Podcast Episodes

Episode 5 (S8). What Does It Mean to Be British in the Current Climate?

Season 8 Episode 5

In this episode, we dive into an important and timely question: what does it mean to be British today? Against the backdrop of a rising far-right movement and growing social divides, we explore how i…

Published on 7 hours ago

BONUS EPISODE. The Next Chapter: Inside the Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding

In this episode, The Social Matters Podcast team takes you inside the launch of the Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding, a two-day international event hosted by Durham University and created by…

Published on 5 days, 6 hours ago

Episode 4 (S8). Turning Experience into Empowerment. (feat. Jade Barnett)

Season 8 Episode 4

In this episode, we’re joined by the inspiring Jade Barnett, co-founder of Power2Prevail, an organisation dedicated to empowering vulnerable young people to see that their past and present circumstan…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Episode 3 (S8). Loneliness: A Quiet Conversation We Need to Have

Season 8 Episode 3

We’re back with a brand new episode of the Social Matters Podcast! Released just two days after World Mental Health Day, this conversation explores into a topic of loneliness.

What does loneliness rea…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Episode 2 (S8). From Hackney, With Love: The Human Cost of Gentrification. (feat Richard Yeboah)

Season 8 Episode 2

In this episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Richard Yeboah, author of From Hackney, With Love: An Intimate History of Gentrification.

Richard grew up in Hackney and saw first-hand how the area chan…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Episode 1 (S8). Moments or Movements? Rethinking Social Change in EDI

Season 8 Episode 1

We’re back with the first episode of Season 8 of the Social Matters Podcast! To kick things off, we’re jump right into a conversation about the idea of moments vs movements in the context of equity, …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Episode 18 (S7). The Quiet Power of Hope

Season 7 Episode 18

In this final episode of the season, we reflect on the theme of hope: what it means to hold onto it, nurture it, and protect it, especially in times that feel unjust.

We’re living in a world where dis…

Published on 5 months ago

Episode 17 (S7). Breaking Barriers in Women’s Football (feat. Kerry Davis)

Season 7 Episode 17

In this episode, we’re honoured to be joined by a true trailblazer: Kerry Davis, the first Black woman to represent England at football.

Kerry shares her incredible journey through the game, from her …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 16 (S7). What No One Told Us About Menopause (feat. Dr. Elise Dallas)

Season 7 Episode 16

In this episode, we have a powerful and much-needed conversation about menopause—what it is, what it isn’t, and the realities so many experience in silence.

We’re joined by Dr. Elise Dallas, who bring…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 15 (S7). Who Makes the Rules? The Fine Line Between Structure and Exclusion

Season 7 Episode 15

In this episode, we have a conversation about the complicated world of rules and inclusion—how structures meant to create order can sometimes exclude, and what it takes to build spaces where everyone…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago