Here's Hoping with Jayda G

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible Rapper, Musician, Film Composer, Documentary Maker, Zoologist and Nature activist, Louis VI - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come ba...

Jayda and Louis explore their academic journeys, with Louis sharing how a teacher’s disparaging comments pushed him to pursue medical school, despite it not being his true passion. Finding the courage to pivot, Louis rediscovered his love for zoology and began combining his passions for nature and music to raise awareness about climate change. Louis shares some incredible facts about animals but a...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible writer, television presenter, lecturer and speaker, Emma Dabiri - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us… Foll...

Jayda sits down with Emma Dabiri to hear her academically informed understanding of beauty and identity. As well as drawing on her own unique mixed Irish and Nigerian identify, Emma reflects on how her degrees in African Studies and History laid the foundation for her deep understanding of the impact of colonialism on how we perceive ourselves and our bodies. Emma shares her knowledge of global hi...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible film director, speaker, and author, Damon Gameau - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us… Follow us on Instag...

In this episode of Here’s Hoping , Jayda G chats with filmmaker Damon Gameau about his new documentary Future Council and his dedication to empowering kids to tackle climate challenges while staying hopeful. Damon shares how his latest project helps children overcome fears for the climate and their future by sharing ideas and calls to action with senior figures, and emotive oy engage them in takin...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the amazing plant-based chef, Ben Rebuck - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us… Follow us on Instagram Ben Rebuck Jayda G...

In this episode, Jayda sits down with plant-based chef Ben Rebuck to explore the intersections of food, identity, and activism. They kick things off by discussing why Veganuary feels less and less relevant, why that is actually a good thing and Ben’s reflections on how veganism has shifted culturally as well as why he thinks reframing plant-based food as simply food makes it more accessible. They...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the inspiring Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, an author, activist, entrepreneur, and philanthropic innovator - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back an...

In this episode Jayda asks what self-love means to Rachel and hears how for her true self-love begins with knowing yourself and when to step off the “life escalator” to reclaim your authenticity. Rachel explains the courage muscle and why you have to train it to embrace your own values, including her own personal choice to remain childfree, as well as why she doesn’t want that to be radical. Jayda...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible DJ and interdisciplinary artist of Pacific Island, Māori, and Cape Verdean descent - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and de...

Jayda meets the most vibrant Lady Shaka to chat all about how she went from a professional dancer to become a DJ, spoiler, it’s a hilarious story, but importantly how she has been using her platform to lift up other indigenous and Pacific Islander artists through her curated Boiler Room events and global parties and collective. Shaka shares core philosophies part of her identities including Mana,...

In our this end of year special, Jayda sits down with Here’s Hoping’s producer Mia Zur-Szpiro to discuss together the making of the podcast, what it has been like working together, what they have learned about one another, but also themselves, through doing the podcast. They also discuss their favourite episodes, which guests made them think the most and how making the podcast has impacted their r...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible creative visionary, entrepreneur and the founder of the naked doula brand, Emma Armstrong - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back...

Straight off Emma dives right in with some amazing advice around how to work with your body to make your birth experience as positive as possible and with that the importance of oxytocin and understanding its impact as her number one advice and why. Jayda also asks Emma to really explain what a doula actually is and Emma busts myths about what a doula is not and why having a doula is all about enh...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible entrepreneur and founder of the adventure community 'Versus Everyone', Jide Maduako - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and d...

Jide shares with Jayda how he got into outdoors adventuring that has seen him go everywhere from Morocco to Everest, and how he credits his mum for his entrepreneurial and adaptive character. He talks about the importance of creating the spaces you want yourself and why community is at the core of hope for him, Jayda and Jide also talk about both being black people who love being in the outdoors b...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible Sexual Assault & Trauma Expert, Trauma Media Consultant, and Comprehensive Sex Educator Jimanekia Eborn - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that fir...

Content Warnings: Murder, Rape, Sexual Assault In this powerful and at times hard hitting but at the same time joyful episode, Jimanekia shares the very personal reasons she has become a trauma specialist. She shares very helpful insight into what trauma is and how to notice if trauma is showing up in yourself or people in your life; as well as the importance of taking a holistic and somatic persp...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible Chef and author of book 'MEZCLA', Ixta Belfrage - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us… Follow us on Instagr...

In this mouth watering episode, Ixta shares with Jayda some phenomenal food stories including learning about indigenous cooking in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, but also goes deep into her personal relationship with food, and how she learned to avoid the pressure to cook for social media and make viral recipes, but actually listening to her own body and developing food that truly nourishes he...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible activist, educator, host, presenter, model and Director of Facilitation and Training at Beyond Equality - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first!...

In this insightful conversation, Ben shares with Jayda how he works with boys and men to explore what masculinity means to them, and why Ben doesn’t have the answer but instead has the questions that help them define their own perspectives. Jayda and Ben discuss the importance of creating safe spaces for boys and men to have vulnerable conversations but also discuss the complexity of being vulnera...

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible climate justice activist and mobilizer Xiye Bastida - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us… Follow us on Ins...

We meet the truly impressive young coinage activist Xiye who shares with Jayda how living on the frontlines of climate change in her native Mexico led to her becoming a climate activist, how this was always a part of her parents and her Indigenous activists parent’s life, but how moving to New York after her home was flooded and getting involved with Fridays for Future and connecting to Greta Thur...