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Surviving Society Productions
Award winning weekly political podcast exploring the local and global politics of race and class from a sociological
perspective.
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Presenter: Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis
Executive Producer: George Ofori-Addo
Design: Evelyn Miller
Episodes
S1/E2 Black Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses how it is essential for access to sexual and reproductive health and support to be initiated through anti-racist policies and frameworks. @BHHproject Links https://www.shinealoud.co.uk/about-us/founders-story Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the health of Black African and Caribbean people. Expect conversation cen...
S1/E1 Black Health is an Urgent Social and Political Issue
In this introductory episode, we hear from Arya Thampuran and Kelechi Anucha on why the health of Black African and Caribbean populations in Britain remains an urgent topic of enquiry. @BHHproject Links: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/a-s-thampuran/ https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/phd-students/kelechi-anucha/ Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the h...
Black Health & Humanities
Surviving Society presents... the BBH This series focus on the politics of black health in modern society
S1/E3 Francesca Sobande: Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the marketisation and capitalist exploitation of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We return to the inequitable ways the pandemic impacted people and how we continue to live through a care crisis both locally and globally. Links: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/consuming-crisis/book280021 https://www.francescasobande.com Summary In this collaborative podcast series with Sage Publishing we take a closer look at the books currently being published in the...
S1/E2 Tarek Younis: The Muslim, State and Mind: Psychology in Times of Islamophobia
In this episode we hear from Tarek Younis on his own experiences of challenging islamophobia in the discipline of psychology. We explore the ongoing consequences of the connection between racism, islamophobia and mental health for Muslims in contemporary society. Links: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-muslim-state-and-mind/book279425 Summary In this collaborative podcast series with Sage Publishing we take a closer look at the books currently being published in the Social Science for Social...
S1/E1 Delayna Spencer, Meredith Clark & Jason Arday: Social Science for Social Justice?
In this introductory episode, we speak to the editors of Sage’s Social Science for Social Justice book series about the long history of social scientists contributing to community work and organising. Links: https://www.meredithdclark.com https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/arday https://group.sagepub.com/social-science-for-social-justice Summary In this collaborative podcast series with Sage Publishing we take a closer look at the books currently being published in the Social Science for So...
Skinfolk, but not kinfolk? Ethnic minority conservative political elite actors
The recent increase in ethnic minority representation in right-wing, conservative parties has been of note. In this episode, Neema Begum, Michael Bankole, Dan Godshaw and Rima Saini discuss how this substantive representation for ethnic minorities is challenged by ethnic minority politicians on the political right pushing for anti-immigration policies while denouncing anti-racism. This episode is based on findings from a forthcoming article: Skinfolk, but not kinfolk? Paradoxical representation ...
Joe Appiah, Kim Johnson MP & Gloria Morrison: Joint Enterprise
The episode begins with Joe Appiah describing the events that led to him becoming a victim of a miscarriage of justice through the Joint Enterprise Doctrine. Kim Johnson MP and Gloria Morrison (Jengba campaigner) later provided us with some updates on the campaign to end guilty by association. https://jengba.co.uk
S1/E5 Andy Young: Royal Mail
Royal Mail remains a key institutions within the UK delivery services. In this episode Andy explains exactly what is at stake for the organisation and its workers as they continue to navigate the pressures of privatisation. Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society collaboration we platform workers and academics to explore the history of trade unions and industrial action in Britain. Executively produced by Liam Kennedy. Many of us within society feel disconnected from the politics of the...
S1/E4 Mel Mullins and Sherelle Cadogan: Railway Workers
Mel and Sherelle explain their personal histories of working on the railways and the history of Black and anti-racist organising amongst workers. https://www.redpepper.org.uk Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society collaboration we platform workers and academics to explore the history of trade unions and industrial action in Britain. Executively produced by Liam Kennedy. Many of us within society feel disconnected from the politics of the workplace. Whilst action is at its highest level...
S1/E3 Vik Chechi-Ribeiro: School Teachers
In this episode Vik explains to us some of the current pressures and working conditions faced by school teachers and why striking remains essential to the future of our education system. https://www.redpepper.org.uk Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society collaboration we platform workers and academics to explore the history of trade unions and industrial action in Britain. Executively produced by Liam Kennedy. Many of us within society feel disconnected from the politics of the workpla...
S1/E2 Holly Turner & Andrew Meyerson: The National Health Service
Liam is joined by special guest host Ez Chigbo to learn more about the current working conditions faced by doctors and nurses and why striking is essential for the future of the NHS. https://www.redpepper.org.uk Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society collaboration we platform workers and academics to explore the history of trade unions and industrial action in Britain. Executively produced by Liam Kennedy. Many of us within society feel disconnected from the politics of the workplace. ...
S1/E1 Lydia Hughes & Lord John Hendy: The History of Trade Unions
In this first episode of this new series, we explore the history of trade unions in Britain. We learn about the decades of restrictions imposed on workers and how people continue to find ways to resist workplace inequities. Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society collaboration we platform workers and academics to explore the history of trade unions and industrial action in Britain. Many of us within society feel disconnected from the politics of the workplace. Whilst action is at its hi...
E188 Jason Arday & Chantelle Jessica Lewis: Surviving Society (then and now)
In our first episode of 2024, Jason interviews Chantelle about the history of Surviving Society. As we reflect on the 7th year of the podcast, we explore the political, radical and loving groundings of the show.
