Better Discussions Luke Keohane

This week, I sat down to speak to Champagne On The Rocks, an acoustic music duo from Leeds whom I met at university in Manchester. I last interviewed them two years ago as part of my radio show. However, since then they have grown and added new dimensions to their music and setup. 

We spoke about all sorts of things- how the student music scene and wider music industry has been affected recently by COVID, their own goals and targets since graduating and the release of their debut single, 'Malibu'. 

My guest this week is Oscar Cloud, the lead singer of the student band- Monday Night Special. I’m gonna talk to Oscar today about what its like being part of a band at university, his love-affair with music from an early age and his advice to students who are musical on the best ways to get involved. I also have a chance to talk to a fellow Beatle fanatic...

My guest this week is Emily Hilton, a volunteer of the Christian Union. I’m talking to her today to find out more about how she became religious and her philosophy on religion. I also am going to talk to her about the activities of the Christian Union and how she finds working with lots of different groups of people. Finally, I want to try and find out why Chritianity and religion more widely is becoming less popular in modern society, especially amongst younger people

At the start of this year, I thought of a way to change up my podcast a little. I am still going to talking to students who have incredible backgrounds, stories and viewpoints. But I will also talk to grown adults their time at university and their career

I’ve been lucky enough to know my Grandpa for over 21 years now. And even though he is 72 years older than me, we have a lot in common.

I’m wanting to talk to him today to find out: What was life like for students in post-war Britain? What inspired him to become a teacher? How impactful was his work on the students whom he worked with?

Hopefully by hearing his stories, it might inspire students of today to become the next generation of educators.

In every city across the country, there is people who are forced to live on the streets. There are many causes of this and my guest this week is someone who is committed to eradicating these causes of homelessness but also eradicating homelessness itself

James Doherty, a History student from Manchester Metropolitan University, organises a student-led homeless charity split called ‘Save The Streets’. I’m wanting to speak to him today to find out more about the person behind the activist-what makes him tick and his background. But also, have a frank conversation about homelessness. Is it something that can be eradicated in our liftetime? or is it simply a by product of economic growth that is impossible to eliminate?

My guest this week is here to talk about two things. Firstly, she is someone who moved to the city of Manchester from a rural area, parts of the UK where only 20% of the total population live. I’m wanting to find out what she thinks about the contrast in environments and how she found moving to a city like Manchester

She has also made a name for herself at university as a highly skilled radio presenter- a new skill which she picked up whilst at university. At present, she presents her music/talk show on the university’s radio station-Fuse FM where she interviews some pretty big names in the underground music scene. I’m wanting to talk to her about what it was like picking up a new skill like radio and her advice to fresher’s about starting something they haven’t yet done before whilst at university.