Black Woman's Hour

Black Woman's Hour #31 - Uprising - Behind The Scenes

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:31:38 GMT

We speak to the producers behind the Rogan Production documentary about The New Cross Fire that led to a huge political uprising in the Black community. 13 Dead and Nothing Said.

Black Woman's Hour #31 - Holding Back The Fears

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:25:33 GMT

We speak to former cricketer, now cricket commentator Michael Holding. In this episode ‘Whispering Death’ speaks about his recently released book inspired by the death of George Floyd ‘Why We Kneel and How We Rise.’

Black Woman's Hour #30 - All Things Islam

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:18:38 GMT

I interviewed Sheik Michael Mumsia and Yayha Birt about what it's like being a Muslim in modern Britain and the hostile environment. We also speak to Yayha about his book 'Islam in Victorian Liverpool' which is about Britain's first mosque community.

Black Woman's Hour #29 - Police Brute-ality

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:09:24 GMT

Police Brute-tality. Following PC Benjamin Monk being found guilty of the manslaughter of Dalian Atkinson we discuss the case. Did the murder of George Floyd affect the verdict of this case? We speak about unity and solidarity.

Black Woman's Hour #28 - Fine Wine

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:59:49 GMT

We spoke to authors Carol Russell and Jane Evans who wrote the fantastic book 'Invisible to Invaluable' about unleashing the power of midlife women. INVISIBLE TO INVALUABLE Women born between 1950 and 1975 were pioneers in all areas of work and society, yet we have become almost completely invisible except to our families and friends, right at the time the world needs our wisdom, empathy and experience the most. OUR TIME IS NOW!

INVISIBLE TO INVALUABLE is a celebration of what midlife women do, who we are and what we are capable of. It's a rallying cry for us to change the world for the better. With personal stories, exciting research and insights from a cast of inspirational women, Jane Evans and Carol Russell's manifesto blows open the ageism that's sidelined midlife women at work and in society, and sets out an empowering vision for a world where we can unlock our full potential. In a collection of chapters that range from the powerful to the playful and from the distant past to a brighter future,

Jane and Carol show how there is no longer just 'young' and 'old' - there is a whole new middle that can be the best time of our lives. Even if we feel like we've hit rock bottom, or have disappeared entirely, there is a way back. This book will remind you how far we've come, show you what we're made of, and demonstrate how we can create a better future for all of us.

Black Woman's Hour #27 - It's A Sin

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:51:13 GMT

We discuss siniphobia and how it's been on the rise since Coronavirus. Guests are journalists Anna Chen and Anny Ma. We apologise that due to technical difficulties we lost some of this interview but it was too important not to publish. We will have the ladies back I promise! Follow them on Twitter; Anna Chen - @madammiaow Anny Ma - @RUOKAnny

Black Woman's Hour #26 Ft Femi Nylander & Elaine Adu-Poku

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:47:38 GMT

Director, Activist and Oxford alumnus, Femi Nylander discusses his groundbreaking documentary African Apocalypse with Ava, Ayisha and the superb Elaine Adu-Poku. The #WarOnWoke, university activism and Rhodes Must Fall are discussed along with the college that decided to remove that portrait of the queen.

Black Woman's Hour - # 25 ft Guilaine Kinouani - Living While Black

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:31:28 GMT

Psychologist, founder of Race Reflections and author of the groundbreaking new book on surviving the violence of white supremacy, #Living While Black Guilaine Kinounai speaks to Ava and Ayisha about writing her newly published book, how she survives the trauma inherent in being a Black woman in a white man's world, who her influences are and why the best way to cheer yourself up is watching footage of Congolese men dancing. #LivingWhileBlack #BlackTrauma #BlackJoy #Psychotherapy #BlackVoices #BlackPodcast

Black Woman's Hour #24 - The New (Sub)normal

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:22:28 GMT

Did you watch the Rogan Production documentary Subnormal on BBC1? We speak to a lady from behind the scenes and ask what the Black community can do going forward to protect our children and support our Black teaching staff. You can still see the documentary here if you missed it https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000w81h/subnormal-a-british-scandal

Black Woman's Hour #23- Exit Left Part Deux

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:16:14 GMT

Part 2 of our show on racism on the left. Enjoy!

