The Social Saint

'Re-think, Re-skill, Re-boot' is the coined phrase used by the Government to encourage a push for creatives to leave the arts and go into more tech based job roles. However, it comes as no surprise that there has been a lot of backlash and resistance to this blasé approach to the job crisis the country currently finds itself in. Join Rianne as she speaks with award winning multi-disciplinary artist Leroy Da Silva (Royos) and Co-founders of Duluxe: Joshua Bonney and Rochelle Blair, as they address academia vs creativity, the importance organic support and black consumerism. 

#ProtectBlackWomen has become one of the most used hashtags of 2020. Whilst the discussion was ignited by a recent incident between two well known black artists. The conversation as to how misogynior plays out in day to day society is still highly relevant. Join Rianne Walters and Sydney Samuels (Co-founder & Managing Director of Loop Not Luck) as they discuss how the intersectionality of racism and sexism unfolds within corporate settings including; Nepotism, career progression and race ratio pay gap. 

So here's a question...would you say you are ambitiously content or contently ambitious? Or are you neither because they are both oxymorons? It remains obvious that in life there is a need for both contentment and ambition but what comes first the chicken or the egg? Is ambition the vehicle you use to arrive at life satisfaction, or is contentment more like the house on the hill you return to for perspective on your life aspirations? Join Rianne and her Pastor, Courtney Stewart, as they discuss their real life experiences of misplaced ambition, the effects of social media on rising levels of discontentment, and how to actively strike a healthy balance between being both driven and fulfilled. 

The monarchy, the church, the state, the media and now the uprising of the fifth estate...social media. Social networking platforms are quite quickly becoming the main focal point for all social interaction. Gone are the days where you actually had to ask a person what they did on the weekend, the likelihood is you saw it on their instagram story. However, whilst social media was created to enable shared virtual experiences with freedom of expression, we are quite literally seeing it descend into a space for false social proximity and group conformity.  Join Rianne, and her guests Jamal and Madey as they discuss  current social affairs,  cancel culture and the power and influence of social media. 

From the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to the Caribbean market place vendors, hustle culture is no new phenomenon. In 2020, admitting you have a single stream income or work a traditional 9-5 is practically blasphemy. Our identities are becoming more and more defined by our career and our societal value is so closely linked to our vocational success, the first question we ask a person  is ‘so, what do you do?’.  In the age of the ‘self made’ it is now counter cultural and ‘inconvenient’ to honour rest and a minimalist lifestyle. However how sustainable is this ‘on the grind’ way of life? on this episode Rianne is joined by her mentor and Co-founder of ‘Pure Identity’, Kara Nothnagel, as they discuss the danger of hustle culture, the beauty in boundaries and how to successfully own a business whilst living within life’s ‘natural’ limits. 

We were taught to believe if we worked twice as hard, if we kept our heads down, if we obeyed the law, we would have the same opportunities and that we’d finally be seen as more than “3/5ths” human. However, decades later and even though we are now well educated we are still nauseated by racism that should have been long eradicated. Rianne is joined by Chandler and Devante who detail a time when they victims of police brutality whilst being wrongfully arrested and taken into custody. The conversation covers police brutality in the uk, the Black British male experience and how generate long lasting racial justice globally.

Increased anxiety, depression, elevated blood pressure, vascular resistance, decreased immune response, and worse outcomes in coronary artery disease... people spend their whole lives avoiding foods and beverages which could possibly lead to any of the above outcomes all the while unforgiveness and resent are doing the job for them. Now we all know that not all forgiveness requires reconciliation but is there ever a reason to not forgive someone? Every single person reading this has offended and has been offended and whilst granted some offences are much deeper than others, who is the act of forgiveness really for? On this episode  Rianne and Yvonne sit down to discuss the tyranny of unforgivness, the power of resentment, and why forgiveness may be the greatest act of love?

In the situation the world currently finds itself in it is hard to see death as anything more than numbers on a toll, but whilst death is a natural part of life losing someone you love will always feel like a foreign part of the human experience. In an attempt to make talking about death less of taboo I spoke with my dad on the loss of both of his parents within the space of 10 months.  We discuss the grieving process, memories and more. I hope it blesses you all. 

You are the most selfish person you know. But is that a bad thing?  In the current millennial age of climate change, gender inequality, implicit racial tensions, and dire poverty. What do you care about and why? What values drive your behaviour? and is all charity egocentric? Join Rianne and her guest Ade as they discuss the complexities of care, social responsibilities and neglect of human life...

Martin Luther King had a dream that one day we would be able to order a dress online and have it delivered at the crack of dawn the next day, and that young women and men would meet the loves of their lives in their insta dm's and that we would live in a world where you could air my message whilst I aired yours and we could not judge or throw shade upon one another, that we'd freely be able to post on IG stories and go to parties without having to lie about being 'fake busy', BECAUSE ITS NOT THAT DEEP AND READ RECEIPTS ARE JUST ANOTHER FORM OF OVER EXPOSURE!! Okay lol rant over. Join Rianne and her two arguably less sane siblings Alex and Chan as they discuss 2019 and the technological takeover of the decade as whole.