In this episode Tendo sits down with Bunmi and shares some of the trials and triumphs that have come from his first year as a hockey coach

On the 3rd of September 2022 we all got to perform at our first music festival! We recorded this episode straight after watching back our performance on the day, so we hope you enjoy it!

If you would like to watch our full set, you can find it via the link below 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaFnmFMZvh4 

I turned 24 on the 1st October 2021 and there have been so many amazing things that I've been able to experience over the course of this year, including performing my own music at my own show in front of 120+ people, graduating with a first class degree, getting engaged and publishing my first book just to list a few! Here is my honest take on what the journey has been like for me so far and I hope you enjoy listening! 

It can be easy for us to think that we need to have EVERYTHING perfectly in place before we embark on a new initiative. Having founded the Soulstice Festival in 2017 and launching their new online brand "The Soulstice Collective", Jamie and George Oyebode show us that this is far from the case!

Soulstice Collective: https://thesoulsticecollective.org/ 

In this episode, Tendo and Bunmi discuss what it really means to have etiquette in society today and whether having "good" etiquette leaves much room for freedom of expression. 

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In this episode, we spoke with Sharyn, an upcoming music artist from South London, about the impact that various institutional settings have on our sense of attainment in life. 

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In this episode, Tendo speaks with England and Great Britain hockey player Rhys Smith and Marcia Gurney-Champion, one of the co-founders of the hockey charity Spencer Lynx. 

This candid conversation showed why it is important for state school children to be handed the opportunity to take part in sport and why the representation of ethnic and social minorities in hockey within the UK is something that needs to be fought for. 

You can find out more information about the initiatives that Rhys and Marcia run via the links below 

Hockey Inner City (HIC) C.I.C: https://www.hockeyinnercity.co.uk/ 

Spencer Lynx: https://spencerlynx.com/ 

In this episode we spoke with writers and directors Jessica Mensah and Esther-Rennae Walker about representation and the impact of media narratives. 

You can find out about more of their work below!

Jessica: https://www.jessicamensah.com/ 

Rennae: https://estherrennaewalker.wixsite.com/website 

In this first episode of Season 2, Tendo and Bunmi chop it up in conversation and go back and forth discussing how we can have healthier views towards what success looks like in our own lives!

Through sharing her journey to becoming Miss Uganda UK 2017/18, Jan Mukiibi shows us that beauty pageants aren’t solely about the glits and glamour. We discuss growing up as a Ugandan diaspora and the importance of using your voice to advocate for change in societies that need it the most.