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The latest podcast of the Big Picture is available here: http://urn1350.net/podcast/28

In this edition of the Big Picture, first broadcast on the 20th November, Zoe puts the questions to a panel of Nottingham students on John Major's comments about elitism in government and the decline of the grammar school; the EU's budget, the first in its history to involve a cut in real terms; and Lily Allen's controversy-courting new music video, with its critique of the music industry.

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The next Big Picture will be on the 27th November at 6pm

The latest podcast of the Big Picture is available here: http://urn1350.net/node/5667

In this instalment, Kieron and Luc share the chair to put questions to the panel on: Nottingham City Council's policy of refusing planning permission for all Homes in Multiple Occupancy outright; Labour's recent attack on payday lenders; and the impact of the recent US federal shutdown on the politics and economy of the nation and the world.

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The next Big Picture will be on Wednesday 30th October at 6pm.

On this week's Big Picture, Matt is in the chair, putting questions to a panel on the summer's party political conferences, particularly those of the Conservative and Labour Parties. They also discuss the SU Shop's decision to ban lads' magazines such as Nuts and Zoo, in the light of various UK SUs' decisions to ban the controversial Robin Thicke song, 'Blurred Lines', from all Union premises (currently the UoNSU is being lobbied to follow suit, but has not reached a decision at time of the show).

You can listen to our podcast of this week's show here: http://urn1350.net/node/5601

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The next Big Picture will be on the 16th October.

The podcast of our first show of the 2013/14 academic year is now live! Check it out here: http://urn1350.net/node/5590

Seb chairs a show with debates on the slight rise in Ucas admissions, the proposed UN-led disarmament in Syria, and the thorny political issue of immigration in British politics.

Check it out, comment below, and listen in live next week at urn1350.net!

The next Big Picture will be on Wednesday 9th October at 7pm.

Our first debate tonight focussed on the benefit changes that had come into effect over the Easter break - including the bedroom tax, the universal credit and the capping of housing benefit.

Our second debate was on our dear friend North Korea, their recent posturing and whether they represented a credible threat to the west, China or nobody at all.

And our final debate centred around the proposal that pornography should be used in sex education to give children better, more realistic body images and prepare them for the 'hyper-sexualised' culture we live in.

Thanks very much for listening, we hope you'll join us next thursday at 6pm!