<p>Did you know that the original animal of choice for witches was not thought to be cats, but bees? Us neither! In this Halloween- themed episode, Emily talks to Mark Stoyle, a professor in Early Modern History at the University, about all things witches. Mark explains where the connection between Halloween and witches came from, tells us a fascinating story about a prince and his devil dog and clues us up about an Icelandic witch rock band!&nbsp;</p>

Movember and male mental health

Welcome to 360 Degrees, the podcast from the University of Southampton that covers the full circle of student life (see what we did there?). Every week, we’ll be chatting about a different part of the student experience, such as leaving home, money, careers advice, studying online and cooking. Along the way we’ll be joined by experts, alumni, students and staff at the University to help us answer questions like ‘Is anyone actually able to cook the right amount of pasta or do we all accidentally cook more than we need?’ and ‘How on earth are you supposed to answer the biggest weakness question in an interview?’. We hope this podcast will help make your student journey that little bit easier or at least provide some background noise whilst you’re doing an assignment. Happy listening!