This episode considers the perspectives of Barbados and Australia, as former and present global realms of the British monarchy, and possibilities for republican futures. With Dr Allison Ramsay, (University of the West Indies) and Dr Holly Randell-Moon(Charles Sturt University). Welcome to Surviving Society Presents - “the global power of the British monarchy’ In these episodes, we will be looking to challenge existing conversations about the British monarchy. Often in popular discourse, the mona...
Feb 21, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we address how the monarchy’s historical, and contemporary, relationship to systems of colonialism, imperialism, Empire, and the structures of secrecy make researching the monarchy so challenging. With special guest, Dr Brooke Newman, Virginia Commonwealth University. Welcome to Surviving Society Presents - “the global power of the British monarchy’ In these episodes, we will be looking to challenge existing conversations about the British monarchy. Often in popular discourse, th...
Feb 14, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Award-winning investigative journalist Peter Apps (Inside Housing) joined Chantelle and Dan to outline the specific regulatory and policy failures which led to the Grenfell tower fire. Links: https://www.waterstones.com/book/show-me-the-bodies/peter-apps/9780861546152 The Housing Series - The right to a safe home should be a multi-classed issue that we can build solidarities from. From the cladding scandal; Grenfell and the lack of affordable housing, this is an ongoing Surviving Society series ...
Feb 07, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the first Alternative to Woman's Hour for 2023, Chantelle and Afua discuss the challenges of setting boundaries with work, creativity, and scholarship. Links: https://www.rivamedia.co.uk/talent/afua-hagan
Jan 31, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lola interviewed Michael and Alex about arguments in their new book - Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics. Links https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/lgbt-gender-studies/fractured-race-class-gender-and,michael-richmond-alex-charnley-9780745346564
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. These episodes are guest hosted by local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received his ...
Jan 17, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. These episodes are guest hosted by local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received his ...
Jan 10, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast What on earth can a central bus station have to do with racial capitalism and settler-colonialism? This week’s host, Mor Cohen, tells the story of the Central Bus Station (CBS) in the Tel Aviv neighbourhood Neve Sha’anan. Talking to activist Shula Keshet and academic Sharon Rotbart, Mor learns how the CBS’ fortunes show how Israel concretises its colour lines in the urban environment. These racial divisions pit the wellbeing of Israel’s different precarious communities against one another - in t...
Jan 03, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guantanamo Bay prison leaks. Parts of it are overgrown with weeds. And yet, as of today, 36 detainees still remain imprisoned within its leaking walls. How did the United States of America come to erect this gruesome, derelict, but still operational prison on Cuban soil? In this episode, Shereen Fernandez, tells the story of how the crimes of Guantanamo Bay prison are part of a longer history of American imperialism and racial exclusion. As we will hear, it is also a story of the true crimes of ...
Dec 27, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast When Israel’s HaEmek railway reopened in 2016, it served only nine stations and stopped 4km shy of the Jordanian border. Far from more spectacular sites of violence, the train’s inauguration fell below most people’s radar. In this week’s episode, Sharri Plonski tells the story of this “train to nowhere” - of its colonial history, how its logistical future would rewrite the map of the Middle East, and how increased Israeli mobility entails increased Palestinian fragmentation and containment. But,...
Dec 20, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 10th anniversary of the massacre of 34 striking mine workers at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, our host for this episode, Daniel Selwyn, investigates the transnational complicity of state and corporate actors, while amplifying voices from the ongoing struggles for justice and reparations. For listeners in London and the UK this episode is particularly close to home, as a massacre at a South African mine unravels into a story about the crimes of global capitalism in which we are all imp...
Dec 13, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Surviving Society hosts Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis talk with Maia Holtermann Entwistle and Sharri Plonski about what it was like to create and produce the Material Crimes series. They discuss how each episode feeds into an intellectual arc that tries to understand the relationship between colonialism, capitalism, and the material infrastructures that shape everyday life. Straddling the “infrastructural crimes” highlighted by each episode, they discuss how states and corpor...
Dec 06, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode takeover, Cheraine Donalea Scott, Julia Toppin & Rita Gayle discuss the state of the UK democracy, politics, racism and the tory party. The New Nationwide Project is a discussion and exploration of 21st century popular culture https://repeater-radio.com/shows/new-nationwide-project/
Dec 02, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the final episode of this series, Shereen and Chantelle reflect on the possibilities of working within the academy as a way of providing resources for anti-racist endeavours. Welcome to Surviving Society presents: Legacies of the War on Terror. In these episodes we tackle complex questions concerning how the war on terror became a war *of* terror for many negatively racialised communities in over the past 21 years. Through expert knowledge and the recalling of key events, we’ll be speaking wi...
Nov 29, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Raheel joined us to discuss the work of a Maslaha, a community led organisation focused on supporting the well-being of a diverse range of Muslim communities through projects in the area of education, gender, health and criminal justice. Welcome to Surviving Society presents: Legacies of the War on Terror. In these episodes we tackle complex questions concerning how the war on terror became a war *of* terror for many negatively racialised communities in over the past 21 years. Through expert kno...
Nov 22, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Kamran provides an analysis of the connections between the racialisation of language, securitisation and islamophobia for Muslims. Welcome to Surviving Society presents: Legacies of the War on Terror. In these episodes we tackle complex questions concerning how the war on terror became a war *of* terror for many negatively racialised communities in over the past 21 years. Through expert knowledge and the recalling of key events, we’ll be speaking with academics and activists who ...
