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UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 8: A Love Letter...It’s our final episode!
In our final instalment all attention is on YOU; you young LGBTQIA+ child of the future. Think of this as an audio love letter that will hopefully encourage you as you make your way through life and its inevitable ups and downs. You’ll hear inspiring, encouraging and motivating messages from all across our community, and from us here at AiAi Studios, know that we wish you well and that we love and appreciate you.
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UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 7: The Work, The Healing...We’re back with the penultimate episode of the UKBP time capsule podcast and in this episode the focus is on the work that has been done, the work of the future and the ways we can build healing and protection into our lives as we undertake the often-gruelling tasks of securing our rights and our futures.
This week's guests are Reverend Jide - @jidemacaulay, Sarah Baptiste - @replenish_7, Umar Sarwar - @umarsarwarx & Tag Warner - @tagwarner
Check out the organisations mentioned here:
House of Rainbow
BiSurvivors
African Rainbow Fami...2022-12-0645 min
UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 6: Music... with KEANANIn this episode we meet rising star, Keanan, an openly gay rapper from Cheltenham, to talk about his music, his experiences in the UK’s music industry and the importance of spaces like UK Black Pride for LGBTQ+ musicians and creatives.
Follow Keanan @keananofficial on IG to keep up with his music, and @mizsaskia to keep up with her career and activism.
You can find out more information on Gay Times by visiting www.gaytimes.co.uk, UK Black Pride by visiting www.ukblackpride.org.uk and AiAi Studios by visiting www.aiaistudios.com.
D...2022-11-2940 min
UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 5: Community Power...with Aisha ShaibuAisha Shaibu-Lenoir is the head of Community Engagement at UKBP. She talks about her role, her mission, the importance of community and community building and the ways we can form meaningful connections both within the black LGBTQ+ community and externally.
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You can find out more about Glass House by visiting www.glasshouse.london, UK Black Pride by visiting www.ukblackpride.org.uk and AiAi Studios by visiting www.aiaistudios.com.
Don’t forget to follow us on instagram @aiai.studios to find out...2022-11-2247 min
UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 4: Freedom & Joy...with Josh RiversIn episode 4 Josh Rivers, Head of Communications at UK Black Pride and the host of Busy Being Black, speaks on finding Freedom and Community through extreme adversity and the key moments in his life that led him to UK Black Pride.
For more information on Busy Being Black visit - Busy Being Black
You can find out more about UK Black Pride by visiting www.ukblackpride.org.uk, Gay Times by visiting www.gaytimes.co.uk and AiAi Studios by visiting www.aiaistudios.com. Don’t forget to follow us on instagram @aiai.studios to fin...2022-11-1541 min
UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 3: Protest...UKBP isn’t just a home and a celebration for LGBTQIA+ Black people and people of colour, it’s also an annual, in-person protest.
In this episode we to get to the heart of why protest is still important for LGBTQ+ people and their allies in 2022
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You can find out more about UK Black Pride by visiting www.ukblackpride.org.uk and AiAi Studios by visiting www.aiaistudios.com. Don’t forget to follow us on instagram @aiai.studios to find out more about th...2022-11-0835 min
UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 2: Family...Since the first Black Pride in 2005 the yearly celebrations have become a home for Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people from across the diaspora.
But what is home without family?
In this episode we attempt to answer some important questions:
What does it mean to be part of a loving family? What happens when you lose your family of origin or they won’t accept you for who you are? And what role does UKBP play in the creation of new ‘chosen’ families?
In our super hi-tech audio van we were able to carve o...2022-11-0141 min
UK Black Pride: A Time Capsule PodcastEP 1: In The Beginning...In the inaugural episode of the UK Black Pride Time Capsule Podcast, we take you back in time to discover the roots of the worlds biggest celebration for all the
LGBTQIA+ folks of the Black and Asian diasporas.
Co-founder of UK Black Pride Lady Phyll Akua Opoku-Gyimah – better known in LGBTQIA+ Black & Brown community as Lady Phyll – looks back on the legendary coach trip to Southend on Sea that started it all, honouring the work of the Black lesbian women who led the way. Without their strength in the face of adversity, UK Black Pride migh...2022-10-2533 min
PageEp 10 Arifa Akbar: Estrangement, Reconciliation & DeathArifa Akbar’s sister Fauzia died in 2016 from tuberculosis. Fauzia experienced night sweats, her lungs hurt, and her face began to swell; despite these signs the doctors at The Royal Free Hospital in London were baffled and she died of a brain haemorrhage. In Arifa’s stunning memoir ‘Consumed’ she investigates how a leading hospital could have missed this ancient but curable disease. Here, Arifa discusses her and Fauzia’s complicated love for one another, from best friends in their teens to years of estrangement. The sisters were pitted against each other and, whilst Arifa was her Father’s favourite, Fauzia had a...2022-04-0449 minPageEp 9 Laura Dockrill: Cognitive Behavioural TherapyTW// Discussion of suicidal thoughts, self-harm and postnatal psychosis.// CBT Day! Writer and illustrator Laura Dockrill credits Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for changing her life and helping her recover from postpartum psychosis. Laura's stunning memoir 'What Have I Done?' charts her terrifying experience of delusions, insomnia and depression after the birth of her son. She explains how CBT has taken away a lot of the guilt and shame that comes with being an unwell parent. Through studying CBT, Laura learnt to label thoughts - for example naming them 'intrusive', 'compulsive' or 'irrational' - and this helped her to keep the...2022-03-2847 minPageEp 8 Oliver Burkeman: The 'Future-Focused' AttitudeDo you get anxious about the future? Are you obsessed with your to-do list? Is organising, scheduling, living for next week your thing? Then this is the episode for you. Oliver Burkeman's new book saved me from myself! I had so much fun chatting to him all about the 'future-focused' attitude and the 'when-I-finally' mind. We dissect PAGE 126 of his New York Times bestselling book, 'Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How To Use It'. 4000 weeks is roughly 80 years, which is hopefully how long we've got on the planet. The central question of the book is how do we make these...2022-03-2148 minPageEp 7 Nova Reid: Addressing Inherent RacismNova Reid is a FORCE, a changemaker and an anti-racism campaigner. She is the author of The Good Ally, which highlights how systemic racism in Britain is a public health crisis, corroding every layer of society from education to the healthcare system, justice system, government, and police. In this episode, Nova discusses how there is a lack of empathy when it comes to engaging with racism and how white liberals can cause the most harm, too often defending their position rather than actively listening and apologising. We dig into PAGE 28-29 which underlines why racists are not just people who...2022-03-1445 min
PageEp 6 Rhik Samadder: LonelinessTW// Discussion of depression and isolation.// I can honestly say that Rhik Samadder’s best-selling memoir, ‘I Never Said I loved You’, is one of my favourite books. It manages to look at the human condition and make you cry and belly laugh in the same chapter. Rhik is a Guardian journalist who attracts a cult following with his column ‘Rhik Samadder Tries Something new’ and who can forget his ‘Inspect A Gadget’ column, with its notorious review of The Egg Master?Rhik breaks down PAGE 194 of his exceptional memoir, which explores masculinity, mental illness, surviving child abuse and sees Rhik set off o...2022-03-0736 minPageEp 5 Clover Stroud: Facing Death and Sisterly LoveI absolutely loved chatting to Clover for this episode. Clover Stroud is an author who does not shy away from pinning down exactly how she feels. Clover's latest book, 'The Red of My Blood', is about the sudden and shocking death of her sister Nell. Nell was an artist and the founder of the extraordinary Gifford's Circus. In this conversation Clover unpicks the trauma and unbearable grief that hit in 2020 and her fierce determination to normalize death for her kids, highlight how much care and kindness needs to be offered to anyone grieving and to honour her sister by speaking...2022-02-2846 minPageEp 1 - Michael Rosen: Waking from a ComaI’m over the moon Michael Rosen is my first guest on PAGE! Michael is one of Britain’s best-loved poets, a writer and former Children’s Laureate. In this episode Michael discusses PAGE 163 of his latest book, 'Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of Life, Death and the NHS'. In March 2020, Michael was struggling to breathe, and he was admitted to hospital with coronavirus. Here, he reflects on the month he spent in an induced coma, and the utterly extraordinary story of how his wife Emma and his consultant Hugh Montgomery, at the Whittington hospital, reached into his frozen...2022-02-2141 minPageEp 2 Hollie McNish: Sex Education and ShameTW // References to rape and Jimmy Savile. // Today’s guest is the awesome, straight-talking Hollie McNish. Hollie is a spoken-word poet, who won the Ted Hughes Award. We dive into PAGE 336 of her latest book, 'Slug'. 