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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 Apr 16, 2022
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
The Word is joined by special guest K*Ners the CEO of K*Star. Kner’s is a musical innovator, he is an influencer, he has a clothing line, record label, he has a stable of artists to rival Def Jam, he has worked with Damon Albarn form Blur, Guerrillas, Celestine & many more and yet he dedicates his time to nurturing and helping young artists in Bristol. Kners shares his unique journey in what is without doubt the most cut throat and competitive industry in the world and yet he is still here, 20 years later with a mission to help put Bristol back on the map!
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@K_Ners
@MirandaRae007
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
The Word with Miranda are joined by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, a husband and wife, writing and directing team who discovered the real-life story that inspired their film by searching the remote corners of the internet and landed on a coupon blog that talked about the coupon caper. Gaudet & Pullapilly started to create a niche, collaborating on true stories, most notably the acclaimed, Emmy-nominated feature documentary, The Way We Get By. They then moved into the narrative space with their feature, Beneath The Harvest Sky. It was only natural for their first studio film to come from this same mould.
Gita recalls how she discovered the stunning story of the multi-million-dollar coupon scam. Gita and Aron talk about their comedy film QUEENPINS (now streaming on Amazon Prime) how they came across this true story, taking creative liberties in grounding the comedy, collaborating, forging a new path in Hollywood and so much more.
Follow Gita and Miranda on Instagram:
@gitapullapilly @mirandarae007
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
This podcast's featured guest is the legendary Bristol Singer/Songwriter Tanya Lacey. Tanya shares the highs and lows of being signed to one of the world’s biggest record labels and explains why she has decided to go independent. We hear some of Tanya's latest music including the amazing soundtrack to the Hollywood blockbuster "Queenpins" starting Kirsten Bell & Kirby Howell-Baptise.
Follow Tanya & Miranda on Instagram:
@tanyalacey @mirandarae007
Twitter: @MirandaTheWord
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
The Princess of AfroFusion, Princess Wonda joins Miranda for an indepth chat about the music business, her journey into music and shares her tips for success.
Princess Wonda aka ‘The Princess of Afro-Fusion is a multifaceted independent charting artist whose musical journey began in London at her church choir.
She’s had the opportunity to hone in her craft and developing performance skills alongside music professions by working as a backing vocalist for live shows and session singing. Something she has done for close to 15 years.
As a cultured young woman, she spent some years in Nigeria completing her primary school education which has had a monumental impact on her music today.
She has had multiple UK chart entries such as, #Top 40 in the UK chart for World Music as well as being ranked #1 twice! She also ranked #13 on the Nigerian iTunes Charts.
She has an innovative, eclectic sound with a unique vocal register that gives her a sound that is dynamic, current, and full of melody. Princess Wonda’s passion as an artist is rooted in the fact that with preparation meeting opportunities, you can be anything you want. Moving the culture forward by breaking stereotypes of women in African music also inspires her to be the best version of herself.
Princess Wonda will be releasing her debut album featuring sounds from all over Africa. With her growing, faithful fanbase (Wonda army), Princess Wonda’s journey has just begun.
Check out her website for latest information on Princess Wonda:
@officalprincesswonda @mirandarae007 @ujimaradio @dreamersmanagement
Saturday Dec 11, 2021
Saturday Dec 11, 2021
At 7pm on Friday 10th December 2021 the urban legend that is #Banksy posted on his Instagram page that between 9-11am on Saturday 11th December Ujima Radio would be announcing, for one day only, the locations of the only 5 shops in the world that would be selling Banksy's limited edition t-shirts. Designed with the empty plinth emblem on the front and back. Have a listen to these clips "a Banksy World Exclusive"...
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Miranda interviews UK filmmaker Michael Jenkins from Blak Wave Productions.
The aim of Blak Wave is to revolutionise what stories are being told and who’s telling them. They want their content to better reflect society, giving a voice to unheard voices and telling untold stories. At Blak Wave they are motivated to create character driven content that is inspiring, imaginative and representative. Passionate about literally changing the face of TV and film, they focus on creating entertaining, emotional and compelling stories in documentary, factual and drama.
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
DJ-ing for more than 4 decades is a rare and unique position to be in so Miranda and Deli Gee share their stories and look back at their days when they were both on Galaxy Radio one of the first Dance radio stations in the UK.
Some people are part of a scene’s architecture though, and Bristol’s Deli-G is one of them. “My DJ career goes back to the 70s,” he says, “helping in record shops and setting up soundsystems. I did my first party at Bannerman Road Junior School.” Deli built his first soundsystem in Kingston, Jamaica, where he lived from 1977 – 1985, returning home with a box full of the new U.S club sounds. At that time the Bristol scene’s key players were “The Wild Bunch, FBI Crew, Soul Twins, Dirty Den…
Check out Deli Gee on Ujima Radio with his show "True Definition" 4-6pm and also on BCFM every Saturday for "The Touch" 8-10pm.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
The complete series of 10 episodes is availble on many other platforms usig this link:
https://anchor.fm/sound-women-sw-network
Afrikan Queens - Episode 3
In this episode we hear from Sister Jendayi Serwarh. Jendayi is an expert in Race equality and works as a consultant and specialises in precolonial history and women in ancient history, she talks to us about several Queens including the Kandake's and Yaa Asantewa. She also talks about the importance of this series and how we need to share these stories of these wonderful role models and looking deeper into the true history of these Afrikan Queens.
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all to often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a South West Sound Women Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrikan and supported by The Audio Content Fund.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email: SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
The complete series of 10 episodes is availble on many other platforms usig this link:
https://anchor.fm/sound-women-sw-network
Afrikan Queens - Episode 2 - Nanny of the Maroons.
In this episode we learn about Nanny of the Maroons through the lens of one of our modern sheros and leaders, the Deputy Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Asher Craig.
Asher is the first Rastafarian councillor in Europe. Asher took part in the Razana Afrika Exhibition and chose to research and embody Nanny of the Maroons so Asher shares her learnings with us. We also hear from the founders of Razana Afrika, Christelle and Shawn and also Jendayi Serwarh.
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating our ancestors and Afrikan Queens and Sheroes that all too often have been forgotten or left out of the history books. The 1st episode of Afrikan Queens sets up the series & explains the importance of sharing this rarely heard of history. We launched the series on International Womens Day as the Queens & Sheroes we will feature are wonderfully inspiring & great role models, this series is a celebration of women.
We have collaborated with a community project called Razana Africa to educate, empower & inspire.
Afrikan Queens is produced by Miranda Rae of SWSW Network and supported by The Audio Content Fund.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
The complete series of 10 episodes is availble on many other platforms usig this link:
https://anchor.fm/sound-women-sw-network