For our final episode of VENT Weekly, Nuradean, Santos, Amelia and Suprina come together to look back over their favourite episodes of the series. Stay subscribed though, cause there may be more exciting things coming in the future! This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill and Moeed Majeed.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we’re joined by fellow Brentonian Maryam Almakhzoumi and Documentary Photographer Emily Garthwaite to talk about misconceptions of Iraq and Shia Muslims in the UK, and what role the Western media plays in building these. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let’s be real. This year, everything since March has been soooooooo shit.  People suffered tragic losses, millions lost their jobs, and heroic key workers have kept everything going, often without proper PPE. Meanwhile, many of our grandparents and immuno-compromised people are still indoors.  But quarantining has offered, mostly the luckiest among us, an opportunity to reflect on our lives and, potentially, to reset them. Is there anything that happened to us over the last few months...

Nuradean is Muslim and Suprina is Buddhist and Hindu, but being young and religious isn't always the most straight forward thing. Today we've invited on Ruby and Elijah: hosts of new podcast Rough Edges, to discuss religion, spirituality and youth in the UK. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's the beginning of September, which means school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. Today we're sharing the second part of a conversation facilitated by Sophie from Brent 2020's Blueprint collective, about how to tackle systemic racism in education. You’re going to hear from Titania, Lauren and Leiyah.  This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia...

It's the beginning of September, which means school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. For the next two days, we’re sharing recordings of conversations facilitated by Sophie from Brent 2020's Blueprint collective, about how to tackle systemic racism in education. You’re going to hear from Titania, Lauren and Leiyah. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess...

It's the beginning of September, which means school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. This episode, guest hosts Jessica Mensah and Noor Al-kinani from Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture's Blueprint Collective bring us an episode about alternative education. They interview Nabil and Andre from Authors of the Estate: a community publishing house originally set up in St Raphael's...

It's the beginning of September, which means for a lot of people, school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. For the next two episodes, we're thinking about what history gets left off the curriculum. This is part 2 of a conversation we had with Orla X from Fill in the Blanks, and Adam Rogers Johns from the Museum of British Colonialism. This episode was produced by the VENT...

It's the beginning of September, which means for a lot of people, school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. For the next two episodes, we're thinking about what history gets left off the curriculum. This is part 1 of a conversation we had with Orla X from Fill in the Blanks, and Adam Rogers Johns from the Museum of British Colonialism. This episode was produced by the VENT...

It's the beginning of September, which means for a lot of people, school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. For the next two episodes, we're thinking about navigating the world of work with VICE Executive Editor Zing Tsjeng. Part 2: Standing up for yourself at work. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington....

It's the beginning of September, which means for a lot of people, school is starting again. Everyday this week, we're making a show about what we wish we'd learnt at school, and what we think teachers should know about. For the next two episodes, we're thinking about navigating the world of work with VICE Executive Editor Zing Tsjeng. Part 1: The Freelance Life. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington.   See...

Has the news media behaved responsibility when covering the COVID-19 pandemic, or is it guilty of playing on people’s fears just for more clicks? Brentonian Mehaira puts this question to The Guardian’s Media Editor Jim Waterson, and she and host Amelia don’t pull their punches when holding the media to account.  This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Rose de Larrabeiti, Lucas Fothergill, Jess Lawson and Moeed Majeed and is part of our bonus series - Covid-19 Fact Checkers. ...

This episode, we've had a request from another young person in Brent. 17 year old Rain is a genderqueer lesbian, but it took them a long time to fully understand their gender identity. Rain has asked if we can make an episode about rejecting the gender binary, so we've invited host of BBC Sounds Podcast, NB: My non-binary life, Caitlin Benedict, to talk to Rain about their gender journey. Just a heads up, this episode contains mention of self harm, so take care listening. This episode was...

So, did this really all begin with a bat? It’s pretty impressive how quickly we’ve all adapted to living in a global pandemic, but it’s time for a reality check - how the f**k did we get here in the first place? Rachel Nuwer, journalist and author of Poached: Inside the Dark World of Animal Trafficking takes host Suprina and Brent resident Kamiah back to the beginning of all this - to Wuhan in China and back to the seafood and meat market where it’s believed COVID-19 originated.  She...

Today we’re joined by Tracey Ford, Founder of JAGS Foundation, Fellow Brentonian Anjali Joshi, and Writer and Speaker Oumou Longley on to talk about one law which massively effects young people in Brent and across the UK. We're looking at Joint Enterprise: a law that has contributed to the disproportionate number of young men of colour serving time in the UK. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington.   See...

It’s GCSE results day... except this year - no-one sat the exams. After grade A, A-Level confusion with students finding themselves down-graded by an algorithm and losing university places, the Government made a U-turn and dropped the system ahead of today’s GCSE results. This came as a big relief to 16 year old Kritika who collects her grades today. But, with results now based significantly on teacher assessments and predicted grades, she’s worried it still might affect black and ethnic...

Death is one of the only definite things in our lives, but it’s something that a lot of people find hard to talk about, and hard to process. Today we're joined by podcasters Maleena Pone and Izzy Lee-Poulton to talk about how to have conversations about death in South Asian families, and about the relationship between grief and creativity. This podcast was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy...

The News Media’s lens has been squarely focussed on the COVID19 pandemic for months, but what else has happened that's gone under the radar? Brent resident JJ has been wondering exactly that, especially when it comes to Brexit and how the UK leaving Europe might affect his hopes to study abroad.  VICE Senior Staff Writer Ruby Lott-Lavigna updates host Suprina and JJ on Brexit and some other important stories we might have missed in lockdown. This episode was produced by the VENT...

A lot of what's happening in the world lately has left Nuradean and Suprina feeling really powerless. As individual young people, it can sometimes feel like we're just shouting into the void. So, for International Youth Day, we're thinking about what actual power we have as young people to make impactful change. We've invited filmmaker and NHS hospital cleaner Hassan Akkad and Third Wave Fund Communications Officer, Monica Trinidad, to talk about different forms of activism, and how young...

This week, Santos and Amelia talk to VICE Global Drugs Editor Max Daly about how Covid-19 has impacted the global drug trade. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the last two days of our VENT Daily mini-series on family, we've been taken over The Blueprint Collective: a creative group of young people at the heart of Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture. This conversation, facilitated by Lauren Adeyemi, is about what it's like growing up in a bi-cultural family. You'll hear from Nellie, Boaz, Livio, Shreya, Sophie, Tyrique, Xhes, Abdal, Eunice, Loshini and Lauren. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill,...

For the last two days of our VENT Daily mini-series on family, we've been taken over The Blueprint Collective: a creative group of young people at the heart of Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture. This conversation, facilitated by Lauren Adeyemi, is about family businesses. You'll hear from Livio, Xhes, Tyrique, Shreya, Abdal, Sophie, Eunice, Loshini and Lauren. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington, with help...

This week, we’re putting out an episode every single day, all on the theme of family. Today, guest host and friend of the show Kamiah Chae joins us with a question: As a queer person, what are the options for starting a family? Kamiah and Amelia talk to journalist and trans father Freddy McConnell, who hosts BBC Podcast Pride & Joy, all about how queer people have kids. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington....

This week, we’re putting out an episode every single day, and they're all about family. Today, Suprina has invited her uncle Umesh, otherwise known as NepHop rapper Mr KC, and journalist Arun Budhathoki to talk about the birth of Nepalese Rap. This episode was produced by the VENT Production Team: Jess Lawson, Emilia Gill, Moeed Majeed and Arlie Adlington.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.