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On the RackMake Britain Great AgainOn The Rack this week I have thought leader, educator, and consultant, Lee Jasper. He was an advisor in government to five consecutive Home Secretaries up until 2010, the Senior Political Advisor to former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone for eight years (2000-2008) and is the co-founder of Operation Black Vote. He is a veteran racial justice campaigner and strategist who I first met fourteen years ago. You can also listen to this episode on Spotify, YouTube and Apple PodcastsIn our conversation we discussed his role as the current chair of the Alliance of Police...
2025-10-241h 16
On the RackJazz's Favourite SonYou can subscribe to On the Rack via Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.Alex Hitchcock is a New York based, London born, leading voice on the saxophone and distinctive improviser on the international stage.He has been described by The Guardian as a ‘virtuoso’ saxophonist, and his innovative collaborations have confirmed his growing reputation as an instigator and catalyst for captivating musical encounters that continually push the envelope a little further.According to — BBC Jazz World he has, “Ridiculous technique and harmonic proficiency combined with progressive creativity that sees him leading the charge in terms...
2025-07-1253 min
On the RackEthics, Engineering and Star Wars with Gareth DennisIt's the first Chat S**t Get Banged of 2025 and I was delighted to invite Gareth Dennis on the show!Gareth is the author of How Railways Will Fix the Future, published by Repeater Books.In a review of the book, Steve Dawe writing for West England Bylines said,Gareth Dennis uses current, historical, and global contexts to chart how the railways can assist in the climate emergency and social justice.Despite 29 global conferences on the climate, and thousands of illustrative academic papers, climate policy failures remain. As Gareth Dennis observes...
2025-02-071h 30
On the RackPresenting Yung Yusuf... Palestine has a new PoetYung Yusuf is a Palestinian-English rapper making music to fuel a revolution. His lyrics are marked by a deep exploration of fear, identity, and vulnerability, while his animated wordplay and unique energy keep listeners on their toes. I wrote about Yung Yusuf back in September, in my most read newsletter to date 'KNEECAPPED’Friday night I met Lowkey's son. He isn't his son of course, too close in age but could perhaps be his nephew, son of an older sister perhaps.Before I left, I went over to Yusuf who had ju...
2024-11-0752 min
On the RackFrom Palestine to Middlesbrough: What is Art for with Daniel York LohListen to episode four on any platform here.In 2018 I was also lucky enough to see see playwright Daniel York Loh’s #Forgotten遗忘 . It was well crafted. Intelligent. Necessary. In fact to envision and then produce a story with the sweeping width and breadth of #Forgotten遗忘 takes massive brain power and tenacity. The Stage introduced their rave review thus, ‘Daniel York Loh’s study of the 140,000 Chinese Labour Corps who worked tirelessly for Britain during the First World War is a rhythmic and expansive piece of theatre which showcases the best of (often underestimated) British East Asian talent...
2024-10-181h 05
On the RackExclusive interview with Dr. Seth Alexander ThévozThis week I sat down with Dr. Seth Alexander Thévoz, a political, cultural and social historian of 19th and 20th century Europe and empires, specialising in the history of private members’ clubs, and the history of corruption. He's also an award winning investigative journalist.Catch up with all episodes here. We intended to meet at the British Film Institute in St Stephen's Street, as I was a former member there and know it's quiet. It was closed. So we headed to The Mandrake. It was expensive. We ended up in the Bricklayers Arms on Gres...
2024-10-081h 06
On the RackMad GeniusesI have only love for the mad ones. I wrote about it here in Let Us Eat Cake!As Jack Kerouac said in ‘On the Road’,The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!"A...
2024-09-271h 24
On the RackThe Trashies 2024Audio: Excerpt from Reel Politik Ep. 304 Trashies Fever feat Sam Asumadu (with mention of Dan Davies and Seumas Milne!)Jack and Geraint are joined by journalist Samantha Asumadu to talk about The Trashies, the UK’s premier awards for bad journalism, which she’s been running via Media Diversified since 2014, and are returning this year after a short absence. We go through some of the worst dogshit printed by the British press in recent memory! Listen to the full hour episode hereINVITATIONVOTING FOR THE UK’s PREMIER AWARDS FOR BAD JO...
