Ordinary People
Welcome to ‘Ordinary People’ the podcast that provides a platform and voice to ordinary people by bringing together a diverse panel to discuss and educate on the issues of today & tomorrow in a free exchange of culture, thoughts and ideas.OP brings together a panel of Ordinary People from differing backgrounds and points of view to discuss societies current, historic & emerging hot topics and challenges.We provide a safe platform to enable the safe expression of balanced, open and honest views as Ordinary People do in every day life.We discuss important issues but avoid the FB or Twitter style one dimensional keyboard debate or rhetoric.OP searches for clarity, rationale & understanding - together. Therefore we journey together and become better informed and educated together.Being tolerant of other views, being open minded to other ideals, but not afraid to present or accept harsh truths is how we lead. We aim to be exemplars of social discourse for Ordinary People.
Episodes
17 episodes
S1 E17. Healthcare and the black community
The UK has a world class National Health Service but is it fit for purpose for everyone? Considering black people have served on the front line of the NHS in large numbers for over 6 decades, what are the origins of the mis...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:00:06
S1 E16. How can we create a better more equal society for all?
What does a more equal society look like - can we envisage it ?Would we know when we have an equal society - how will we know ?These and more questions are discussed and debated with a diverse panel from different backgrounds ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:10:12
S1 E14. BLM and the Identity of mixed race UK
As a mixed race person in the UK, how does it feel to be part of the conversation, on both sides ? It is something that many of us will not have to consider or have to be aware of - “Based on my dual heritage what should i be doing or ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:04:54
S1 E13. What does Black Lives Matter mean to you? - (mixed race panel)
Ordinary People has put together a panel of mixed race individuals and asked them to discuss, "What impact has the BLM movement had on your views about life as a mixed race person in Britain"What we get is something far more revealing i...
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Episode 13
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1:06:06
S1 E15. Racism - What is it?
Racism can be most simply understood as someone behaving differently towards another person based on the colour of their skin or culture. But are there other definitions or degrees of Racism.In this episode we ask the question to our guests...
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Episode 15
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1:03:54
S1 E12. Has Diversity Equality and Inclusion training made a difference?
It’s been 10 years since the introduction of the Equalities Act 2010 which was meant to protect people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. Ordinary People asks a panel of guests to discuss what’s happened.What is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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59:06
S1 E11. ‘White Privilege’
“I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.” Peggy McIntosh “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” 1988 essayWhat is your understanding of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:01:12
S1 E10. ‘The Strong Black Woman’ - De-mystifying the Myth.
Take a journey into he realm of the Black Woman. Listen to 4 black women tell you what it has been like to be a black woman in British society. At one time or another we have all either said or thought that black women...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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57:42
S1 E9. Are Songs, Statues and TV programmes important to achieve equality?
Ordinary People discuss the importance, or not, of retrospectively reviewing the status of Songs, Statues and TV programmes to achieve equality in a multicultural society. How far would a review need to look and what impact would that ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:07:06
S1 E8. The Millennial’s View
Not before time, we get to hear what the younger generation think about this era of Social Discourse and Black Lives Matter.Raw and unfiltered as you would expect but with a few surprises. I’ll shut up and let the Millennials speak for ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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50:36
S1 E7. Part2 - Are black people treated differently by UK Police & Justice System?
OP continues the conversation from Episode 3, giving the listener further food for thought from our expert panel of guests. 3 of whom have had first hand experience of working for organisations pivotal to the perception of inequity for black an...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:03:00
S1 E6. What do you expect the BLM movement to achieve?
In this episode the panel discuses their take on the aspirations of the BLM movement, outline their hopes for a new dawn as-well as openly expressing neg ativity / positivity and concerns about how successful the movement may eventually be or w...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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54:04
S1 E5. What does Black Lives Matter mean to you? - (white panel)
We ask the same question this time to a panel of white British 'Ordinary People' eager to share and discuss what BLM means to them personally. We explore what kind of insight BLM has given them, what impact it has had on their behaviour, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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56:30
S1 E4. Black Lives Matter Positives & Negatives. (white panel)
In episode 4 we invited a panel of white UK citizens to address the same question that we posed to an all black panel. Listen to their responses, lived experiences, shared concerns and hopes around black lives matter.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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53:12
S1 E3. Are black people treated differently by UK Police & Justice system?
In Episode 3 we have not one but two ex serving policemen joining the group for a discussion about some of the most contentious issues of social discourse. We ask:Does Institutional racism exist.Is there any...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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55:06
S1 E2. Black Lives Matter: Positives & Negatives. (black panel)
With an exclusively black panel -In this session we explore whether the protests have improved race relations and we are developing a better understanding of one another?Also will your interracial relationships endure?We ask; how ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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48:12
S1 E1. What does Black Lives Matter mean to you ?
"Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come" - accredited to Victor Hugo, a 19th century French novelist and poet. This could be applied to the BLM global movement. It certainly appears that the BLM moveme...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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