Best Sandra Soteriou And Kanar Ahmed Podcasts (2024)

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Women of colour in Menopause with Meera Bhogal 38:00

2y ago38:00

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In this episode we talk to Meera Bhogal who runs healthy eating and wellbeing classes for menopausal women of South Asian descent, as well as healthy eating brand Made from Scratch. When Meera started to develop symptoms of menopause at the age of 40, she didn’t know where to turn for advice. She’s since implemented free menopause training to suppo…

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Swiss, The Creator Of Black Pound Day 26:32

2y ago26:32

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Meet Swiss, best known as a member of BRIT and MOBO award-winning group So Solid Crew, who rose to fame in the early 2000s. And now most recently, the creator of Black Pound Day. BPD first launched in the wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 27 2020 and takes place on the first Saturday of every month. It encourages the…

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Black Mental Health with Tashan Jordan 35:56

2y ago35:56

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In this episode we sit down with Tashan Jordan to talk about mental health, being released from QPR football academy and racism faced on the job.By Sandra

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Yomi Sode Manorism(s) 43:15

2+ y ago43:15

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Yomi is a poet, playwright, facilitator, and recipient of the 2019 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. He is known by the public thanks to his acclaimed one-man show titled COAT, which has been performed at Brighton festival and the Last Word festival, among other spaces. He also curates an online blog platform for fathers and guardians called ‘Dadd…

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Shameful assault of Child Q 28:39

2+ y ago28:39

28:39

In our first episode back we talk with Esther, a social worker and team manager with experience in working in child protection, and children's safeguarding about Child Q, as she is called, a 15 year old girl who was made to remove her clothing, underwear and a sanitary pad, spread her buttocks and cough when her teachers accused her of smelling of …

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Dope Black Mums, Sisterhood and why we need safe spaces with Nina Malone 35:53

2+ y ago35:53

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Nina Malone is a Talent Agent at IAG and Founder of Dope Black Mums movement, a digital safe space for black women to navigate motherhood together. Dope Black Mums does amazing work supporting Black mothers and their families, and I’m really excited to be chatting to Nina about her work, parenting, and what it means to be a Dope Black Mum.…

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‘Sometimes a child just needs a home' - The Practice of Farming with Tori Awani 25:56

2+ y ago25:56

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Have you heard of 'farming'? We hadn't. Do a search and you'll see it won’t quickly turn up. It's the practice of private fostering or adoption outside of the local authority. It gained notoriety in response to a growing population of African student families taking up temporary residence at British universities in the mid-1950s. On this week's epi…

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Life lessons with my friend Louis Howell 42:41

3y ago42:41

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On this weeks episode we talk to my friend Louis Howell about his work in the public and private sector on Diversity and Inclusion. We hear him share important life lessons from his childhood and how Black men MUST show up for Black women. Louis co-runs Revolution Hive, a social enterprise equipping young people for life through personal developmen…

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'England is no Mumma to me' with Author Colin Grant 21:52

3y ago21:52

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In this episode, we have the incomparable Colin Grant. He takes us on a journey through the early days of his career. Shared emotional stories of some of the people in his books. Sit back and relax. Trust me when I say you are in good company here. Colin is an author of five books. They include: Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey;…

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‘Busy Being Black is a f***ing moment’ with Josh Rivers 38:08

3y ago38:08

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Josh is the creator and host of Busy Being Black (podcast) and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride. On this episode Josh talks to us about the ways in which he navigates the world as Queer and Black. He drops a million other gems too!By Sandra

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Dropping gems with Malik Al Nasir 32:32

3y ago32:32

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Malik experienced racism from a young age initially in the care system where he was taken into custody aged nine in 1975 after his father had a stroke having committed no crime. He moved to several different community homes where he suffered varying degrees of physical and racial abuse over the years until his care order ceased at the age of 18. So…

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Windrush, identity, belonging and what it means to be Indo-Caribbean with Jana Ally 21:22

3y ago21:22

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Jana is a mixed Indo-Guyanese and Egyptian Muslim and is breaking barriers through the intersection of her art and research. Here she talks about the underrepresentation of the Indo-Caribbean Windrush generation, the journey of Indo-Caribbean people through India and the Caribbean, and how they came to be in London. You can find Jana here Her podca…

