Human Resources https://broccoli.productions en 2021 Broccoli Productions Exploring the true story of British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and how it touches every part of the nation. Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean, a journalist and descendent of both Black African Slaves and White slave owners or overseers. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5276f248-8c0a-11eb-bfd1-33a7e76ac5d4/image/HUMAN_20RESOURCES_20_LOGO_20WHITE_.jpg-2021-04-21_16_25_16.776000.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Human Resources https://broccoli.productions no serial Broccoli Productions Exploring the true story of British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and how it touches every part of the nation. Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean, a journalist and descendent of both Black African Slaves and White slave owners or overseers. Sony Music podcasts@sonymusic.com Our New Book is Out! Sadly, the podcast has come to an end. However, there is still so much to learn and discover about the links between modern Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which is why we're pleased to announce that our book Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain in 39 Institutions, People, Places and Things is out now. Picking up where the podcast left off, we explore modern items and trace their historical connections, including new topics such as Accounting, Gynaecology, Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs, Denim Blue Jeans, and much more. The book is available for purchase at all major bookstores, and you can order your copy online here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:01:45 -0000 bonus 3 15 Broccoli Productions Sadly, the podcast has come to an end. However, there is still so much to learn and discover about the links between modern Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which is why we're pleased to announce that our book Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain in 39 Institutions, People, Places and Things is out now. Picking up where the podcast left off, we explore modern items and trace their historical connections, including new topics such as Accounting, Gynaecology, Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs, Denim Blue Jeans, and much more. The book is available for purchase at all major bookstores, and you can order your copy online here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sadly, the podcast has come to an end. However, there is still so much to learn and discover about the links between modern Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which is why we're pleased to announce that our book Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain in 39 Institutions, People, Places and Things is out now.


Picking up where the podcast left off, we explore modern items and trace their historical connections, including new topics such as Accounting, Gynaecology, Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs, Denim Blue Jeans, and much more.


The book is available for purchase at all major bookstores, and you can order your copy online here.

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]]> 81 no In Conversation with Kris Manjapra Moya and Kris Manjapra discuss his book Black Ghost of Empire, a revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0000 bonus 3 14 Broccoli Productions Moya and Kris Manjapra discuss his book Black Ghost of Empire, a revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Moya and Kris Manjapra discuss his book Black Ghost of Empire, a revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic world.

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]]> 3156 no A Free Town As abolitionist campaigns gained traction in the late 1700s, the population of formerly enslaved people grew. Those who had been enslaved in the British colonies were ‘freed’ - at first in dribs and drabs, then all at once via two landmark pieces of legislation in 1807 and 1834. But a new question arose: what would the formerly enslaved do with their freedom? Featuring historian and researcher, Melissa Bennett and Iyamide Thomas, NHS Engagement Lead, Sickle Cell Society, together they curated ‘The Krios of Sierra Leone’ exhibitions at the Museum of London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0000 full 3 13 Broccoli Productions As abolitionist campaigns gained traction in the late 1700s, the population of formerly enslaved people grew. Those who had been enslaved in the British colonies were ‘freed’ - at first in dribs and drabs, then all at once via two landmark pieces of legislation in 1807 and 1834. But a new question arose: what would the formerly enslaved do with their freedom? Featuring historian and researcher, Melissa Bennett and Iyamide Thomas, NHS Engagement Lead, Sickle Cell Society, together they curated ‘The Krios of Sierra Leone’ exhibitions at the Museum of London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices As abolitionist campaigns gained traction in the late 1700s, the population of formerly enslaved people grew. Those who had been enslaved in the British colonies were ‘freed’ - at first in dribs and drabs, then all at once via two landmark pieces of legislation in 1807 and 1834.

But a new question arose: what would the formerly enslaved do with their freedom?


Featuring historian and researcher, Melissa Bennett and Iyamide Thomas, NHS Engagement Lead, Sickle Cell Society, together they curated ‘The Krios of Sierra Leone’ exhibitions at the Museum of London.

