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How To Fail With Elizabeth DayEmma Dabiri - ‘We are still so obsessed with how we look’This episode of How To Fail was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy theatre.
Emma Dabiri is a broadcaster, historian, and bestselling author whose work delves into the complexities of identity, culture, and race through art history and current affairs. She's now written a number of books - culture shifting works which are a radical re-imagining of what we consider to be beauty. Her first book was an Irish Times bestseller and inspired a conversation around race that led to change regulations in schools and in the...2025-04-2345 min
RHLSTP with Richard HerringRetro RHLSTP 97 - Emma Dabiri#358 Irish Unicorn - Richard has an idea that will revolutionise football and is having to explain to his daughter why history killed all the famous women. His guest is academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri. They talk about growing up as almost the only black person in Ireland, why white people don’t like being told what to do next, Richard’s “All Lives Matter” conundrum, what’s happened to the ugly TV academics, how whiteness and blackness are a relatively modern invention, why we need to destroy capitalism and Emma answers some of Phoebe Herring’s Would You Rather questions.2025-04-211h 02
Here's Hoping with Jayda GBONUS: Here's Thinking x Emma DabiriIn Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible writer, television presenter, lecturer and speaker, Emma Dabiri - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope.If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us…Follow us on InstagramEmma DabiriJayda GMia Zur-SzpiroHere's Hoping Podcast Hosted...2025-02-0715 min
Here's Hoping with Jayda GDecolonising Beauty with African Philosophy for Self-Worth with Emma DabiriJayda sits down with Emma Dabiri to hear her academically informed understanding of beauty and identity. As well as drawing on her own unique mixed Irish and Nigerian identify, Emma reflects on how her degrees in African Studies and History laid the foundation for her deep understanding of the impact of colonialism on how we perceive ourselves and our bodies. Emma shares her knowledge of global history and philosophy, tracing the emergence of racial hierarchies and explaining why Western culture’s emphasis on appearance stems from colonialism. She contrasts this with pre-colonial Yoruba philosophy, which prioritizes inner beauty and sh...2025-02-0542 min
The RE PodcastS13 E2: The One Where God Is Not A White ManPlease send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In the wake of the far right riots that are happening across the country in August 2024, I talk to Theos Director, author, broadcaster and Canon Chine McDonald about her upbringing, Christian faith and why we need a book to remind us that God us not a white man, or even a man. This is about reframing our unconscious bias to create a better tomorrow and how we can do this. Chine makes a few references throughout the conversation - please find the links below God is no...2024-09-1343 min
First Born DaughterEpisode 5: Emma DabiriContinuing in our efforts to promote and facilitate Black women-centric conversations across the diaspora, this week's guest is the exceptional Emma Dabiri. Emma is an Irish Nigerian author and broadcaster who has spent over a decade as an academic at Villanova University and as a fellow in the African department of The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. An expert in the Black Irish experience, histories of oppression, the decolonization of Black history, and Black feminism, she’s written for The Guardian, Elle, Irish Times, Vice and others. Emma is the author of the Sunday Times best...2024-07-1022 min
Happy PlaceHow to stick two fingers up to beauty standardsSummer body ready? How about your summer skin and hair? Fearne knows you might be feeling the pressure to look a certain way – both right now, and across your lifetime – so she’s reflecting on Happy Place episodes that stick two fingers up to made up beauty standards and body ideals. You'll learn how to challenge all those social norms dictating how we should look, with some help from chair of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation, Rob Wilson, broadcaster Amanda De Cadanet, and activist Emma Dabiri. Plus, hear some deeply personal stories...2024-06-2836 min
Health and SocietyRace and Racism in Primary School"Trigger Warning"This episode contains a conversation where instances of racism are mentioned and may be triggering for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.**If you want to share your thoughts, feelings, or ideas** about today's episode, please email, text or send a voice note to:Email: Healthandsociety24@gmail.comWhatsapp: 0852415853Instagram: @Health_and_society_About our guestToday we have Peace Chukwurah on the Pod. She has just completed her degree for primary school teaching in DCU. Peace is a Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion...2024-05-2138 min
