The UNSW Times Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Henry and Fahd recap the crucial plot points of 2020 and pick their favourite and least favourite parts of the year.
Shoutout to Adam Wan, Alvin Zhong, Ollie Kirk and Shakib for starting the page. Also shoutout to Fahd for being the 2nd best co-host and co-producer that a podcast could hope for (after Henry Zhu). Heppy new yeer.
0:00 - Henry Zhu says Too-da-loo
2:50 - 2020 Recap
14:20 - Best and Worst Music of 2020
23:08 - Best and Worst Movies of 2020
34:30 - Best and Worst Television of 2020
45:47 - Greatest Moments of 2020
Fahd
Favourite Albums - Charli XCX, The Weeknd, Yung Lean, Fiona Apple, Yves Tumor
Favourite Movies - Trial of Chicago 7, Da 5 Bloods, The Invisible Man
Favourite TV - The Last Dance, Queens Gambit, Cobra Kai (Netflix), Ted Lasso, Dark Side of the Ring, I may Destroy you
Henry
Favourite Album - Rina, Charli, RTJ4, Avalanches, IDLES, Gorillaz
Favourite Movie (top 3) - Mank, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Borat 2
Favourite TV - Mandalorian, Schitts Creek, Louis CK, The Last Dance, Midnight Gospel, Bojack, Better Call Saul
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Ugh fine whatever if climate change is gonna wipe us out then we might as well speed up the process.
0:10 - Fahd talks about his swollen penis (unprompted)
2:51 - It's all downhill from here
Music Credit: The Smith Street Band - The End of the World
In this week's episode, Henry and Fahd talk about the worst high school teachers they've had, go through the Triwizard Shorenament and ponder the meaning of life after Fahd teaches him what a Tacky Shoey is.
0:35 Quick Catch-Up
2:26 F***ed Up High School Stories
8:44 Shore Muck Up Day
17:20 Weird Kids
20:35 Existential crisis
28:32 wrap-up
This week, the writers talk about the Travis Scott burger, Mulan, and a mystery society member reporting one of our writers to UNSW because they got salty over a meme we made about their [REDACTED EVENT]
Akhil, Fahd, Henry, and Vaish breakdown the latest HECS Fee debacle and reminisce about the first times we watched some dirty, dirty R-Rated movies with our parents.
Music Credit: Ben Shapiro sings WAP (by Grandayy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWsx2iqO1ks
In the latest episode, the founding members (Adam Wan, Alvin Zhong, Ollie Kirk, and Shakib) talk to Henry Zhu about how The UNSW Times started, favorite articles, and comedic inspirations.
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We are also open to sponsors now (because some of us are unemployed and are willing to sell our souls for a bit of money to the right bidder).
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1:00 - Introduction
4:01 - How UNSW Times started
10:04 - Going viral for the first time
13:37 - Favourite Articles
18:58 - UNSW Times Then Vs. Now
20:56 - Henry's Mum yells at his sister in the background
24:35 - Comedy Inspirations
In our debut episode, the UNSW Times writers solve racism, review deodorants and learn how to write sincere apologies.