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]]> 1956 no Think of the Children At the height of the British slave trade, there were no cameras to capture the experiences of the children who found themselves forced into enslavement. There are not even exact numbers for how many youths were sucked into the system - estimates suggest a quarter of the roughly 12 million Black Africans enslaved between the 16th and 19th centuries would be categorised as children. Their stories are some of the hardest to dig up - but people are persisting anyway. Featuring Christine Whyte, lecturer in global history at the University of Glasgow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0000 full 3 12 Broccoli Productions At the height of the British slave trade, there were no cameras to capture the experiences of the children who found themselves forced into enslavement. There are not even exact numbers for how many youths were sucked into the system - estimates suggest a quarter of the roughly 12 million Black Africans enslaved between the 16th and 19th centuries would be categorised as children. Their stories are some of the hardest to dig up - but people are persisting anyway. Featuring Christine Whyte, lecturer in global history at the University of Glasgow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices At the height of the British slave trade, there were no cameras to capture the experiences of the children who found themselves forced into enslavement. There are not even exact numbers for how many youths were sucked into the system - estimates suggest a quarter of the roughly 12 million Black Africans enslaved between the 16th and 19th centuries would be categorised as children. Their stories are some of the hardest to dig up - but people are persisting anyway.


Featuring Christine Whyte, lecturer in global history at the University of Glasgow.

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]]> 2323 no Abolition, Now part 2 In the last episode, ‘Abolition, Now part 1’,  I was talking with Historian Diana Patton about the real timeline of Aboliton and what Abolition really meant for those previously enslaved. Towards the end of the episode we began speaking about Apprenticeships and how those previously enslaved were then forced to work for the people who formerly owned them. Should they not want to work, the punishments were fast and brutal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0000 full 3 11 Broccoli Productions In the last episode, ‘Abolition, Now part 1’,  I was talking with Historian Diana Patton about the real timeline of Aboliton and what Abolition really meant for those previously enslaved. Towards the end of the episode we began speaking about Apprenticeships and how those previously enslaved were then forced to work for the people who formerly owned them. Should they not want to work, the punishments were fast and brutal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In the last episode, ‘Abolition, Now part 1’,  I was talking with Historian Diana Patton about the real timeline of Aboliton and what Abolition really meant for those previously enslaved. Towards the end of the episode we began speaking about Apprenticeships and how those previously enslaved were then forced to work for the people who formerly owned them. Should they not want to work, the punishments were fast and brutal.

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]]> 1409 no Abolition, Now part 1 Most people know the basics of this moment. Josiah Wedgewood made some pottery, William Wilberforce made some speeches, John Newton wrote Amazing Grace, and boom! Britain’s narrative arc of national moral redemption was complete and slavery was abolished. Or at least – that’s what we’re told. Featuring Historian of the Caribbean, Diana Paton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0000 full 3 10 Broccoli Productions Most people know the basics of this moment. Josiah Wedgewood made some pottery, William Wilberforce made some speeches, John Newton wrote Amazing Grace, and boom! Britain’s narrative arc of national moral redemption was complete and slavery was abolished. Or at least – that’s what we’re told. Featuring Historian of the Caribbean, Diana Paton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Most people know the basics of this moment. Josiah Wedgewood made some pottery, William Wilberforce made some speeches, John Newton wrote Amazing Grace, and boom! Britain’s narrative arc of national moral redemption was complete and slavery was abolished. Or at least – that’s what we’re told.


Featuring Historian of the Caribbean, Diana Paton.

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]]> 1667 no A Tale of Two Pews In southwest London, there is an area that plays an outsized role in British history. Today, if you walk through Clapham, you will be greeted by formerly grand black and white manor houses, now playing home to the likes of popular coffee chains. So why are we in the verdant, growing suburb of Clapham today? To examine the congregation of a particular site of religious worship, the Holy Trinity Church. Featuring Dr. Katie Donnington, senior lecturer in Black Caribbean and African history at the Open University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0000 full 3 9 Broccoli Productions In southwest London, there is an area that plays an outsized role in British history. Today, if you walk through Clapham, you will be greeted by formerly grand black and white manor houses, now playing home to the likes of popular coffee chains. So why are we in the verdant, growing suburb of Clapham today? To examine the congregation of a particular site of religious worship, the Holy Trinity Church. Featuring Dr. Katie Donnington, senior lecturer in Black Caribbean and African history at the Open University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In southwest London, there is an area that plays an outsized role in British history. Today, if you walk through Clapham, you will be greeted by formerly grand black and white manor houses, now playing home to the likes of popular coffee chains. So why are we in the verdant, growing suburb of Clapham today? To examine the congregation of a particular site of religious worship, the Holy Trinity Church.


Featuring Dr. Katie Donnington, senior lecturer in Black Caribbean and African history at the Open University.

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]]> 2096 no The Colony's Colony Like Scotland, Ireland was another notch on England’s colonial bedpost, ruled from England continuously since the Tudors re-established the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century and made sure it was subordinate to English political authority. But this isn’t a podcast about what England did to Ireland – many of those exist and tell the story far better than I could. This is a podcast about Britain's slaving past. Featuring researcher Giselle Gonzalez Garcia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 8 Broccoli Productions Like Scotland, Ireland was another notch on England’s colonial bedpost, ruled from England continuously since the Tudors re-established the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century and made sure it was subordinate to English political authority. But this isn’t a podcast about what England did to Ireland – many of those exist and tell the story far better than I could. This is a podcast about Britain's slaving past. Featuring researcher Giselle Gonzalez Garcia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Like Scotland, Ireland was another notch on England’s colonial bedpost, ruled from England continuously since the Tudors re-established the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century and made sure it was subordinate to English political authority.


But this isn’t a podcast about what England did to Ireland – many of those exist and tell the story far better than I could. This is a podcast about Britain's slaving past.


Featuring researcher Giselle Gonzalez Garcia. 

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]]> 2285 no Introducing Physical Capital: Swimming Why do we swim?  It’s not new, we’ve been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don’t live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the history of humans in the water to get an idea of why we do it. Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell. Featuring Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim Listen to the full series here  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0000 bonus 3 7 Broccoli Productions Why do we swim?  It’s not new, we’ve been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don’t live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the history of humans in the water to get an idea of why we do it. Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell. Featuring Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim Listen to the full series here  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Why do we swim? 


It’s not new, we’ve been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don’t live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the history of humans in the water to get an idea of why we do it.


Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell.

Featuring Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim


Listen to the full series here 

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]]> 1089 no In The Ring I love fitness. I love sports. I go to the gym, I walk, I run, I cycle. In my youth, I played team games. And everyone said I was good at sports because of my heritage. My Jamaican ancestry. As a child, this confused me - my white British mother was as sporty as my father, representing her county at tennis in her teen years. But my sporting ability - which is enthusiastic rather than particularly gifted - is always attributed to the half of me that’s Black. It feels - and I’ll just say it - racialised, an echo of the ideas that saw things like superhuman strength and endurance attributed to Black people. Featuring senior lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester, Natalie Zacek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 7 Broccoli Productions I love fitness. I love sports. I go to the gym, I walk, I run, I cycle. In my youth, I played team games. And everyone said I was good at sports because of my heritage. My Jamaican ancestry. As a child, this confused me - my white British mother was as sporty as my father, representing her county at tennis in her teen years. But my sporting ability - which is enthusiastic rather than particularly gifted - is always attributed to the half of me that’s Black. It feels - and I’ll just say it - racialised, an echo of the ideas that saw things like superhuman strength and endurance attributed to Black people. Featuring senior lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester, Natalie Zacek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices I love fitness. I love sports. I go to the gym, I walk, I run, I cycle. In my youth, I played team games. And everyone said I was good at sports because of my heritage. My Jamaican ancestry. As a child, this confused me - my white British mother was as sporty as my father, representing her county at tennis in her teen years. But my sporting ability - which is enthusiastic rather than particularly gifted - is always attributed to the half of me that’s Black. It feels - and I’ll just say it - racialised, an echo of the ideas that saw things like superhuman strength and endurance attributed to Black people.


Featuring senior lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester, Natalie Zacek

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]]> 2039 no Everyday People In this episode we’re venturing onto the bustling city streets of 18 century London, trying to uncover the traces of the Black individuals who became part of the working class communities – and sometimes elite society – of the British capital, the seat of power that directed the trade that has usually brought them to these shores in the first place. Featuring PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, Montaz Marché. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 6 Broccoli Productions In this episode we’re venturing onto the bustling city streets of 18 century London, trying to uncover the traces of the Black individuals who became part of the working class communities – and sometimes elite society – of the British capital, the seat of power that directed the trade that has usually brought them to these shores in the first place. Featuring PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, Montaz Marché. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In this episode we’re venturing onto the bustling city streets of 18 century London, trying to uncover the traces of the Black individuals who became part of the working class communities – and sometimes elite society – of the British capital, the seat of power that directed the trade that has usually brought them to these shores in the first place.


Featuring PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, Montaz Marché.

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]]> 1841 no In Absentia In the last episode, we looked at the women in Jamaica who owned slaves, both British colonists and the formerly enslaved women who codified their freedom through subjugating others. But there were also the women who didn’t stay, ones who never set foot in Britain’s slave colonies – the absentee owners. Featuring historian Dr. Hannah Young, who specialises in gender and absentee slave ownership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 5 Broccoli Productions In the last episode, we looked at the women in Jamaica who owned slaves, both British colonists and the formerly enslaved women who codified their freedom through subjugating others. But there were also the women who didn’t stay, ones who never set foot in Britain’s slave colonies – the absentee owners. Featuring historian Dr. Hannah Young, who specialises in gender and absentee slave ownership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In the last episode, we looked at the women in Jamaica who owned slaves, both British colonists and the formerly enslaved women who codified their freedom through subjugating others.

But there were also the women who didn’t stay, ones who never set foot in Britain’s slave colonies – the absentee owners.


Featuring historian Dr. Hannah Young, who specialises in gender and absentee slave ownership.

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]]> 1522 no GIRLBOSSES Women made up 40% of slaveowners across the Caribbean – and although historians have had to dig even harder to pull together a picture of their lives, it’s out there. Featuring Assistant Professor of Atlantic World History at Yale and US College in Singapore and author of Jamaica Ladies, Christine Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 4 Broccoli Productions Women made up 40% of slaveowners across the Caribbean – and although historians have had to dig even harder to pull together a picture of their lives, it’s out there. Featuring Assistant Professor of Atlantic World History at Yale and US College in Singapore and author of Jamaica Ladies, Christine Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Women made up 40% of slaveowners across the Caribbean – and although historians have had to dig even harder to pull together a picture of their lives, it’s out there.


Featuring Assistant Professor of Atlantic World History at Yale and US College in Singapore and author of Jamaica Ladies, Christine Walker

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]]> 2432 no The Dis-carded At the centre of the system of chattel slavery, was the body. Not the mind, not the soul but the physical vessel necessary to carry out backbreaking labour. And break backs it did... Featuring historian of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, Stephanie Hunt Kennedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Sep 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 3 Broccoli Productions At the centre of the system of chattel slavery, was the body. Not the mind, not the soul but the physical vessel necessary to carry out backbreaking labour. And break backs it did... Featuring historian of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, Stephanie Hunt Kennedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices At the centre of the system of chattel slavery, was the body. Not the mind, not the soul but the physical vessel necessary to carry out backbreaking labour. And break backs it did...


