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Make It Plain Podcast
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The lynching of Jason ArdayA public lynching, a media pile-on, and a university that should have stopped it but didn't. This episode goes straight at the Jason Arday story and asks the question everyone shou…
End of Black Studies at BCU + Jason Arday Witch huntKehinde starts off by delivering the news that he and two other colleagues are now off the books at Birmingham City University. Thanks to everyone who singed the petition and suppo…
The end of Black Studies at BCU + Despite the World Cup England is racist + Farage against.. a binWelcome to this week's episode of Make it Plain. Kehinde opens up with an update about the Black Studies and shares that he has been served his papers. Pending one last appeal Blac…
Mediocre White men dominate politics yet again + opening up the racist mailbagWelcome to this week's episode of Make it Plain. Kehinde opens up with an update about the Black Studies situation at Birmingham City University. Unfortunately, the university has…
David Lammy loses the plot on police racism + the media let Farage exploit the death of Henry NowakThe racist myth that police aren't inherently institutionally racist is finally debunked—yet the denial persists, this time being spread by Labour politician David Lammy. Kehinde e…
Kimberlé Crenshaw on Backtalker; Intersectionality; CRT and in defence of Black StudiesWe share what may have been the last ever event at Birmingham City University for Black Studies, a conversation between Kehinde and, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw on her ground break…
Happy Malcolm Day, Black Studies + Prof Peniel Joseph on X's legacy + the attack on civil rightsHappy Malcolm X Day. On Malcolm 101st Birthday Kehinde reflects on what Malcolm would say if he were alive today. Rest assured he would have been angry about the state of things. A…
Save Black Studies and the 5 staff up for redundancy; Reform's big day may be good in the long runWelcome to this week's episode of "Make It Plain." Kehinde reveals what has getting him stressed and tired...the troubling news that management at Birmingham City University have d…
America is Europe on steroids; the attack on voting rights + Liberian Pan-Africanists speakFor the first time in his life a politician canvassed Kehinde for a vote, for the upcoming local elections on May 7th. This is lead to reflection on the the Supreme Court gutting t…
From Ghana to Gambia on a bus to explore Pan Africanism + Femicide hits the US newsKehinde returns to vividly recounts his 2-week journey through West Africa's complex landscape from the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora in Accra, Ghana to the Convention…
There's was no such thing as 'American' slavery + Mailbag episodeFollowing on from last week's episode about reparation Kehinde breaks his usual rules and opens up the Twitter comments. As expected there was some backlash from the American Desce…
Be careful what reparations you wish forWith Ghana's successful UN resolution declaring slavery a ''crime against humanity' Kehinde reflects on the current state of the reparations movement. Unfortunately, most of the wo…
Eid shouldn't be political + Bernard Coard on how Black children are made educationally subnormalHappy Eid to everyone who is celebrating. It shouldn't be a political statement but given Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch's racism it needs to be said. Kehinde opens by explaining t…
We need to talk about Lammy; plus Kehinde's daughter joins to talk Oscars, AI and pop cultureKehinde opens up with a rant about David Lammy's ending of jury trials for the majority of cases in England and Wales. Lammy chaired a review into the criminal injustice system in…
White Supremacy will end the world...but not over Iran + Moses McKenzie InterviewThe latest episode of Make it Plain opens with Kehinde reassuring his children that World War 3 won't start over Iran. All the bombings and the news has people scared (and yes it i…
Bafta's N-word spectacle, Reform lose and Neo-colonial education with Wandia NjoyaReflecting on the flooding of the timeline with Bafta's N-word coverage Kehinde opens by saying that we've missed the point. We focus on the spectacle and not the real issue. Of co…
S4. Ep1. Listen to Malcolm + RIP Jesse Jackson + Don't be afraid of 'Big Bad' FarageMake it Plain returns for a new series on the 61st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. For this first episode we are featuring Malcolm's speech in 1962 in LA to rally pr…
What Would Malcolm Say About...Electoral Politics? + Full Interview Dr Jared A. BalFinal episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on…
What Would Malcolm Say About...Reparations? Plus full interview with Dr Olivia RutazibwaFifth episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on…
What Would Malcolm Say...about Diddy? Plus full interview with Sayce Holmes-Lewis from MentivityFourth episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going o…
