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Summer is basically done! It’s been a minute but we are back after our summer break and after the madness that was Bank Holiday Weekend, where loads of festivals were happening across the country. Off the back of the celebrations, we’re blessed to be joined by the one and only ENNY. We caught up with the up-and-coming London rapper to talk about her performance at her first ever festival, All Poin...

False claims, music festivals and overcoming stigmas... Last week US artist, DaBaby, was dropped from a load of gigs he was meant to be performing at, after making false claims about HIV. But it got us thinking, we don't actually know that much about HIV and Aids... In this week’s episode, we talk to HIV advocate, Mercy Shibemba, about her experience living with HIV, as well as sexual health nurse...

My mum is “scared” about me going back. It seems like things are going down in Ghana... A new anti-gay law has been submitted to parliament, which proposes a 10-year jail sentence for people who promote LGBT+ activities. The law hasn't gone through, but it's causing outrage in the community. In this episode, De-Graft and Roshan speak with Sweet (not her real name), a transgender woman living in Gh...

On EastEnders and IRL. More often than not, things like schizophrenia aren't really talked about in our communities. But, thanks to EastEnders, loads of people have been watching Isaac deal with the mental illness. In this episode, we speak to someone who knows what it’s like to live with schizophrenia. Antonio Ferreira worked with EastEnders to try and get the most authentic and genuine storyline...

Black excellence in Football. Sunday hurt... The England men’s football team missed out on becoming European Champions after losing to Italy. Despite the team’s historic performance Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka got loads of racist abuse online for missing their penalties. Now, it kinda feels like the country is standing up to racism. This week De-Graft visits the Marcus Rashford m...

From Nobel Peace Prize to famine. The Ethiopian Prime Minister got given a Nobel Peace Prize a couple of years ago. It was for ending a conflict with one of the countries next door, Eritrea, which had been going on for years. But fast forward to now, and there’s a more conflict in Ethiopia again. Thousands of people are dead, millions have left their homes and the country’s famine is getting worse...

Oh, and Audrey does her duck joke again... This week, Tolly and Audrey, from The Receipts podcast, share their thoughts on this year’s season of Love Island, open up about dating and fetishisation and spill the tea on their new book. Hosts: Roshan Roberts Producers: Seren Jones and Jack Suddaby Sound Designer: Jack Suddaby Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos Tracklisting: 00:04: A diff...

Dr Tosin knows the real facts. What are the risks? What's actually true? And all the rest… Hosts: De-Graft Mensah and Roshan Roberts Producers: Seren Jones and Jack Suddaby Sound Designer: Jack Suddaby Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos Tracklisting: 00:00 Guess who’s back? 01:37 Vax chat 04:33 Your viewsssssss 05:25 Dr Tosin has got us 09:18 What is medical racism? 13:34 Vaccine hesi...

Decoration, diversity and debate. England footy hero, Raheem Sterling, has made it onto this year’s Queen’s Honours List and will be appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to racial equality in sport. But even though this year's list is the most diverse so far, more and more people are actually turning down honours from the Queen. Tunde Okewale MBE came thr...

People in Nigeria are not allowed to tweet right now and lots of people in the country are saying that the government is deliberately trying to obstruct their freedom of speech. Actually, lots of people are even risking arrest to tweet! Today we're chatting to the BBC's Yemisi Adegoke in Lagos. She knows how it is... Hosts: De-Graft Mensah and Roshan Roberts Producer: Seren Jones and Jack Suddaby...

The Bafta Awards feel a bit different this year, especially after #BaftaSoWhite around the time of the last one. In 2021 there's more representation, with Small Axe, I May Destroy You and the Defending Digga D documentary all being recognised. In today's episode De-Graft and Roshan are in conversation with Small Axe director, Steve McQueen, Tiana Major9 (who features on the Small Axe soundtrack),...

2020 wasn’t easy, but we’re still here. Today marks the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a death that sparked some of the biggest anti-racism protests around the world. We understand that there will be loads of people who will spend a lot of today talking about what has changed since May 2020, but for a lot of us, these conversations can be quite heavy. So instead of reliving th...

Business tips from the youngest ever Dragon on Dragons' Den. Steven Bartlett is the 28-year-old founder of Social Chain - a company now worth hundreds of millions of pounds. So, who better for De-Graft to ask what the word “revenue” actually means? Nah, seriously though, Steven tells us why quitting is just as important as starting, how to take those first steps for your business, and how treating...

Fighting, fasting and faith. Bouncer Play Dirty marks the end of Ramadan. He's been training for a big fight against Armz Korleone during the whole thing. Sounds tough? It was. Bouncer tells us how he found Islam, whether he'd ever quit music for his faith, and how prison “saved” his life. @DGMensah @roshanroberts_ ifyoudontknow@bbc.co.uk 00:05: Roshan’s dream struggles 01:00: When dreams ruin pla...

Talking Wireless, Carnival and summer bangers... It’s been a minute since we’ve been able to Ayeee in de clerbs (shout out to @simplysayo), but it looks like the day that we'll Ayeee again could be coming soon. Actually, it's already happened for some people in Liverpool. But will it be safe enough for us to return to the streets this summer? Queen of Drill Ivorian Doll jumps on the mic to chat to...

What happens when your best friend goes missing? Richard Okorogheye and Hala Mohamed grew up together in the same west London block. But last month, two weeks after his mum reported him missing, Richard’s body was found in a forest in Essex. Richard is one of thousands of Black Brits who go missing every year. In fact, Black people in England and Wales are more likely to go missing than white peop...

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