The Marvyn Harrison Podcast: Culture, Identity & Fatherhood

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The Marvyn Harrison Podcast: Culture, Identity & Fatherhood episodes

June 11, 2020 Women: Stephanie Yeboah: Your High Street Faves Are Anti Black
Fat acceptance advocate, influencer and writer Stephanie Yeboah joins the Dope Black Women this week and spills all the tea on what it's really like working with high street brands as a plus size black influencer and dealing with brands who show performative action when it comes to supporting social justice causes. She also gives the women a history lesson on the body positivity movement, being hyper sexualised by men, the struggle to get her book published, and her journey to self love and acceptance.
Fattily Ever After is release on 3rd September and is available for pre-order now.
The Dope Black Women Podcast is all about bringing black women together to discuss the topics that matter to us, connect and support with each other and through our digital sisterhood.
Your hosts are: Leanne Levers, Roshan Roberts and Olivia Cope.
You can follow Dope Black Women online at @DopeBlackWomen1 on Twitter and Instagram and Dope Black Women on Facebook
1 hr 30 min
June 06, 2020 Dads: Dear White People. We Are Tired
Following the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and several other black people as well as the impact of Coronavirus over the past couple of months, the Dope Black Dads reflect on the mental strain of the loss of black lives. Marvyn is joined by Stephen, Dexter and Max to discuss the psychological abuse of white supremacy, as well as the things we can do to overcome this and what foundations we need to build to do this.
The book mentioned in this episode was: The History of White People by by Nell Irvin Painter
Dope Black Dads is place where we are changing the narrative and having progressive conversations about black fathers, as well as creating a safe digital space for the community.
Your host is Marvyn Harrison.
Join the conversation and community online through our social channels: Twitter: @DopeBlackDads Instagram: @DopeBlackDads Facebook Page: @DopeBlackDads
If you want to get in touch with us, email us on [email protected] or follow our conversations in depth in our private Facebook Group by searching “Dope Black Dads”
50 min
June 04, 2020 Women: Racism is a White Person's Problem. RIP George Floyd
George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis on 25th May 2020. This murder sparked anti racism protests in the US and UK, campaigns have been flying around social media, brands are making public statements. There's a lot going on right now. This week the Dope Black Women just talk. They discuss how they have been affected by the death of George Floyd, how they feel about the protests and how they're engaging with their non black friends about the subject.
The Dope Black Women Podcast is all about bringing black women together to discuss the topics that matter to us, connect and support with each other and through our digital sisterhood.
Your hosts are: Leanne Levers, Roshan Roberts and Olivia Cope.
You can follow Dope Black Women online at @DopeBlackWomen1 on Twitter and Instagram and Dope Black Women on Facebook
1 hr 12 min
May 30, 2020 Dads: Should we bring Back Football during the Lockdown?
This week Marvyn is joined by Samantha Johnson (TRT World), Jordan Jarrett Bryan (Channel 4 and Talk Sport) and Leroy Lita (Former England U21, Swansea and Reading) to discuss the impact of a possible restart to the Premier League in June.
Dope Black Dads is place where we are changing the narrative and having progressive conversations about black fathers, as well as creating a safe digital space for the community.
Your host is Marvyn Harrison.
Join the conversation and community online through our social channels: Twitter: @DopeBlackDads Instagram: @DopeBlackDads Facebook Page: @DopeBlackDads
If you want to get in touch with us, email us on [email protected] or follow our conversations in depth in our private Facebook Group by searching “Dope Black Dads”
36 min
May 28, 2020 Women: What's the Difference Between an Orgasm and Climax with Sarah Mulindwa
How often should you go for an STI test? What's the purpose of going for a smear test? Does eating pineapples really make your vagina smell sweet? These are just some of the questions that we asked sexual health specialist Sarah Mulindwa from Channel 4's The Sex Clinic.
Together the Dope Black Women discuss how to find the right contraception for you, their experiences going for smear tests and how lock down has been a great time to get to know their own bodies.
The Dope Black Women Podcast is all about bringing black women together to discuss the topics that matter to us, connect and support with each other and through our digital sisterhood.
Your hosts are: Leanne Levers, Roshan Roberts and Olivia Cope.
You can follow Dope Black Women online at @DopeBlackWomen1 on Twitter and Instagram and Dope Black Women on Facebook
1 hr 12 min
May 23, 2020 Dads: The Mental Load of Masculinity and Male Parenting
In light of mental health awareness week Marvyn is joined by a few of the founding fathers of Dope Black Dads: Chris Becks, Umar Kankiya and Donald Mbeutcha to discuss what Dope Black Dads do to support their members with mental health. They also dive into how lockdown and coronavirus has affected their mental health and the coping mechanisms they use, as well as the mental load of masculinity and male parenting.
