If You Don't Know Podcast
De-Graft Mensah brings you the black voices, stories and biggest laughs that you don't always hear in mainstream news.
Episodes to download
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Introducing… The Black 14
Fri 5 Apr 2024
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
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Looking back on some of our biggest stories
Fri 5 Jan 2024
Special guests, goodbyes and the news that you still need to know.
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Cobalt and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Fri 22 Dec 2023
Breaking down what’s going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A conversation with Tupac’s godfather, Jamal Joseph
Fri 24 Nov 2023
A rare insight into Tupac’s life, with help from his godfather and Nicolas-Tyrell Scott.
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A tribute to Gboyega Odubanjo
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Gboyega's family and close friend look back on his life, achievements and legacy.
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A Black History Month special with George the Poet
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Revelations and realness with guest George the Poet, for a Black History Month special.
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Losing your wife and son ft. Global Boga
Fri 6 Oct 2023
Nicole Thea's husband, Global Boga, on how he’s coping three years on from her death.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Clive Myrie and the founders of GUAP
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Following the release of his memoir, presenter Clive Myrie has some exciting revelations.
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Windrush’s 75th ft. Richie Brave, Asha Philip and Kia Fullerton
Fri 7 Jul 2023
Celebrating the Windrush generation’s impact on British music, language and sport.
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The Love Island background checks ft. Buzzfeed’s Ada Enechi
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Love Island's Kai Fagan drops in to join De-Graft and Ada Enechi for a special episode.
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Liv Little, Jords and all-black audiences
Fri 16 Jun 2023
Liv Little and Jords on their new debuts, and we get into the Black Out theatre backlash.
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Masego, MS and busting myths about autism
Fri 2 Jun 2023
Masego talks about his childhood and latest album and we answer your questions on autism.
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Netflix’s Cleopatra: What’s all the drama?
Fri 19 May 2023
Queen Cleopatra actor Adele James on the new role, the backlash, and why she took it on.
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Sudan, Ovie Soko and student protests
Fri 5 May 2023
What’s going on in Sudan? Ovie Soko on basketball and Love Island, plus student protests.
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Writing Rye Lane, a black British love story
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Rye Lane’s co-writer, Nathan Bryon, on black love, vulnerability and writing the film.
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Jokes or no jokes? With Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder
Fri 7 Apr 2023
Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder on using humour to get through tough times.
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Cambridge Uni’s youngest black professor
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest black professor, on autism and achieving your dreams.
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What happened to African students who fled Ukraine?
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Thousands of students left Ukraine when war broke out – we catch up with two of them.
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Writing a romcom
Fri 10 Feb 2023
New author Taylor-Dior Rumble talks about her #Merky Book and how to write a novel.
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Hair, discrimination and your rights
Fri 3 Feb 2023
What counts as hair discrimination and do you know what the law says about it?
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Let’s talk air pollution… it could be damaging your health
Fri 27 Jan 2023
Ten years after nine-year-old Ella died, why isn’t air pollution being cut faster?
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Why are black people waiting longer for organs?
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Black people who need a transplant wait up to six months longer than other patients.
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The Asake concert crush: What happened?
Fri 30 Dec 2022
A timeline of what happened at the Brixton crush which led to the deaths of two people.
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Let’s talk about OCD
Fri 23 Dec 2022
We hear what it’s really like to have OCD and how one man’s tackling the stigma around it.
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Could you be an astronaut?
Fri 16 Dec 2022
There’s a new bunch of European astronauts, but none of them are black or Asian.
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Life lessons with Toni Tone
Fri 2 Dec 2022
Toni Tone talks Twitter and reveals the things that changed her life for the better.
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Black environmentalists... where you at?
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Why so few black people have jobs working with the environment.
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Loyle Carner’s 1am rule
Fri 4 Nov 2022
Musician Loyle Carner talks about being a dad and shares his top tips in life.
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Black women and breast cancer
Fri 21 Oct 2022
The link between black women and an aggressive type of breast cancer.
