Introspectives

Natalie, Sehrish and Claire talk about Crashing Eid, Quiz Lady, Farha, and From Scratch. They chat about how it's nice to have a different type of rom com, a movie about hilarious actresses (Sandra Oh and Awkwafina), the importance (and relevance) of Farha, and meaningful themes that came up in all of the media they watched. A lot on the docket! Crashing Eid : https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/...

Recorded in April 2023: Adrienne and Claire talk about ageing, connotations of being called ma'am, being in your 20s versus your 30s, career and mental health updates, and predictions for their upcoming years. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram  at @_introspectives. Check out our website for ar...

Better late than never! Claire, Hazel, and Natalie talk about Dear Ex , The Crown , and Harry & Meghan . Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives . Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. Spoilers ahead! Swear words are not bleeped in th...

Claire, Hazel, and Sehrish talk about the films The Swimmers and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives . Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. Spoilers ahead!

Claire and Sabrina ask Sehrish questions about what it's like being a parent of two boys. Sehrish shares her thoughts about raising kids during Covid times, the impact of societal and cultural pressures, expectations of women and mothers, and more. Don't miss this insightful conversation! Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on...

Adrienne and Claire reflect on the past year, talk about good & bad holiday films, and what they're looking forward to in 2023. You can see our list of films on our social media pages. The Santa Claire is referring to is here. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our w...

Claire, Hazel, and Natalie talk about the shows Extraordinary Attorney Woo , Abbott Elementary , and Never Have I Ever . Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives . Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. FYI swear words are not bleeped in th...

Claire, Sabrina, and Sehrish talk to Manny about the meaning of 'home,' living in the UK, and general reflections. You can read about Manny and follow his work on his page . Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwo...

Claire and Sabrina reflect on why they started working in higher education, their time in the sector, and why they left. Hopefully a part 2 soon! Apologies for the poor audio quality. Swear words are not bleeped. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for article...

Claire, Hazel, and Natalie talk about the shows Pachinko and Tehran . They then creatively interpret their reflections after watching the two shows, which you can see on our Instagram and Twitter pages! Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives . Check out our website for articles and mor...

Recorded in August 2022: Claire, Sabrina, and Sehrish (Adrienne sadly could not make it!) check in with each other to chat about what's going on in their lives, Covid reflections, being a parent in the pandemic, Covid repercussions, balancing a social life, and more. You can hear Sehrish's son(s) at various parts of the episode! Apologies for the poor audio quality. Listen and enjoy! To receive th...

Claire (didn't introduce herself in the episode, bad host!) and Sabrina talk about the Women's EURO 2022 , why football 'has been killed dead' for Sabrina, lack of WOC athletes in British media, racism in sports, gym culture, and more. Links referenced: Lionesses Gary Lineker's deleted Tweet : "‘The @Lionesses have only gone and done it, and Kelly is England’s heroine, bra none." Listen and enjoy!...

Adrienne, Claire, and Hazel talk about Found the documentary and Starstruck TV show . They then creatively interpret their reflections after watching 'Found.' If you're curious check it out on our Instagram and Twitter pages. :P Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives . Check out our we...

In this episode, Claire and Sims talk about Sims's experiences in higher education, the importance of allyship, the 'brokenness' of higher education, being the only one passionate about EDI issues, knowing what a pronoun is, self care, the outdoors, and more. Claire used to work with Sims at a university in Sheffield; this episode is heavy with the higher education context! Sims is a Higher Educat...

Adrienne and Claire catch up about their birthdays, career updates, brief reflections on everything that's happened since their birthday recording in 2021, corporate responsibility, East Asian politics, and people judging an entire culture. Note: All political and social comments said in this episode are opinions based on our lived experiences, exposure, conversations, and research. If in doubt yo...

Adrienne, Claire, Enja, and Hazel talk about the book Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johnny Pitts and film Passing directed by Rebecca Hall . They reflect on why it's difficult to read and/or watch 'heavy' narratives, the emotional anxiety that comes with watching these types of content, and more. During the discussion on Passing , the book Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is referenced as it...

Claire and Sabrina talk to Dr Maisha Wester about her prominent childhood experiences, what happens when your favorite authors are actually racist, imposter syndrome, the cultural move from the US to the UK, cultural consumption, taking up space, supporting POC content, and more. Dr Maisha Wester is a Global Professor teaching at the University of Sheffield, sponsored by the British Academy’s Glob...

Adrienne, Claire, Sabrina, Sehrish (featuring Jibran!) get together to chat about the past year, reflect on the community created, what it means to hold space for WOCs, and friendship.  Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.intros...

FYI SPOILERS. Order of speaking: Sabrina, Natalie, Claire, Adrienne, Hazel Adrienne, Claire, Hazel, Natalie, and Sabrina talk about the Netflix documentary Naomi Osaka , Netflix show The Chair , and the book The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris . They also reflect on their experiences consuming media as women of color and share what they are looking forward to at the end of the year. Happy...

Adrienne's sister Marissa joins this episode of Coffee Convos! Adrienne and Claire ask Marissa about her career experiences, navigating different cultures within the US and UK, her mixed race identity, being a parent, and more. Marissa has been working in tech for over 10 years as a software developer, product manager, and designer. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion, and her recent w...

Adrienne, Claire, Hazel, Natalie, and Sabrina talk about the film Minari , series Killing Eve , and documentary Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks . Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives . Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. FYI swear words...

The team gets together to reflect on the past season, bringing up memorable quotes, favorite moments, and ideas for future episodes. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. FYI swear words are not bl...

Nisha tells Emily and Claire about how she grew up, the white space she was immersed in, beauty and love messages she received, her juxtaposed identity, colorism, people of color in media, being a brown PhD student, and more. Nisha is a full-time PhD student researching in the field of education. While she is exploring different aspects of education to focus her research on, she is a part-time ins...

Manny tells Claire and Sabrina about his Californian upbringing, experiences abroad in Holland, living in England, colonized notions of love, grappling with identity amidst white supremacy, embracing his Filipino background, men of color in media, and more. Manny Madriaga works in higher education in Northern England and his research interests are on the processes of social exclusion/inclusion rel...

Alice joins Adrienne and Claire to share how she grew up, the beauty and love messages she received, her lived-in experiences as an Asian Canadian woman, reading, popular media, and more. Crazy Rich Asians reference , Lisa Lu : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Lu Joey Wong : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Wong Anita Mui : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Mui Listen and enjoy! To receive t...