'Slug' fuses prose and poetry and tackles a huge range of subjects, from swimming naked in Finland to period pants to the pain of attending her Granny’s funeral on her laptop during lockdown. I picked PAGE 336 because, like Hollie, I believe sex education in Britain needs a drastic overhaul. Here, Hollie unpicks her memories of how girls were shamed at school if they admi...2022-02-2148 minPageEp 3 Lenny Henry: Grief Counselling & Mask WearingToday’s guest is the legendary Sir Lenny Henry! His new memoir, 'Who Am I, Again?', goes right back to his childhood in Dudley and charts his rise to fame on the talent show 'New Faces', the sitcom 'The Fosters' and the cult Saturday morning show 'Tiswas'. I picked PAGE 199 where Lenny dives into his childhood memories growing up in a loud, busy household alongside seven siblings and his parents Winifred and Winston, who moved from Jamaica to England in the 1950s. He is extremely honest about how confusing it was to go from being a kid regularly hit by...2022-02-2140 minPageEp 4 Caitlin Moran: Eating Disorders and ParentingTW // References to suicide, eating disorders and self-harm.// Caitlin Moran is a hilarious author, scriptwriter and Times columnist famous for skewering the patriarchy. She wrote the seminal feminist manifesto 'How To Be A Woman' and her latest memoir, 'More Than A Woman', is a celebration of middle-age, taking on the joys of 'maintenance sex' in long-term relationships, the overwhelming to-do lists, and looking after everyone but yourself. For this episode I picked PAGE 204 of 'More Than A Woman', which details how Caitlin learned to help her teenage daughter when she was anxious, depressed and suffering with an eating disorder. Caitlin...2022-02-2156 min
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The Why FactorResilienceResilience is one of the buzzwords of the moment with multiple self-helps books and motivational speakers all promising us we can learn to be resilient, and use this skill to manage our pain. But what exactly is resilience and why does it help some people to cope better in times of stress than others?In this Why Factor, Abby Hollick examines why some people, in the face of trauma, seem to be extraordinarily resilient and tests her own inner reserves to discover if she is naturally resilient or not.Dr David Westley, head of psychology...2019-12-0923 min
The Why FactorResilienceResilience is one of the buzzwords of the moment with multiple self-helps books and motivational speakers all promising us we can learn to be resilient, and use this skill to manage our pain. But what exactly is resilience and why does it help some people to cope better in times of stress than others?
In this Why Factor, Abby Hollick examines why some people, in the face of trauma, seem to be extraordinarily resilient and tests her own inner reserves to discover if she is naturally resilient or not.
Dr David Westley, head of psychology at Middlesex University
Ann Masten...2019-12-0925 min
Duvet DaysCamilla ThurlowHumanitarian and reality TV star Camilla Thurlow invites Abby to her new pad to chat about how Love Island pulled her out of a dark time in her life, how falling in love with Jamie Jewitt on the show changed her and why she lets their new french bulldog puppies snuggle in bed.Camilla discusses growing up in Dumfries, as a shy and self-proclaimed 'uncool' kid, going off to boarding school at the age of 10 and receiving a letter from her Mum every day to help her cope with homesickness.She opens up about her...2019-08-2234 minDuvet DaysYolaYola invites Abby Hollick for a duvet day as she talks about growing up with nothing in Portishead and how her mum disproved of her singing.The country soul star explains how Dolly Parton inspired her to be unapologetically herself and why she ended up sleeping on the streets when she was trying to make it in London.Plus, she opens up about how stress caused her to lose her voice for a year and a half and how she was made to feel that she should be a backing singer instead of up front.2019-08-1533 minDuvet DaysLemn SissayPoet and writer Lemn Sissay takes a duvet day with Abby Hollick to discuss being taken from his Ethiopian mother, memories of his foster family and discovering why he was forced out of that home at the age of 12.
He details his life in care, recalling the racism, the system of punishment and never receiving a hug during his teenage years, but ultimately reveals what it taught him about family and home.
