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Karen Harvey MBE, the founder and director of the photography organisation Shutter Hub, is Aaron Syposz's guest on this edition. Shutter Hub runs exhibitions and publishes photo books with a range of themes, and has a focus on giving a platform to new talent. Karen and Aaron discuss the organisation's goals, what advice she would give to budding photographers, and the Shutter Hub Open 2026, which you can visit in the Alison Richard Building on Sidgwick Site until April 2nd. Karen will be giving a creators' talk and tour of the exhibition at 2pm on March 26th. This interview was first aired on Cam FM Thursday Afternoons, 12th March 2026.

The second episode in Cam FM's documentary series over Easter Term 2025 about a range of sustainability topics from a local perspective – hear episodes first on News Brunch, Sundays at 11. In this episode, Gerry Schmit finds out about the debate over diet in Cambridge colleges, and in particular the question of eating meat.

The first episode in Cam FM's documentary series over Easter Term 2025 about a range of sustainability topics from a local perspective – hear episodes first on News Brunch, Sundays at 11. In this episode, Gerry Schmit explores Cambridge City Council's official move away from chemical-based weed management in the city, which took place last month. He speaks to a group who working with the council in its project to abandon herbicides, and takes a look at what it takes to liven up the lawn of a Cambridge college. Thanks to Julia & Ben from pesticidefreecambridge.org and Aramish Fatima, PhD zoology student and Christ's College's MCR Green Officer, for their contributions in this episode.

In February, Cam FM's Aaron Syposz spoke to Archie Henderson, the man behind the Jazz Emu, a vain, lycra-covered musician famous for his europop-infused hits about everything from the etymology of the word "pineapple" to pretending to be asleep to get out of paying for things (maybe don't try that one at home). Archie is an ex-Cambridge Footlight, so knows the city well. He was particularly stoked to be performing at the Cambridge Junction, which he describes as "a step up from the ADC"! In this interview, Aaron and Archie talk about Jazz's new show, Knight Fever, AI in comedy, Cambridge life and much more besides. This interview was first broadcast on February 23rd 2025 on Cam FM News Brunch.

Cam FM is supporting Clarissa's Campaign for Cambridge Hearts for its Lent Bumps coverage this year, so here's another chance to hear Anouk Waller-Sargent's chat with the campaign president, Esther Magedera. Clarissa's Campaign fundraises to give free heart screenings to students, and has become particularly well-known in the Cambridge sport community, of which the campaign's namesake, Clarissa Nicholls, was an active part. Clarissa sadly died in Paris on her MML Year Abroad due to an undiagnosed heart condition, and the campaign, started by her university friends Izzy and Jess, aims to ensure that conditions such as Clarissa's do not go undiagnosed. With the charity's founders having graduated and the campaign having provided heart screenings this term at the University Sports Centre, Anouk chats with Esther about where the campaign is going now - it's safe to say they're not slowing down any time soon, with new screening dates, commercial partnerships and events on the horizon. In a wide-ranging conversation, Anouk and Esther go in-depth into the ins and outs of the campaign, asking what the heart screening process is like, how the campaign works logistically and what "success" will look like. If you want to contribute to Cam FM's fundraising efforts for the campaign over the Lent Bumps period, head on over to camfm.co.uk/donate - we and the campaign will be super grateful! This interview first aired on Cam FM News Brunch in November 2024.

A few days before the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Aaron Syposz spoke to Anna Chop from the Ukrainian community group here in Cambridge, Cambridge4Ukraine. After a whirlwind week which saw Donald Trump brand - without evidence - Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" and begin peace negotiations with Russia without giving Ukraine or any European country a seat at the table, how is the Ukrainian community coping? How will they mark the anniversary of Russia's invasion on February 24th? And what should we do in our own lives as all this geopolitics swirls around us here in Cambridge? This interview first aired on Cam FM News Brunch on February 23rd, 2025.

In this episode, Daisy Cox sits down with dream-pop and rock musician and author Saint Leonard, to discuss all manner of topics; from his time recording in the house of Stanley Kubrick, to his upcoming book and album, as well as the details of his creative process. Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. This interview was first recorded and aired on Daisy's Magical Mystery Mix in February 2025.

In this interview, Daisy Cox sits down with writer and comedian Michael Akadiri to chat about all things comedy; from his then-up-coming tour Trust Me, I'm A Daddy, to the various other creative projects that Michael is involved in. It is a fun, vibrant conversation with one of the UK's newest and brightest comedic talents. Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. This interview was first recorded and aired on Cam FM in November 2024.

