Surviving Society Productions

By Surviving Society

What's Surviving Society Productions about?

Award winning, weekly political podcast exploring the local and global politics of race & class from a sociological perspective.

Out every Tuesday !!

Presenter: Dr Chantelle J Lewis

Executive Producer: Adders

Design: Evelyn Miller

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Surviving Society Productions episodes:

04.22.2024
S1/ E6 Can the Museum be a Site of (Anti-Colonial) Resistance?
Chantelle and Kelechi interview Lennon Mhishi about the ‘Re-connecting "Objects’ project at the Pitt Rivers Mueseum (University of Oxford). We explore the functioning of museums as ‘containers’, consisting of colonial collections as products of violence, extraction and dispossession. https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/reconnecting-objects Summary:In this series...
04.16.2024
S1/E5 Medical Colonial Photography in Malawi & Sudan
Chantelle and Kelechi interview Chimwemwe Phiri about her PhD research based on the colonial histories and ethical dimensions of medical photography, questions of ownership, and the afterlives of archival material. https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org Summary:In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black...
04.09.2024
S1/E4 Black Joy As Resistance
Tanisha Spratt and Arya Thampuran discuss the importance of Black joy, sprituality and care as crucial to Black health and healing. Links https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/a-s-thampuran/ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tanisha-spratt Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers...
04.02.2024
S1/E3 End-of-Life Care & Waiting Times
Kelechi Anucha discuses the relationship between time and care in contemporary end of life narratives,. This work is part of the Wellcome Trust-funded research project Waiting Times. Links: https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/phd-students/kelechi-anucha/ https://waitingtimes.exeter.ac.uk/ Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health...
03.29.2024
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03.26.2024
S1/E2 Black Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses how it is essential for access to sexual and reproductive health and support to be initiated through anti-racist policies and frameworks. @BHHproject Links https://www.shinealoud.co.uk/about-us/founders-story Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network....
03.19.2024
S1/E1 Black Health is an Urgent Social and Political Issue
In this introductory episode, we hear from Arya Thampuran and Kelechi Anucha on why the health of Black African and Caribbean populations in Britain remains an urgent topic of enquiry. @BHHproject Links: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/a-s-thampuran/ https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/phd-students/kelechi-anucha/ Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from...
03.18.2024
Black Health & Humanities
Surviving Society presents... the BBH This series focus on the politics of black health in modern society
03.12.2024
S1/E3 Francesca Sobande: Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the marketisation and capitalist exploitation of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We return to the inequitable ways the pandemic impacted people and how we continue to live through a care crisis...
03.05.2024
S1/E2 Tarek Younis: The Muslim, State and Mind: Psychology in Times of Islamophobia
In this episode we hear from Tarek Younis on his own experiences of challenging islamophobia in the discipline of psychology. We explore the ongoing consequences of the connection between racism, islamophobia and mental health for Muslims in contemporary society. Links: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-muslim-state-and-mind/book279425 Summary In...
02.27.2024
S1/E1 Delayna Spencer, Meredith Clark & Jason Arday: Social Science for Social Justice?
In this introductory episode, we speak to the editors of Sage’s Social Science for Social Justice book series about the long history of social scientists contributing to community work and organising. Links: https://www.meredithdclark.com https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/arday https://group.sagepub.com/social-science-for-social-justice Summary In this collaborative podcast series with Sage...
02.23.2024
Surviving Society presents Social Science for Social Justice
Surviving Social presents a brand new series in partnership with Sage coming soon.....
02.20.2024
E190: Skinfolk, but not kinfolk? Ethnic minority conservative political elite actors
The recent increase in ethnic minority representation in right-wing, conservative parties has been of note. In this episode, Neema Begum, Michael Bankole, Dan Godshaw and Rima Saini discuss how this substantive representation for ethnic minorities is challenged by ethnic minority...
02.13.2024
Joe Appiah, Kim Johnson MP & Gloria Morrison: Joint Enterprise
The episode begins with Joe Appiah describing the events that led to him becoming a victim of a miscarriage of justice through the Joint Enterprise Doctrine. Kim Johnson MP and Gloria Morrison (Jengba campaigner) later provided us with some updates...
02.06.2024
S1/E5 Andy Young: Royal Mail
Royal Mail remains a key institutions within the UK delivery services. In this episode Andy explains exactly what is at stake for the organisation and its workers as they continue to navigate the pressures of privatisation. Summary In this Red Pepper...
01.30.2024
S1/E4 Mel Mullins and Sherelle Cadogan: Railway Workers
