Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with the self styled and inspirational ‘President of Gen Z’, Elijah Manley

We talk about his personal life, how he got involved in politics and his future plans

Elijah Manley was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As of June 2020, Manley was attending Broward College for undergraduate study. Manley's career experience includes working in insurance and holding an active 2-14 license. He has been affiliated with the National Youth Rights Association as a board member and immediate past vice president, with the Black Lives Matter Alliance of Broward, as a vice-chair with the Broward school board's human relations committee, and with the United Nations Youth Assembly.

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Yusuf joins me in this episode as we speak about reimagining law & order, activism, ‘defund the police’, abolition, political slogans and much more!

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Dr. Adam Elliot-Cooper joins me in this episode as I ask questions that help us better understand racism and race relations in the U.K.

Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper is a research associate in sociology at University of Greenwich. His research interests including policing and anti-racism, and his book, Black Resistance to British Policing will be published in May 2021. He sits on the board of The Monitoring Group and organises with UKBLM

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Amandla and I discuss his journeys across West Africa as a journalist. 

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This past week we witnessed the capitol building being overrun by white supremacists and many of us can’t help but think what would have happened had the perpetrators been black or non-white, further reinforcing what we already know to be true, that there are two Americas. Arqum Rashid discusses with me what we witnessed.

Arqum Rashid is the Resident Scholar and Imam at the Islamic Society of Central Delaware in Dover, Delaware and the Director of Riwaq Institute. He is a graduate of Al-Azhar University with a degree in Sharia (Islamic Law) and a graduate of Delaware Law School with a J.D. (Juris Doctor). Arqum is a licensed Attorney and currently pursuing a Master's in inter-religious studies at Hartford Seminary.

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The subject of black people’s hair, particularly women’s, continues to dominate our public discourse. Listen in as we discuss all things related to what, is at times a contentious subject, black hair.

Marie Claire is in her final year of her sociology and criminology degree at Goldsmiths university, London.

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The past often informs our present. Listen in to a history lesson on the Confederacy and how America decides to deal with its black citizens

We often hear the terms trauma and healing on social media. But what do they actually mean? Are there merely terms to explain our bad behaviour and personality or is there something to deeper to it? Dr. Kameelah and I discuss.

Kameelah is the Founder and President of Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing and emotional well-being in the American Muslim community through dialogue, education, and training. Muslim Wellness Foundation envisions a future in which faith communities are at the forefront of mental health advocacy and committed to developing an inclusive culture of compassion, understanding, and holistic health.

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Is astrology real? Or merely a superstition that ancient societies once believed in?

Professor Ali discusses all things astrology with me in what was a truly eye opening conversation 

Ali A Olomi is an Assistant Professor of History at Penn State Abington. He researches, writes, and teaches on how Muslims imagined their world through the intersection of science and religion in the service of empire. His work examines discourses of cosmology, geography, and gender and sexuality and how they were drawn together to fashion ideas of a Muslim "homeland." He also examines how premodern intellectual history was drawn into the religious nationalism of the 19th and 20th century. 

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We often hear that we live in a post racial society and in fact it is actually the white working classes who are being left behind in society. I discuss this and more with Dr. Aaron Winter

Aaron Winter is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of East London. His research is on the far-right with a focus on racism, mainstreaming and violence. He is co-editor of Discourses and Practices of Terrorism: Interrogating Terror (Routledge 2010), Historical Perspectives on Organised Crime and Terrorism (Routledge 2018) and Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice (Routledge 2020), and co-author with Aurelien Mondon of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso 2020). He is also an associate editor of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power and co-editor of the Manchester University Press (MUP) book series Racism, Resistance and Social Change.