What? Why? When?

About What? Why? When?

The 'What, Why, When' Podcast is produced by the Access Team of Jesus College at the University of Oxford and hosted by Dr Matt Williams, who is the Access Fellow at Jesus College and Tutor in Politics at Oxford. The aim of this podcast is to recreate Oxford tutorials - the primary teaching method at Oxford consisting of small group conversations around difficult problems. Whether you like thinking about complicated topics, are considering applying to highly competitive universities like Oxford or you want to know about the skills that highly competitive universities look for, this podcast is for you! This podcast was produced in the SOUTHWORKS Digital Media Lab at Jesus College Oxford, with thanks to, and in partnership with, SOUTHWORKS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Jesus College Access

Category

education · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Apr 2025

Latest episode

25 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Jun 2026

   The Past is a Foreign Country

   In this episode Dr Matt Williams speaks to Jesus students (Amber, 1st year History and Spanish), Angus (2nd year PPE). Together they discuss the opening line of the book 'The Go Between' by LP Hartley which starts, "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   29 May 2026

   When Thinking Goes Wrong

   In this episode Dr Matt Williams is joined by Jesus College, Oxford students Anabella (1st year PPE) and Ziki (1st year Music) to discuss thinking, and the ways in which thinking can and has 'gone wrong' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   29 Apr 2026

   Intelligence in Plants

   In this episode, Dr Matt Williams speaks with Oxford students Amy (1st year biology) and Bethan (2nd year Biologist) about 'Intelligence in Plants' from a science perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on What? Why? When?

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jubeda
• Yannick
• Andy
• Danny

Podcast Authority Score: 2 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

5

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0