brownstone, a comedian from Canada based in Amsterdam who risks being deported because stand-up isn't considered art by the Dutch government. They're here to prove it is! Benedetto and Lara dissect Zoe's joke about women's pockets, give a dirty talk training, and cherry on top Diederik with the one-liner-news.

Somewhere between art and abstraction, highbrow and monobrow, George Rallis spells out the content behind our new podcast series. Philosophy, bad music puns and a whole lotta glitter. QQ will attempt to present and showcase, all the fringes of culture in their own non - normative way. Before full throttle though, he starts up the series with a nice little foreplay of getting to know one another by explaining the backdrop which the guests will be invited in and the discourse which they'll be adding to.

Is this a cross over episode? The usual suspects are joined by a rival podcast host Lottie Walker from UvA Radio's Beetroot podcast. Can she handle the heat and raise her game now she’s in the big leagues? We discuss their strangest facts about Corona, fake news and how to survive being with your family in quarantine

Wake Up is a gritty wordsmith hailing from Amsterdam that vocalises his story in English. His pen strictly demands, that thou shall not sleep on this. For this one you have to sit back and emerge, if you want to phantom the depth of lyrical knowledge. Same applies for the food for thought Wake Up spits during the conversational segments of the session.

Yeah yeah thats sick that. What is that mate? Those ephemoral notes. The euphoric bassline. This unstoppable bop rising deep from the core of my soul. I think.... it must be donk. That's right tony, it's The Donkcast, Episode 1. Felix is joined by donk scholars and all round great guys, Adam Tamimi and Roman. Presenting the finest songs from the emerging world of donk. In these troubling times, these tracks bring ecstacy where often only melancholy remains. Expect bold remixes of beloved pop songs, coupled with incisive yet humourous analysis. Only on UVA RADIO.

De quarantaine is lastig voor iedereen, opeens word je geconfronteerd met je eigen schema maken in plaats van je leven rustig volgen. Een moment om jezelf wakker te schudden dus. Zie het als The Room of spirit & time van Dragon Ball z, de wereld staat op pauze, dus jij kan je voorsprong nu nemen!

In this episode Carlota and Lenny delve into the spaces that house more than half of the world's population. The cities of the world are developing at an ever-increasing pace, enabling urban planners and policy makers to upgrade dumb cities to smart ones. But not all is well in Wellington, Singapore, and Amsterdam - will big data enable governments to infringe on the rights of city-dwellers in the future? Find out all about this, sanctuary cities, and so much more! As a bonus you get to hear some very strong opinions on small towns, in episode 3 of Momo Eats the Bigly!

Allie sits down with Claire Pace, the Vice President of People & Culture at Discogs, for a chat about all things vinyl. Discogs is the world’s largest online music database and marketplace.

This week the Comedy Undergradz talk to Ash Preston, a Mancunian traveling comedian. Benedetto Lara, and Akos talk being a working class comedian, durable look-alike jokes, and the meaning of "grafting." Check them out.

Batten down the hatches and put your scrubs on. While the situation outside may be deteriorating, episode 3 is only hotting up. Lockdown and lock-in as George, Elliot, Isis and Passion experiment with the podcast in this new age of social distancing, as Isis gets the call up after her great debut. We discuss the surprising winners and losers of this current pandemic and some strange heroes. Tune in and see if George can finally win an episode.

In this new episode Carlota Moreno Villar & Lennart Roos discuss the looming crisis and what will become of us once corona is over. Is there any hope for humankind anymore? Tune in to find out!