Listen LoudlyListen Loudly Season One Round Up MinisodeWith season one of Listen Loudly coming to an end, I am beyond thrilled at how it has been received! I’m also incredibly grateful for your feedback, comments, and reviews. I can’t wait to get started on season two.Today, you’ll hear a brief round up of season one and my favourite parts of each episode. From Susie Chan to Justin Su’a to Emma Dabiri, I’ve had an incredible time chatting with my guests and have learned so much along the way, I hope you have too!And remember to s...2024-03-1338 minListen LoudlyExploring deep work and deep rest, with Emma DabiriEmma Dabiri, author, academic and broadcaster, rounds out the final guest episode of Listen Loudly. We talk movement, our experiences of racism growing up in Ireland, and how we have been conditioned to separate the mind from the body, far beyond what the beauty or advertising industry have been able to influence. Tune into episode 8 of Listen Loudly to hear my conversation with my dear friend Emma, where we go deep on the concept of deep work and deep rest. We talk about our mutual experiences as adolescents in Ireland, the separation of mind and body, th...2024-03-0656 minHappy PlaceEmma Dabiri: Bodies, ageing, and Heather Shimmer lipstickWhen judge ourselves less, we judge each other less too, and vice versa. Activist and broadcaster Emma Dabiri’s academic work critiques the image-conscious society we live in. In this chat, Fearne and Emma explore attitudes to everything from ageing, to weight, to race. Plus, Emma explains how much of our beauty culture is specific to the West, by comparing it to other cultures around the world. They also talk about how we can critique beauty culture while still loving the magic of self-expression and adornment and art. Emm...2024-01-2250 min
Novel ThoughtsDisobedient Bodies by Emma DabiriMichelle, Sapphire and Joseph chat about what they’ve been reading, watching, and listening to this week including the true crime podcasts Crime Junkie, Morbid, and Small Town Dicks, as well as the new TV series The Curse starring Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, and the classic 80s creature feature Gremlins. This week’s deep dive book is Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty by Emma Dabiri, a radical, deeply personal and empowering essay that points to ways we can all embrace our unruly beauty and enjoy our magnificent, disobedient bodies.Emma Dabiri is an...2023-12-2041 min
The Women's PodcastEmma Dabiri: Claiming your unruly beautyIrish-Nigerian author and broadcaster Emma Dabiri is giving the middle finger to modern beauty standards. Growing up, Dabiri felt pressured to conform to “oppressive” beauty ideals, to shrink herself to fit in and to straighten her afro hair. Now, as she explains in her new essay ‘Disobedient Bodies’, it’s time to rebel against those suffocating beauty constructs. From going makeup free to embracing her natural hair, Dabiri tells Róisín Ingle about the power that comes with reclaiming your unruly beauty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-11-3039 min
I Weigh with Jameela JamilHow to Divorce Yourself from Modern Beauty Standards with Emma DabiriJameela is joined this week by Irish-Nigerian bestselling author Emma Dabiri to find out where & why beauty standards started, how European philosophers created & influenced binary theory and what we can do to disconnect from these beauty standards. They discuss finding the pleasure in ritual and community, loving make-up (or not a la Pamela Anderson!), the importance and privilege of growing older and finding more ways to have value as modern women outside of appearance.Emma’s book "Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty" is out now, and you can follow her on Twitter @emmadabiri and IG @emmadabiri2023-10-171h 09
You're BookedEmma Dabiri - You're BookedThis week we are delighted to welcome the broadcaster, academic and bestselling author Emma Dabiri to You're Booked. Emma is the author of Don't Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition and her latest book Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty, that accompanies The Cult of Beauty, a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection. We talked to Emma about fashion inspiration in Anne of Green Gables, the philosophy of beauty, the genius of Toni Morrison and E Nesbit being the gateway to a lifelong love of books.Daisy will be at the...2023-10-1651 min