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Black maternal health with Liz, a community midwife 44:43

3y ago44:43

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Black women who often face racial discrimination throughout their lives experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of death related to pregnancy or childbirth. On this episode we talk with Liz, a community midwife about racial and ethnic differences in child birth complications and maternal death …

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Trauma and Resilience in our DNA with Sherod Haynes and Temara J. Holt 46:16

3y ago46:16

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‘We are a resilient people. Just like we have generational trauma, we must remember we also have resilience.’ On this episode we talk to Sherod Haynes currently an MD-PhD Candidate at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City who has been applying his extensive scientific knowledge and understanding to settings of civilian trauma and the psyc…

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Childhood, race & the care system - with Fiona Peters 57:20

3y ago57:20

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Author and sociologist Fiona Peters joins us to discuss the care system, race and childhood. Fiona wrote the book Fostering Mixed Race Children Everyday Experiences of Foster Care. To purchase a copy please visit: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137541833 For more information and to support the Change The Story Campaign please see: https://lit…

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'Sister Outsider' a conversation with Dionne Usherwood 37:29

3y ago37:29

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Dionne Usherwood , Head of Children’s Integrated Commissioning talks about her journeys from the outside in. The Leadership imbalance - Black and Asian leaders missing in action cited in this episode can be found here: https://www.ppma.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Leadership-imbalance.pdfBy Sandra & Kanar

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Speaking Out on the Government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report 15:49

3y ago15:49

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For this episode, we invited past guests, as well as friends and activists, to share their views on the government's recently published Sewell report on race and ethnic disparities. Reactions are resounding! Thank you to the following contributors — Michael Harper, Martha Daniels, Dionne Usherwood, Rosemarie Jenkins, Marcus Shukla, Dr. Simi, Debora…

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The UK Government Race and Ethnic Disparities Report 31:35

3+ y ago31:35

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We are joined again by the wonderful psychologist, sociologist, researcher and anthropologist Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz to discuss the controversial report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. We delve into the reactions to the report, the data behind it and its relevance in modern Britain. You can download a copy of the report here: …

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The ethnicity pay gap - with Dianne Greyson 35:44

3+ y ago35:44

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We discuss the ethnicity pay gap with Dianne Greyson - a professional mediator, author and campaigner who specialises workplace equality, diversity and inclusion. For more information on how to support the ethnicity pay gap campaign please see: https://www.synergisedsolutions.com/ethncitypaygap Dianne’s website be found at: https://www.synergisedso…

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Know Thyself, Know Thy Past - with Abu-Bakr 39:53

3+ y ago39:53

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Abu-Bakr is a psychologist, sociologist, researcher and anthropologist. At present he is a Black History Officer for Race Council Cymru. Listen to Abu-Bakr school us about Black History told and untold. Hope you're ready!By Sandra & Kanar

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UK food poverty with Sarah Bentley 46:48

3+ y ago46:48

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Our guest on this episode is Sarah Bentley, the founder of Made In Hackney - a vegan community cookery school and charity. We discuss the food poverty crisis in the UK, what can be done about it and how they’ve embedded anti-racism work in the charity. If you’d like to support or make a donation to Made In Hackney to help them continue to provide f…

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Inclusive Marketing: Moving beyond the black square and other tokens, with Charlotte Williams 28:42

3+ y ago28:42

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Charlotte Williams, founder of SevenSix Agency, a go-to voice for brands on inclusive marketing, talks about the lack of representation in marketing and how an increasingly diverse audience is demanding a shift towards more representative advertising. She also touches on what sparked the viral video she created after the tragic murder of George Flo…

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Being Your Authentic Self with Olivia Vincenti 34:36

3+ y ago34:36

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Olivia Vincenti joins us again to discuss being our ‘authentic selves’ whilst dealing with the hurts of oppression. We would like to pre-warn our audience that this episode includes content related to racial trauma that some listeners may find distressing. If you have any concerns about the way you are feeling, please see your General Practitioner …

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White Allies - with Josephine Namusisi-Riley 43:28

