LGBTQ+ at University with Woody Cook
Homo Sapiens
Christopher Sweeney
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Today we welcome back the one and only Woody Cook and we are talking all about going to uni as an LGBTQ+ person. Woody is here to share his words of wisdom for freshers week- from welcoming your new roommates with a tray of cocktails, to what songs to play on the aux to get everyone on the dance floor. Plus, what’s it like having Fatboy Slim drop you off at Freshers?!
Thank you to John Lewis & Partners and Intel for sponsoring the episode.
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| 0:00.0 | I've got someone very special sitting next to me. Well, sitting in front of me on Zoom. |
| 0:09.6 | It's Woody Cook. Hi, Woody Cook. Hi, guys. How are we doing? It's great to be back. |
| 0:13.6 | We're here to get wood together because this is a very special bonus university special |
| 0:21.5 | of homo sapiens sponsored by John Lewis and partners and Intel because basically putting |
| 0:29.2 | it simply, John Lewis and partners is the one stop shop for university essentials and market-leading |
| 0:35.6 | tech, right, Woody? Yep, 100% man. And they make the best Christmas adverts. |
| 0:39.6 | Uh, very true. Tech like Intel EVO laptops that are engineered and verified to give you the best |
| 0:46.6 | overall laptop experience for guaranteed reliable performance, providing zero compromise on multitasking |
| 0:52.6 | or speed, a nine hour battery life, Woody, a picture perfect high quality 4K streaming |
| 0:58.0 | Woody for that all important post lecture down time. That's my favorite time. Well, |
| 1:05.2 | that's that about you actually. And you went to university relatively recently, whereas I went in |
| 1:10.5 | the mid 1930s. I went to Bournemouth. What was it like before the war? It was just fields. |
| 1:19.3 | It was just fields and we learned things like I studied filming TV. I actually got turned |
| 1:23.8 | down for my course. They told me they didn't want me to go so I emailed them. There was email, |
| 1:27.4 | Woody will be pleased to know and said, can I please have a second chance? It was a good time. |
| 1:31.8 | Whether you're a student heading off to university this this September or the parent of someone |
| 1:36.2 | fleeing the nest, just know that John Lewis and partners alongside Intel have got you covered, |
| 1:41.5 | Woody. How does that do? They've got your back. Last time we spoke, you were coming to me from |
| 1:47.0 | your bed. Do you remember that? I still am. Ain't nothing changed. Are you in the same bed? |
| 1:53.1 | No, it's a different bed, a different house, but yeah, I don't know, podcasting in bed is the way |
| 1:59.4 | forward. So Woody, I'm actually supposed to know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask you |
| 2:04.9 | anyway. You've left uni or you're still at uni? I'm not at uni anymore, but I had the most |
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