Black Woman's Hour #23- Exit Left Part Deux

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:15:40 GMT

Part 2 of our show on racism on the left. Enjoy!

Black Woman's Hour #22 - Exit LEFT! (Part 1)

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:06:04 GMT

Those on the left of the political spectrum truly believe that racism or any other kind of prejudice does not exist amongst their ranks. Minorities would beg to differ. But what is 'left wing' racism and how does it manifest itself? We ask if the rise and fall of Jeremy Corbyn has left a power vacuum on the left? And where do minorities go when they feel alienated from their natural home?

Black Woman's Hour #21 ft Rachel Shabi and Saima Mohsin - Hush Little Baby Don't Say A Word

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 21:53:08 GMT

Journalists Rachel Shabi and Saima Mohsin join Ava Vidal and Ayisha Vigneswaren to discuss the current Israeli assault on Gaza, the tumultuous history of the area, daily life for Palestinians in other areas, US involvement and how the disproportionate force used by the Israeli military is reported.

Black Woman's Hour #20 ft Eline Adu-Poku & Dr Louise Owusu Kwarteng - More Than A (Black) Woman

Sat, 15 May 2021 20:42:09 GMT

BWH regulars Elaine Adu-Poku and Dr Louise Owusu Kwarteng join Ava Vidal and Ayisha Vigneswaren to discuss the narrow limits within #BlackWomen are allowed to exist, what it means to #BlackintheUK, when we felt most Black, where we grew up, what it was like to be Black in various environments, and ways to be Black. #BlackWomensPodcast #BlackVoices #ListentoBlackWomen #HowToBeBlack #KwartengsOfTheWorldUnite

Black Woman's Hour #19 ft Adolph Reed & Dr Louise Owusu Kwarteng - Who Are You?

Sat, 15 May 2021 20:25:39 GMT

BWH goes international! We have our first overseas guest and what a guest it was: Professor Adolph Reed Junior joins Dr Louise Kwarteng from Greenwich University to discuss Identity Politics. A deep, intellectual conversation that discusses race and class and all of the intersections #Race #Class #Politics #Corbyn #Bernie

Black Woman's Hour #18 ft Jendella Benson & Liz Pemberton - Parenting While Black

Sun, 02 May 2021 19:20:31 GMT

Jendella Benson (@JENDELLA, Head of Editorial at Black Ballad) and Liz Pemberton (@theblacknurserymanager) talk to us about parenting while Black, raising conscious , free and happy #Black children, racism within Early Years education and why you should be visiting your child's school frequently. #Blackpodcast #Blackvoices #BWH #BlackWomansHour #BlackKids #Education #Racism

Black Woman's Hour #17 ft Elaine Adu-Poku & Toyin Agbetu - No Justice No Peace

Sun, 02 May 2021 19:01:58 GMT

Elaine Adu-Poku & Toyin Agbetu join Ava and Ayisha for this bonus episode on the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the Police officer who murdered George Floyd. Covering the normalisation of Black trauma, whether technology is a force for good in the struggle for racial equality, the differences between the coverage of Police brutality in the US and here in the UK and whether anything will change after this conviction. #Policebrutality #ChauvinTrial #GeorgeFloyd #RIPGeorgeFloyd #PritiPatel #activism #Blackpodcast #BlackVoices

Black Woman's Hour #16 ft Dr Adam Elliot- Cooper & Dr Shawn Sobers - Blackademia

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:15 GMT

Ava Vidal is joined by her trusty sidekick Ayisha Vigneswaren and Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper, Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Greenwich and Dr Shawn Sobers, Associate Professor at UWE in Bristol, to discuss why Bristol is so radical and dedicated to protest, the history of policing and Adam's soon to be published book Black Resistance to British Policing, diversifying curricula, why Black boys aren't cool and the pressures and difficulties for Black students at universities.

Black Woman's Hour #15 ft Rivkah Brown & Ella Bennett - Divided We Fall

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:37:14 GMT

We speak to members of the Jewish community ahead of the Board of Deputies 'Race Report' (Board of Deputies of British Jews’ Commission on Racial Inclusivity) which is out soon. Our guests journalist and Novara Media Commissioning Editor Rivkah Brown and Ella Bennett who co-founded and runs the Black Jewish Lives group. We have a full and frank discussion, the type of which you won't see in the mainstream media. We also ask what we have to do to build better understanding between both communities so we can fight rising white supremacy, and learn from someone that sits on the intersection of both.