For the first time, Lemn discusses notes from his care files, reading reports his foster mother made accusing him of being threatening and amoral. He describes how...2019-08-0840 minDuvet DaysRosie JonesComedian Rosie Jones is pulling a duvet day to chat with Abby Hollick about how she’s always been a show off, her love of Gareth Gates and why being disabled is way better when you’re on TV.She opens up about how having Cerebral Palsy has often meant she’s patronized, why she thought the comedy world wouldn’t welcome her and why she doesn’t mind representing other young people with disabilities.She admits that she’s not actually the funniest person in her family and that her mum said she’d never want to...2019-08-0137 minDuvet DaysMunroe BergdorfMunroe Bergdorf invites Abby Hollick for a Duvet Day on her sofa. She explains how she’s learnt to love her bedroom again after the trauma of sexual assault, but why it’s still off limits for visitors.She describes growing up in the middle of nowhere and not fitting it, being bullied for being effeminate at school, and being written off by her teachers.The model, DJ and activist opens up about how she finally learnt that being trans doesn’t mean you can’t be happy, deciding who she wants to be and how lear...2019-07-2534 minDuvet DaysJoel GolbyJoel Golby overcomes his phobia of sharing his bedding and reluctantly lets Abby Hollick onto his bed to talk about grief, gaming and his relationship with alcohol. The Vice writer explains how it felt to see his essay on becoming an orphan go viral, and how it led to some strange conversations with friends who hadn’t known.He chats about his mum’s use of lurid bright colour on the walls of his childhood home, growing up in the midlands and how his dad’s alcoholism affected him.Plus he spills the beans...2019-07-1836 minDuvet DaysRay BLKRay BLK is lighting her candles and staying in her silk pink pjs to talk escaping bad relationships, growing up in South London and working with her hero Ms Dynamite.She recalls childhood memories of blasting Whitney Houston with her mum, plastering her walls with Justin Timberlake, and watching MTV all day.The first unsigned artist to win BBC Sound of, she explains how she struggled with her newfound fame and why being compared to Adele can be a lot of pressure.Ray shares her excitement at going back to Nigeria for the...2019-07-1135 minDuvet DaysNicola CoughlanDerry Girls star Nicola Coughlan invites Abby Hollick into her County Galway childhood bedroom for a frank and funny chat about playing Claire, 'the wee lesbian’, growing up in Ireland and why her career has been a slow burn.
Sitting on her childhood bed next to fabulous pink doll wallpaper Nicola shares how rejection has made her better and hungrier, how unemployment led to one of the lowest points in her life and why she wishes her dad could see her current success.
She chats about the comments she’s received from one reviewer about her weight and why she...2019-07-0437 minDuvet DaysLaura DockrillPoet and children’s author Laura Dockrill has a duvet day and a cuppa with Abby Hollick to chat about her punk childhood, surviving postpartum psychosis with help from her best mate Adele, and why she’s finally beaten her fear of the dark.
She shares her memories of meeting Adele at the BRIT school, why she keeps notes of encouragement under her pillow, and how turning 30 and going through a divorce made her rethink her life.Laura also talks in detail about her experience of postpartum psychosis and why she felt as though she’d pushed her pe...2019-06-2744 min
Duvet DaysYrsa Daley-WardYrsa Daley-Ward is hiding under the covers with Abby Hollick to open up about growing up with her Jamaican, Seventh Day Adventist grandparents, why she’ll never forget peeling off their '80s bubbly wallpaper and feeling out of place at school in Lancashire.
The model, writer and poet discusses her teenage depression and anxiety and reveals how Jeanette Winterson and Roald Dahl inspired to write the truth in her memoir 'The Terrible'.Yrsa shares her experiences as a model in South Africa compared to the draining castings in London where usually only one black model would bo...2019-06-2035 minDuvet DaysHannah CockroftThe five time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft invites Abby Hollick for a duvet day in her bed overlooking the stunning hills of Halifax.Get cosy as Hannah chats sexism in sport, growing up in an able-bodied world and preparing for Tokyo 2020. She also discusses the impact of her first loss, why she keeps her gold medals in socks and how she nearly died at birth.
Plus, she shares her thoughts on sponsorship in Paralympic sport, why she continues to fight for equality and why she wants to change the public perception of disability.
Hop into bed as...2019-06-1339 min
Podcast Radio HourScott Bryan: Out To Lunch With Jay Rayner, Duvet Days, RunPodThe writer, journalist and tv critic Scott Bryan joins Amanda Litherland to recommend great podcasts. Jay Rayner discusses his podcast Out To Lunch:
One of the world's top food critics lunches big names in a restaurant of his choosing. Crackling anecdotes and blistering chat, lubricated by killer cooking. A podcast produced by Somethin’ Else / Jay Rayner.Abby Hollick chats about the second series of BBC Sounds' Duvet Days, where she gets into bed with musicians and artists for frank under-the-cover chats. The new series launches with the singer and songwriter Emeli Sandé.Also fea...2019-06-0759 minDuvet DaysEmeli SandéEmeli Sandé is taking a duvet day and opening up about writing her new album Real Life, growing up as the only person of colour at her school, and putting her shyness aside.The chart topping singer songwriter snuggles up in Abby Hollick’s bed to talk about how splitting from her manager and husband changed her, how she’s dealt with losing her mind at the Olympics, and how a guy in the park with a prison tag stopped her from quitting the music industry altogether.Plus, she shares her love of Eternal and Maria...2019-06-0638 minDuvet DaysDuvet Days is back!If you're a fan of honest chat, how about hopping back into bed with Duvet Days?
Abby Hollick’s back for a second series, and she’s convinced more amazing guests to let her climb into their beds for a deep and meaningful.
Emeli Sandé, Lemn Sissay, Nicola Coughlan and Ray BLK are just a few of the brilliant people joining Abby under the covers to talk about life's big questions - mental health, childhood bedrooms and happiness.You’ll hear how Paralympian Hannah Cockroft dealt with losing her first race after seven years unbeaten, how Love Island...2019-05-3002 minDuvet DaysChristine and the QueensChristine and the Queens is hiding under the covers as she joins Abby Hollick in her huge hotel bed to chat about performing on stage and recovering afterwards, being socially awkward and looking after her body.The musician and performer, real name Héloïse Letissier, is opening up about using art and humour to deal with childhood bullies, experiencing sexism at theatre school and refusing to be slut-shamed for owning her sexuality.She chats about her love for Michael Jackson, being a loner, and realising she will never be free from sexism.Jo...2018-12-2637 minDuvet DaysScarlett CurtisScarlett Curtis is staying in bed and chatting about insomnia, dismantling the patriarchy, and watching all the TV as she pulls a duvet day. The activist and author of Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (And Other Lies) is joining Abby Hollick for a frank conversation about suffering from scoliosis as a teenager, how chronic pain affected her and knitting her own Prince William. Plus, she explains the impact of panic attacks and PTSD, recalls how chronic pain led her to drop out of school, and gives us interior tips from her amazing, and very pink, ne...2018-12-1933 minDuvet DaysParis LeesParis Lees is Abby Hollick’s guest under the duvet this week, and she’s got lots to talk about – from her passion for silk pyjamas to the realities of being bullied and total social exclusion. The trans activist and writer discusses growing up in Nottingham, being repeatedly told she couldn't be a girl, and why escaping out of the window and into a world of clubbing changed her life. She opens up about going to prison as a teenager, sex work, and why she believes people who have experienced childhood trauma need to be given...2018-12-1238 minDuvet DaysJordan StephensJordan Stephens jumps back in to bed and opens up about the highs and lows of fame, learning to feel pain, and his ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).The musician and mental health campaigner, best known for being one half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks reveals his love of unicorns, foxes and a hot pink headboard! Over a cup of tea in bed he tells Abby why he began thinking about toxic masculinity and why it was ruining his relationships.Pull the covers up, put your headphones on, and lie back with Jordan...2018-12-0533 minDuvet DaysZawe AshtonZawe Ashton is talking burnout, how women of colour are treated by the medical world, and making your voice heard as she joins Abby Hollick under the duvet. The actor behind the infamous Vod in Channel 4’s Fresh Meat gets frank about her own experience with having doors slammed in her face, and the impact that can have on mental health, especially when you’re the only person of colour in the room.She tells us about her teenage bedroom, her love of Blur and Will Smith and the times she spent wandering around with a du...2018-11-2834 minDuvet DaysBryony KimmingsBryony Kimmings is climbing under the covers and getting frank about postnatal mental health, hitting rock bottom, and sticking strangers' pubes to her face (really!). Abby Hollick joins the performance artist and screenwriter in bed to chat about the year that inspired her latest solo show: ‘I’m a Phoenix, Bitch’. Bryony suffered from postnatal anxiety, became a single mother, and discovered that her baby was seriously ill, before bouncing back and making a show about survival.She tells Abby about her teenage bedroom, growing up in Peterborough, and dancing naked to Björk. Plus, she give...2018-11-2136 min