VENT Documentaries

JJ never had a relationship longer than 2 weeks.

This episode is part of our series 'Love'. A totally honest look at love, sex and dating - nothing held back.

This episode was produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from the VENT Production Team: Emilia Gill and Moeed Majeed.

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From the age of 15, Elle used to set herself missions. 

We want to let you know that this episode includes sexually explicit content and discussion of self harm and suicide, so take care listening. Some names and details in this story have been changed to protect the identities of the people in it.

This episode is part of our series 'Love'. A totally honest look at love, sex and dating - nothing held back.

This episode was produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from the VENT Production Team: Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae Cowell.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amelia grew up in Brent, a really diverse borough in London. Then two years ago, she moved from Brent to Surrey. And she was outnumbered by white people for the first time. Now - with the help of Nikesh Shukla, Gemma Cairney and others - she's investigating how the whiteness of big institutions like universities impacts the education and career paths of people of colour.

VENT Documentaries are produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kamiah and Dre met on Kamiah's first day of college, and they've been best friends ever since. Now Kamiah's 20 though, she's at a weird point in her life, friendship-wise. At school and college, you see your friends everyday without even trying. But now, Kamiah's working and Dre's studying to be an actor, they don't see each other so much. How do you keep your friendships going when you become an adult?

VENT Documentaries are produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae.

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The NHS is a big part of Foos's life. She's planning to become a midwife. And not that long ago, her uncle died while waiting to get surgery. She has this feeling it might have been more than just bad luck - that the NHS is feeling the strain of underfunding and increasing demand. So she sets out to find out what's going on with our healthcare system.

VENT Documentaries are produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae Cowell.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People always get Santos's name wrong. He introduces himself as Santos, and a few minutes later... they call him Carlos. Now he's on a mission to work out why it happens, and why it bothers him so much. He talks to people who've lost their names and changed their names. He explores how race and class play into whose names get remembered. And he asks whether some names are more neutral than others.

VENT Documentaries are produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae Cowell.

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Lily is 16. It's her second last year in school, and she's trying to work out who she's going to be when she leaves. She doesn't feel like school has set her up to be a real adult. She has many questions about all the big things: money, sex, racism and - very importantly - how to fix a puncture. In this documentary, she talks to a bunch of adults about how they're navigating life, and how school could make someone like her feel more prepared for the future.

VENT Documentaries are produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae Cowell.

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All anyone has to say about Drill is that it causes violence on the streets, rappers keep getting bagged and songs keep getting banned. Khalid Dovie is 15, from Brent, and totally obsessed with Drill. He doesn't think its critics have ever sat down to actually listen to Drill, and understand its message. So he's going inside the studios, homes and creative minds of some of UK Drill's biggest artists and producers, to find out what Drill is really about.

VENT Documentaries are produced by Jess Lawson and Arlie Adlington, with help from Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Kamiah Chae Cowell.

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From VICE and Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture, this is VENT Documentaries. Young people from one London borough, telling you the stories we care about.

For our first series, we're talking about identity. Coming soon...

Photography from Raden Anandra, inspired by Izumi Miyazaki.

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