Black Woman's Hour #14- ft Dr Louise Raw & Joe Glenton: They Doth Protest Too Much

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:46:11 GMT

Historian and author Louise Raw drops by to speak to us about protests. We compare what’s happening in the current protests all over the country with what has happened in the past. We also speak to veteran and author Joe Glenton who speaks to us about the history of army protests.

Black Woman's Hour #13- ft Elaine Adu-Poku, Dr Funke Abimbola, M.B.E. & Louise Owusu: The Sewer ReportKwarteng

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:33:46 GMT

Ava Vidal and her trusty sidekick are joined by Elaine Adu-Poku, Dr Funke Abimbola M.B.E. and Dr Louise Owusu-Kwarteng for this bonus episode to discuss the government report finding that Britain is no longer institutionally racist. #RacismPays #Gaslighting #PoliceBill #PritiPatel #ToryCorruption #TorySleaze #BorisJohnsonAffair

Black Woman's Hour #12 - ft Jayne Ozanne & Reverend Kate Harford: The Gay Will Stay

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:22:50 GMT

Ava Vidal is joined by her trusty sidekick and guests Jayne Ozanne and the very Reverend Kate Harford to discuss the true evil that is conversion therapy, the #PoliceBill , how #transphobia pays, the rise in recent homophobia and those poor teens paraded through church youth groups to extol the virtues of #celibacy.

Black Woman's Hour #11 - Kill the Bill Vol III ft Mikey Walsh & Tasnime Akunjee

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:58:06 GMT

Ava Vidal and her trusty sidekick Ayisha Vigneswaren are joined by best-selling author and GRT community activist Mikey Walsh and our resident legal expert and #halalheartthrob, Tasnime Akunjee to discuss the #PoliceBill in detail and its potentially disastrous implications for the GRT community and democracy as a whole, and the meaning of the word "Tory." #BWH #BlackWomansHour #RacismPays #KillTheBill

Black Woman's Hour #10 - Labour of Love

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:45:58 GMT

Ava and her trusty sidekick, Ayisha are joined by Labour MPs Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis and Consultant Cardiologist Nishat Siddiqi to discuss the #SarahEverard protests, the #PoliceBill, #PritiPatel (again), #ClientJournalism, #ProprtionalRepresentation, how let down many Labour members feel by the current leadership and what, if anything can be done to change things for the better. #BWH #BlackWomansHour

Black Woman's Hour #09 - Piers Mor-Gone! featuring Elaine Adu-Poku, Vanessa Kirkpatrick and Audrey Hall

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:05:12 GMT

BONUS EPISODE to discuss #Piersmorgan 's shock departure from #GoodMorningBritain in response to his alleged racist bullying campaign against #MeghanMarkle. Our guests discuss how the #MeghanandHarryOprah interview made them feel, whether #PiersMorgan will work again (SPOILER ALERT: yes & for more money because #racism pays), #AlexBeresford's moral stand and its possible implications and just how #misogynoir operates at every level of British life.

Black Woman's Hour #08 - Black Queens ft Angie Le Mar, Michelle Gayle & Judith Jacobs

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:57:46 GMT

Ava and her trusty sidekick Ayisha are joined by British Black Royalty trailblazers Angie Le Mar (comedian, writer, author and all-round hero), Michelle Gayle (actress, singer - her sweetness is our weakness- screenwriter and activist) and Judith Jacobs (actress, comedian & fitness fanatic), to discuss racism they have faced over the years in the industry, #windrush, creating our own content and spaces and of course #HarryMeghanAndOprah #glassceiling #blackbritishpodcast #blackpodcast #blackwomenspodcast #blackspaces

Black Woman's Hour Episode #07 - No Country For Black Or Brown Men

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:21:07 GMT

Ava Vidal and her trusty sidekick, Ayisha Vigneswaren are joined by #ShamimaBegum's family's lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee and Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University to discuss the vilification of #ShamimaBegum, #Windrush, #OsimeBrown, #Boris, #KeirStarmer, #DailyMail readers, and where politically homeless black and brown people turn now. Enjoy, share, like and please SUBSCRIBE!

