The Espresso Series
Welcome all to Espresso Series brought to you by Honor and Grace! It's all you need to know in a shot! Consisting of UK and world news, and cultural recommendations, it’s sure to be an enriching listen to keep up with new music and current affairs!
Episodes
17 episodes
How Romantic is your Romanticisation?
We romanticise the individual experience because we are so alienated from the community. We are so lonely we have taken to altering our perspective on life just to bring ourselves a little solace. TikTok's romanticisation trend has become a cul...
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36:58
Stop Asian Hate
This week on the Espresso Series were joined by Racism Unmasked. Racism Unmasked Edinburgh is a movement to combat racism towards East Asians/Southeast Asian-presenting people in Edinburgh and the wider U.K who have experienced racism. With the...
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Season 2
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30:35
The Girls fighting back against the Misogynistic Side of Gig Culture
This week we are joined by Anna and Alice from Girls Against. Girls Against is an organisation fighting to sexual assault and misogyny within the live music scene. We aim to build educational resources, to create safe spaces and to ensure the v...
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27:11
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
This week Olivia Gambelin, the C.E.O. of Ethical Intelligence Edinburgh, answers our burning questions of the Ethics of AI and how her company is consulting cutting edge technology developers, from the heart of Silicon Valley to all five contin...
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33:36
Neurodiversity and Reproductive Justice, a New Form of Feminism
In this episode we cover how neurodiverse people are often left out of the Reproductive Justice conversation and how they are being exploited and degraded by the healthcare system.This episode was done in collaboration with GirlUp Edinb...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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51:58
The Commercialisation of Pride
This week it’s an episode on the Commercialisation of Pride with Grace and Honor. We will be discussing all things rainbow in relation to capitalism! It's about the ethics of Pride and one can be really Prideful while also supporting businesses...
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26:46
Closing The Gap with Naked Politics, featuring Banseka Kayembe
Join Olivia Scher and Banseka Kayembe, the founder of Naked Politics, for a discussion on young people and politics - raising engagement, strengthening participation, affecting change…Website:
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43:59
SODZI and the Black and British Creative Experience
Joel Sodzi is a student who has just finished his second year at The University of Edinburgh studying English Literature and Classics. An avid reader, he enjoys writing recreationally when he isn't making memes or com...
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29:55
The University of Edinburgh: is it Tackling Racism?
This week on the Espresso Series we are being joined by the BlackEd Movement and Vice Chancellor, Professor Peter Mathieson to talk about the open letter written to the University of Edinburgh in response to the killing of George Floyd and xeno...
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Names Not Numbers, the Victims of Covid-19.
This weeks guest on the Espresso Series is founder of Names Not Numbers , Ellis Tustin ! 'Names Not Numbers' is an organisation that aims to remember and campaign for those lost to Gover...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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15:27
Black Lives Matter and the UK, what's next for us?
This week on the Espresso Series we are discussing BLM and the UK protests alongside BBC journalist, Kafui KO Okpattah, and aspiring writer, Olivia Scher. We will be exploring a range of topics from thought policing to the decolonisation of pub...
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1:06:40
Interview with Co-Founder of Extinction Rebellion (XR)
The Espresso Series interviews Dr Gail Bradbrook. Dr Bradbrook has been researching, planning and training for mass civil disobedience since 2010 and is a co-founder of the social movement Extinction Rebellion (XR), which rapidly spread interna...
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Transgender Representation in the Media & Film
Be sure to tune in to our exciting guest Sam Volante! We'll be chatting about transgender representation in the media, including representation in film, from the perspective of a trans Film Production student who himself makes films. We'll also...
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35:56
Rewriting History
This week the Espresso Mixtape will be discussing how and why history is never accurately depicted and how we must now, as a generation, write in key minorities and events. History is not linear and it does repeat but hopefully we can end the r...
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35:44
The Principal of The University of Edinburgh on the 2020 University Strikes
Espresso Martini in conversation with Principal Peter Mathieson on the topic of the February and March 2020 strikes.Often labelled a controversial figure, we sat down with Mathieson and tackled to biggest issues facing the university today....
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