VENT Weekly

This week, we're taking a break from VENT Weekly to let you know that Series 2 of our sibling podcast: VENT Documentaries, is out NOW! This series is called 'Love': A totally honest look at love, sex and dating - nothing held back.

Each episode, one young person shares their story. 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.

Subscribe to VENT Documentaries wherever you listen to podcasts for the rest of the series.

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.

We've had to give up a lot of things during lockdown in order to contain the spread of Covid-19. One of the things Nuradean's been missing the most is football. We've invited football journalist David Goldblatt and young footballer Khalid Dovie on to talk about the value of grassroots football, and what it might look like after Covid-19.

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

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

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

Nuradean studied Economics at uni, and it was super white. Now he's wondering what this means for the industry itself. We speak to Fast Stream Economist in the UK Civil Service and Founder of the Black Economists Network, Felicia Odamtten, and Entrepreneur and Founder of Customs by Clarke, Leiyah Clarke.

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

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

Though primary schools started re-opening at the start of June, most primary and secondary school students in the UK won't be back in the classroom until at least September. Amelia speaks to Lily, a 16 year old student from Brent, who wants to know what plans are in place for schools to support students who might be struggling at home. She also speaks to Tom Cheetham, Geography Teacher and Assistant Head of Year in a school in Wembley, about how teachers are coping too.

This episode is part of our bonus Covid-19 Fact Checkers mini-series which aims to answer your questions and anxieties around Covid-19.

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So many people our age and younger use TikTok all the time, and it's changing the way we discover and listen to music. We've invited VICE Associate Editor Ryan Bassil and Music Journalist Abubakar Finiin to talk about how apps like TikTok are changing the music industry.

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

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

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

This episode of VENT Weekly, we have a guest with a question. 20 year old Abdul Riaz wants to know why he never hears about Kashmir on the news anymore. We invited on one of VICE's Foreign Correspondants, Hind Hassan, to talk about who decides what's newsworthy and what's not.

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

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

Since lockdown began over two months ago all non-essential businesses have been shut, people are losing their jobs and our livelihoods are threatened. With no immediate end in sight Jason Ibanda, who got a job as an essential worker in a local supermarket, joins host Amelia and writer and economics journalist Paul Mason to talk about the future of the UK economy. 

This episode is part of our bonus Covid-19 Fact Checkers mini-series which aims to answer your questions and anxieties around Covid-19.

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

Everything is too much right now, especially for black people. We need a minute just to process what’s going on. This is the second part of our conversation, in which all four of us came together to share how we’re feeling in the wake of the death of George Floyd as a result of the actions of the Minneapolis police. We’ve all done some thinking about what’s come up for us over the last week or so, and we’ve chosen some things we wanted to process together. We’ve invited friend of the show Linda Adey to join us for this discussion.

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Black Lives Matter: blacklivesmatter.com

Mentivity UK: mentivity.com

Belly Mujinga petition & donation: https://bit.ly/2YnlVFp & https://bit.ly/30ruoKD

The UK is Not Innocent: instagram.com/ukisntinnocent/

Reading:

Anti-Racism Resources: https://bit.ly/3cPFsDC

‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’: https://bit.ly/2UoPd5B

‘Me and White Supremacy’: https://bit.ly/2MMOXJq

‘The Good Immigrant’: https://bit.ly/3f4rsHG

Here is a regularly updated document of other things you can do to help and educate yourself: https://bit.ly/2AV3sbk

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

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