Untelevised: The Podcast

It's our last episode for this season, which means we’re wrapping up our exploration of democracy! 

Over the season we've looked at what the word means in theory, in practice, the systems it influences and the systems it is influenced by. Many of our discussions have revolved around the idea of everyday citizens having more opportunities to contribute directly to the decisions that govern our society. So to conclude the season, we're exploring what this might look like and what impact it would have, using referendums as a starting point.

***Apologies for the intermittent drilling! The perils of remote recording!***

Learn - what is a referendum? (3 mins 15 secs)

Discuss - Ralph Scott, PhD Candidate in Politics at University of Manchester (5 mins 45 secs) find them on Twitter/ LinkedIn 

Share - what can we all do? (51 mins)

Things we mentioned (or think you should check out):

Democracy Episode; Democratic Workplace Episode; Democratic Housing Episode; Running as a Candidate Episode; Democratic Media Episode; Citizens' Assemblies Episode; Democratic Education Episode; A history of referendums in the UK; What is the EU?; Register to vote; Citizenship National Curriculum Guidance; Bernard Crick and Citizenship 1; The Electoral Commission; Misleading Ad Campaigns; Report bad ads; Advocacy Academy; The Politics Project; Hope Note Hate; Freedom in the World Report; Measure of Democracy (V-Dem); British Columbia Citizens' Assembly.

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), Twitter or Instagram (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected]

Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. Sponsored by the Lankelly Chase Foundation

It's our last episode for this season, which means we’re wrapping up our exploration of democracy! 

Over the season we've looked at what the word means in theory, in practice, the systems it influences and the systems it is influenced by. Many of our discussions have revolved around the idea of everyday citizens having more opportunities to contribute directly to the decisions that govern our society. So to conclude the season, we're exploring what this might look like and what impact it would have, using referendums as a starting point.

***Apologies for the intermittent drilling! The perils of remote recording!***

Learn - what is a referendum? (3 mins 15 secs)

Discuss - Ralph Scott, PhD Candidate in Politics at University of Manchester (5 mins 45 secs) find them on Twitter/ LinkedIn 

Share - what can we all do? (51 mins)

Things we mentioned (or think you should check out):

Democracy Episode; Democratic Workplace Episode; Democratic Housing Episode; Running as a Candidate Episode; Democratic Media Episode; Citizens' Assemblies Episode; Democratic Education Episode; A history of referendums in the UK; What is the EU?; Register to vote; Citizenship National Curriculum Guidance; Bernard Crick and Citizenship 1; The Electoral Commission; Misleading Ad Campaigns; Report bad ads; Advocacy Academy; The Politics Project; Hope Note Hate; Freedom in the World Report; Measure of Democracy (V-Dem); British Columbia Citizens' Assembly.

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), Twitter or Instagram (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected]

Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. Sponsored by the Lankelly Chase Foundation

In our penultimate episode of the season, we’re continuing our exploration of democracy with a deep dive into education. Schools are a fundamental foundation of a society, where each generation of citizens go to learn what and how to think. 

Currently, England’s education system has been built to get as many children as possible learning a fixed set of things in a fixed way. And then to prove this knowledge through testing and exams. But is this what society, or its children, want or needs? We explore this with a State Secondary School teacher and an Education Policy Expert.   

Thank you to Renata Medeiros Mirra, Lecturer at Cardiff University, for suggesting this topic and helping us to produce the episode.

Learn - what does the education system in the UK look like? (4 mins 15 secs) 

Discuss - Loic Menzies, The Centre for Education and Youth (13 mins) find them on Twitter (organisation)/ Twitter (personal)/ Instagram/ Facebook/ YouTube/ LinkedIn (organisation)/ LinkedIn (personal)/ Website Mark Schvetz, Dorothy Stringer School (44 mins) find them on Twitter/ Instagram/ LinkedIn/ Website 

Share - what can we all do? (1 hour 25 mins) 

Things we mentioned (or think you should check out):

Democracy Episode; Running as a Candidate Episode; Workers’ Rights Episode; Capitalism Episode; Socialism Episode; A timeline of education in the UK; Types of School in the UK; School Leaving Age in the UK; The National Curriculum; OFSTED; Department for Education; University Tuition Fees; How much was your university Vice Chancellor paid?; Changing Education Paradigms; The Black Curriculum; Radical Restart; Rekindle School Manchester; Phoenix Education; Big Education Conversation. 