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social Science[Spanish] - No me toques el pelo: Origen e historia del cabello afro by Emma DabiriPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - No me toques el pelo: Origen e historia del cabello afro Author: Emma Dabiri Narrator: Francia Alcántara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 11, 2023 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: El pelo negro nunca es «solo pelo». Alisado. Estigmatizado. «Domado». Celebrado. Borrado. Gestionado. Apropiado. Siempre incomprendido. El pelo negro nunca es «solo pelo». Este libro trata de por qué el cabello negro es importante y de cómo puede considerarse un modelo de descolonización. A lo largo de una serie de ensayos irónicos e inf...2023-10-1105 min
Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-BextorEpisode 96: Emma DabiriEmma Dabiri is an Irish writer, academic and broadcaster - and an expert on race. Born to a Nigerian dad and an Irish mum, Emma experienced extremely different environments growing up: first in a predominantly black area of America and then moving to Southern Ireland where she found herself in the opposite - a very white and racist society. She remembered how a bookshop in Dublin was her sanctuary and saviour as a child. It turned out it was a radical bookshop - and we agreed that books can provide a quiet rebellion when you're growing up....2023-05-291h 21
Talk ArtEmma Dabiri (Live at Dulwich Picture Gallery)Bonus Live Episode!!! We meet Emma Dabiri, Irish author, academic, and broadcaster live at Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London to discuss Talk Art Book 2!Emma's debut book, Don't Touch My Hair, was published in 2019, followed by the Sunday Times Best Seller What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition in 2021. Her new book Disobedient Bodies will be published in Autumn.Emma Dabiri is a teaching fellow in the African department at SOAS, a Visual Sociology PhD researcher at Goldsmiths and advisor to the British Council's Arts and Creative Economy board, th...2023-05-191h 04
Stories in Two - Book PodcastS04E11 - Book Bar Book Haul, Manacled & Loads moreWelcome back to the Stories in Two Podcast; A podcast for those who love books. In this week's episode, we take you on a virtual trip to London as we visit some of the local bookshops, including the beautiful Book Bar in Finsbury Park. We share our book haul from a serious shopping spree and give you a small reading update on the popular Harry Potter fanfic, Manacled. We also discuss a wide range of books, including Snowdrops by A.D Miller, Eleanor Oliphont Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, and Throttled by Lauren Asher, to name...2023-04-2659 minStories in Two - Book PodcastS04E11 - Book Bar Book Haul, Manacled & Loads moreWelcome back to the Stories in Two Podcast; A podcast for those who love books. In this week's episode, we take you on a virtual trip to London as we visit some of the local bookshops, including the beautiful Book Bar in Finsbury Park. We share our book haul from a serious shopping spree and give you a small reading update on the popular Harry Potter fanfic, Manacled. We also discuss a wide range of books, including Snowdrops by A.D Miller, Eleanor Oliphont Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, and Throttled by Lauren Asher, to name...2023-04-2659 min
Why I… MoveWhy I… Move with Emma Dabiri and Nike Trainer Alex HipwellEmma is an Irish-Nigerian broadcaster, academic and bestselling author. In this episode, Emma shares how she overcame her fear of the cold, the life lessons she’s learned from braving the elements and how swimming in Irish waters connects her to her ancestors.She’s joined by Nike trainer Alex Hipwell, who shares her insight on understanding menstrual cycles and how to harness this knowledge to move better.If you want to get in touch with the show, email us podcasts@elleuk.comFollow Hannah Nathanson on Instagram @hlucynatFo...2023-04-1030 min
But Why?JOY WITH EMMA DABIRIClemmie marks International Women's Day 2023 by chatting to Irish-Nigerian academic, broadcaster and bestselling author Emma Dabiri about joy.This week’s episode is part of the Power of Women festival based in Thanet, Kent. Check out powthanet.com for the full POW festival line up which runs throughout March. and happy International Women's Month!Emma is the author of two highly acclaimed books and has fronted numerous documentaries, including Hair Power (2020) for Channel 4 which won the Cannes Lion Silver award for entertainment. She co-presents Britain’s Lost Masterpieces on BBC 4 and has appeared on Newsnight and H...2023-03-081h 00
The Power In Us: The PodcastWho's Future Our Future with Emma DabiriIn this episode we are propelled by the sounds of protest and the voice of Angela Davis from the first track of my album, into conversations about everything from 'What White People Can Do Next', Emma's new best selling book, to modern day allyship, the history of blackness, performative activism and Emma's own experience of growing up in Ireland. This felt like a great way to launch the series and I can't wait for you to listen to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-02-2047 min
