Varsity Voices Episode 4: Free speech, injunction spending and film sets

Nick and Anuk discuss Cambridge’s spending on protest lawyers, graduation anxiety, and more

The latest episode of Varsity Voices is available to streamEzra Izer for Varsity

by Anuk Weerawardana & Nick James

Friday November 21 2025, 9:02pm

This week on Varsity Voices, our fourth instalment of the series, we discuss the best new stories from Varsity’s latest print edition.

This includes an in-depth look with former Editor-in-Chief Wilf Vall into how Varsity uncovered how much the University spent on controversial protest lawyers.

We are also joined by Film and TV writer Ethan Daws to reflect on Noah Baumbach’s film Kicking and Screaming 30 years after its release, and – sticking with the film theme – we discuss how much different Cambridge colleges earn from allowing film sets on their grounds.

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New episodes will be released every other Tuesday during term-time, and will be the perfect companion to morning walks to lectures!

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