Sayin' the Unsaid

Jamaal Brathwaite

Sayin' the Unsaid is a podcast where we are pushing the limits and having difficult conversations in and around several topics. Topics like Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, Health, Unconscious bias, the Arts and so much more. The aim is to be transparent, add value that would allow all listeners to gain personal or career-development skills. Thank you for joining us today! Enjoy it!

Episodes

  1. 06/12/2020

    A focus on the global response to HIV/AIDS compared to the COVID19 response with Dr. Leo Zekeng, Country Director & Representative UNAIDS

    A national of Cameroon Dr Leopold ZEKENG, brings more 30 years of experience, successful management and leadership, unparalleled competencies, and lessons from AIDS response, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Global Health Diplomacy and Development. Before joining the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS in 2005) , he was actively involved in diverse capacities – service provider, scientist, strategist, programme manager, policy maker, programme implementer, advocate and activist – and levels (international, regional, national and sub national) of the AIDS response, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. More specifically served as Permanent Secretary of the National AIDS Council, Coordinator of the National AIDS Research Program (Ministry of Research), Director of Camdiagnostix (unit producing rapid HIV test kits),  Head of Immunology and Haematology Laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital, Head of the Scientific Secretariat for the 1992 International Conference on HIV&AIDS and STI in Africa hosted in Cameroon, Consultant and Technical Advisor for many reputable organisations (WHO, FHI360, GIZ, MSF, CDC, FDA, Abbott Laboratories, Walter Reed Foundation etc) From January 2005 till present, he served as UNAIDS Country Director in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Tanzania (present duty station) and as Deputy Regional Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for West & Central Africa in Dakar, Senegal. On this episode we focus on the global response to HIV/AIDS in comparison to the response to COVID19.

  2. 05/09/2020

    Unconscious Bias in the Workplace & in Recruitment with Dr. Pragya Agarwal

    On this episode, we unpack the words “unconscious bias”, how they present themselves in everyday life specifically when pertaining to the workplace and recruitment with an expert, Dr. Pragya Agarwal FRSA. Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, and the CEO of 50 Percent Project, a research think-tank for gender and racial inequalities, She is the author of 'SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias; recently published by Bloomsbury, and has written for numerous other publications such as Guardian, Independent, Forbes, Huffington Post and Prospect. As a leading academic in US and UK Universities for over ten years, she has authored numerous research papers and delivered keynote talks around the world. Pragya is a winner of Diverse Wisdom writing award from Hay House, was named as one of the 100 influential women in social enterprise in the UK, and one of 50 people creating change in the UK-India corridor on the High and Mighty list. A two-time TEDx speaker herself, Pragya organised the first ever TEDxWoman event in the north of the country. She has appeared on several international podcasts, radio and television channels, such as BBC Woman's Hour, BBC Breakfast, Australian Broadcasting Service, and Canadian Radio, and has a podcast called 'Outside the Boxes'. @DrPragyaAgarwal https://www.drpragyaagarwal.com Most recently, she is an author of 'SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias' in the UK and India and in the USA with Bloomsbury.

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Sayin' the Unsaid is a podcast where we are pushing the limits and having difficult conversations in and around several topics. Topics like Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, Health, Unconscious bias, the Arts and so much more. The aim is to be transparent, add value that would allow all listeners to gain personal or career-development skills. Thank you for joining us today! Enjoy it!