Już tłumaczę#132 Głosy czarnych kobietCześć! Temat tego odcinka wybrała Ela – postanowiłyśmy zaprezentować Wam książki autorstwa czarnych kobiet, które przeczytałyśmy ostatnio! Będzie więc nowość na polskim rynku „Manifest” Bernardine Evaristo, w którym autorka rozlicza się ze swoją przeszłością i punktuje kwestie, które są dla niej najważniejsze. Później przyjrzymy się trzem publikacjom dostępnym w języku angielskim. Ela opowie Wam o książce irlandzkiej akademiczki Emmy Dabiri „Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture”. Później przeniesiemy się do Stanów Zjednoczonych. Mikki Kendall z pasją prezentuje problemy czarnych kobiet, których potrzeby często nie s...2022-10-0937 min
Intelligence SquaredHow to Lead a Sustainable Business – Emma Dabiri on Reinventing Stories Around RaceFor this edition of Intelligence Squared, we join Alannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, for her podcast How to Lead a Sustainable Business, in which she speaks to thought leaders who are reinventing their sectors for a sustainable and just future.In this week’s special episode, Alannah and her guest explore the possibility of rethinking race.Emma Dabiri is an academic, broadcaster and author of two highly acclaimed books on the subject: Don’t Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition. She discusses why ideas about race are cultural...2022-07-2934 min
How to Lead a Sustainable Business with Alannah WestonEmma Dabiri, author, academic and broadcaster, on Reinventing Stories Around RaceAlannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, speaks to leaders who are driving systems change to reinvent their sectors for a future that is regenerative and just.
This week is a special episode: rather than exploring an economic sector, Alannah looks at the possibility of rethinking race in conversation with Emma Dabiri.
Emma is an academic, broadcaster and author of two highly acclaimed books on the
subject: Don’t Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to
Coalition. She offers a clear-thinking analysis of the construction of race and how thro...2022-07-2128 min
How We Live Now with Katherine MayEmma Dabiri on history and belongingWelcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.Producer Note: You'll notice a slight change in Katherine's audio in the second half of the podcast. This is just due to a necessary 'source switch', where we had to change where her recording was coming from. Your ears will adjust very quickly but apologies for the ever so slight dip. Thank you!This week Katherine talks to Emma Dabiri, author of Don’t Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next. What begins as a conversation about Emma’s new-f...2022-07-081h 06
Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize PodcastBookshelfie: Emma DabiriWriter, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri talks about identity, ghost stories and why she could make a whole podcast about Toni Morrison's books.
Emma’s first book, an essay collection called Don’t Touch My Hair, explores the way that colonisation, oppression and, ultimately, liberation are all expressed in Black women’s hair – and it gained critical acclaim from just about everyone. Emma’s second book - a Sunday Times bestseller - What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition, is a longform essay looking at how support for anti-racism can be translated into meaningful...2022-06-1650 min
Victor's Children#17: Anti-racism and SocialismAnti-racism and Socialism
The problems with liberal responses to racism are no reason to dismiss or downplay the importance of anti-racist struggle as some on the left do. A discussion with Sharmeen Khan and Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot on the politics of representation, multiculturalism, allyship and other aspects of anti-racist politics from socialist perspectives.
Some writings referred to in this episode:
Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677949/what-white-people-can-do-next-by-emma-dabiri/9780141996738
Himani Bannerji, The Dark Side of the Nation
https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/dark-side-of-the-nation
Vanessa Wills, "Marxism and White Privilege" (paywall)
https://spectrejournal.com/marxism-and-white-privilege/
Nick Mitchell, "...2022-05-121h 59
Junkie 4 A StoryBook Review | Twisted: The History of Black Hair Culture By Emma DabiriThis is a book review.
Here is the link for more info:
https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Tangled-History-Black-Culture/dp/0062966723/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H9CL9UERKEE0&keywords=twisted+emma+dabiri&qid=1647046362&s=books&sprefix=twisted+emma%2Cstripbooks%2C580&sr=1-12022-04-1006 min