E187 Adom Philogene Heron: Surviving Storms
Adom returns to the show to share details of the Surviving Storms project which has mapped hurricane impacts and processes of repair in Dominica following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Links: https://survivingstorms.com
E186 Nicholas Cole: Why constitutional law matters
Nicholas explains to us why constitutional law (or a lack of) in the UK and US matters for elections and modern democracy. Links: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/person/dr-nicholas-cole https://www.quill.pmb.ox.ac.uk/
S1/ E6 From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter with Gary Younge
In the final episode of this series, we explore themes from Gary Younge’s latest book Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter. Links: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571376827-dispatches-from-the-diaspora https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at the University of Manchester. In these episodes we explore the research conducted at the centre focused on ethnic, racial and religious i...
S1/E5 Diversity in theatre & the cultural industries with Sudha Bhuchar
With Sudha Bhuchar and Roaa Ali, we explore the tension between diversity and anti-racism in theatre and the cultural industries. Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at the University of Manchester. In these episodes we explore the research conducted at the centre focused on ethnic, racial and religious inequalities in the UK. This collaborative series takes a close look at the research produced at the centre from issues ranging from statues...
S1/E4 Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS)
In this episode Rima Saini supported us to interview Nissa Finney about EVENS which is the largest and most comprehensive survey to document the lives of ethnic and religious minorities in Britain during the pandemic. https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/research/projects/evens/ Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at the University of Manchester. In these episodes we explore the research conducted at the centre focused on ethnic, racial and religious...
S1/E3 A chronology of whiteness studies
In this episode we hear from Bridget Byrne, Alana Lentin and Vron Ware on the history of whiteness studies and what this scholarship has done to both obscure and help us to understand the social reproduction of race. https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at the University of Manchester. In these episodes we explore the research conducted at the centre focused on ethnic, racial and religious inequalities in the UK. T...
S1/E2 Contesting statues of empire and slavery
In this episode we hear from Meghan Tinsley, Gary Younge and Chloe Peacock about their research on the activism which surrounds statues of empire and slavery. The research team - which also included Ruth Ramsden-Karelse and Sadia Habib – looked at political discourse and policy literature and conducted interviews with activists to compare the contestation of statues across fifteen sites in the UK, the US, South Africa, Martinique, and Belgium. Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with t...
S1/E1 Introduction to the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester
Directors of CoDE, Bridget Byrne, Claire Alexander and James Nazroo introduce a new collaborative series of Surviving Society focused on the research produced within the centre. This episode focuses on the politics of communicating research on ethnic inequalities during political calamities. Links: https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/ https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/bridget.byrne https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/claire.alexander https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james...
S1/E5 Sita Balani & Chantelle Lewis: Crisis & everyday life
In this episode, Sita and Chantelle discuss the conversations from the Structure of Feeling series, exploring the impact of urgent political calamities on our everyday lives. About Structure of Feeling In this Surviving Society miniseries, Sita Balani draws on the ideas of socialist thinker Raymond Williams who coined the term ‘structure of feeling’ to capture our collective emotional experience of social change. Interviewing Kieran Yates, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Alfie Bown and Tabitha Lasley, th...
S1/E4 Sita Balani & Alfie Bown: The gamification of social life
S1/E4 Sita Balani & Alfie Bown: The gamification of social life According to Alfie Bown, we are in the middle of a ‘desirevolution’ — a fundamental and political transformation of the way we desire as human beings. Dream Lovers. The Gamification of Relationships attempts to understand how digital technologies are reshaping our subjectivity. This interview focuses on the unexpected interconnections Bown traces: between dating apps and work, pornography and geopolitics, smart cities and anxiety. L...
S1/E3 Sita Balani & Tabitha Lasley’s: Gender, class and (North Sea) Oil
In this episode Sita is in conversation with Tabitha about her non-fiction debut, Sea State: A Memoir. This book explores the world of North Sea Oil – an industry often overlooked despite its huge economic and ecological significance. Lasley is drawn to the rig workers – working class men who find themselves making big money by living in conditions of isolation, homosociality, and infrastructural negligence. She weaves ethnographic insights with the story of her affair with a married rig worker....
S1/E2 Sita Balani & Yara Rodrigues Fowler: Protest and the novel
In this episode, Sita is in conversation with Yara on their novels – Stubborn Archivist and There Are More Things. The conversation focuses on transnational circuits of political repression and resistance – in particular the connections between the UK and Brazil. Experimental yet accessible, Fowler’s work captures the rhythms of life in contemporary London and the ways in which the city is shaped by longer historical forces with global reach. The interview focuses on fiction as a form, asking wh...
S1/E1 Sita Balani & Kieran Yates: All the Homes I’ve Ever Lived
In this episode Sita is in conversation with journalist and author Kieran Yates to discuss her non-fiction debut, All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us. This book offers an acute portrayal of our defining generational experience: insecure housing. Yates not only captures the everyday details of the housing crisis – the constant movement, the mould blooming in the bathroom, the Spare Room housemate auditions – but reveals the historical forces that brought them...
E185 Aaron Winter: Factional regrouping & UK politics
This week Ez, Aaron and Chantelle are in conversation about the state of politics, how we can be better critical friends of each other and what imagining alternatives to the current systems looks like in practice.
S1/E8 Malecka Egeonu-Roby: Social & community activism in Liverpool
In this episode we hear from Malecka about her work as a race equality manager in Liverpool city’s regional combined authority, a cofounder of Elevate (youth mentoring) and her volunteer work at the Caribbean Centre. Malika’s role in the local authority was created in response to the Black Lives Matter uprisings in 2020. Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Br...