The Time Machine

Podcast / 14 December 2025

Episode 14: Students' Union lobbying efforts and National Ding-a-Ling Day

Grater Insight
Grater Insight

In the penultimate episode of the year, Editor-in-Chief Malvika Murkumbi, News & Investigations Editor James Balloqui, and Welfare Officer and Cheese Grater Journalist Callum Gregor chat about UCL's continued refusal to acknowledge the death of prominent alumnus Dr Refaat Alareer, the recent UCL NHS debate, the Union's pledge to lobby UCL to recognise period pain as valid grounds for Extenuating Circumstances, Euphoria season 3, National Ding-a-Ling Day, Frank Sinatra, the Hunger Games, whether they'd rather get run over by a real person or AI, and more.