Over The Top Under The Radar

By Carys AfokoNews

Over The Top Under The Radar episodes

April 03 Israel's Racist Death Penalty, Patrice Lumumba & GB News - w/ Banseka Kayembe
Joining Carys this week is Banseka Kayembe. Banseka is the Founder and Director of Naked Politics, a media platform aimed specifically at young people.
Together Carys and Banseka discuss the racialised law in Israel that sees a death penalty applied to palestinian prisoners, Reform UK's fired housing spokesperson, a trial over the killing of Patrice Lumumba, and GB News' ongoing lack of impartiality.
Check out Banseka's work on Naked Politics here: nakedpolitics.co.uk
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GB News investigation
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridger-screen-scandal-how-gb-news-gets-away-with-it/
The trial over the murder of Patrice Lumumba
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/25/the-long-wave-patrice-lumumba-assassination-congo-trial
46 min
March 27 The Influencer Exodus & Louis Theroux vs The Manosphere - w/ Odanga Madung
Joining Carys this week is Odanga Madung - a Kenyan data journalist and researcher. Odanga’s investigative journalism and research exposes how technology reshapes power, democracy, and public accountability. He is a Current Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Former Fellow and Researcher at Mozilla, where he and Carys were colleagues.
Together Carys and Odanga discuss the influencer ‘exodus’ of Dubai, Louis Theroux's documentary about the manosphere, court cases in the US against Meta, and Gen Z activism in Kenya.
Follow Odanga on X here: https://x.com/Odangaring
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https://www.citizen.digital/article/voter-found-kenyan-gen-zs-turn-iebc-verification-into-a-viral-trend-in-civic-awareness-drive-n379130
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-kenyas-gen-z-has-taken-to-the-streets/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ezvj4d111o
https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book
50 min
March 20 US Politics Special w/ Adam Green
Joining Carys this week is Adam Green for an US politics special. Adam is the co-founder of The Progressive Change Campaign Committee - a political action committee that supports progressive Democratic candidates across the United States.
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Find out more about the PCCC here: https://www.boldprogressives.org/
46 min
March 13 Mandelson's Payout, Iran's Supreme Leader & GenZ's Gender Views w/ Ben Hurst
Joining Carys this week is Ben Hurst - Director of facilitation at Beyond Equality and an expert in challenging toxic masculinity, promoting gender equality, and fostering healthy relationships.
Together, Carys and Ben discuss the death of Iran's Supreme leader, more revelations about Peter Mandelson, controversial polling around GenZ's gender views, and yet another black person has been reported in the British media using a photo of... the wrong black person.
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GenZ Pollinghttps://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-third-of-gen-z-men-agree-a-wife-should-obey-her-husband
Smiling Boys project
https://universoulartist.com/smiling-boys-project/
Beyond Equality
https://www.beyondequality.org/
47 min
March 06 The Green Surge, Anthropic AI & The US-Israel Attack On Iran - w/ Busayo Twins
Joining Carys this week is the activist, political influencer and creator of Everything Is Political Busayo Twins.
Together, Carys and Busayo discuss the attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States, AI comopany Anthropic, the Green party leapfrogging Labour in voting intention polling, and Rachel Reeves' spring statement.
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43 min
February 27 Mandelson Arrested, Greens In Gorton & Denton & BBC's BAFTAs - w/ Phin Harper
Joining Carys this week is the brilliant Phineas Harper. Phin is a writer, founder and cultural leader whose work spans criticism, curation, education, journalism and sculpture. Phin was Chief Executive of Open City, Deputy Director of the Architecture Foundation, Deputy Editor of the Architectural Review, Chair of the Design Council Homes Taskforce.
Together, Carys and Phin discuss the arrest of Peter Mandelson, attacks on Green Party byelection candidate Hannah Spencer, the BBC's controversial coverage of the BAFTAs, and the collapse of a construction company that will lead to 105 half-built homes to be demolished in Ealing.
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Read more about Phin's work here: https://phineasharper.com/
Ealing homes: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/02/23/ealing-to-rip-down-105-half-built-homes-after-henry-collapse/
BBC bias on Gaza: https://cfmm.org.uk/resource/bbc-on-gaza-israel-one-story-double-standards/
Green attacks: https://bsky.app/profile/adambienkov.bsky.social/post/3mfoe7wm26s2s
47 min
February 20 Reform Candidate Says Tax The Childless & Jim Ratcliffe's Immigration Waffle - w/ Kimberly McIntosh
Joining Carys this week is writer, policy expert and author of Black Girl no Magic, Kimberly McIntosh.
Together, Carys and Kimberly explore right-wing discourse around women’s fertility, Sir Jim Ratcliffe comments on immigration, the UK's potential changes to settled status requirements, and families looking to take over a care home after owners amassed massive debts to HMRC.
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William Blake House:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/16/william-blake-house-care-home-debts
Connect with Kim here: https://linktr.ee/Kimmi91
42 min
February 13 Trump Deletes Racist Post, Mandelson Crashes Starmer's Labour - w/ Nels Abbey
Joining Carys this week is writer, media executive and satirist Nels Abbey. Nels wrote the brilliant Think Like A White Man and The Hip-Hop MBA: Lessons in Cut-Throat Capitalism From The Moguls of Rap. He is co-founder of the Black Writers Guild and founder of Uppity: An Intellectual Playground for the Refined and the Boujee.
Together, Carys and Nels discuss: Trump’s racist monkey post, the latest Labour psychodrama, the Nigerian petroleum minister facing trial, and the racism revealed in the Epstein files.
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45 min
February 06 The Epstein Avalanche, Lucy Letby and Pregnancy In Prison - With Janey Starling
Joining Carys this week is Janey Starling, an award-winning activist, co-director of gender justice group Level Up, and musician.
Together, Carys and Janey discuss: the Epstein files and Peter Mandelson, Lucy Letby, and Janey's campaign on pregnant women in prison.
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57 min
January 30 Beckham Bustup, ICE Shootings & A Reporter Raided - with Alan Rusbridger
Joining Carys this week is journalist and former editor of the Guardian and Prospect magazine, Alan Rusbridger. Alan also hosts the brilliant Media Confidential podcast.
Together, Carys and Alan discuss the media storm around Brooklyn Beckham, Trump & ICE, a Washington Post reporter who was raided for speaking to government employees and the takeover of Tiktok's ownership in the US.
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44 min

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Ever wonder why some stories get endless media attention and others barely get a look in? Carys Afoko takes a critical look at the week's news agenda to pick out the stories being over-reported and…