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]]>Adam Richardson caught up with Laura Dockrill in April 2021 to discuss her podcast Zombiemum, her parenting story and whether recording over zoom helps or hinders intimacy on a podcast. You can hear this conversation on episode 86 of the Pod Bible Podcast but for the full unedited version, check out the video above!
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]]>Adam is here to walk you through the weeks podcast proceedings, with guests including the people behind Zombiemum, Thank You Next and Anthems!
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Zombiemum • Apple Podcasts • Spotify
Thank You Next • Acast • Spotify
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Song Exploder • Acast • Spotify
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]]>We caught up with Hana Walker-Brown from Broccoli Productions to discuss their podcast Anthems, and specifically the new series Anthems Pride which is being released daily throughout June!
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]]>Adam is back to walk you through the weeks podcast proceedings, with guests including Hana Walker-Brown from Broccoli Productions talking about Anthems, Lou Mensah from Shade and Blake Harrison from The MMA Fan Podcast!
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Shade Podcast • Acast • Spotify
The MMA Fan Podcast • Acast • Spotify
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Today In Focus • Acast • Spotify
Your Floating Bed • Acast • Spotify
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]]>Due to the increased public interest in the Black Lives Matter movement, 2020 saw a surge of listens to podcast about Black history, and the way racism has shaped Western society. One of the most-listened to shows was 1619, a five part series from New York Times that explained how the transatlantic slave trade created the systems of power that we live by today.
It was incredibly powerful, but 1619 focused on America. There has been a lack of similarly powerful podcasts like 1619 that focus on Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
Now, Human Resources is here to do just that. From Britain’s first slave trafficker, to Sir Isaac Newton, and even chocolate, the 10-part series will to contextualise the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on daily life in modern Britain.
We asked host, Moya Lothian McLean, how the podcast came to be and what listeners can expect from the series.
Hi Moya, we’re very excited about this podcast. It’s a massive topic, where does the podcast start?
The starting point was actually the easiest part of the whole process. I’m on this journey of education as much as the audience is, so we began in the place I grew up, a county called Herefordshire. It was vital for me and the team to root this project in our most familiar worlds and uncover the hidden histories that bubble under the surface. Herefordshire is a sleepy, beautiful rural county, on the border of Wales. Lots of sheep. It’s the last place you’d think to look for stories about British slavery. Which is why we had to start there.
Was it easy to find the information about these histories?
Yes and no. Hunches often proved right but digging for hard evidence and paper trails can be much harder when investigating the history of British slavery – something we explore during the course of the project. The brunt of the digging was done by our amazing researchers, Arisa Loomba and Dr Alison Bennett who also found the right people to ask about the places and people we wanted to look into. This project would not exist without their work.
Why podcasting? What is it about the medium that works for this project?
I think podcasting is so well suited to exploring histories, especially hidden ones because it allows a depth and level of detail that sometimes there’s not space for in your standard TV documentary or one-off radio broadcast. There’s also a freedom and flexibility in the medium; for example, we decided at a late hour to do a two part-episode on one particular story because what we discovered was so rich and multi-faceted I just felt a fervent urge that we couldn’t limit the story to one episode. Podcasting is so accessible too – we wanted this history to be something people didn’t make excuses not to listen to. You can’t watch a documentary while driving. You can listen to a podcast.
Without giving too much away, was there anything you were particularly surprised by from your research?
Perhaps surprise is the wrong word because I’ve learnt not to be surprised by much when it comes to history. I think probably the scale of just how much of our modern way of life is built from institutions directly created through the slave trade – seeing that picture come into focus in front of my eyes was like a shock of cold water. It’s one thing saying it, it’s another hearing the detail of it.
Were you inspired by any particular podcasts?
When we started this project, we talked about podcasts we enjoyed. I definitely had in mind the atmosphere of 1619 although our format is certainly different. I’m sure the other members of the team had their own inspiration – I think I took mine from the likes of The Dream and Ponzi Supernova, not in form or content but just trying to make this engaging, and the journey to be unpredictable.
Who is your dream listener?
Anyone who wants to know why Britain in 2021 is the way it is.
The first episode of Human Resources is available to listen to right now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!
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]]>– Broccoli Productions
Like Broccoli Productions, we don’t want to limit our International Women’s offering to just one article on one day. We’ve not quite stretched to a month, but we’ve got a week packed full of interviews and articles to help you find enough podcasts to take you through the year.
Subscribers to the Pod Bible newsletter will know that Broccoli Productions have brought back their flagship podcast series, Anthems Women. For the second year, the series will run throughout March in celebration of women for International Women’s Day and beyond. 31 women have written and read original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries. The voices are diverse, and celebrate and contemplate what it means to be a woman.
As with their other Anthems series, each short episode begins with a “word of the day” that encapsulates the theme of the episode, leaving the listeners with something to contemplate after they’ve finished listening.
I asked the Creator of Anthems, Hana Walker-Brown, about creating the podcast and what to expect from it this year. Plus, there’s some bonus recommendations for some top podcasts to listen to on International Women’s Day and beyond!
Anthems Producer, Hana Walker-Brown. Image Credit Joe Magowan.
How does it feel to be back with your flagship podcast series?
HWB: It feels great. I love this show, I love how it’s evolved over the last year and how many incredible people we’ve gotten to work with and platform. It’s so important to me that women are elevated and championed within this industry which is why I created the series in the first place and if it leads onto other things for them then even better. There is definitely a renewed energy this year to the pieces and it really is a joy to get to sit with these women’s words.
Each woman in the series is so unique and so authentically themselves and yet, despite their differences, what begins to emerge throughout the series are so many common threads between the women, which is mirrored in the response we get from our listeners too. That feels important – a reminder that there is more that binds us together than sets us apart. So yeah, it feels good to be back and to be able to do this.
An episode a day for a month is an immense offering. How long has this taken to put together?
HWB: That was the intention all along really – to offer something big and bold in a really distinct style format that sort of stuck a middle finger up to the industry that often waits until the 8th March to release a women lead show. We kick off mid-January so it’s a comparatively short production time for the undertaking but we’ve really nailed down the process. This is series five in the “Anthems” strand so we’ve got a good system down. It’s just the Broccoli way and personally, I love making this series so while it’s a huge lift, it definitely feels worth it.
Is that about the same as last year’s series, or was it easier/harder this time?
HWB: Yeah pretty much, we’ve done Anthems Home, Anthems Pride and Anthems Black since last year’s Anthems Women so we know what we’re doing. We had a big rebrand recently so we’ve had to remake all the social media assets and artwork which is all done by our team at Broccoli but once we’re in the swing of it it’s like clockwork.
How did you decide the order for releasing the episodes?
HWB: Representation across the week is essential – in terms of both our contributors identity and experience. It’s a fact universally acknowledged that if you’re not seen then you don’t matter and it’s really important for us, professionally and personally, to make sure that every voice is amplified. Anthems was partly born out of my annoyance at this kind of “one size fits all” feminism that had been brewing for a while, exacerbated by social media that just excluded so many women and the rich kaleidoscope of our experience. We really try to tap into that across the series. The weeks are planned and there is a flow to each one – certain subjects do compliment certain days, but I’ll let you try and figure that out!
You did an episode in the first Anthems Women. Can you tell us if there is another one from you?
HWB: I did, it’s our Broccoli tradition that each team member has to do an Anthem so we’ve all been part of one of the series so far with the exception of our new production assistant who will feature in this year’s Anthems Pride. I think it’s cool to put makers in front of the mic, and it means you get to know us a little bit more. But ones enough from me – there are so many women out there with something to say that we want to offer this space to.
Can you recommend any other podcasts to start listening to this month (and continue listening to afterward)?
HWB: Yes absolutely, some great shows made by women, which are for life not just for IWD…
Masala Podcast by Sangeeta Pillai – I produced the first two series and Sangeeta is just a star. She’s not afraid to have the difficult but vital conversations around the taboo subjects in South Asian culture. Plus she really cares which you can hear in every single episode.
Confident and Killing It by Tiwa Ogunlesi, which offers a weekly dose of positivity and inspiration. Tiwa’s ability to celebrate women and instil confidence is like a super power.
Our series Broccoli Bookclub (of course) hosted by journalist Diyora Shadijanova. It introduces readers and listeners to bold titles and new authors through provocative conversation and meaningful discussion.
Listen to Anthems Women on ACAST, SPOTIFY or all OTHER PODCAST APPS. You can follow Hana on Twitter and Instagram. Broccoli Productions is on Twitter and Instagram.
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