Nov 15, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Layla and John outline the process and political detail involved in the People’s Review of Prevent. Welcome to Surviving Society presents: Legacies of the War on Terror. In these episodes, we tackle complex questions concerning how the war on terror became a war *of* terror for many negatively racialised communities in over the past 21 years. Through expert knowledge and the recalling of key events, we’ll be speaking with academics and activists who are pushing back against the War on Terror’s c...
Nov 08, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rizwaan joined us to discuss themes from his latest book, The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam, and the Security State Links: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745338484/the-suspect Welcome to Surviving Society presents: Legacies of the War on Terror. In these episodes we tackle complex questions concerning how the war on terror became a war *of* terror for many negatively racialised communities over the past 21 years. Through expert knowledge and the recalling of key events, we’ll be speaking with...
Nov 01, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is an edited episode of highlights from a panel marking the 50th anniversary of the radical transformation of The Institute of Race Relation. Ft. K Biswas, Sophia Siddiqui, Liz Fekete, Chantelle Lewis and Azfar Shafi. Links: https://irr.org.uk This episode was part of a The World Transformed: a festival of radical politics, art and music. In 2022 it was held in Liverpool between 24-27 September
Oct 25, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chantelle chaired a discussion between Hilary Moore, Roxy Legane, Zahra Bei and Jan Cunliffe focused on joint enterprise, tha gangs matrix, strip searches of minors, racist exclusions and stop and search. This episode was part of a The World Transformed: a festival of radical politics, art and music. In 2022 it was held in Liverpool between 24-27 September Links: https://kidsofcolour.com https://www.rosalux.eu/en/article/1588.burning-earth-changing-europe.html https://www.nomoreexclusions.com/ h...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we hear from Amardeep Singh Dhillon, Roxy Legane, Jeremy Corbyn, Khadija Diskin and Ava Vidal on how the ‘cost of living crisis’ is part of a long term political project relating to austerity, nationalism, policing, hospitality, food, housing, the media and much more. Each interviewee was asked: Phrases like the cost of living crisis end up getting used and repeated so much that the meaning and lives behind the issue get missed. What do you see as the urgent matters concerning th...
Oct 11, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kathryn joined Chantelle to interview Les Back about his career and the future of sociology. Links: https://discoversociety.org/2021/09/20/diversity-conservatism-and-sociable-sociology https://www.open.ac.uk/research/people/km27526 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/being-measured-and-judged-alongside-friends-and-colleagues-was-too-much
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Emma helps us to explore how the fight to preserve a bowling alley in North London exemplifies how physical spaces of everyday urban multiculture continue to be under threat. Links: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0038026118772784 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038038519892528 https://www.gold.ac.uk/sociology/staff/jackson-emma/
Sep 27, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 5 years of Surviving Society! To celebrate 5 years of the podcast, Chantelle Tissot and George reflect on the journey so far. We share our thoughts on our favourite episodes and most memorable guests. And give a little of preview of what is yet to co me! A massive thank you to all our listeners and guests! From Chantelle, Tissot & George! •This episode was recorded in August before the death of Elizabeth II Links https://www.redpepper.org.uk/subscribe/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/survi...
Sep 20, 2022•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s episode, we were joined by Shereen Fernandez to talk about the Government’s Counter-Terrorist strategy: PREVENT. We discussed how counter-extremism measures are securitising Muslims in schools and increasing cultures of islamophobia. Links: https://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/people/shereen-fernandez https://www.redpepper.org.uk/subscribe/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/surviving-society/id1291679351
Sep 13, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week in the studio, we were joined by Chas Golding and Lawrence Hoo, co-founders of CARGO (Charting African Resiliance Generating Opportunity). CARGO is a team of poets, videographers and artists who have created an important educational resource, to tell an alternative view of history, that centres the lives of the Africa diaspora. Links https://cargomovement.org/book.html https://www.redpepper.org.uk/subscribe/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/surviving-society/id1291679351
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we were in discussion with Oliver Durose and his new book – Suburban Socialism. “What is Suburban Socialism?” I hear you say! Listen to the episode and find out, it’s a lively one! Links https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696636/suburban-socialism-by-oly-durose/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/surviving-society/id1291679351
Aug 30, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Surviving Society alumni and presenter of podcast Who Do We Think We Are?, Michaela Benson joined us to discuss the UK in the context of ‘Global Britain’, post-Brexit and what this means for nations like Hong Kong. Links https://whodowethinkweare.org/ https://twitter.com/AbtCitizenship?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Aug 23, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Live podcast alert! This week we were live podcasting from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Summer School: Race, Class & Colonialism, with our guest, the legendary Black feminist, Stella Dadize. We discussed a range of issues from cancel culture and education, to self-care. As it’s a live recording we also have a Q & A between Stella and the audience! Links https://www.versobooks.com/books/3699-a-kick-in-the-belly https://www.connectedsociologies.org/about/
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s all about community! This week’s episode we were joined by Farzana Khan from Healing Justice London to discuss how communities can be central to the process of healing, repair and transformation. Healing Justice London builds community-led health and healing to create capacity for personal and structural transformation. They work at the community, structural and movement level to repair the damage of modern living and build the conditions for health and healing justice that dignify and supp...
Aug 09, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
