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The Word is a series of interviews hosted by broadcaster, Miranda Rae. Miranda’s drive is to give a voice to the voiceless and platform to people that all too often go unheard, from the streets to the board room from politicians to performers, from authors to activists. Miranda has presented on national, regional and local radio for over 30 yrs inc a weekly show on BBC Radio 5 for which she won a Sony Award. Miranda was also on Galaxy Radio for almost 10 years (now Kiss) where she trailblazed the then emerging dance music scene giving a platform to genres previously never played on the legal airwaves before... Awards also include Best Documentary in the British Podcast Awards, Best Doc in the European Lovie Awards, Honouree Winner in the global Webby Awards & nominated for the ARIAS (Oscars of Radio) all for the series ”Our Journey”. Miranda won Presenter of The Year in the regional MMG Awards & currently runs Ujima Radio and Sound Women SW Network aka Sound women Bristol CIC which is a non profit support network and in the last 3 years has taught over 1000 women and girls in a range or radio, podcasting and media skills. You can find out more about Miranda on her website here: https://mirandarae.co.uk/ And more about Sound Women SW on the website here: https://soundwomensw.com/ Please feel free to support and donate via PayPal: mirandarae007@gmail.com But most of of all listen and enjoy!
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Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Saturday Nov 07, 2020
David Lammy MP was first elected in Tottenham in 2000, he was the 1st Black Briton to study law at Harvard University and has since gone onto pave the way as a leading politician and conisdered to be a real people's champion. In this podcast Miranda asks David about his jouney into politics, the importance of independent journalism and community radio. Plus David shares his views on Knife crime plus the significance of the post war African and Caribbean pioneers we have come to know as the Windrush Generation and how he reacted to this years Black Lives Matter protests.
Miranda Rae is a freelance independent journalist, broadcaster and producer who's mission is to promote diversity in radio and media, if you would like to support her work you can become a patron or make a one off donation direct via Paypal here:
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