This week Leah and Vivian delve into the recent protests in Nigeria regarding police brutality and #ENDSARS. Following increased violence against protestors imposed by the Nigerian government and paid hoodlums, SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) has been disbanded but there is still work left to be done. In an attempt to find light moments in the world we discuss our existence, housewife duties and how everyone is pregnant!!

*Since we recorded this episode there have been protests occurring across African countries, please see the links below to learn more.

References & Resources:

• https://www.gofundme.com/f/4ppyfs-diasporans-against-sars
• https://donatebtc.feministcoalition2020.com/
• https://endsars.carrd.co/
• https://time.com/5902112/nigeria-endsars-protest-shootings/
• https://jessjmc.home.blog/2020/10/21/africa-is-bleeding-what-is-going-on-what-can-you-do/
• https://helpdrcongo.carrd.co
• https://femicidesouthafrica.carrd.co
•  https://zimbabwe.carrd.co
• Kelly Rowland: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/10/10080357/kelly-rowland-pregnant-second-child-announcement
• Chrissy Teigan: https://www.instagram.com/chrissyteigen/
• How to Fail Podcast - Ovie Soko: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Acast
• Mindy Kaling: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/10/10086787/mindy-kaling-second-baby-quarantine-secret
• TED-Ed - Are we living in a simulation?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGfTDcHJHSI

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After an impromptu break doing up Hot Girl Summer, the girls are back discussing what they've been up to in their weeks off.

They cover being booed up; the fear of a second lockdown and celebrate their big wins! With Viv making great progress at work and Leah finally having learnt to share food, things really have changed.

Links to things we referenced in the show are below:

• Hinge: https://hinge.co/
• Pop Brixton: https://www.popbrixton.org/
• Halo Burger: https://haloburger.co.uk/
• The Moth: https://themoth.org/
• How to Fail Podcast - Ovie Soko: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Acast
• 2nd Lockdown?: https://www.bustle.com/life/will-there-be-a-second-lockdown-in-the-uk-28790134
• Mental Health Emergencies: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-up-to-10-million-brits-could-need-mental-health-support-after-the-pandemic-ends-charity-says-12086042
• Breonna Taylor: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54273317
• Trial by Media: https://youtu.be/2DVpSHeF6ZI
• The Social Dilemma: https://youtu.be/uaaC57tcci0
• Ofcom Dismisses BGT Diversity Complaints: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/sep/17/ofcom-dismisses-complaints-over-blm-dance-on-britains-got-talent
• Zendaya Emmy Win: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54232827
• Euphoria: https://youtu.be/ziMUD0_TTg0
• Succession: https://youtu.be/OzYxJV_rmE8
• Broadchurch: https://youtu.be/ngsFOWAPTDI
• Trevor Noah's Born a Crime - Google Podcasts
• Michelle Obama's Becoming - Google Podcasts

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Working is hard; WAP is a bop and dating is hard the world over. This week Vivian and Leah discuss how they're feelings about work at the moment; the undue criticism Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion's WAP received and whether they too would consider using a matchmaker - all with a little catastrophising sprinkled in.

Links to things we referenced in the show are below:

• WAP Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsm4poTWjMs
• Black Is King Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MO7yU0d70
• Indian Matchmaking Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZS2KbLAy5Y
• The Borgias - Scandalous Pope: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/12026805/Pope-Francis-invokes-the-notorious-Borgias-amid-Vatican-scandal-over-sex-and-spying.html#:~:text=Pope%20Francis%20invoked%20the%20memory,of%20espionage%2C%20sex%20and%20corruption.
• Lebanese Protests: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/lebanese-plan-major-protest-as-un-agencies-call-for-aid-after-beirut-blast
• Belarus Protests: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/23/belarus-defiant-protesters-flood-minsk-demanding-lukashenkos-removal
• Thailand Protests: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53798826
• Hong Kong Protests: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/retrieving-our-hong-kong-pro-democracy-protesters-mark-one-year-on-the-streets
• BBC Africa - What's Happening in Zimbabwe: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDeaTLWgEhi/
• BBC Africa - Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEYxf_gwVB/
• BBC Africa - Somalia: The Grave Digger's Truth: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJ5kgzAPew/
• Distribution of US Bailout Fund: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/coronavirus-stimulus-failure.html
• Beirut explosion rips through maternity wing: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/aug/06/beirut-explosion-baby-born-as-blast-rips-through-hospital-video

