In the final episode of the series, we hear from artists Jacqui Hilson and Dal Kular, who share their personal and professional journeys to becoming artists. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/jacqui-hilson https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/dal-kular

In this Christmas BONUS episode Our long suffering executive producer Adders gathers some of his favorite conversations and stories from 2024 Featuring - Jason Arday , Lord John Hendy, Andrew Meyerson, Holly Turner, Cleeshay , Keir Monteith KC, Bev Skeggs , Twayna Mayne, Karl Broome, China Mils, Namir Shabibi, Nancy Doyle Series included - Alternat…

In this episode we hear from artist and filmmaker Eelyn Lee and musician and multidisciplinary artist Otis Mensah. We talk about retracing heritage and identity as people of colour and what it means to artistically reinterpret histories which have been obscured and hidden. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/eelyn-lee https://www.dwys.co.uk/artis…

In this episode Désirée Reynolds and Cheryl Bailey talk us through the practical and emotional toll of locating the hidden histories of people of colour in South Yorkshire in the archives. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk Series summary The Dig Where you Stand Project is a creative arts and archival project based in Sheffield looking to unearth the un…

Roxy Legane Director of Kids of colour Joins Chantelle to bring attention to the final hearing of the Manchester 10 USEFUL LINKS www.kidsofcolour.com MORE INFORMATION The Manchester 10 were given permission to appeal, we have been given the FINAL hearing dates, this is the FINAL push within the criminal legal system. The FINAL HEARING will take pla…

In this episode Désirée Reynolds takes us around the Dig Where You Stand exhibition. The exhibition presents the rich history of people of colour in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk Series summary The Dig Where you Stand Project is a creative arts and archival project based in Sheffield looking to unearth the un…

In this introductory episode we hear from project leads Désirée Reynolds, Alex Rajinder Mason and Cheryl Bailey from the Dig Where You Stand Project unearthing the stories of people of colour in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk Series summary The Dig Where you Stand Project is a creative arts and archival projec…

Dig where you stand is brought to you by Surviving Society Productions. Executively Produced by Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis George Ofori - Addo Desiree Reynolds Alex Rajinder Mason Cheryl Bailey Design by Evelyn Miller Edited by George Ofori - Addo

Twayna is joined by Chantelle to reflect on the series and discuss how important it is to centre the voices of those with lived experience when it comes to the care system. Host: Twayna Mayne is an award-winning writer and stand up comedian. Twayna is the creator of the web series Black People Drinking White Wine and the host of Loco Parentis, a po…

Joining Twayna this week is Karl Broome. Karl is an academic researcher and one of Twayna’s oldest friends. In this episode they talk about their early lives, adverse childhood experiences and how they’ve navigated residual trauma and stress as adults. Host: Twayna Mayne is an award-winning writer and stand up comedian. Twayna is the creator of the…

Pause is a national charity that works with women who have experienced - or are at the risk of having - more than one child removed from their care. They work with women over a number of months and tailor their support to each individual woman’s needs and their hopes for the future across a variety of areas, from housing to improving relationships …

In this episode Twayna is joined by -Rose Regan and Paul Nelson - co-leads of the Care Experience Movement (CXM). CXM is a collective of care experienced people working together to change the system. Rose and Paul explain the organisation’s mission and how they use their own lived experience of the children’s social care system to support the care …

Loco Parentis is brought to you by Surviving Society Productions. Executively Produced by Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis George Ofori - Addo Twayna Mayne Design by Evelyn Miller Edited by George Ofori - Addo

In this episode we are joined by Nancy Doyle, Chief Research Officer at Genius Within and Charlie Eckton who is an independent Business Psychologist at Occ Psychs. We have a broad conversation about UK politics, the far right riots and how we can better connect and understand each other. Links https://geniuswithin.org https://www.occpsychs.co.uk Su…

In this episode we are joined by Nancy Doyle, Chief Research Officer at Genius Within and Charlie Eckton who is an independent Business Psychologist at Occ Psychs. We have a broad conversation about politics, the neurodiversity movement and how we can have more productive conversations about disability. Links https://geniuswithin.org https://www.oc…

During a deadly dawn raid by a Kenyan paramilitary squad, an innocent Muslim man, Omar Faraj, was brutally murdered. In the final episode of the series, Namir Shabibi sets out to find those responsible for this extrajudicial killing. The paramilitary squad is, we discover, part of America’s post-9/11 covert War on Terror infrastructure. Following t…

Sitting at the edge of the notorious ‘Western Balkan Route,’ Bihac’s Borici Temporary Reception Centre is witness to some of Europe’s worst border violence. Only a few kilometres from the Bosnian-Croatian border that separates the Western Balkans from the European Union, migrants find themselves stuck; arrested, tortured and pushed back over and ov…

When a dam on the Tigris burst in 2018, waters rushed towards Amed, Turkey’s largest predominantly Kurdish city. In its aftermath, the Turkish state claimed there were no casualties. Speaking with environmental justice campaigners and farmers (Samed Uçaman, Doğan Hatun and Zeki Kanay), Eray Çaylı reveals how this claim was based on dodgy accounting…

In 2005 blowouts occurred at Bangladesh’s Tengratila gas field operated by Canada’s Niko Resources Ltd. Toxins leached into the surrounding environment, devastating local habitats. Niko pled guilty to bribery charges related to Tengratila in 2011, but it had already sued Bangladesh’s government for losses at an international arbitration tribunal. W…

On Tothill Street, in the heart of London’s Whitehall, sits Caxton House, home to the Department for Work and Pensions. The DWP administers the UK’s welfare system, a key infrastructure of everyday life. For many, the DWP determines if they have enough money to eat, stay warm, power medical equipment - to live. For many, it has also become synonymo…

On New Year’s Eve 2019, a drive-by shooting took place in the popular Johannesburg suburb of Melville. Two people were killed and six injured in this shocking and as-yet-unsolved case. Almost unheard-of in this crime-ridden city, the drive-by horrified local communities, provoking surging anxiety in everyone from middle class home- and business own…

In this episode series producers - Chantelle Lewis, Maia Holterman-Entwistle, Sharri Plonski and the inimitable George ‘Adders’ Ofori-Addo - reflect on the evolution of season two of ‘ Material Crimes.’ We discuss the incredible work of contributors, the arc of infrastructural violence across the episodes and the powerful struggles at the centre of…

Material Crimes returns with a brand new series. Material Crimes is brought to you by Surviving Society Productions. Executively Produced by Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis George Ofori - Addo Sharri Plonski Maia Holtermann-Entwistle Design by Evelyn Miller Edited by George Ofori - Addo

In this episode of Surviving Society, in collaboration with the Identities Podcast, Ala Sirriyeh and Aaron Winter discuss their thoughts and experiences in the 10 months since 7 October and what has occurred in Gaza and globally, including on UK university campuses, as colleagues and friends in an ongoing dialogue, scholars and educators working on…

Bev Skeggs is one of our best ever thinkers on formations of class and gender and her archive is now live! In this episode we reflect on Bev’s incredible career and we take a deep dive into corruption, class and capitalism.Useful Links https://bevskeggs.com/