Comedy
Stay Hydrated | Designing A University, One Direction Nostalgia & Fresher's Week
Chris & Lizzie deep dive into the corners of pop culture to see what the culture that has popped says about us.
Chris & Lizzie Hall
Published 16 June 2026
Stay Hydrated with Chris & Lizzie / W!ZARD Studios

Join Chris Hall and his sister Lizzie are joined by friends from across music, social media, TV and more (and sometimes not!) to talk about everything, and yet at the same time, somehow nothing - from the nostalgic to the chronically current. New episodes every Tuesday.

If you love those episodes of Stay Hydrated where Chris & Lizzie take a completely normal idea and spiral it into a fully-fledged alternate universe... you're in luck. On this episode, we're building the Stay Hydrated University of Design & Merchandising (SHUDM, naturally)!

Complete with grassy-domed campuses, women's studies requirements, Girls Aloud performing at Freshers' Week, a Trader Joe's on-site and a suspiciously intense admissions process.

Chris & Lizzie also discuss One Direction nostalgia, Freshers' Week line-ups, tuck shop essentials and why every great university should probably have a compulsory Traitors module.

Plus: the perfect sweets selection, campus traditions and... who should be the Dean?!

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