2024-09-1810 min
On the RackPatrick Vernon: The AfrofuturistHope you enjoyed last week's episode "What Is Prison For?" with Chris Akers from 286 Project.This week I'm interviewing Afrofuturist Patrick Vernon who runs his own social enterprise promoting the history of diverse communities, as founder of Every Generation and the "100 Great Black Britons" campaign and ran a successful campaign for 22 June to be recognized annually as Windrush Day, a National day acknowledging the migrant contribution to UK society. I filmed this interview a few years ago at Southbank centre. With activism and black liberation still the fulcrum of what gets the UK chatting, it still feels a...
2024-09-1622 min
On the Rack"What is Prison For?"UPDATED 12/09/24Welcome to the newly launched Chat S**t. Get Banged podcast!This time round it's just me, myself and eye. Over the next few weeks I'll be interviewing some interesting people, some of who whom you will know, such as Patrick Vernon,who runs his own social enterprise promoting the history of diverse communities, as founder of Every Generation and the "100 Great Black Britons" campaign and ran a successful campaign for 22 June to be recognized annually as Windrush Day, a national day acknowledging the migrant contribution to UK society.In 2018 myself and...
2024-09-0657 min
Reel Politik PodcastEpisode 304 - Trashies Fever (ft. Samantha Asumadu)Jack and Geraint are joined by journalist Samantha Asumadu to talk about The Trashies, the UK's premier awards for bad journalism, which she's been running via Media Diversified since 2014, and are returning this year after a short absence. We go through some of the worst dogshit printed by the British press in recent memory, before Geraint talks to Sam about her investigative podcast TRAPPED: The IPP Prisoner Scandal.
Check out TRAPPED at https://shows.acast.com/trapped-the-ipp-prisoner-scandal, follow it on Twitter at @Trapped_Pod and follow Sam at @SamanthaAsumadu. Media Diversified can be found via https://mediadiversified.org/ and on...
2024-08-251h 21
What a Hell of a Way to DadGuest Episode: Spycops Legacy, Part 2 (feat. Tom Fowler)This is a special supplemental episode this week featuring friend of the show and investigative journalist Samantha Asumadu (@SamanthaAsumadu) This episode continues Sam Asumadu’s interview with Tom Fowler on the topic of the Spycops inquiry, and the degree to which the British state has attempted to scuttle any and all social justice protests, while at the same time ensuring the far right has a free pass. Tom is the host of the Spycops Info Podcast, which is available here: https://spycops.info/ If you missed part 1, check it out here: https://five.libsyn.com/show...
2024-08-2035 min
Trapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalIndefinite InjusticeTheresa and Josh’s story. Today we hear from Theresa, whose son Josh has been serving an IPP sentence since he was 18. Josh was sentenced to an IPP in 2008 for GBH, he’s now 34. When Sam meets Theresa in May 2024, Josh is still recovering from his recent set-back with the parole board. Theresa has shared an open letter from Josh in prison, written to alert the outside world of his crisis.We also catch up with Roddy Russell who was featured in Episode 4: A Catch 22 and who has now had the first visit...
2024-08-1932 min
On the RackAn Ethnography of Black, White and Brown Working Class MenEthnography is. Simply stated, it is the study of people in their own environment through the use of methods such as participant observation and face-to-face interviewing. It's a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study (so says Wiki)I call myself an ethnographic because I like to observe, talk to, become ffriends with, analyse and strip people bare and look into their souls. Sounds scary right. Well I don't think the results are.I've been doing it...
2024-08-1805 minWhat a Hell of a Way to DadGuest Episode: Spycops Legacy, Part 1 (feat. Tom Fowler)This is a special supplemental episode this week featuring friend of the show and investigative journalist Samantha Asumadu (@SamanthaAsumadu) In part 1 of this interview series, Sam speaks with activist and reporter Tom Fowler, who's been documenting the Spycops inquiries in the UK—and who was himself part of a group infiltrated by Spycops in the 2000s. Tom is the host of the Spycops Info Podcast, which is available here: https://spycops.info/ Spycops may not be a familiar story to American listeners, but the summarized version is: the British state has recently admitted to using se...
2024-08-1038 min
Trapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalPrison Crisis: The Chief Inspector of Probation, Martin Jones CBE Speaks...Today’s episode is an exclusive interview with Martin Jones CBE, who was appointed His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation in March 2024. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive of the Parole Board from 2015.Sam meets Martin Jones at the MOJ building, 102 Petty France, Westminster in July 2024 to discuss the IPP scandal in the shadow of the looming prisons crisis. It had been a big week for criminal justice: the new Justice Minister, Shabana Mahmood had just announced she was dealing with the crisis by allowing the early release of prisoners on standard determinate sentences after...
