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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Stormzy, Mel and a revealing tweet
Fri 7 Oct 2022
How a tweet about Stormzy鈥檚 single highlighted a lack of black reporters in newsrooms.
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Wanted: Black chemists
Fri 30 Sep 2022
There are 575 chemistry professors in the UK, but only one is black.
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Chris Kaba: What happened?
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Chris Kaba died after he was shot by a police officer 鈥� this is what we know.
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The Voice newspaper hands the reigns to Prince Charles
Fri 9 Sep 2022
Prince Charles guest edits The Voice, Britain's longest-running black newspaper
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STIs in the black community
Fri 5 Aug 2022
The complex reasons why STI rates are higher among black people
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The cost of calling out racism
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Two black students were suspended after calling out a racist incident at uni.
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The story of house music鈥檚 black roots
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Beyonc茅, Drake and the origins of house music in Chicago鈥檚 black communities
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Black Pride and the Black Pound
Fri 8 Jul 2022
The founders of Black Pride and Black Pound Day on how they鈥檙e changing attitudes
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Love Island feat. Rachel Finni
Fri 1 Jul 2022
Love Island: How much airtime have black contestants been getting?
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Blake's Got Talent
Fri 24 Jun 2022
BGT winner comedian Axel Blake drops in and reveals how to write a good joke
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Grenfell five years on
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Local artists mark the anniversary of the Grenfell fire with their single West Side Story.
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PRU ft. Nkechi Simms
Fri 3 Jun 2022
Nkechi Simms talks about 麻豆约拍 Three comedy PRU and her own time in pupil referral units
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The Gangs Violence Matrix
Fri 27 May 2022
Should the police be allowed to keep a database of suspected gang members?
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Being Black and lonely
Fri 20 May 2022
Black people are more likely to feel lonely than the general population.
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For Black Boys
Fri 13 May 2022
Author of the play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide on why it鈥檚 so important
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Investigating Tim Westwood
Fri 6 May 2022
We discuss Tim Westwood and allegations of sexual misconduct, which he strenuously denies
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The Grammys reggae backlash
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Backlash after the Grammy for Best Reggae Album goes to a nearly all-white band
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Blackface on holiday and Charlene White
Fri 8 Apr 2022
The realities of travelling when you鈥檙e black, and TV presenter Charlene White drops in.
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Child Q: Strip-searched at school
Fri 1 Apr 2022
There鈥檚 outrage over the way a black girl was strip-searched by police while at school.
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Bouncer speaks about his split with Likkleman
Fri 25 Mar 2022
We ask Bouncer all the questions you鈥檝e been wanting to ask.
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Black Students in Ukraine
Thu 3 Mar 2022
"We need help. We came just to study... we didn鈥檛 come for war.鈥�
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Locksmith (1/4 Rudimental)
Fri 18 Feb 2022
"Successes, mistakes and failures are all just a part of life".
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Tolu (aka Don鈥檛 Jealous Me)
Fri 4 Feb 2022
Being a Black comedy pioneer, father and managing anxiety.
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The Downing Street Party, Abuse of Black Female MPs and AFCON ft. Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Fri 14 Jan 2022
What is it REALLY like working in Parliament?
