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This week we spoke to the Cardiff UCU strikers taking industrial action over: pay, pensions, equality and workloads.

In this episode we spoke to the fantastic, Cardiff based arts organisation, NewCELF! NewCELF are an organisation which aims to put on multi-disciplinary arts events for the promotion of Cardiff-based artists. A secondary goal is to remove distance between constituents of the arts varied mediumsthe blurring the boundaries of individual schools of artThe Arts represent an outlet of human expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. As such, the arts are a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse. Major constituents of the arts include literature – including poetry, novels and short stories, and epics; performing arts – among them music, dance, and theatre; media arts like photography and film, and visual arts – including drawing, painting, and sculpting.

This week we were joined by artist and activist, Rabab Ghazoul from Gentle Radical. Gentle/Radical is a grassroots cultural organisation and platform for radical thinking, creative practice and social change.We spoke to Rabab about:- Rabab's work in the arts and what inspired her? - Who Gentle Radical are and what they aim to do? - Why Gentle Radical is important for the Welsh arts scene? - Anti-Oppressive discourses in the UK arts, whether this discourses are sincere? - Where Rabab draws her inspiration from? - What Rabab's utopia would look like? *This podcast was recorded in Gentileza (Duke St Arcade, Cardiff) https://www.facebook.com/GentilezaCDF/

*EXPLICIT*This week we were joined by sports journalist Andrew Deering, who spoke to us about "the" rugby and the current Rugby World Cup. We spoke about - The history of the Welsh rugby team - Why rugby is so important in the Welsh historical imagination - The current Welsh squad - What the Wales v France game means for the Wales team going forwards

This week we were joined by Dr Hade Turkmen to discuss her research into 'Barriers to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women participating in the economy'. If you would like to read more about Hade research, follow this link: https://chwaraeteg.com/research/triple-glazed-ceiling/If you would like to hear more about Chwarae Teg, follow this link:https://chwaraeteg.com

This week we were joined by historian Dan Jewson (Cardiff & Exeter Universities) to talk about his research into the history of institutional psychiatry in South Wales in the 19th century.We talked about his specific research into the 'Glamorgan County Asylum', and possible connections to contemporary debates around mental illness. Theme's Discussed:- Patient Voices in the Asylum - Forms of patient resistance and agency - Contemporary services for mental illness - Mental health awareness day - The Joker - Radicalism

Harriet & Gwen discuss announcements and policies passed at Labour Party Conference 2019. Do we love or hate them? Do zero hours contracts suit some people? What do we think about abolishing private schools? Expect tangents and rambles. Link as promised: Linton Kwesi Johnson 'More Time' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMgX-SfVoU

On this episode we are joined by Iona Hannagan Lewis (Researcher) to talk about: Refugee access to language provision in Wales, the Welsh language and class, regionalism and the Welsh accent, accent privilege, Welsh language nationalism and whether the Welsh language is inclusive enough?

Meet your co-hosts, Gwenfair Hawkins & Harriet Protheroe Davis! Join us for an introduction to us, our work and why we wanted to do this pod.Diolch x

Harriet Protheroe Davis asks Ben Gwalchmai 'WTF is Welsh Indy'? This episode looks at the question of class, constitution and fairness in the UK.Feel free to tweet us at @WalesPolitics2