HEARTS & MINDS Saving Grace

This episode sees the boys go IN! as they do an epic 4hour set! featuring Anthony Barrett , Izzy Morley & Jason Gaye they chop it up over a multitude of topics so we'll just leave it to you to make sense of it all...enjoy.

We speak to Liverpool based Photographer & Documenter En Official

They discuss:  The second covid wave,   Savvy's been watch right wing news,  The US secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,  Charter schools,  The Corruption of the US Government,  Fox News,  The Cult of Trump & UKIP,  Why alot black people couldn't vote for Hilary Clinton,  When the cause overshadows the art,  Satire is dead, Stephen King's The Dead Zone,  Ivanka Trump is weird,  En Official reconnecting with his Mother during lockdown,   Surprising conversations with parents during the current times,  En Official parents experiences as a multi racial couple in Liverpool,   The most successful civil rights movements have involved violence & destruction,  Corporate Accountability,  The Left & Right wing media are both doing the bullshit,  The History of the police, The physiological profile  a police officer,   Men the want to be warriors,   White friends unable to accept or discuss racial inequality,   White talking to White people about race,   En officials take on the Liverpool BLM protest,   2020 will make a great history movie title,   What direction will we go?  MP's don't represent me,   Think Global act local,  Removing or Keeping monuments,  Liverpool's deep history with slavery,      The scale of the UK slave trade,  En Official talks about his work & journey in photography,  En Officials Book "Evolving Nostalgia".  Documenting Liverpool's culture,  Fashion trends of Liverpool & fitting in,  The black communities relationship with Irish community in the UK & the US.   

As we enter yet another week of Lockdown the boys decide catch up with Daniel Bola Sogbasen and discuss the recent events that have taken & are taking place as they speak.

They discuss:   Mr Darcy,  The evolution of Cats & Dogs,  Billions,   Britains history with the genocide of people of colour,     The Crusades,  The erosion of human values within religion,   Black people are tired!   The impact of The George Floyd murder by the Minneapolis police,   KARENS,   The central park incident,  Is change coming?   The View,  The weaponizing of race,  Why the right always win,  Emmett Till,   Not all racists are trump supporters,  The difference between racism in the UK & US,   Savvy likes playing with dumb racists,  Mark Bumba Clarke,   Empowering Women to commit fuckeries to humanity,   Whats the plane for change?   Power is only ever taken,  Systematic Racism,   The History of America & class,  Daniel memories of the Steven Lawrence murder,  Savvy's memory of the race hate murder up his street,  Fighting racists with your brain,  Benaiahs parents being harassed by the police,   Racist teachers,   Black & Dragon mothers,  Mums going to war with the school administration for their kids,       Black History Month,  Mainstream media portrayal of black people & culture,   Tom Hanks son,   Interracial relationships,  Hyper sexualisation of black males,     Its on their terms,   The under representation of black people who work in NHS in the press during the covid crisis,   History lessons in school,  Savvy lending his religious studies teacher The Life Of Brain,  Studying various religious,   Diversity & Understanding,   Real black history,   Keeping the message consistent,   The Black middle class,  Black republicans,   Divide conquer,   Baby Boomers,    The deletion of black history and its effect Black business,   Being the only black person in the room,   Django,  Sunday Dress & why some black people are obsessed with appearance,  Akala,  Passing culture onto the next generation,   The difference between West Indian & African upbringing.  

This episode the boys catch up with Dj, Promoter and all round Donn Diva Rowan Swale aka L-Ro

Savvy's been gardening, Lord Soggy, Savvy's metaphor for US & UK systematic racism, The British Empire, Colonialism, Boris Johnson type or racism,  What is a Pickaninny? The difference between black culture in the UK & US, How Empires are built,  L-Ro's event called "In The Red" pivots to Zoom with "In The Bed", Where Rowan is hiding during Covid, First World Problems, Perspective on London, The Power of walking,  Community & Connection, The individual pursuit, The "Costs" of working in London,  The difficulties of working Up Norf, The rise of northern artists like Aitch, Creative perspective of being born in or out of London, Doing the leg work, Validation, Stay Humble, How Rowan selects for her Dj sets,  The Peanut Gallery & The Pecan Gallery,  Art & Business shouldn't be too connected, Wearing more than one hat, Savvy finds social media chore, Whats the future social media? The money thats made by social media stars, Inspired not Influenced, Being in the Zone, 0161,  Spirituality & Religion,  The Universal Light Within Us All, Transcendence, Rowans background background & upbringing, Finding balance, Karen's, Rowan's new cool friends & cool new projects...

The episode sees the guys catch up with Huddersfield born illustration icon Peter O'toole 

They talk: Benaiah stuffing himself coz its Eid, The dangers of African & West Indian Food, Savvy's losing track of the days but zoning,  Kids social distancing in School,  Bottom line is Profit, This is the being of the end of America as we know it, The Brazilian President, Pete's Process for getting the Job done, The importance of the Internet, The rinse of text messages, The Pharoahe Monch Ring tone, Pete's Education, Mark B & Blade, UK Vs US Hip Hop, The roots of British & US music culture, Heartless Crew, The Streets, The pressure of post what gets the best response rather than what you want ie self censorship, Navigating trying to make money from your art, Retro design reference, The Michelin Story, Whats in Petes vault, The design quality of 70's porno mags, Finding inspiration digitally, Using new digital tools for work, Photoshop VS Illustrator, How Pete created the Quotoole sneaker for Addidas & collector Quote, Collaborating with Huddersfield Town, Best artists are the best thieves, Benaiah's Hard drive troubles,  Youtube tutorials, How long till quantum computers in the home? Subscribe to the patreon!

As lockdown continues the guys link back up for another remote show...

They discuss: The unfortunate death of UK Hip Hop artist Ty from the Corona Virus,  Self diagnosis,  Practicing social distancing is this the new normal,  Should we control the Population, Do some of us we need to leave the planet,   Minister Farrakhan's speech on the corruption of modern journalism,  This is all new,  The misunderstanding & shift of ideological titles in the modern world,  "A Phoenix of thought" - Allowing your beliefs to be destroyed to gain truth,  How many journalists have been knocked for discovering dirty secrets? A TV show called DEVs, Quantum computers & their power to predict the future,  Am I Me? How much data would human consciousness take up,  Cloning yourself,  Time for more SFC,  The Man from De Monte / Never meet your hero's,  Savvy's back in the studio, Cleaning the oven,  The destructive power of household cleaning  products, The story of the "sweetest" by-product saccharine ( we think),  Benaiah's leaning new software. Benaiah's new Colours of Time project & collection,  Learning how to be a boss, More Power!! People with lots of equipment,  Producing music vs writing lyrics,  70% of people are just pissing around, Having less can give you more,  Letting your work sit for a while,  People releasing your work after you die, Jay Dee aka Jay Dee aka Dilla the rinsing & the sub genre of poor imitations.  The Year is Over,  How people reacted for KFC re-opening,  Boneless Box of Freedom,  Hospitals over diagnosing cases of Coronavirus,  The importance of good sleep,  Midnight Gospel,  Subscribe to our Patreon...