Welcome to FOREVER LEEDS, the new podcast for everyone who’s ever studied at the University of Leeds – or is thinking of applying to Britain’s most exciting university. On this debut edition we find out how Leeds is helping the W.H.O. to fight the next pandemic. We discover how BBC, Observer and Telegraph journalist Kamal Ahmed’s life was changed by his time studying politics at Leeds. We learn how a Leeds geographer mapped undiscovered Antarctica. And we meet the next generation of Leeds graduates.

FOREVER LEEDS is out monthly from the University of Leeds Alumni and Development team. Tell is what you think by tweeting @LeedsAlumni and find out more at alumni.leeds.ac.uk/foreverleeds.

* Presented by Rich Williams and Alba Goskova. Music composed and produced by Japjisingh Valecha. John Rothera package by Tom Davy (audio courtesy of the British Antarctic Survey Archives, with special thanks to Chris Eldon Lee and Kevin Roberts at the British Antarctic Survey). Audio production by Alex Rees. Produced by Andrew Harrison with Mark Dorey. Forever Leeds is a Podmasters Production.