Mel and Sherelle explain their personal histories of working on the railways and the history of Black and anti-racist organising amongst workers. https://www.redpepper.org.uk Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society collaboration we platform workers and academics to explore the...
01.23.2024
S1/E3 Vik Chechi-Ribeiro: School Teachers
In this episode Vik explains to us some of the current pressures and working conditions faced by school teachers and why striking remains essential to the future of our education system. https://www.redpepper.org.uk Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving Society...
01.16.2024
S1/E2 Holly Turner & Andrew Meyerson: The National Health Service
Liam is joined by special guest host Ez Chigbo to learn more about the current working conditions faced by doctors and nurses and why striking is essential for the future of the NHS. https://www.redpepper.org.uk Summary In this Red Pepper and Surviving...
01.09.2024
S1/E1 Lydia Hughes & Lord John Hendy: The History of Trade Unions
In this first episode of this new series, we explore the history of trade unions in Britain. We learn about the decades of restrictions imposed on workers and how people continue to find ways to resist workplace inequities. Summary In...
01.02.2024
E188 Jason Arday & Chantelle Jessica Lewis: Surviving Society (then and now)
In our first episode of 2024, Jason interviews Chantelle about the history of Surviving Society. As we reflect on the 7th year of the podcast, we explore the political, radical and loving groundings of the show.
12.26.2023
E187 Adom Philogene Heron: Surviving Storms
Adom returns to the show to share details of the Surviving Storms project which has mapped hurricane impacts and processes of repair in Dominica following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Links: https://survivingstorms.com
12.19.2023
E186 Nicholas Cole: Why constitutional law matters
Nicholas explains to us why constitutional law (or a lack of) in the UK and US matters for elections and modern democracy. Links: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/person/dr-nicholas-cole https://www.quill.pmb.ox.ac.uk/
12.12.2023
S1/ E6 From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter with Gary Younge
In the final episode of this series, we explore themes from Gary Younge’s latest book Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter. Links: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571376827-dispatches-from-the-diaspora https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity...
12.05.2023
S1/E5 Diversity in theatre & the cultural industries with Sudha Bhuchar
With Sudha Bhuchar and Roaa Ali, we explore the tension between diversity and anti-racism in theatre and the cultural industries. Welcome to this collaborative two-part series with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at the University of Manchester. In...
11.28.2023
S1/E4 Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS)
In this episode Rima Saini supported us to interview Nissa Finney about EVENS which is the largest and most comprehensive survey to document the lives of ethnic and religious minorities in Britain during the pandemic. https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/research/projects/evens/ Welcome to this collaborative...
11.21.2023
S1/E3 A chronology of whiteness studies
In this episode we hear from Bridget Byrne, Alana Lentin and Vron Ware on the history of whiteness studies and what this scholarship has done to both obscure and help us to understand the social reproduction of race. https://www.ethnicity.ac.uk Welcome to...
11.14.2023
S1/E2 Contesting statues of empire and slavery
In this episode we hear from Meghan Tinsley, Gary Younge and Chloe Peacock about their research on the activism which surrounds statues of empire and slavery. The research team - which also included Ruth Ramsden-Karelse and Sadia Habib – looked...
11.07.2023
S1/E1 Introduction to the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester
Directors of CoDE, Bridget Byrne, Claire Alexander and James Nazroo introduce a new collaborative series of Surviving Society focused on the research produced within the centre. This episode focuses on the politics of communicating research on ethnic inequalities during political...
10.31.2023
S1/E5 Sita Balani & Chantelle Lewis: Crisis & everyday life
In this episode, Sita and Chantelle discuss the conversations from the Structure of Feeling series, exploring the impact of urgent political calamities on our everyday lives. About Structure of Feeling In this Surviving Society miniseries, Sita Balani draws on the ideas of...
10.24.2023
S1/E4 Sita Balani & Alfie Bown: The gamification of social life
S1/E4 Sita Balani & Alfie Bown: The gamification of social life According to Alfie Bown, we are in the middle of a ‘desirevolution’ — a fundamental and political transformation of the way we desire as human beings. Dream Lovers. The Gamification...
10.17.2023
S1/E3 Sita Balani & Tabitha Lasley’s: Gender, class and (North Sea) Oil
In this episode Sita is in conversation with Tabitha about her non-fiction debut, Sea State: A Memoir. This book explores the world of North Sea Oil – an industry often overlooked despite its huge economic and ecological significance. Lasley is...
10.10.2023
S1/E2 Sita Balani & Yara Rodrigues Fowler: Protest and the novel
In this episode, Sita is in conversation with Yara on their novels – Stubborn Archivist and There Are More Things. The conversation focuses on transnational circuits of political repression and resistance – in particular the connections between the UK and...
10.03.2023
S1/E1 Sita Balani & Kieran Yates: All the Homes I’ve Ever Lived
In this episode Sita is in conversation with journalist and author Kieran Yates to discuss her non-fiction debut, All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us. This book offers an acute portrayal of...
