Tales From The Plantation

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Tales from the Plantation is a podcast that started off as a WhatsApp group where friends came to complain about the struggles of being a black person in the workplace, and had a continuous stream of stories about microaggressions, off key comments and downright outrageous behaviour. The monthly podcast features discussions on a variety of topics from a primarily black perspective. If you have a tale about racism you've experienced, whether in the workplace, on the street etc., send it in to talesfromtheplantation@gmail.com and we'll read it out on the next show! Please remember to like/rate a...

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Tales From The Plantation

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#19.5 - Tesco Tim Doesn't Deliver 01.10.2019 32:28

A tale from the plantation involving an over-zealous delivery man, and dating app woes! Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. AP: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales…&i=1000423073535 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3bdZFouu…noRfWTGZ0EpygOKg Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromthepla...

#020 - London Hughes, Culture Vultures, and Policing Black Hair 24.09.2019 2:22:00

Topics this week: - London Hughes, and whether Top Boy is positive representation for black people - Outrage for clicks - what's the issue? Azealia Banks constantly beefing etc. - Is Ed Sheeran a culture vulture? Is Drake doing it for the money? Dissecting Wiley's rant - Can black people culturally appropriate K-pop - Which black celebrity would you most like to be adopted by? - Singing allll the...

#019 - Solving Knife Crime Through Chicken, Brampton Manor and Feminist Dating 04.09.2019 1:42:04

Topics this week: - Why didn't we all think of solving knife crime using chicken?? - Brampton Manor's excellence - Feminism and Dating - can you really afford to be a proud feminist on a dating app? Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: Talesfromtheplantation – 019-solving-knife-crime-through-chicken-brampton-manor-and-feminist-dating AP: itunes.app...

#018 - PoC in Parliament, The Pride of Black Folk and Love Island 19.08.2019 1:30:38

Topics this week: - Is Harry Tubman really essential to the podcast? (Spoiler alert: YES) - Why is the term PoC STILL a thing? - The reaction to Pride vs Black History Month - Was Amber's win on Love Island a win for all black women?? And much more... Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: AP: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales…&i=1000423073535 Spotif...

#17.5 - Nigeria is a "Glorified Ghetto", and POC doesn't exist! 08.07.2019 56:32

Two tales from the plantation this week: 1) One of us went back to Nigeria, and there's a heated discussion on the perception/portrayal of Nigeria by Nigerians, and the actual reality. 2) A trip to Morocco, and the final nail in the coffin of the term "POC". Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: soundcloud.com/talesfromtheplantation/175-nigeria-is-a...

#017 - When They See Us, Whoopi Goldberg and which STD is worse? 01.07.2019 2:02:18

Topics this week: - Boris Johnson becoming the next PM - When They See Us (Ava DuVernay documentary about the Central Park Five) - Drill Music and the ongoing youth violence - is banning drill the solution? (Spoiler alert: No.) - Bella Thorne vs Whoopi Goldberg, Revenge Porn and Victim-Blaming - Diane Abbott drinking vs random white woman drinking Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcl...

#016 - Serena's Nappy Hubby, Harry's Cancellation, and How Unwashed Some Legs Are 12.06.2019 1:51:26

This week we discuss: - Abortion (Harry Gets Cancelled - All Bodies Matter) - Unwashed Leg Revelations - Alexis Ohanian invading black women's spaces - Gospel Driller Beef Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: https://soundcloud.com/talesfromtheplantation/016-serenas-nappy-hubby-harrys-cancellation-and-how-unwashed-some-legs-are AP: https://itunes.a...

#15.5 - He Lifted Up The Wig! 03.06.2019 15:05

Yet another manic tale from the plantation. Wow. SC: www.soundcloud.com/talesfromtheplantation/155-he-lifted-up-the-wig AP: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales…&i=1000423073535 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3bdZFouu…noRfWTGZ0EpygOKg Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from the P...

#015.2 - Christophobia and Kanye's Coachella 14.05.2019 1:05:15

Topics this week: - Does Christophobia exist? - Is Kanye's Sunday Service a mockery or a genuine faith experience? Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: soundcloud.com/talesfromtheplantation/0152-christophobia-and-kanyes-coachella AP: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales…&i=1000423073535 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3bdZFouu…noRfWTGZ0EpygOKg Hit u...

#015 - Caster Semenya, The Caucasian Royal Baby & Chicken Unseasoned 07.05.2019 1:32:06

Topics this week: - Why do people like Game of Thrones? - Jesse Williams and whether black women need ambassadors - Caster Semenya and the furore surrounding the recent CAS decision - The birth of Harry & Meghan's royal baby, and what race he is - Rihanna's Fenty becoming available in Boots Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: https://soundcloud.co...

#014 - Life as a Muslim, Racial Dating Preferences and **** ******* 12.04.2019 1:23:38

Topics this week: - Why people dislike Muslims - How world events have contributed to the rise in Islamophobia - Italian men - Racial dating preferences - When does interracial dating step over the line into a fetish? - A guy from a certain school that people were desperate to name, **** ******* Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: https://soundclo...

#013.1 - Private, Public or Grammar? 08.04.2019 1:00:44

Mostly middle class kids talking about public, private and grammar schools. Where would you send your kids? What factors come into it? What are the pros and cons of public, private and grammar schools? We're gonna do a part 2 at some point for balance!! Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: https://soundcloud.com/talesfromtheplantation/0131-private-...

#013 - Akala the Revolutionary, Favela Petal and Leaving Neverland/The EU 29.03.2019 58:59

Topics this week: - Akala and whether or not he's "revolutionary" - Slumflower and her comments on male suicide - was there any truth to it? - Michael Jackson and Leaving Neverland - John Gray's latest nonsense - R Kelly's idiotic interview - Brexit Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. SC: https://soundcloud.com/talesfromtheplantation/013-akala-the-rev...

#012 - Shamima, Slumflower, and Stacey Dooley's Comic Rubbish 04.03.2019 1:41:36

Topics this week: - Shamima Begum - Slumflower - What feminism means to you - Stacey Dooley, Comic Relief and David Lammy - Kanye West remixing Fred Hammond - Jussie Smollett - Trump, the Cohen hearing and the "black friend" - Is Madea coonery? Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromt...

#011 - Diaspora Wars, Deportations, and Liam Neeson's Anecdotes 11.02.2019 1:36:30

Topics this week: - Africans vs Caribbeans...again - Deportations and the wasteman that is Sajid Javid - Liam Neeson's interesting little anecdote - Fyre Festival and Andy King's Work Ethic - Are black men being blamed for everything? Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantati...

#10.5 - Everybody Blow Your Trumpet except for Fleur East 05.02.2019 21:10

We discuss: - Some workplace plantation tales - Fleur East moving mad - The power of Black Twitter - Harry's white colleagues Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from the Plantation is an podcast th...

#010 - Harry the Hotep, Sally from HR, and #SurvivingRKelly 21.01.2019 1:52:47

Topics this week: - Is Harry a Hotep? - Sally From HR - #SurvivingRKelly - Cyntoia Brown - John Gray and philandering pastors and loaaads more Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from the Plantation...

#009 - 2018 Roundup - Brexit, Blackfishing and Beautiful Blackness 02.01.2019 1:48:13

Topics this week: -Black Business -Brexit -Blackfishing -Poland -Leaving behind in 2018 and loaaads more Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from the Plantation is an podcast that started off as a W...

#8.5 - Don't Touch My Hair 29.11.2018 22:18

Our first ever tales from the plantation was submitted to the Gmail! We discuss on episode 8.5. Don't Touch My Hair!!! Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from the Plantation is an podcast that star...

#008 - Why do work people always want to hang out after work?? 27.11.2018 1:39:08

Topics this week: - Jill Scott - R.Kelly - Shaku on the beat/My ye is different to your ye - Social Media - Black women as representatives for their race - Respectability Politics - Why do work people always want to hang out after work?? - #RIPJemelRoberson - Black History Talks & Neil Kenlock Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagra...

#7.5 - #fraudbae 26.11.2018 16:34

We quickly discussed #fraudbae and the nonsense surrounding it! Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from the Plantation is an podcast that started off as a WhatsApp group where friends came to compl...

#007 - Black History Month Roundup: AQA, Ryanair, Treasure & Thickness 02.11.2018 1:35:57

Topics this week: Black History Month Roundup - Gentrified Cookouts - #metoo: The Emmett Till Edition - Halloween and Cultural Appropriation - #boycottryanair - Black Unity & Intersectionality - Thickness and the expectations of black women - Treasure - AQA's Absent Black Fathers Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfrom...

#006 - Monolithic Blackness, Serena The Angry Black Woman & RIP Botham Jean 21.09.2018 1:11:09

Topics this week: Black History Month Monolithic Blackness Serena Williams & the umpire who tried it Are black women more angry than everyone else? RIP Botham Jean Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud and the Apple Podcasts App. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales...

#005 - Capitalising on Black Outrage, Chipmunk, and Carnival 19.09.2018 1:16:26

Topics this week: RIP Aretha & the groping bishop Jamie Oliver is a wasteman Chipmunk & Twitter outrage Slumflower and Carnival Doing the Maybot Shotting at uni & the double standard Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud and the Apple Podcasts App. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @pl...

#005.5 - Whining, Tears and Harrassment 18.09.2018 27:10

After we finished the podcast, we decided to continue chatting about a couple other things, including Carnival and the constant pressure on men to not cry. Please remember to like/rate and review on Soundcloud and the Apple Podcasts App. Hit us up on: Instagram - @talesfromtheplantation Facebook - @talesfromtheplantation SoundCloud - @talesfromtheplantation Twitter - @plantationtales Tales from th...