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Exploring the true story of British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and how it touches every part of the nation. Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean, a journalist and descendent of both Black African Slaves and White slave owners or overseers.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Inventing Race

    Human civilization only began about 6,000 years ago. As author Emma Dabiri writes in her 2021 book, cheekily titled ‘What White People Can Do Next’, in the grand scheme of things, human beings are babies. A speck on the face of time and space. The thought puts into perspective how *new*, parts of society are, that seem entrenched from day dot: religion. Gender… Race. Featuring writer and historian Subhadra Das. Written by Moya Lothian MacLean Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant - Rory Boyle Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    37 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Hippocrits

    The Hippocratic Oath isn’t universal. But in the 18th century, the Oath began to be more widely used in medical schools across the British Empire and Europe. The Enlightenment was pushing medical developments along at a fast lick. But concurrently, chattel slavery was in full swing. And a dividing line quickly emerged, between who doctors saw as ‘patients’ and who they viewed as ‘guinea pigs’. Featuring Anna Arabindan-Kesson, an assistant professor at Princeton University in African American studies.  Written by Moya Lothian-MacLean Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson Researchers - Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Production Assistant - Rory Boyle Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    31 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    The Dis-carded

    At the centre of the system of chattel slavery, was the body. Not the mind, not the soul but the physical vessel necessary to carry out backbreaking labour. And break backs it did... Featuring historian of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, Stephanie Hunt Kennedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    34 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    GIRLBOSSES

    Women made up 40% of slaveowners across the Caribbean – and although historians have had to dig even harder to pull together a picture of their lives, it’s out there. Featuring Assistant Professor of Atlantic World History at Yale and US College in Singapore and author of Jamaica Ladies, Christine Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    41 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    In Absentia

    In the last episode, we looked at the women in Jamaica who owned slaves, both British colonists and the formerly enslaved women who codified their freedom through subjugating others. But there were also the women who didn’t stay, ones who never set foot in Britain’s slave colonies – the absentee owners. Featuring historian Dr. Hannah Young, who specialises in gender and absentee slave ownership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    25 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    Everyday People

    In this episode we’re venturing onto the bustling city streets of 18 century London, trying to uncover the traces of the Black individuals who became part of the working class communities – and sometimes elite society – of the British capital, the seat of power that directed the trade that has usually brought them to these shores in the first place. Featuring PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, Montaz Marché. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    31 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    In The Ring

    I love fitness. I love sports. I go to the gym, I walk, I run, I cycle. In my youth, I played team games. And everyone said I was good at sports because of my heritage. My Jamaican ancestry. As a child, this confused me - my white British mother was as sporty as my father, representing her county at tennis in her teen years. But my sporting ability - which is enthusiastic rather than particularly gifted - is always attributed to the half of me that’s Black. It feels - and I’ll just say it - racialised, an echo of the ideas that saw things like superhuman strength and endurance attributed to Black people. Featuring senior lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester, Natalie Zacek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    34 min

  8. EPISODE 7 BONUS

    Introducing Physical Capital: Swimming

    Why do we swim?  It’s not new, we’ve been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don’t live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the history of humans in the water to get an idea of why we do it. Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell. Featuring Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim Listen to the full series here  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    18 min
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Exploring the true story of British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and how it touches every part of the nation. Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean, a journalist and descendent of both Black African Slaves and White slave owners or overseers.

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  • Channel
    Human Resources
  • Creator
    Broccoli Productions
  • Episodes
    40
  • Seasons
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2021 Broccoli Productions
  • Show Website
    Human Resources
  • Provider
    Pod Sub LLC

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