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Hosted by Faraday Gamble-Gittings, Charmain Shaharin and Sophie Middleton. We discuss the issues around culture, sizes and disabilities within the fashion industry. Trigger Warning: discussion of weight-loss and bodies

The pilot of the brand new podcast by Spark. Hosted by Jack Austwicke, Dom Aberdeen and Liam Caffry – all sports journalism students – discussing the world’s beautiful game.

Update! We won. This is our winning entry for the 2022 Student Radio Awards for Student Radio Station of the Year. We’re super proud of what the team has achieved and the amazing contribution they make every day. Follow us on social media for more, but for now this is what our winning entry for […]

Getting To Know You5 Get to know Sean, Kristiana and Adam as they share their fondest music memories and talk about why music is so important to them. To get to know the city, they went to Pop Recs, Sunderland’s greatest music hub. This podcast series has been made by students on the MA Radio, Audio and Podcasting […]

New podcast coming soon. Find more of our shows at https://www.sparksunderland.com

Getting To Know You Episode 4 Did you know that one of oldest churches in England is right next to the University Campus at St Peters? Well, Maryam and Nathaniel take you on a tour of St. Peter’s Church to discover its history and to get to know each other as they explore the church. All rights […]

Getting To Know You 3 3 Are people born as sports fans? How big of a football city is Sunderland? And how long can a smoggie last in the home end of the Stadium of Light? In this episode of Getting to Know You, students Daniel and Dom explore the city along with their love […]

Getting To Know You 3 2 Welcome to Season 3 of Getting to Know You. This episode features interviews with The Bunker’s Kenny Sanger and Independent’s Ben Richardson. They talk music, gigs, and the bond that has developed between Hope (a Punk) and Shaun (a rap producer).  Hope and Shaun visit The Bunker and Independent […]

Getting To Know You 3 1 In this first episode, Endurance and Jack take you through their historical discoveries in Sunderland whilst also getting to know each other. Produced by Jack Murphy and Endurance Idowu with music from Upbeat.io This podcast series has been made by students on the MA Radio, Audio and Podcasting course […]

Getting To Know You 2 5 Welcome to to the last episode of Season 1 where Mitch recaps on what you might have missed. This podcast series has been made by students on the MA Radio, Audio and Podcasting course at the University of Sunderland. Produced by Mitchell Stevenson. Music by Uppbeat.io – To find […]