2024-07-2340 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalThe Daily Mail TestRob and Sara’s story. Sam investigates the impact of recall on IPP prisoners in the community. Change is finally coming - how will it affect them? Rob was given an IPP sentence in 2008 and he’s been recalled back to prison 4 times since then. His partner Sara is a campaigner with UNGRIPP, The United Group for Reform of IPP: they met through the work she was doing. Sam meets them in Manchester in May 2024, just as the Victim’s and Prisoner’s Bill is making its way towards a conclusion in Parliament. This bill is bringing...
2024-06-2837 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalA Perfect StormMary and Martin Myer’s story. We also hear from two people who head up their unions, working with IPP prisoners on the front line: the prison officers and prisoner governors.Martin Myers comes from an Irish Traveller family. They’re a minority group in the UK, often discriminated against. On the 8th March 2006, Martin was given an IPP sentence with a tariff of 19 months and 27 days. Apart from one stint of freedom for 10 weeks towards the end of 2023, he’s been locked away in prison. Today Sam meets Mary, Martin’s mother, to hear their story.
2024-06-0736 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalTorture SentencesWayne Bell’s story, plus Sam speaks to Dr Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture about her intervention in the campaign for IPP justice. Today Sam travels to Manchester to speak to Alana Bell, whose brother Wayne Bell was sentenced to an IPP sentence with a 2 year tariff in 2007 for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. He was 17. Wayne is now 34: he’s spent his entire adult life in prison. Like many other IPP prisoners, Wayne didn't know what an IPP sentence was until he was knocked back at parole. He then...
2024-05-2039 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalPrisoners of PoliticsThe inside story of the measures being taken by members of the House of Lords for IPP prisoners in the current parliamentary Victims and Prisoners Bill. We join Sam on 11th March 2024, three months after the inquest of Matthew Price, an IPP prisoner on license who took his own life, and one day before the Victims and Prisoners bill committee stage in the House of Lords. The two are linked because this bill is being heralded as perhaps the last opportunity for some time to use legislation to finally close the chapter on imprisonment for p...
2024-05-0146 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalWhat Does Hope Look Like?The IPP sentence has created a sense of hopelessness amongst prisoners, leading to poor mental health, self-harm and numerous suicides, so we are ending this series by asking ‘what does hope look like’ for IPP serving prisoners? Sam asks this question to some of the many people who are campaigning to bring an end to this grievous injustice: including Andrea Coomber, from the Howard League for Penal Reform; Richard Garside from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies; Simon Hattenstone from the Guardian and Elisabeth Davies from the Independent Monitoring Boards. We also hear from Frank...
2023-12-1543 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalSet up to FailNicole, Madison and Matthew Price's stories.Nicole and Madison both served Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. Now out on licence, Sam meets these two women in Parliament, whilst trying to lobby their MPs. She hears about life inside female prisons and how they are both doing now. As of December 2022, there were 40 women in custody serving IPP sentences. Sam also talks to Emma McClure and Andrew Sperling, criminal lawyers who represented Matthew Price, who was on licence when he took his own life in May 2023. They describe the terror that Matthew faced...
2023-11-2330 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalWalking on EggshellsWhat's life like for IPP prisoners on licence? Mark Conway and Andrew Morris both describe it as ‘walking on eggshells’. Mark Conway intervened in the terror attack at London Bridge in 2019, tackling Usman Khan who was subsequently shot dead by armed police. Mark's first call was to his parole officer because he was worried he might get recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions. Andrew Morris says he is frustrated at the lack of will to end the needless deaths of IPPs, one being his friend ‘Danny’ whose death Andrew describes as "inexcusable and unforgivable." Both Mark...
2023-10-3037 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalAppealing the Sentence: IH’s StoryHow IH fought and won the legal appeal against his DPP sentence.IH is one of the few people who has successfully appealed against his DPP sentence. DPP stands for ‘Detention for Public Protection’, it works just like IPPs, but it was given to people who were under the age of 18 at the time of their conviction. IH served a DPP sentence for 16 years before he won his appeal. He was represented by Farrhat Arshad at Doughty Street Chambers. Today Sam meets IH and Farrhat to talk about fighting and winning his appeal, and the growing imped...