09.26.2023
E185 Aaron Winter: Factional regrouping & UK politics
This week Ez, Aaron and Chantelle are in conversation about the state of politics, how we can be better critical friends of each other and what imagining alternatives to the current systems looks like in practice.
09.19.2023
S1/E8 Malecka Egeonu-Roby: Social & community activism in Liverpool
In this episode we hear from Malecka about her work as a race equality manager in Liverpool city’s regional combined authority, a cofounder of Elevate (youth mentoring) and her volunteer work at the Caribbean Centre. Malika’s role in the local...
09.12.2023
S1/E7 Michelle Peterkin-Walker: Black scousers, art & identity
Creative, artist and filmmaker Michelle joined us to talk about how her work and art highlights the holistic experience and identity of Black scousers in Liverpool. Links: https://lbah.co.uk Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project...
09.05.2023
S1/E6 Jimi Jagne & the Toxteth uprisings (part 2)
In part 2 Jimi provides us with an overview of the events that took place both before and during the Toxeth uprisings of 1980. Links: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/ Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories...
08.29.2023
S1/E5 Jimi Jagne & the Toxteth uprisings (part 1)
In the first of two episodes, Jimi discusses the origins of the Toxeth uprisings through childhood experiences of violent racism inflicted by the police and white people in Liverpool. Shelda asserts that these tensions are still pertinent in Liverpool...
08.22.2023
S1/E4 Shelda-Jane Smith & Kerry Nugent: Liverpool Black Sisters, health & racism
In this episode we hear about Kerry’s long career and activist work in Liverpool around mental, physical and maternal health as well as the wellbeing of Black and Asian populations in the city. Links: Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories....
08.15.2023
S1/E3 Alan Crawford: Restoring Merseyside Caribbean Centre
Alan and Shelda explain how the Liverpool African and Caribbean Grassroots initiative formed to retore and bring back to life the Merseyside Caribbean Centre in 2020. Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on...
08.08.2023
S1/E2 Shelda-Jane Smith & Stephen Small: Liverpool is an African City
Shelda and Stephen locate Liverpool as a city in Europe with one of the oldest Black populations. Expect a conversation which centres Black residents of Liverpool long history of living, resisting and settling in the city. Links: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/ Welcome to surviving...
08.01.2023
S1/E1 Shelda-Jane Smith & Chantelle Lewis: Hidden Histories, Liverpool & the Caribbean
Shelda and Chantelle introduce the Hidden Histories project as a long term collaboration which highlights the various ways in which British colonialism still impacts the lives of Black people in Liverpool and the Caribbean. Hidden Histories has been executively produced...
07.25.2023
E184 James O'Brien: The Art of Changing Your Mind
This week Chantelle and Ez are in conversation with James O'Brien. The focus is on how we build solidarity through conversations and practices which are intentionally open, vulnerable and loving. Links: https://www.waterstones.com/author/james-obrien/250836
07.18.2023
S1/E6 Ez Chigbo & Chantelle Jessica Lewis: Learning & loving together
Ez and Chantelle reflect on the conversations and (love) lessons from the series. The discussion centres bell hooks’ scholarship on love in community, in family and in romance. In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice...
07.11.2023
S1/E5 Lisa Palmer & Yusef Bakkali: Love in theory & practice
This conversation focuses on how we can better connect theory and practice when we talk about love. Ez, Lisa and Yusef discuss the possibilities and limitations of academic work on love, Useful links: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/stephen-lawrence-research-centre/index.aspx In these episodes we explore the role...
07.04.2023
S1/E4 Alex Augustin: Blackness, masculinity & somatics
Alex and Ez talk about race and racialisation in the context of Blackness and masculinity in social justice work. This is a conversation about love, vulnerability and healing together. Useful links: https://healingjusticeldn.org/ In these episodes we explore the role of love...
06.27.2023
S1/E3 TaMeicka Ifasina Clear: Healing, gender & identity
This conversation focuses on healing and learning together in community. Ifasina talks about how their life and work is grounded in love, understanding and acceptance of our differences. Useful links: https://www.getembodiedsoulmovement.com/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social...
06.20.2023
S1/E2 Molly Ackhurst: Sexual violence & abolition
Ez and Molly discuss the challenges of reparative sexual violence work in social justice spaces. The conversation focuses on how we can better resist carceral logics. Useful links: https://actbuildchange.com/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces....
06.13.2023
S1/E1 Stephanie Wong: Act Build Change
In the first episode of this series, Ez is joined by Stephanie Wong, the founder and director of Act Build Change. Their conversation centres dignity, anger and love whilst working in service to community. Useful links: https://actbuildchange.com In these episodes we explore...
06.06.2023
E183 Imogen Tyler & Chantelle Lewis: Racism, poverty & class struggle
This is a keynote conversation hosted by the Identities journal and the British Library. Imogen and Chantelle present a chronology of race and class through histories of both oppression and resistance in Britain and across the Empire. Links: https://www.identitiesjournal.com https://lancasterblackhistorygroup.com https://leadingroutes.org