3+ y ago43:28

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Today’s episode features an interview with Josephine Namusisi-Riley. We discuss her ‘White Allies’ campaign and how racial discrimination shows up in schools. Josephine is interested in hearing from White people who want to share their experiences of living with White privilege and/or witnessing racism. If you would like to share your experiences a…

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Are vaccines the only way to end the pandemic? 33:40

3+ y ago33:40

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Getting vaccinated is one of many steps you can take to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, but are they the only way to end the pandemic? On this episode we talk with Amran Mohamed and Adama Saccoh who will help us understand the Covid-19 vaccine. Amran Mohamed is a research project manager at an NHS trust responsible for an NIHR/UKRI-funde…

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Ep. 9 Vaccine hesitancy: what's behind the fears? 39:49

3+ y ago39:49

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Over 10 million people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK, which gives us a lot of information about the safety of these vaccines. However, there are growing concerns about the rates of vaccine hesitancy in some black and minority ethnic communities. We invited Dr. Simi, Clinical Director at Titan Primary Care Network, to discuss vaccine he…

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Ep. 8 Black Women’s Lives in Britain then and now with Beverley Bryan 40:06

3+ y ago40:06

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Beverley Bryan was actively involved with the Black Panther Movement in Great Britain from 1970 to 1973. She was a founding member of the Brixton Black Women's Group and the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descendant. She also co-wrote with two other members of her association, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe, the Heart of the Race: Blac…

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Ep. 7 Breaking the mould in politics, with Cllr Janet Campbell 27:46

3+ y ago27:46

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There is a 30% shortfall in ethnic minority representation amongst Members of Parliament in the UK. In this episode we discuss breaking the mould with local Labour Councillor, Janet Campbell. The UK Parliament report ‘Ethnic diversity in politics and public life Research Briefing’ (2020), can be found here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/rese…

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Ep. 6 Let's talk about Colourism 40:20

3+ y ago40:20

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Colourism, the idea that light-skinned minorities are given more privilege than their darker-skinned peers. This type of bias dates back to slavery. It's part of white supremacy, or holding up whiteness over other backgrounds. It has deep historical implications in black communities from beauty standards to professional opportunities to how familie…

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Ep. 5 Diversifying the Table – with Jade 40:03

3+ y ago40:03

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In our Series 1 finale we interview Jade - a professional working at a large media and broadcasting company, and a passionate advocate of workplace equality and transformative change. Jade tells us about her role in promoting media inclusivity, having uncomfortable workplace conversations and encouraging diversity at the table. If you’d like to sup…

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Ep. 4 Yoga is Social Justice with Jonelle Lewis 43:10

3+ y ago43:10

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Yoga instructor Jonelle’s personal mantra is ‘be brave, be fierce, be free!’. In this episode, we hear about Jonelle's lived experience of the racial and physical prejudice that she has faced in her career, and she gives us her thoughts on how yoga can be 'for everybody'. Please note that this episode features strong language from the start.…

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Ep. 3 BAME Health inequalities with Toral Shah 25:39

3+ y ago25:39

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Our guest on this episode is Toral Shah, a nutritional scientist and cancer campaigner. Toral tells us about her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29, and discusses the efforts needed to address racial inequalities in cancer care. The following Macmillan reports were discussed in this episode: The Rich Picture: People w…

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Ep. 2 Anti-racist allyship with Meg Lyons 40:23

3+ y ago40:23

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Professional coach Meg Lyons tells us about her personal journey in becoming an anti-racist ally. Reading list for this episode: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad; White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf); Between the World…

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Ep. 1 Racism in the workplace with Olivia Vincenti 47:00

3+ y ago47:00

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Olivia has had a professional 30-year career dedicated working in public services for children and families. We ask her about the journey to leadership, dealing with racial prejudice and how to be an anti-racist ally in the workplace.By Sandra

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Necessary Rebels Trailer 2:04

3+ y ago2:04

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Welcome to Necessary Rebels! We’re all about good advice for tackling inequalities and racism – at work and beyond. Hosted by Sandra and Kanar, we’ll be speaking to different professionals to hear their approach. Change is a comin’…and we hope you’ll join the rebellion! Find us on Instagram @necessary_rebels_pod Thank you to everyone who has helped…

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