2023-10-0929 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalBogus DiagnosisBernadette and Abdulahi's story, plus Sam explores mental health treatment for IPPs and the now controversial Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway.Sam travels to Cardiff to meet Bernadette, whose husband Abdulahi received an IPP sentence in 2005. His original tariff was two years and he has been recalled back to prison four times. Abdulahi was born in Somalia and moved to the UK as a child. He is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and his mental health has deteriorated since being in prison and because of the anxiety-inducing uncertainty of his IPP sentence. Sam a...
2023-09-2530 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner Scandal'Dear Tommy': The InquestDonna and Tommy’s story and why so many IPP serving prisoners have taken their own lives.Tommy Nicol was serving an IPP sentence for robbery and when his tariff expired and he still wasn’t released from prison, he took his own life. Tommy is just one of many: the total number of IPP serving prisoners who had taken their own lives by the end of 2022 was 81. Today Sam investigates the human stories behind these stark statistics. Sam visits the ‘SoulsINQUEST’ exhibition in Brixton’s 198 Gallery to speak to INQUEST’s Director, Deborah Coles...
2023-08-0130 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalA Catch-22Roddy and Robert Russell’s story, plus Sam explores why IPP serving prisoners are finding it so hard to get released by the parole board.Roddy Russell first found out what an IPP sentence was in 2011 when his brother, Robert didn't come home after serving 2-and-a-half-year tariff for a threat to kill. The brothers grew up in the Forest of Dean – and Roddy left as soon as he was old enough for a career in the RAF, whilst Robert went down a different path and has been in prison for the last 14 years, serving an indefinite impri...
2023-07-1835 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalTough on CrimeShirley and Shaun’s story, plus Sam digs into the history of the IPP sentence, what has made it such a failure?Shirley Debono has been campaigning against IPPs (Imprisonment for Public Protection) for many years. Her son Shaun Lloyd received an IPP sentence in 2005 for a street robbery of a mobile phone. He is one of the first people to receive an indeterminate IPP sentence and he’s been trapped in a cycle of recalls to prison ever since. We join Shirley as she travels to the HQ of the parole board in London to try...
2023-07-0339 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalA Kafkaesque MazeSam reports on Aaron and Cherrie’s story and the ‘Kafkaesque maze’ of the offending behaviour programmes.Aaron Graham is the longest straight serving IPP prisoner. He's has been in prison for nineteen years without parole on a two-and-a-half-year tariff, and he still doesn’t know when he’s getting out. Aaron’s sister Cherrie Nichol has been campaigning for Aaron and others like him serving the IPP sentence. Sam also digs into the offending behaviour programs, an integral part of the justice system and proving your reduced risk to the parole board as an IPP...
2023-06-1629 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalGhost PrisonersWhat are IPPs sentences and why are they so destructive? It's the 27th of April 2023. We join reporter Sam Asumadu as she takes us back to the time when she first heard about IPPs (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentences during a meeting with Shirley Debono, who’s been campaigning for justice for IPPs since her son Shaun received an IPP sentence for a street robbery without violence. He was given a two-and-a-half-year tariff back in 2005, and he’s still serving the sentence, nearly 18 years later. There are currently 2,916 people trapped in prison...
2023-05-2641 minTrapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalTrapped TrailerPodcast series charting the UK #IPP prisoner scandal. Listen on #Acast #ApplePodcasts #Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Today there are nearly 3,000 people trapped in British prisons on the now abolished indeterminate IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentence, many for minor crimes like stealing a mobile phone. None of them know when they are getting out, or whether their IPP sentence could mean life in prison. To date, 87 IPP serving prisoners, with a lack of certainty and losing hope, have taken their own lives. The IPP has been called a ‘stain on the British justice syst...
2023-05-2301 min
Media DiversifiedThe Forde Report"The Forde Report is a damning document which highlights a deeply toxic and unpleasant culture in the Labour Party that allows racism from senior officials to go unchallenged." - Taj Ali
Taj Ali our host was joined by broadcasters and writers and journalists Perry Blankson, Ayaz Rafik, Hamza Ali Shah, Rachel Shabi, Afroze Zaidi, Beauty Dhlamin, Labour councillor and anti-racism equalities campaigner Shaista Aziz, and author and broadcaster Genelle Aldred
Ahaed of the debate, Genelle said "The Forde report demands a response. Many Black people in the UK say they now feel politically homeless, especially those...