Dope Black Dads is place where we are changing the narrative and having progressive conversations about black fathers, as well as creating a safe digital space for the community.
Your host is Marvyn Harrison.
Join the conversation and community online through our social channels: Twitter: @DopeBlackDads Instagram: @DopeBlackDads Facebook Page: @DopeBlackDads If you want to get in touch with us, email us on [email protected] or follow our conversations in depth in our private Facebook Group by searching “Dope Black Dads."
49 min
May 21, 2020 Women: Mental Health of Young Black Girls with Ebinehita Iyere
Before you're a black woman you're a black girl and it's so important that you don't forget the young black girl inside of you and let her come out every now and again. This week in light of mental health awareness week, a very inspiration Dope Black Woman joins the show to discuss mental well-being in black girls.
Ebinehita Iyere is the founder of Milk and Honey which is a female led expressive safe space that allows black girls to feel empowered and heal from their experiences. Together, the group discuss the importance of teaching our black girls how to feel their emotions rather than telling them that they have to be strong, the adultification of black girls, how we deal with grief in the black community and the benefits of therapy and the first steps you can take if you decide that therapy is something that you want to pursue.
You can find out more about Milk and Honey at @milkhoneybees on Twitter and Instagram.
The Ted Talk that was mentioned on the episode was: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime by Nadine Burke Harris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk&feature=youtu.be
The Dope Black Women Podcast is all about bringing black women together to discuss the topics that matter to us, connect and support with each other and through our digital sisterhood.
Your hosts are: Leanne Levers, Roshan Roberts and Olivia Cope
You can follow Dope Black Women online at @DopeBlackWomen1 on Twitter and Instagram and Dope Black Women on Facebook
1 hr 30 min
May 16, 2020 Dads: Grief, Burnout and Beyonce.
The original trio of Marvyn, Darwood and Lawrence are back together again! As a group they reflect on some of the untold stories from their series run with BBC 1Xtra including what happened between Richard Blackwood and Beyonce! They also reflect on what's happened to them personally over the last year, from Lawrence loosing his father to Darwood having another child 18 years after his last.
Dope Black Dads is place where we are changing the narrative and having progressive conversations about black fathers, as well as creating a safe digital space for the community.
Your host is Marvyn Harrison.
Join the conversation and community online through our social channels: Twitter: @DopeBlackDads Instagram: @DopeBlackDads Facebook Page: @DopeBlackDads
If you want to get in touch with us, email us on [email protected] or follow our conversations in depth in our private Facebook Group by searching “Dope Black Dads”
56 min
May 14, 2020 Women: Finance 101 with Bola Sol
It is predicted that coronavirus will cause the biggest financial downturn in 100 years. Since we're in such an unprecedented time where people are loosing their jobs and being furloughed and struggling financially, we bought in Financial Wellness Coach Bola Sol to demystify what coronavirus means for the economy as well as talking us through the financial jargon we're supposed to know but are never taught!
The Dope Black Women Podcast is all about bringing black women together to discuss the topics that matter to us, connect and support with each other and through our digital sisterhood.
Your hosts are: Leanne Levers, Roshan Roberts and Olivia Cope .
You can follow Dope Black Women online at @DopeBlackWomen1 on Twitter and Instagram and Dope Black Women on Facebook
53 min
May 09, 2020 Dads: Do We Need Black Billionaires?
It was recently announced that Kanye West is part of Forbe's Billionaires list. Mr West is one of only 7 black billionaires in the world. At a time where 14 million people in the UK live in poverty, we ask the question, is it important to have black billionaires? We also discuss whether we are more critical of black businesses given that AfroNation is yet to cancel the festival in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. At the time of recording Wireless, Creamfields and AfroNation had no announced postponing their festivals.
This week Marvyn is joined by Darwood Grace, Forbes writer Tommy Williams and Amani Simpson, CEO of Aviard Inspires.
Dope Black Dads is place where we are changing the narrative and having progressive conversations about black fathers, as well as creating a safe digital space for the community.
Your host is Marvyn Harrison.
Join the conversation and community online through our social channels: Twitter: @DopeBlackDads Instagram: @DopeBlackDads Facebook Page: @DopeBlackDads If you want to get in touch with us, email us on [email protected] or follow our conversations in depth in our private Facebook Group by searching “Dope Black Dads”
1 hr 10 min

About The Marvyn Harrison Podcast: Culture, Identity & Fatherhood

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Culture, identity, masculinity, relationships and fatherhood, in honest long-form conversations hosted by Marvyn Harrison, founder of Dope Black Dads and TV commentator (BBC, LBC, Channel 5).…