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), Twitter or Instagram (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. Sponsored by the Lankelly Chase Foundation.

In our continuing deep dive into democracy, this episode we’re exploring something called Citizens’ Assemblies. 

Based on the principle that politicians should be replaced by everyday people and decisions made through deliberation rather than along party lines, Citizens’ Assemblies are the most direct form of democracy that we’ve looked at so far. But are they a viable alternative to governing society en-masse? 

We’re joined by Valerie Brown of the Burning Pink Party to find out. 

Learn - what is a Citizens’ Assembly? (4 mins 20 secs) 

Discuss - Valerie Brown, Burning Pink Party (11 mins), find them on Twitter (Valerie)/ Twitter (Burning Pink); Facebook (Valerie)/ Facebook (Burning Pink); Instagram (Valerie)/ Instagram (Burning Pink); Website 

Share - what can we all do? (1 hour 2 mins) 

Things we mentioned:

Valerie Brown’s Mayoral Manifesto, Burning Pink Party Manifesto, Burning Pink Party Website, Join Burning Pink, Donate to Burning Pink, Donate to Valerie Brown, Digital tools for Citizens Assemblies (Research), Citizens Assembly Tracker (Involve), Extinction Rebellion Guide to Citizens’ Assemblies, Involve's Guide to Citizens’ Assemblies, "The Deliberate Rebellion" Documentary (Extinction Rebellion), Extinction Rebellion Website, DiEM25, Sortition Foundation,  What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people? (Brett Hennig/ TED x)

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), Twitter or Instagram (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. Sponsored by the Lankelly Chase Foundation.

We're continuing to explore democracy, as the 'ordinary' persons opportunity to contribute to the conversations that govern our societies. This episode, we're turning our focus to its fourth pillar, the media. 

The British media has notoriously been labelled ‘Pale, Male, Stale and Posh’ based on the fact that our journalists are predominantly white (94%), male (55%) and university-educated (86%). However, technology is transforming this landscape, making way for what we call ‘citizen journalism.’ 

Citizens or ordinary people are now documenting what they see, hear and think in ways that would have been impossible just a couple of decades ago. Playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analysing and sharing news and information. We take a deep dive into what this means for society. We're also announcing some exciting news! 

Learn - what is democratic media? (3 mins 20 secs) 

Discuss - Carrina Gaffney, Lankelly Chase (10 mins 15 secs) find them on Twitter/ Website;  Ceri Dingle, Worldwrite/ Worldbytes (36 mins 15 secs) find them on Facebook/ Twitter/ YouTube/ Vimeo/ Website 

Share - what can we all do? (1 hour 15 mins) 

Things we mentioned: 

Democracy Episode; Lankelly Chase; Lankelly Chase News and Media Fund; Worldwrite/ Worldbytes; Worldbytes free camera training; How to be a Citizen Journalist (Filmanthropy); Full Fact Fact Checker; First Draft Fact Checker; Snopes Fact Checker; Bureau Local; Press Association; National Union of Journalists (NUJ); Impress; Public Interest News Foundation 

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), twitter or Instagram (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. Sponsored by the Lankelly Chase Foundation.

For the last few episodes we've been exploring democracy, as the 'ordinary' persons opportunity to contribute to the conversations that govern our societies. We started by looking at it in theory and applied it in practice to both our workplaces and our housing.  

This week, off the back of some of the biggest elections (outside of a general election) in recent times in the UK, we're speaking to two everyday people who have decided to step into the forefront of our democratic process by running as candidates in their local elections. We explore what motivated them to run, the experience of running on both a practical and emotional level and what change might look like from within the system. 

Learn - what are the different levels of government? (3 mins 20 secs) 

Discuss - Sakina Sheikh (8 mins 20 secs) find them on Facebook/ Twitter/ Website/ Wikipedia;  Pippa Maslin (45 mins 20 secs) find them on Twitter/ [email protected] 

Share - what can we all do? (1 hour 33 mins) 

Things we mentioned*: 

Democracy Episode; Introduction to standing as a candidate in the UK (The Electoral Commission); Standing for Parliament in the UK (UK Parliament); Rules for running in a UK election (Electoral Commission); 6-Step Guide to becoming an MP (50:50 Parliament); Become a Councillor (gov.uk);  List of Political parties in the UK; Political Parties currently in the UK Parliament; Join the Liberal Democrats; Join the Labour Party; Join the Green Party; Join the Conservative Party; Platform London; Merton Green Party; REPRIVE; Keep Our NHS Public

*We have listed the most popular parties in the UK, there are many other options so please do your own research 

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), twitter or Instagram (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. 