2022-07-281h 26
Rebel Justice21. Samantha Asumadu - Founder of Media Diversified and Writers of ColourSend us a textThis week Oliver Freiberg meets crisis journalist, activist and campaigner Samantha Asumadu where they talk about activism, what inspired her, and her recent nomination to the long list of the prestigious Paul Foot Award, for investigative journalism.The View magazine is the only platform by and for women in the justice system. Every week we look at the flaws in the current system and solutions that will make it better and fairer, through art, creativity, acknowledging trauma, legal reform, reporting and oversight. The View examines the intersection of wom...
2022-05-2541 min
Rebel Justice20. Women vs The State (Panel 8 May 2022 at Photo North, Manchester)Send us a textIn today’s episode, we present some excerpts from our Women vs The State live talk that took place at the Photo North Festival in Manchester in the first week of May 2022. In the panel, we had the pleasure of hearing from Gail Hadfield Grainger, whose partner was unlawfully murdered in an extra-judicial killing by Greater Manchester Police, Mags McNally, her law partner, their client Zayna and crisis campaigner and journalist Samantha Asumadu.Zayna talks about her experience with the Greater Manchester Police. In the podcast she explains that she was dr...
2022-05-1918 min
Media DiversifiedWomen vs The State - Hard Talk: When the State is the PerpetratorPanel discussion with Gail Hadfield Grainger whose partner was unlawfully murdered in an extra judicial killing by Greater Manchester Police, Mags McNally, her law partner, their client Zayna and journalist Samantha Asumadu. Discussing travesties of justice, including Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection and the unlawful and egregious actions of the agencies meant to protect us, not harm us. Including mothers whose daughters died in police custody, women on life licences who are constantly let down by state agencies, and photographers on the front line of social change.
The View Magazine - by and for...
2022-05-091h 02
Media DiversifiedThe Tory’s Economic Model Kills the Most VulnerableSamantha Asumadu taking cue from an investigation by Tortoise Media urges us on International Workers Memorial Day to commemorate those who died because of the economic model that brutally oppresses the working class
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://mediadiversified.org/2022/04/28/the-torys-economic-model-kills-the-most-vulnerable/
2022-04-2805 min
Media DiversifiedBlack Publishers and White AgentsMedia Diversified hosted a twitter space called Publishing, Black publishers, book deals and white agents hosted by founder Samantha Asumadu and Marcus Daniel, the editor in chief.
2022-03-141h 34
On the RackGuest Ep. What a Hell of a Way to Die: The Information WarThese were the tweets that prompted me to ask author and broadcaster Matt Potter if I could interview him. Also because I think Carole Cadwalladr was wrong in her viral tweets calling Ukraine/Russia the first great information war or second, as then she corrects herself within the same tweet and says the one in 2014 was first. I didn’t know much before interviewing Matt but I did know she was wrong about the dates. Wrong on both accounts.I knew Matt was writing a book about Cyber warfare but was unsure of the details. Th...
2022-03-0835 min
Media Diversified“UK prisoners serving inhumane indefinite sentences may have lost appeals for their freedom because non-existent offences had been wrongly included in their files”Founder of Media Diversified Samantha Asumadu has been moonlighting for openDemocracy. We know It’s hard for some to care about prisoners, but we should all care about a prison system used to effectively torture individual prisoners. This article is the first in our series about indeterminate sentences for public protection
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://mediadiversified.org/2022/03/05/uk-prisoners-serving-inhumane-indefinite-sentences-may-have-lost-appeals-for-their-freedom-because-non-existent-offences-had-been-wrongly-included-in-their-files/
2022-03-0512 minWhat a Hell of a Way to Dad*CROSSPOST* Sam Asumadu Interviews Author Matt Potter on Information WarThere’s no Hell of a Way this week, as Nate has covid and Francis left on vacation before the war in Ukraine started. We’ll hopefully be back next week. In the interim, we’re crossposting a piece from Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) director and previous guest Samantha Asumadu, in which she speaks with author Matt Potter about information warfare (both as relates to Ukraine and in general). Thank you for your patience, and hope you enjoy. For this week’s bonus, Joe, Francis, and Carey discuss a recent story in which some aviation Marines got charg...