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It can feel like time is running out as you get older to find "the one", date, fall in love, get married, travel the world and have kids all before your eggs crack. At 24 the pressure is definitely on. This week Leah and Vivian discuss the progress they've made in dating; the things they've learnt about themselves and what they hope to do better in the future. Step one is putting themselves out there and keeping an open mind.

Links to things we referenced in the show are below:

• Shannon Boodram: https://www.shanboodram.com/about
• Shan Boody: https://www.youtube.com/shannontboodram
• The Game of Desire: https://www.thegameofdesire.com/
• Vice: Men on Tinder Explain Why The Swipe Right on Literally Everyone: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ae55xk/men-who-swipe-right-to-everyone-on-tinder-explain-themselves
• 5 Love Languages: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/
• Apology Languages: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/apology-quiz/

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The world at the moment is enthralled by the marriage of the Pinkett-Smiths and Michaela Coel's breathtaking second show, 'I May Destroy You'. This week, joined by their friend and guest Viviyana; Vivian and Leah do a deep dive into the now infamous 'Red Table Talk' Entanglement episode, 'I May Destroy You' and also tackle the TV adaptations of the New York Times essay column, 'Modern Love' and Celeste Ng's second novel, 'Litte Fires Everywhere'.

Links to things we referenced in the show are below:

• Red Table Talk: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=718425758995043
• August Alsina & Angela Yee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q91Z1gW_iHw&t=2591s
• I May Destroy You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTjlurdbNnw
• Michael Cole's James MacTaggart Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odusP8gmqsg
• Modern Love (Tv Show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650Mt63HIBU
• Modern Love (Featured Essays): https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/style/modern-love-tv-show-trailer.html
• Modern Love (The Language of Love with Saoirse Ronan): https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/fashion/modern-love-grappling-with-the-language-of-love.html
• Modern Love (When A Couch Is More Than A Couch with Kate Winslet): https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/fashion/modern-love-when-a-couch-is-more-than-a-couch.html
• Little Fires Everywhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA8VU4wprhQ&t=20s

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Kanye West is running for president!! This is not a drill!! Kanye West is running for President!! In this week's episode, Leah and Vivian give their thoughts on the controversial US Presidential Candidate; their experiences of quarantine fatigue and discuss what exactly is trash TV?

Links to things we referenced in the show are below:

• August Alsina & Angela Yee Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q91Z1gW_iHw&t=3498s
• Shan Boody: Why I'm Judging the Jada + August Alsina Situation Based on What We Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZYIAjvV5c&feature=youtu.be
• For Harriet: Let's talk about Jada, Will, August and MESS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzYRQB6z8Aw&t=1484s
• Real Housewives of Atlanta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrQeVQWK4o
• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6loa0AsAs

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This week Leah and Vivian discuss the highs and the lows of getting older; the pressures their generation face to succeed and continue their discussion of the black lives matter movement.

Links to things we referenced in the show are below:

• World War One Colonial Troops: https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/colonial-troops
• Jason Hickel - British Industrialisation twitter thread: https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1272486694571442177
• Conservative Men Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@professorross/video/6835754607440841989
• The High Low (Podcast): After the Hashtags: https://play.acast.com/s/thehighlowshow/afterthehashtags
• Munira Mirza appointment: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/15/dismay-over-adviser-chosen-set-up-uk-race-inequality-commission-munira-mirza
• Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff (@CharlieBCuff)
• Tweeted: Honestly toxic views https://t.co/BK5XuL4spP https://twitter.com/CharlieBCuff/status/1272664080034168840?s=20

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Sparked by the recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the Black Lives Matter movement has been catapulted into the consciousness of the international community. This resurgence in global interest has opened the eyes of many and re-lit the fire in the bellies of others. To honour the importance of this very important topic, and the many discussions it must inspire in order to illicit change, Vivian and Leah are taking this episode to share some of their experiences with the subject matter and add their voices the mix.

Recorded: 31st May 2020

ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES:

*Please not that this is by no means a complete list, this is just a good place to start.

VIDEOS TO WATCH:

• Trevor Noah x The Daily Show: George Floyd, the Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAyfFnaJbyL/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
• Cornel West on CNN Anderson Cooper 360° – America as a failed social experiement https://youtu.be/JNfqr-rzj5I
• Shannon Boodram: Activism or Die (Don’t freeze!) https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAy1IO0nJ0C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
• Being Black by Jane Elliot (Would people be happy to be treated as black people are?) https://youtu.be/4yrg7vV4a5o
• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: The Broken Policing System https://youtu.be/km4uCOAzrbM

BOOKS TO READ:

• Black and British - David Olusoga
• Slay in your Lane - Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke
• Taking up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change - Ore Ogunbiyi and Chelsea Kwakye
• Why I am No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Brit(ish) on Race, Identity and Belonging - Afua Hirsch
• Me and White Supremacy – Layla F Saad
• White Fragility – Robin Diangelo

PODCASTS TO LISTEN TO:

• About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Say Your Mind (Kelechi Okafor)
• 1619 (New York Times)
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! (Kimberlé Crenshaw)
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

PEOPLE TO FOLLOW:

• Rachel Cargle
• Mona Chalabi
• Munroe Bergdorf
• Candice Braithwaite
• Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
• Kelechi Okafor

MORE RESOURCES:

• https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/black-mental-health-self-care-tips
• https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21278245/antiracist-racism-race-books-resources-antiracism https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/06/871023438/this-list-of-books-films-and-podcasts-about-racism-is-a-start-not-a-panacea?t=1591833927263
• https://medium.com/wake-up-call/a-detailed-list-of-anti-racism-resources-a34b259a3eea
• https://www.instagram.com/p/CAq7yQOgIYa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
• https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/resources-supporting-black-lives-matter-movement-creative-industry-010620 https://www.bustle.com/p/black-owned-uk-businesses-to-buy-from-22947431
• https://www.ukblackowned.co.uk/ https://www.glamour.com/story/support-black-owned-business/

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This week Leah and Vivian celebrate some good news; discuss face masks; reality TV drama and the amazing Netflix series, Unorthodox.

Shows mentioned in today's episode:

Unorthodox: https://youtu.be/-zVhRId0BTw

Love Is Blind: https://youtu.be/s2eBAFt3L_0

Siren: https://youtu.be/82NusegO1mQ

Little Fires Everywhere: https://youtu.be/SA8VU4wprhQ

Succession: https://youtu.be/OzYxJV_rmE8

Line of Duty: https://youtu.be/rQ98VaOoz94

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SPOILER ALERT!!

In this episode, Vivian and Leah are joined by their friend and host JC in discussing some of the best shows we have seen at the moment including a deep dive on Hollywood and Never Have I Ever.

Shows mentioned in today's episode:

• Hollywood: https://youtu.be/Q3EASLgzOcM
• Never Have I Ever: https://youtu.be/HyOCCCbxwMQ
• The Big C: https://youtu.be/nfcceO-U2wk
• Too Hot to Handle: https://youtu.be/2JgPJpgnut4
• Tiger King: https://youtu.be/acTdxsoa428
• Don't Fuck With Cats: https://youtu.be/x41SMm-9-i4
• Line of Duty: https://youtu.be/rQ98VaOoz94
• Money Heist: https://youtu.be/fvCdLmxnkj0

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