Featuring historian of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, Stephanie Hunt Kennedy.

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]]> 2061 no Hippocrits The Hippocratic Oath isn’t universal. But in the 18th century, the Oath began to be more widely used in medical schools across the British Empire and Europe. The Enlightenment was pushing medical developments along at a fast lick. But concurrently, chattel slavery was in full swing. And a dividing line quickly emerged, between who doctors saw as ‘patients’ and who they viewed as ‘guinea pigs’. Featuring Anna Arabindan-Kesson, an assistant professor at Princeton University in African American studies.  Written by Moya Lothian-MacLean Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson Researchers - Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Production Assistant - Rory Boyle Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 2 Broccoli Productions The Hippocratic Oath isn’t universal. But in the 18th century, the Oath began to be more widely used in medical schools across the British Empire and Europe. The Enlightenment was pushing medical developments along at a fast lick. But concurrently, chattel slavery was in full swing. And a dividing line quickly emerged, between who doctors saw as ‘patients’ and who they viewed as ‘guinea pigs’. Featuring Anna Arabindan-Kesson, an assistant professor at Princeton University in African American studies.  Written by Moya Lothian-MacLean Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson Researchers - Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Production Assistant - Rory Boyle Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The Hippocratic Oath isn’t universal. But in the 18th century, the Oath began to be more widely used in medical schools across the British Empire and Europe. The Enlightenment was pushing medical developments along at a fast lick. But concurrently, chattel slavery was in full swing. And a dividing line quickly emerged, between who doctors saw as ‘patients’ and who they viewed as ‘guinea pigs’.


Featuring Anna Arabindan-Kesson, an assistant professor at Princeton University in African American studies. 


Written by Moya Lothian-MacLean

Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson

Researchers - Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Production Assistant - Rory Boyle

Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz

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]]> 1880 no Inventing Race Human civilization only began about 6,000 years ago. As author Emma Dabiri writes in her 2021 book, cheekily titled ‘What White People Can Do Next’, in the grand scheme of things, human beings are babies. A speck on the face of time and space. The thought puts into perspective how *new*, parts of society are, that seem entrenched from day dot: religion. Gender… Race. Featuring writer and historian Subhadra Das. Written by Moya Lothian MacLean Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant - Rory Boyle Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Sep 2023 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 1 Broccoli Productions Human civilization only began about 6,000 years ago. As author Emma Dabiri writes in her 2021 book, cheekily titled ‘What White People Can Do Next’, in the grand scheme of things, human beings are babies. A speck on the face of time and space. The thought puts into perspective how *new*, parts of society are, that seem entrenched from day dot: religion. Gender… Race. Featuring writer and historian Subhadra Das. Written by Moya Lothian MacLean Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant - Rory Boyle Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Human civilization only began about 6,000 years ago. As author Emma Dabiri writes in her 2021 book, cheekily titled ‘What White People Can Do Next’, in the grand scheme of things, human beings are babies. A speck on the face of time and space. The thought puts into perspective how *new*, parts of society are, that seem entrenched from day dot: religion. Gender… Race.


Featuring writer and historian Subhadra Das.


Written by Moya Lothian MacLean

Editor and Producer - Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant - Rory Boyle

Sound Designer - Ben Yellowitz

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]]> 2211 no Winners and Losers We’re back to a well-trodden theme: following the money to understand how Scotland’s national development was shaped by the slave trade – and who the winners and losers were among the people who were trying to profit from enslavement. Featuring; Alison Clark, a PhD candidate at Edinburgh University and Lisa Willaims who runs the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and leads walking walks uncovering the stories of enslavement linked with built heritage Full episode transcript available here. CREDITS Writer and Host Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Designer Lex Adimora Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets by /Forward Slash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 10 Broccoli Productions We’re back to a well-trodden theme: following the money to understand how Scotland’s national development was shaped by the slave trade – and who the winners and losers were among the people who were trying to profit from enslavement. Featuring; Alison Clark, a PhD candidate at Edinburgh University and Lisa Willaims who runs the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and leads walking walks uncovering the stories of enslavement linked with built heritage Full episode transcript available here. CREDITS Writer and Host Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Designer Lex Adimora Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets by /Forward Slash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices We’re back to a well-trodden theme: following the money to understand how Scotland’s national development was shaped by the slave trade – and who the winners and losers were among the people who were trying to profit from enslavement.