2022-03-0435 min
Media DiversifiedPART 1. The Information War - Samantha Asumadu interviews author and broadcaster Matt PotterThis has been an information war
1. You’ve shown an intense interest in Ukraine over the past few days as have many other, reporters, correspondents, communications, politicians an hackers. What is your hook about and what has it got to do with Ukraine or Russia
2. Which last conflict did you watch closely - how did it roll out compared to this one? Did you watch ARAB SPRING?
3. Communicating on platforms, porn, social media (In 2010 it was facebook) has the world moved on from facebook since the January 6th protesters were arrested?
4 What would be your advice to Yemen, afghan nigeria gr...
2022-02-2835 minMedia DiversifiedBritain is Just as Culpable as Saudi Arabia for the War in YemenMedia Diversified founder Samantha Asumadu reflects on Britain’s culpability for the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the ongoing Yemen war. The United Nations reports that fatalities could reach 1.3 million by 2030
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://mediadiversified.org/2022/01/30/britain-is-just-as-culpable-for-the-war-in-yemen-as-saudi-arabia/
2022-02-2610 min
On the RackMake Some Noise!Every year, people all over the world hold noise demos outside prisons on New Year's Eve to remind those inside that they are not forgotten.Bring instruments, pots & pans, and anything else that makes noise to Brixton prison, NYE, 6pm! via Prisoner Solidarity Network@psn_ldn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit samanthaasumadu.substack.com/subscribe
2022-01-0105 min
Media DiversifiedThere is a War on Black People in BritainMedia Diversified founder Samantha Asumadu reflects on today’s news of the deportation of Black British people to Jamaica, the Stansted 15 case and after last year’s Windrush scandal, what seems like an escalating war on Black British people that the media must do more to challenge
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://mediadiversified.org/2019/02/06/there-is-a-war-on-black-people-in-britain-if-youre-complacent-youre-complicit/
2021-12-2609 min
On the RackBBC Focus on Africa Interview: Nationality And Borders BillBola Mosuro interviews Samantha Asumadu from Media Diversified . about the UK governments plans to pass the Nationality and Borders Bill'Under a new draft clause added to the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill, which was proposed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, people in the United Kingdom could be stripped of their citizenship without warning.The bill also aims to rule as inadmissible asylum claims made by undocumented people as well as criminalise them and anyone taking part in refugee rescue missions in the English Channel..immigration lawyers say the bill breaches international and domestic law.'
2021-12-2104 min
On the RackStephan James in conversation with Samantha AsumaduSam iinterview actor Stephan James on Barry Jenkins' radical empathy, James Baldwin, black love stories and British slang! Sam and Ava will be back in a new studio and with fantastic new guests in April! IF BEALE STREET COULD is out in UK cinemas on 8th Feb'Like James Baldwin’s Best Work, If Beale Street Could Talk Contains MultitudesBarry Jenkins’s follow-up to Moonlight, starring KiKi Layne and Stephan James as a pair of lovers torn asunder, is a triumph.''Barry Jenkins makes movies about black love. His 2008 debut, Medi...
2019-02-1114 min
On the RackInterview with Marc Thompson from the Terrence Higgins TrustMarc Thompson, strategic lead health improvement at the Terrence Higgins Trust, co-founder of Team Prepster and co-editor of Black Out UK joins Sam and Ava for an interview about sexual health, HIV and stigma in black communities. MUSIC Little Simz - Offence Jay Z - Lucifer Inspiration Information SPONSOR WAX PRINT FILM is the story of one fabric and how it came to symbolise a continent, it’s people and their struggle for freedom. A feature documentary directed by Aiwan Obinyan www.waxprintfilm.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
2019-01-1335 min
On the RackIn conversation with Whitney Houston, Ethnographer, Marcus DanielEditor in Chief of Media Diversified joins Sam and Ava for an episode dedicated to the legend, Whitney Houston!TracksWHITNEY HOUSTONI Will Always Love You - it's Not Right But It's OKOne Moment In TimeMy Name is Not SusanSaving All My LovePoison - Bel Biv DevoeCorrect - MNEKRoni - Bobby Brown This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit samanthaasumadu.substack.com/subscribe
2018-12-2644 min
On the RackIn conversation with Investigative journalist Mark WattsThis week's guess is investigative journalist Mark Watts!Topics covered by Ava, Sam and Mark include:The freedom of information act which Tony Blair said was his "biggest mistake", Britain's culture of secrecy and the Official Secrets Act + billionaire registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein and the difference between FOI in UK and USA. Our usual #HereandFabulous and #GetintheBin segment features too!Mark Watts is a journalist who has worked for a range of national newspapers and broadcasters and is the co-ordinator of the FOIA [pronounced similar to “foyer”] Centre, a specialist research company: www.foiacentre.com. The...
