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Season 3: Ep 28 - Inequalities, Opportunities and Progress among women in the South Asian diaspora
Our first guest of 2021 is Sangeeta Pillai. She is the founder of Masala Podcast and Soul Sutras, a feminist platform tackling taboos in South Asian culture. South Asia is made up of diverse countries, ethnicities, cultures, faiths, and traditions. O… -
Season 3: Ep 27 - In conversation with Voices of Colour on the importance of mentorship, networking and representation
2020 has shown us that a world of remote working is entirely possible. But can mentorships, networking and representation be as effective over a screen? We're excited to have Indy Sira, founder of Voices of Colour, a community action and leadership… -
Season 3: Ep 26 - The power of Artificial Intelligence, pandemic data sharing, and gender disaggregated data
*Apologies in advance for the slightly off sound quality; we hope you still find the content meaningful.* What is Artificial Intelligence? What role can it play in ensuring information is factually correct (especially during a pandemic) and that data… -
Season 3: Ep 25 - Voices of the South Asian diaspora: Why Mental Health matters
In this candid episode, I am joined by Madhu Kapoor and Shenaly Amin from Mental Wealth, a Mental Health peer support group for South Asians aged 30+, and Sonam Patel of its sister organisation, Reroute, for younger South Asians. We explore Mental He… -
In the aftermath: Decolonising the Curriculum, Authentic Allyship, and Intersectional Storytelling
In this raw, frank, and necessary episode, writer Angie Crystal talks about the incoming societal change driven by the resurgence of Black Lives Matter. Five months on from the killing of George Floyd, we discuss the symbolism of BLM as a movement. W… -
Season 3: Ep 23 - In conversation with WEN: Environmenstrual week, Garden Therapy and Sustainable Alternatives
The Women’s Environmental Network seeks to enable equality through the intersection of gender and the environment. In conversation with Natasha Piette-Basheer and Shaheda Aziz, I ask: firstly, how do we achieve environmental justice? And secondly, ho… -
Season 3: Ep 22 - Bereavement, Barriers & Breaking Stereotypes
When you think of bereavement, what three words spring to your mind? I’m joined by Callsuma Ali, host of Bereavement Room podcast. We look at the positives and negatives of how bereavement is addressed within the South Asian, and particularly British… -
Season 3: Ep 21 - Climate Change: an inconvenient reality
We begin Season 3 with Climate Change Activist and Co-Executive Director of Green New Deal UK, Fatima Ibrahim. No previous war or recession has resulted in such a rapid decline in emissions as we’ve seen during COVID-19. We therefore ask: is it a rea… -
TRAILER: Season 3
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LIVE PODCAST: Housing Stories of the South Asian diaspora in collaboration with #SouthAsianHeritageMonth
This was a live podcast originally broadcast on 13 August 2020 in collaboration with #SouthAsianHeritageMonth. From Gujuratis in Harrow and Wembley, Punjabis in Southall and Handsworth, Bangladeshis in Tower Hamlets and Pakistanis in Bradford and Sp…
Brown Don't Frown Podcast
By Tania Sultana Hardcastle
Brown Don't Frown was borne out of a personal journey with womanhood. As a British Bangladeshi, navigating mainstream Feminism often felt exclusionary to me because it didn’t seem to value the experiences or views which shaped my grandmother’s, aunts’, mother’s or friends’ lives. Through this podcast, we seek to build a more inclusive discourse, which breaks down presumptions about different cultures, and shines a positive light on the stories of underrepresented women.
Featuring new guest(s) from different walks of life in each episode, Brown Don’t Frown seeks to engage ordinary women and facilitate openness towards entirely new perspectives. It hopes to spark honest and meaningful conversations about intersectional feminist themes in contemporary society with the acknowledgement that our views are shaped by our cultural, racial, religious, social and political experiences. Whether it's discussing society's preconceptions about the Hijab with a British-born Jamaican Muslim woman or examining the impact of gendered expectations on our ability to grieve on our own terms, we hope listeners finish each episode feeling more rounded than they did before.
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Featuring new guest(s) from different walks of life in each episode, Brown Don’t Frown seeks to engage ordinary women and facilitate openness towards entirely new perspectives. It hopes to spark honest and meaningful conversations about intersectional feminist themes in contemporary society with the acknowledgement that our views are shaped by our cultural, racial, religious, social and political experiences. Whether it's discussing society's preconceptions about the Hijab with a British-born Jamaican Muslim woman or examining the impact of gendered expectations on our ability to grieve on our own terms, we hope listeners finish each episode feeling more rounded than they did before.
Follow us on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/browndontfrownpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bdfpodcast?lang=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/browndontfrownpodcast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/browndontfrownpodcast