Descendants Podcast
Descendants looks into our lives and our pasts and asks how we are connected to slavery. And, in turn, who does that mean our lives are connected to?
Episodes to download
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Richard, Alasdair, and Jen
Fri 9 Jul 2021
7/7 A man whose predecessor paid for the Colston statue and a man who dumped it in the harbour
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James Cleverly MP and Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
Fri 25 Jun 2021
5/7 A British MP and an American activist are connected through the same tribe in Sierra Leone
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Marcus, Rev Alison, and Ruth
Fri 18 Jun 2021
4/7 Three people whose lives today are all connected to one British slave owning family
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Marlon and Valerie
Fri 11 Jun 2021
3/7 Two people whose lives today connect through Britain's role in the history of carnival.
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Malik and Mark
Fri 4 Jun 2021
2/7 Two men's lives connect through their links to a British slave owner and an abolitionist
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Welcome to Descendants
Mon 24 May 2021
How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery?
The woman who took on big companies with links to slavery
The activist who made it her mission to seek reparations for descendants of the enslaved.