So, this episode we're continuing on with our exploration of democracy, as the 'ordinary' persons opportunity to contribute to the conversations that govern our societies. And we're taking it from theory into practice again by looking at how democratic principles might be applied to a living environment.

To do this we’re talking to London Renters Union and Sandford Housing Cooperative.

Learn - what is democratic housing? (2 mins 50 secs) 

Discuss - London Renters Union (10 mins 45 secs) find them on Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter/ Website; Sandford, Housing Cooperative (43 mins 25 secs) find them on Twitter/ YouTube/ Website

Share - what can we all do? (1 hour 21 mins) 

Things we mentioned: Democracy Episode; Democratic Workplace Episode; Socialism Episode; Food Episode; Capitalism Episode; Workers' Rights Episode; Radical Housing Network; Take Back the City;  Generation Rent; Hackney Diggs; Rent Strike; Peoples Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH); Sisters Uncut; Radical Routes; Diggers and Dreamers; Confederation of Cooperative Housing; Scrap Rent Debt Crisis Campaign 

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (untelevised.co.uk), twitter or Instagram  (both @untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens.

Last episode we explored democracy, as the 'ordinary' persons opportunity to contribute to the conversations that govern our societies. We took a deep dive into the theory of the concept and discovered that it has reach far beyond the ballot box. 

This week we are taking it from theory into practice by looking at how democratic principles might be applied to a work environment. To do this we’re exploring two different democratic working structures - Workers Cooperatives and Employee Owned Businesses.  

Learn - what are democratic workplaces? (4 mins) 

Discuss - Riverford, Employee Owned Business (18 mins) find them on Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter/ YouTube; Suma, Workers Cooperative (51 mins) find them on Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter/ LinkedIn  

Share - what can we all do? (1 hour 25 mins) 

Things we mentioned: 

Democracy Episode; Workers' Rights Episode; Socialism Episode; Capitalism Episode; Ethical Consumption Episode; Ethical Consumer Magazine; Ethical Consumer Framework for Measuring Ethics; Ethical Consumer Framework Explained Further; Cooperatives UK; Cooperatives UK "The Hive"; Employee Ownership Association 

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website, twitter or instagram  @untelevised_tv or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens.

Politics shouldn't be separate from everyday life. The decisions that are made by an elite group in Central London. Because politics inform everything we do and we feel the impact of political decisions constantly.  

Democracy is promoted globally as the answer to this. The 'ordinary' persons opportunity to contribute to the conversations that govern our societies. But what does participating in democracy actually mean? Have we taken it so for granted that we seldom stop to reflect and assess how it is working?

This episode we are doing exactly that. Exploring what democracy should ideally look like, what it currently does looks like and why there is a gap between the two.  

Learn - what is democracy? (7 mins)

Discuss - Oliver Sidorczuk, Social Justice Campaigner (14 mins 25 secs) find him on Linkedin/ Twitter; Anjan Sundaram, Journalist (48 mins) find him on Wikipedia/ Facebook/ Twitter/ Website/ TED Talk 

Share - what can we all do? (1 hr 22 mins) 

Things we mentioned: 

Register to vote in the UK; Upcoming elections in the UK; Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill; Full Fact Fact Checker.

To discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (www.untelevised.co.uk), twitter or instagram  (@untelevised_tv) or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens. 

Last episode we explored socialism, as an increasingly popular alternative to our current capitalist system. We took a deep dive into the theory of the ideology; exploring its origins and principles. 

This week we want to take this theory into practice and look at what an alternative society might look like in a 21st century context. To do this we’re chatting to some of the residents of Stadsnomaden (or City Nomads). An alternative community in Nijmegen, the city that's been named the 'communist city of the Netherlands'. 

Learn - What is Stadsnomaden? (6 mins) 

Discuss -  Bruna, Max and Willemijn, find Stadsnomaden on Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter/ YouTube/ Website/ Worldpackers; (13 mins 45 secs)

 Share - What can we all do? (43 mins) 

Things we mentioned: 

Community Land Trust, Community Food Growers Network, Community Food Growers Network Film, Chav Solidarity Book, The Tyranny of Structurelessness Essay 

Don’t forget to check out our brand new website www.untelevised.co.uk! As always, to discuss what you’ve listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our twitter or instagram  @untelevised_tv or write to [email protected] 

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Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens.