there's a time to speak up and a time to listen.

Whilst it's important we use our voice to speak up when things are not right, it's equally, if not more important to stop and listen. These Podcasts are a place to start. 

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This first list comes from Bustle.com and it is MORE specific to the Black British Experience

(THOUGH we've added a couple others in too) 

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Series

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• Say Your Mind

• Good Ancestor Podcast

• About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge

• This Is Spoke

• The Echo Chamber

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Episodes

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• The long lasting racist impact of the British Empire (from 'Brit(ish)')

• Akala: race and class in the ruins of empire (from Joe’s ‘Unfiltered with James O’Brien’)

• June Sarpong talks diversity and the British class system (from Joe’s ‘Unfiltered with James O’Brien’)

• Episodes from ‘Ways To Change The World’ by Channel 4

1. Ghetts on black British artists, gang violence & the evolution of grime

2. George The Poet on youth violence, representations and limitations of government

3. Munroe Bergdorf on racism, trans activism and acceptance

• Afua Hirsch with David Olusoga (from ‘The Penguin Podcast’)

• Ctrl Alt Del - #266 Layla F Saad: Doing The Anti-Racism Work

• Ctrl Alt Del - #215 Chelsea Kwakye: On Taking Up Space

History

Black British History – Series

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• Witness Black History (BBC World Service)

• The Black Curriculum

• In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer

Britain's Colonial Past & Legacy – Episodes & Audio Documentaries

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• We Need To Talk About The British Empire (Afua Hirsch for Audible)

• The British Empire's Legacy (from 'In Our Time: History')

Windrush – Episodes

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In 2018, the Home Office wrongly deported at least 83 people from the UK. Many more were unlawfully detained, threatened with deportation, and denied legal rights. The below episodes highlight the devastation caused by the Windrush Scandal up to this point, as well as the continued impact the UK government’s actions has on Black families across the country.

• Why The Windrush Scandal Was No Accident (from ‘The British Dream’ by VICE)

• What does Windrush mean now? (from ‘Beyond Today’ by BBC Radio 4)

• Windrush: the scandal isn't over (from ‘Today In Focus’ by The Guardian)

• The Windrush generation (from ‘History Extra’ by Immediate Media)

Additional Episodes

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• The British Black Panthers (from ‘Archive on 4’ by BBC Radio 4)

• Black British History (from BBC Radio 3)

• gal-dem's Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Leah Cowan on Windrush women and Britain's Black Power movement (from ‘History Becomes Her’ by Mashable)

Life

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Self-care, career, finance – these podcasts about daily life as a Black person in the UK are as much about joy as they are the struggles faced and trials overcome.

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• The Receipts Podcast

• Three Shots Of Tequila

• Disunomics

• Rice At Home

• Byooti Podcast

• Over The Bridge Podcast

• The Sista Collective (by BBC Radio 5 Live)

• Growing up with gal-dem

• No Country For Young Women (by BBC Radio)

• WHOLE TRUTH with Jordan Stephens (by Spirit Media)

• Busy Being Black (by W!ZARD STUDIOS)

• The Adzvice Podcast

• Yellow Cup Podcast

• Black Girl In Om

• The Friend Zone

• Gettin' Grown

• Power Hour

• Hood x Holistic

• The Gurls Talk Podcast

Pop Culture

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Popular culture through a Black lens, featuring interviews with creators, in-depth analysis, and recommendations for your Watch/Read/Listen List.

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• Black Gals Livin’

• 2 Queens In A Pod

• Slay In Your Lane The Podcast

• Your Aunties Could Never (by The British Blacklist)

• TBB Talks (by The British Blacklist)

• This Thing Changed My Life (debuting soon)

• Mostly Lit

• It's been a minute with Sam Sanders

• Small Doses with Amanda Seales

• Still Processing

• Go Off Sis

• Say Your Mind

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The next few podcasts are in reference to the african american experienceIN PARTICULAR

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Podcasts/Specific Podcast Episodes

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• Revisionist History Season 2 Episode 3, “Miss Buchanon’s Period of Adjustment”/Malcolm Gladwell

• Code Switch/NPR

• Intersectionality Matters/African American Policy Fund and Kimberle Krenshaw 

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast/Race Forward 

• Rants & Randomness with Luvvie Ajayi Episode 9, “Become the Right Thing with Glennon Doyle”

• Fare of the Free Child/Akilah S. Richards

• 1619/The New York Times

• Pod For The Cause/The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

• Pod Save the People/Deray Mckesson

• Seeing White/Scene on Radio

• Ctrl Alt Del #198 Rachel Cargle: Instagram, Activism & White Privilege

• NPR - Invisibilia

• Yo! Is This Racist?

• Still Processing - with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris

• Identity Politics - with Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali

• The Nod

• The Stoop - with Hana Baba and Leila Day

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in addition here is the black lives matter spotify playlist featuring iconic black musicians

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and here is the we shall overcome spotify playlist featuring monologues from angela davies and mlk to name a few