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Surviving Society Productions episodes:

S1/ E6 Can the Museum be a Site of (Anti-Colonial) Resistance?

S1/E5 Medical Colonial Photography in Malawi & Sudan

S1/E4 Black Joy As Resistance

S1/E3 End-of-Life Care & Waiting Times

Pluto Press 50% discount using code "SURVIVING50"

S1/E2 Black Sexual and Reproductive Health

S1/E1 Black Health is an Urgent Social and Political Issue

Black Health & Humanities

S1/E3 Francesca Sobande: Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19

S1/E2 Tarek Younis: The Muslim, State and Mind: Psychology in Times of Islamophobia

S1/E1 Delayna Spencer, Meredith Clark & Jason Arday: Social Science for Social Justice?

Surviving Society presents Social Science for Social Justice

E190: Skinfolk, but not kinfolk? Ethnic minority conservative political elite actors

Joe Appiah, Kim Johnson MP & Gloria Morrison: Joint Enterprise

S1/E5 Andy Young: Royal Mail

S1/E4 Mel Mullins and Sherelle Cadogan: Railway Workers

S1/E3 Vik Chechi-Ribeiro: School Teachers

S1/E2 Holly Turner & Andrew Meyerson: The National Health Service

S1/E1 Lydia Hughes & Lord John Hendy: The History of Trade Unions

E188 Jason Arday & Chantelle Jessica Lewis: Surviving Society (then and now)

E187 Adom Philogene Heron: Surviving Storms

E186 Nicholas Cole: Why constitutional law matters

S1/ E6 From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter with Gary Younge

S1/E5 Diversity in theatre & the cultural industries with Sudha Bhuchar

S1/E4 Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS)

S1/E3 A chronology of whiteness studies

S1/E2 Contesting statues of empire and slavery

S1/E1 Introduction to the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester

S1/E5 Sita Balani & Chantelle Lewis: Crisis & everyday life

S1/E4 Sita Balani & Alfie Bown: The gamification of social life

S1/E3 Sita Balani & Tabitha Lasley’s: Gender, class and (North Sea) Oil

S1/E2 Sita Balani & Yara Rodrigues Fowler: Protest and the novel

S1/E1 Sita Balani & Kieran Yates: All the Homes I’ve Ever Lived

E185 Aaron Winter: Factional regrouping & UK politics

S1/E8 Malecka Egeonu-Roby: Social & community activism in Liverpool

S1/E7 Michelle Peterkin-Walker: Black scousers, art & identity

S1/E6 Jimi Jagne & the Toxteth uprisings (part 2)

S1/E5 Jimi Jagne & the Toxteth uprisings (part 1)

S1/E4 Shelda-Jane Smith & Kerry Nugent: Liverpool Black Sisters, health & racism

S1/E3 Alan Crawford: Restoring Merseyside Caribbean Centre

S1/E2 Shelda-Jane Smith & Stephen Small: Liverpool is an African City

S1/E1 Shelda-Jane Smith & Chantelle Lewis: Hidden Histories, Liverpool & the Caribbean

E184 James O'Brien: The Art of Changing Your Mind

S1/E6 Ez Chigbo & Chantelle Jessica Lewis: Learning & loving together

S1/E5 Lisa Palmer & Yusef Bakkali: Love in theory & practice

S1/E4 Alex Augustin: Blackness, masculinity & somatics

S1/E3 TaMeicka Ifasina Clear: Healing, gender & identity

S1/E2 Molly Ackhurst: Sexual violence & abolition

S1/E1 Stephanie Wong: Act Build Change

E183 Imogen Tyler & Chantelle Lewis: Racism, poverty & class struggle

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