With Welcome Week behind us and term in full swing, we’re back with another episode of Hogging the Mic to accompany your university days – whether it be on a long U1 commute, a trek to the library or Tesco, or just as background noise while you procrastinate your module readings. Joining us on Hogging the Mic this week is Chris Hackett, a Producer/Director at ITN, who works on documentaries and live broadcasts for ITV, Channel 4, and 5. Chris took his first steps into journalism at The Boar as News Editor and Editor-in-Chief, before going onto work behind-the-scenes on some of the biggest factual and current affairs programmes of recent years. From documentaries on Partygate and Elon Musk, to Channel 4’s award-winning election coverage, Chris has done it all.Expect to hear stories about how the team behind Channel 4’s Dover 24/7 documentary series reacted to the Crowdstrike tech outage when recording, the decision to broadcast Jess Phillips’ emotional election speech last July when other broadcasters didn’t, and the slightly unusual location offered up by Prince Harry’s team to record his bombshell interview with ITV’s Tom Brady. As well as all those stories (and more), Rachel, Tom, and Lucy also spotlight three of their picks from The Boar this week, including a feature on the rise of yoga among sportspeople and the top TV and film picks for autumn. As always, you can join in the conversation in the comments, or by messaging us on Instagram @HoggingTheMic. You can also keep up to date with the latest news from The Boar over on ⁠⁠⁠our website⁠⁠⁠.Featured articles:‘Almost 4,000 courses fall prey to university funding crisis, with humanities degrees hardest hit’ by Nidanyaa Thangavel (News)‘From pitch to mat: Why athletes are turning to yoga’ by Abi Pearce (Lifestyle)‘The perfect television and film guide to autumn’ by Mason Stannard-Parages (TV x Film)Music: ⁠⁠⁠HitsLab / Pixabay⁠⁠⁠Cover art: Rachel Gore

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