2018-12-091h 06
On the RackIn conversation with journalist Assed BaigSPECIAL GUEST Journalist Assed Baig is a war correspondent and reporter. His stories have gained international coverage and millions of views worldwide. He has worked in Syria, Central African Republic, Myanmar and Libya. Currently working as an international correspondent in London for TRT world. He has previously worked as a reporter for Channel 4 News and the BBC. www.assedbaig.com Twitter: @AssedBaig MUSIC Little Simz - Offence, Linda Lewis - Sideway Shuffles, Jay Z - Lucifer, Inspiration Information, Franco - Heritier SPONSORS WAX PRINT FILM is the story of one fabric...
2018-11-1850 min
University of CambridgeWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT?In an age of anti-establishment thinking, is the process of overthrowing elites and creating new ones speeding up? Are we in for a period of perpetual distrust and is this a good thing? Join John Naughton, Beatrix Campbell, Kieron O'Hara and Samantha Asumadu as they discuss what it means to be anti-establishment. Chaired by Kiri Kankhwende.
2016-11-011h 26
AcademicsGBA 274 Guilaine KinouaniIn GBA 274 we get better acquainted with Guilaine Kinouani. She talks about structural power, racism, mental health issues and self care in relation to the experiences of women of colour, clinical psychology, feminism, the #PredatoryPeacekeepers campaign, the differences (and similarities) between British and French attitudes to race/migration and so much more. It's also the first Getting Better Acquainted recorded in a public library.
Guilaine plugs:
Predatory Peacekeepers: http://predatorypeacekeepers.tumblr.com/
PP Petition: https://community.avaaz.org/petitions/we-will-not-stand-by-when-un-soldiers-abuse-rape-and-murder
Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/
Now We Here: https://soundcloud.com/real-media-1
Real Media: http://realmedia.press/
RaceReflections: https://racereflections...
2016-10-261h 19Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 274 Guilaine KinouaniIn GBA 274 we get better acquainted with Guilaine Kinouani. She talks about structural power, racism, mental health issues and self care in relation to the experiences of women of colour, clinical psychology, feminism, the #PredatoryPeacekeepers campaign, the differences (and similarities) between British and French attitudes to race/migration and so much more. It's also the first Getting Better Acquainted recorded in a public library.
Guilaine plugs:
Predatory Peacekeepers: http://predatorypeacekeepers.tumblr.com/
PP Petition: https://community.avaaz.org/petitions/we-will-not-stand-by-when-un-soldiers-abuse-rape-and-murder
Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/
Now We Here: https://soundcloud.com/real-media-1
Real Media: http://realmedia.press/
RaceReflections: https://racereflections...
2016-10-261h 19Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 274 Guilaine KinouaniIn GBA 274 we get better acquainted with Guilaine Kinouani. She talks about structural power, racism, mental health issues and self care in relation to the experiences of women of colour, clinical psychology, feminism, the #PredatoryPeacekeepers campaign, the differences (and similarities) between British and French attitudes to race/migration and so much more. It's also the first Getting Better Acquainted recorded in a public library.
Guilaine plugs:
Predatory Peacekeepers: http://predatorypeacekeepers.tumblr.com/
PP Petition: https://community.avaaz.org/petitions/we-will-not-stand-by-when-un-soldiers-abuse-rape-and-murder
Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/
Now We Here: https://soundcloud.com/real-media-1
Real Media: http://realmedia.press/
RaceReflections: https://racereflections...
2016-10-261h 19Teachers and EducatorsGBA 274 Guilaine KinouaniIn GBA 274 we get better acquainted with Guilaine Kinouani. She talks about structural power, racism, mental health issues and self care in relation to the experiences of women of colour, clinical psychology, feminism, the #PredatoryPeacekeepers campaign, the differences (and similarities) between British and French attitudes to race/migration and so much more. It's also the first Getting Better Acquainted recorded in a public library.
Guilaine plugs:
Predatory Peacekeepers: http://predatorypeacekeepers.tumblr.com/
PP Petition: https://community.avaaz.org/petitions/we-will-not-stand-by-when-un-soldiers-abuse-rape-and-murder
Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/
Now We Here: https://soundcloud.com/real-media-1
Real Media: http://realmedia.press/
RaceReflections: https://racereflections...
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