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Black Woman's Hour Episode #06-The Good Lord Made Us All ft Jarel Robinson-Brown & Rev Jide Macaulay

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:10:07 GMT

Black Woman's Hour continues to celebrate LGBT History Month 2021. Ava and Ayisha speak to Jarel Robinson-Brown and Rev Jide Macaulay about how their faith and sexuality co-exist together quite easily. We discuss #Kanye #colonialism #slavery #racism and much more!

Black Woman's Hour Episode #05 - We're Every Woman featuring Roz Kaveney & Asifa Lahore

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:55:20 GMT

Continuing to celebrate LGBT History Month Ava and her trusty sidekick welcome 3 amazing trans women to our platform to discuss topical events and issues surrounding the trans community. Featuring Asifa Lahore (Britain's First Muslim Drag Queen), Claudia Lahore and writer and poet Roz Kaveney. We discuss #ItsASin #census #HIV #AIDS #transistioning #discrimination #socialmedia

Black Woman's Hour #04 - Black and Gay: Back then and today featuring Marc Thompson and DJ Biggy C

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:14:46 GMT

Black LGBT Royalty Marc Thompson and DJ Biggy C join Black Woman's Hour host Ava Vidal and her trusty sidekick Ayisha Vigneswaren. Discussing #GorillaGlueGirl #JarelRobinsonBrown #ItsASin #EmmaBarnett #Racism #LGBT Follow blackandgaybackintheday on Insta https://www.instagram.com/blackandgaybackintheday/?fbclid=IwAR2X9YZu44E_40QMKalrGIVuzIf8hZ7dGj9nJwDK-Fg8nd9fYjGqSNqY4sM It's A Sin (The Black Album) https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/its-a-sin-the-black-album/pl.u-r2yBrA4uxYJDp?fbclid=IwAR3p8Ao_7WiopYhMUPhxbed8qMs-_Ydi_DtUuMywFxc4JVnufawClSUkO0c Purchase Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer by Jarel Robinson-Brown here: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334060482/black-gay-british-christian-queer?fbclid=IwAR3iyYvpZEA_NBOHTnQt-J9dJhTV07yp0puSSSqCNaq2lfTXniopqTwGlm4

Black Woman's Hour #03 - Ebony & Brownvory featuring Ash Sarkar and Elaine Adu-Poku

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:01:56 GMT

Episode 3 features the spectacular editor, writer and lecturer, Ash Sarkar and the amazing founder of Lets-read book club, carnival queen and digital marketing genius Elaine Adu-Poku where we discuss lockdown life, the struggle and who can say what about who.

Black Woman's Hour #02 - Black Faces in High Places ft John Barnes and Cyndi Handson

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:12:16 GMT

Ava Vidal and her trusty sidekick Ayisha Vigneswaren are joined by guests, ex- footballer John Barnes and DJ Cyndi Handson to whether representation makes a difference to most people of colour.

Black Woman's Hour #01 Black & Blew ft Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Lara Munroe

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:47:45 GMT

Host Ava Vidal interviews Lara Munroe and Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, two women that sit on the intersection of both the Black and Jewish communities to address tension between the communities and discuss how we can fight rising racism and antisemitism together.

09:07 RADIO 4 WOMEN'S HOUR

18:20 WILEY

34:27 FEELING CONFLICTED

38:32 ANTI-BLACK RACISM WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

41:29 ANTI-SEMITISM WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

44:55 MONKEY CHANTS & NAZI SALUTES

49:17 WHAT CAN BOTH COMMUNITIES DO TO HELP

52:43 NBH ON EUROPEAN JEWISH HISTORY, PLAGUE

54:30 SUITCASE BY THE DOOR/YOUR FEAR IS OUR REALITY

1:02:00 QUESTION TIME

1:09:00 ANTISEMITISM USED AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL

Do you identify as Black and Jewish and reside in the UK? Any Jews who identify as a Black Jew or as Black and Jewish, there’s a WhatsApp group called 'Black Jewish Lives' that will welcome you. The primary purpose of the group is to discuss our experiences in the community and work together to solve any problems we encounter. If you’re Black and Jewish and would like to join the Black Jewish Lives WhatsApp group, please message us on WhatsApp at 07985 696144.

https://mitzvahday.org.uk/ do amazing work in the community including outreach work with local communities.