Black Lives Living

Lindani, Jamil and Flavian discuss how the Ukraine war is different. How the stereotypical refugee has changed and the history of how Britain has treated refugees.

On this episode we talk politics, why have so many of us have only recently started voting? We discus if politicians can really relate to those who are living on minimum wage? Why is It in politicians interests to keep people divided? How important is it to have politicians who look like us? Will we ever have a black Prime Minster?

Lindani, Jamil and Flavian discuss how detached we have become to where our food comes from? Can someone eat meat but disagree with killing animals?Do commercial interests of a few want us detached to where our food comes from?

Lindani, Flavian and Jamil talk about the most common stereotypes about black people. Where have they come? Are they are true?

Lindani, Mac and Rebecca discus the challenges of raising mixed race children and how to balance the different cultures.

Lindani, Jamil and Flavian discuss Black history Month. Why it is so important? What it means to each of them and why black history shouldn't just be reserved for the month of October.

Lindani and Omar look at how music influenced their world views, from the objectification of women, to lifestyle choices, homophobia and how cancel culture needs to go!

On this episode, Lindani and Jamil continue the conversation on The Talk. They compare experiences and look at how important The Talk is, who can deliver The Talk and the potential ramifications of not having The Talk.

On this episode, Lindani and Steph talk about the Talk. Not the talk about where babies come from, but the talk they will need to have with their future children about how to navigate the world as a mixed race child.

On this episode, Lindani and Jamil talk about how race discussions are creating divisions within families. People who have been exposed to diversity are starting to challenge not only their own views, but their parents views too. Challenging racial views at home is allyship at its best as these conversations are easier had at home than they are at work.

This week, Lindani, Jamil and Flavian discus their experiences dating women from different cultures, the mishaps that can happen when meeting the family, the importance of cooking and the "accepted" dress code.

On this episode, Lindani and Steph discuss allyship. What it means and how we can all be better allies in everyday life. 

On this episode we discuss what it is to be "British" and how skin colour can raise questions about where people are really from.

Lindani and Jamil discuss how lockdown has had a massive impact on people's mental health and the stigma often attached to discussing mental health amongst men and within the black community.

After a strong year fighting racism, it seemed like progress was being made. The European Cup united the country like we have never seen before, until it all went wrong. The same players that were being praised for getting to the finals are the same players who are now suffering racist abuse from their own fans. Its clear, we are English when we win but we are black when we lose.

On this episode, Lindani, Jojo and Flavian discuss how unfamiliar names can hold people back when applying for jobs and whether they can be their full self at work. This is where Graham comes in, Graham is the alter ego for job applications, interviews and work life. Lets just say Graham's demeanour is not "black"

On this episode, Flavian & Nikki talk us through their experience as a multiracial couple.

Redistribution of land and wealth post colonialism is a difficult problem to solve. Steph and I try and understand how the people who suffered through colonialism can be compensated and the incentives countries can put in place to rebalance societies.

On this episode, I speak to my good friend Jess. Jess and I have been friends for about 16 years, her mum is British and her dad is from Trinidad and Tobago. We discuss why mixed race boys identify as black, and mixed raced women say they are mixed race. Why does society define mixed race boys as black?

This week, Omar and I discuss the growth of drill music, how it has and continues to influence the youth and how we manage its growth. Is it promoting the youth to commit more knife crime?

This week I'm speaking to Jojo. Jojo moved from Ghana to the UK back in 2002, we compare our experiences of moving to the UK from Africa and find we had very similar experiences growing up in the UK as black men.

This week I'm speaking to Omar. Omar moved from Jamaica as a child and overall had good experience growing up in the UK as a black man. Things only started to change when he started working.

How do we find the balance between African tradition and westernisation? We discuss the attitude of homosexuality across Africa. The definition of democracy, is control of an organisation or group by the majority of its members. Some African leaders claim homosexuality is an "un-African" "western import."

This week, I have a chat with Mac about the rise in knife crime, how knife crime has changed since we were kids and what we can do to tackle it. Mac has been campaigning against knife crime, featured in the local newspaper and has some interesting ideas on what we can do to tackle it.

This week I am chatting with Flavian. Flavian is Kenyan and moved to the UK in 2006, he's now a farmer in Plumpton, East Sussex. Being one of a few black British famers, he has a very interesting story! 

In our first episode we look at how different upbringings can meet in the middle. A Zulu and a Brit, together, about to get married. The Zulus are probably turning in their graves.