Soul School is a bi-weekly music program on Budapest's Tilos Rádió hosted by the Professor, Michael Simmons. On Soul School, Michael takes listeners on a tour through the music born of the fusion between African American gospel music and rhythm and blues, known as soul music. With inspiration from the black freedom movement, and developed when the American music scene was segregated by race, soul music addresses human rights issues, inequality, and politics. The Professor talks about that history and brings it into the present day, discussing contemporary racism, anti-roma and anti-immigrant discrimination, politics, sexism, and current world events, all while spinning both top hits and his favorite deep tracks.
Soul School is on every other Tuesday morning from 7:00am to 8:30am on Tilos Rádió at 90.3 FM in Budapest. You can also listen to Tilos Rádió online anywhere in the world.
While you're listening, if you like what you hear, if you'd like to make a request, or, if you just want to say hello, drop a comment on the Soul School facebook page!
Listen to previous shows!
If you've missed any of the episodes, you can download archived episodes here. Right-click the date to download the episode you want. Want to be notified by email when a new archive is posted?
Episode 31: Billy Paul extra -- 17 May 2016 (77 MB)
Episode 30: Tribute to Prince -- 3 May 2016 (80 MB)
Episode 29: Focus on Ray Charles -- 19 April 2016 (80 MB)
Episode 28 -- 5 April 2016 (79 MB)
Episode 27 -- 22 March 2016 (83 MB)
Episode 26: International Women's Day -- 8 March 2016 (84 MB)
Episode 25: African American History Month -- 23 February 2016 (82 MB)
Episode 24: Valentine's Day -- 9 February 2016 (84 MB)
Episode 23: Focus on the Blues -- 26 January 2016 (84 MB)
Episode 22: Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday episode -- 12 January 2016 (105 MB)
Episode 21: 21st century in Memoriam -- 29 December 2015 (83 MB)
Episode 20: Soul Christmas part II -- 15 December 2015 (73 MB)
Episode 19: Soul Christmas part I -- 1 December 2015 (84 MB)
Episode 18 -- 16 November 2015 (74 MB)
Episode 17 -- 3 November 2015 (85 MB)
Episode 16: Refugees -- 20 October 2015 (82 MB)
Episode 15 -- 28 July 2015 (76 MB)
Episode 14 -- 14 July 2015 (70 MB)
Episode 13: Female Solo Singers -- 30 June 2015 (70 MB)
Episode 12: Male Solo Singers -- 16 June 2015 (70 MB)
Episode 11 -- 2 June 2015 (82 MB)
Episode 10 -- 19 May 2015 (77 MB)
Episode 9 -- 5 May 2015 (81 MB)
Episode 8 -- 21 April 2015 (46 MB)
Episode 7 -- 20 January 2015 (70 MB)
Episode 6 -- 6 January 2015 (68 MB)
Episode 5 -- 16 December 2014 (68 MB)
Episode 4 -- 2 December 2014 (120 MB)
Episode 3 -- 18 November 2014 (115 MB)
Episode 2 -- 4 November 2014 (68 MB)
Episode 1 -- 21 October 2014 (86 MB)
Older archives
Some Soul School fans will remember the first incarnation of the show, when it aired on a now-defunct commercial Budapest radio station called Radiocafe, from September 2008 through April 2010. Some of those archives can be found here.