In this edition of Cam FM Trending, Aaron sits down with Andrii Smystniuk, chair of the community group Cambridge4Ukraine, for an interview first broadcast on Cam FM News Brunch earlier this month. Aaron spoke with Andrii following his organisation's commemoration of the Holodomor for Holodomor Memorial Day. The Holodomor was a famine which spread across Ukraine in 1932 and 1933 as a result of Stalin's policies of agricultural collectivisation. Many countries, including the UK, consider it an intentional genocide committed by the Soviet regime against the Ukrainian people.To commemorate the Holodomor, whose name translates from Ukrainian roughly as "extermination by hunger", Cambridge4Ukraine held a candlemaking workshop and screened the 2019 film Mr Jones, which tells the story of the Welsh journalist Gareth Jones. At considerable personal risk, Jones travelled to the East of Ukraine during the Holodomor, exposing the famine that was taking place there. At the time, not many believed his story, but over time, Jones' journalistic efforts have been vindicated. As well as discussing the Holodomor and Gareth Jones, Aaron and Andrii talk about the perception and awareness of Ukrainian culture in the UK since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the growing number of Cambridge students taking up the opportunity to study the Ukrainian language, and how Cambridge's Ukrainian community has changed and grown in the last two years. Cambridge4Ukraine is a community group which helps Ukrainians based in Cambridge, and runs many events celebrating Ukrainian culture that are open to all throughout the year. You can find out more at cambridge4ukraine.uk. Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. This interview was first broadcast on 1 December 2024, following Holodomor Memorial Day on 23 November.

In this set of interviews from the archives, Aaron speaks to the tour manager and the director of the 2023-24 Cambridge University European Theatre Group. Since the 1950s, the group has taken a different Shakespeare play across Western Europe each winter. Alumni of it include prestigious actors like Derek Jacobi. In two interviews, before and after the tour, we get an idea about the logistics, challenges and joys that come from trying to organise a theatre tour while juggling a Cambridge degree. Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. The two interviews featured in this episode were first recorded and broadcast on Cam FM News Brunch in November 2023 and January 2024.

Aaron Syposz chats to Andrew Nairne, director of the Kettle's Yard art gallery here in Cambridge. A new exhibition from the Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera has just started, called "Zwakazarura" (it translates into English as "revelations"). Aaron talks to Andrew about why the artist chose to have the exhibition title in her native language, Shona, the way in which the exhibition explores dreams and the subconscious, and plenty more besides. There's also time to dive behind the scenes into how galleries like Kettle's Yard go about securing exhibitions, and about the challenges that publicly funded galleries in the UK are currently facing. It's a full fat conversation from a full fat podcast! Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. This interview was first recorded and aired on Cam FM News Brunch in November 2024.

To celebrate the 43rd Cambridge Film Festival, Daisy Cox sat down with Abby Pollock, the event's submissions coordinator and shorts programmer, for an extended chat about what Abby calls "a special part of my life". Daisy and Abby chat about the festival's history, its aims and objectives, and the creative decisions that go into making each year's stellar programme of screenings. Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. This interview was first recorded and aired on Daisy's Mid-Week Movie Mumblings in October 2024.

Cam FM's Daisy Cox and Aaron Syposz sit down with the sixth most popular parliamentary candidate for Richmond and North Allerton in the 2024 UK general election. There's talk of Ceefax, the Labour Party and... the Iliad? Only highbrow conversations on Cam FM, the student radio station for Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. Cam FM Trending is the home of Cam FM's best speech content, from news, to interviews, to features. This interview was first recorded and aired on Cam FM News Brunch in September 2024.

In March 2024, Daisy Cox and Emma Lovick sat down with the Master of Jesus College, Sonita Alleyne, to mark the opening of a new Cam FM studio at the college. Sonita is a radio industry stalwart and founder of Somethin' Else productions, who produce a range of radio and podcast content for the BBC as well as commercial clients.In the interview, Sonita shares the path she took into the radio industry, why she wanted a radio studio at Jesus College and some of her favourite songs ala Desert Island Discs (but not Desert Island Discs for copyright reasons).

In this November 2022 interview from the Cam FM archive, our station manager Daisy Cox sat down with Kitty Scott-Claus and Ella Vaday of RuPaul's Drag Race fame ahead of their Christmas tour around Cambridge.It's a wide-ranging and fun chat about the pair's lives and careers - one which you shouldn't miss!

Cam FM's Aaron Syposz sits down with the comedian Phil Ellis to talk the Edinburgh Fringe, housesharing in his 40s and missing his imaginary kids. This interview was recorded in February 2024.

Cam FM's Aaron Syposz chats to the comedian Phil Wang about his new tour 'Wang in there baby', his time at Cambridge University and whether he gets nervous when he takes to the stage. This interview was recorded in September 2023.