Featuring; Alison Clark, a PhD candidate at Edinburgh University and Lisa Willaims who runs the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and leads walking walks uncovering the stories of enslavement linked with built heritage

Full episode transcript available here.


CREDITS

Writer and Host Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Sound Designer Lex Adimora

Production Assistant Rory Boyle

Social Assets by /Forward Slash

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]]> 1976 no Bairns In the first of our episodes spotlighting Scotland’s slaving history, we went big and broad. Now it’s time to get personal, to uncover the individual stories which, pieced together, can paint a picture of how the lives of Scottish migrants and enslaved Africans collided. Featuring Desha Osborne who teaches Literature in the department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-Mclean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Designer Lex Adimora Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets by /Forward Slash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 9 Broccoli Productions In the first of our episodes spotlighting Scotland’s slaving history, we went big and broad. Now it’s time to get personal, to uncover the individual stories which, pieced together, can paint a picture of how the lives of Scottish migrants and enslaved Africans collided. Featuring Desha Osborne who teaches Literature in the department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-Mclean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Designer Lex Adimora Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets by /Forward Slash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In the first of our episodes spotlighting Scotland’s slaving history, we went big and broad. Now it’s time to get personal, to uncover the individual stories which, pieced together, can paint a picture of how the lives of Scottish migrants and enslaved Africans collided.

Featuring Desha Osborne who teaches Literature in the department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College.

The full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDITS


Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-Mclean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Sound Designer Lex Adimora

Production Assistant Rory Boyle

Social Assets by /Forward Slash

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]]> 2029 no Taking the High Ground When we talk about the ‘British’ Empire and the ‘British’ slave trade, it’s easy to forget that England – although the central seat of power – was not the only country involved. And for the next three episodes, we’re going to turn our attentions to one of the nations that has all-too-often escaped the full scrutiny of its role in the wider system of slavery: bonnie Scotland itself. Featuring Dr. Karly Kehoe the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada communities at St. Mary's University in Halifax. Full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Host and Writen by Moya Lothian-Mclean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Design by Lex Adimora Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 8 Broccoli Productions When we talk about the ‘British’ Empire and the ‘British’ slave trade, it’s easy to forget that England – although the central seat of power – was not the only country involved. And for the next three episodes, we’re going to turn our attentions to one of the nations that has all-too-often escaped the full scrutiny of its role in the wider system of slavery: bonnie Scotland itself. Featuring Dr. Karly Kehoe the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada communities at St. Mary's University in Halifax. Full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Host and Writen by Moya Lothian-Mclean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Design by Lex Adimora Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices When we talk about the ‘British’ Empire and the ‘British’ slave trade, it’s easy to forget that England – although the central seat of power – was not the only country involved. And for the next three episodes, we’re going to turn our attentions to one of the nations that has all-too-often escaped the full scrutiny of its role in the wider system of slavery: bonnie Scotland itself.

Featuring Dr. Karly Kehoe the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada communities at St. Mary's University in Halifax.


Full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDITS


Host and Writen by Moya Lothian-Mclean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Sound Design by Lex Adimora

Production Assistant Rory Boyle

Social Assets by /Forward Slash


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]]> 2002 no Origin Stories part 2 In part 1 of Origin Stories, we explored the dominant narratives around the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. But within every accepted history are a multitude of stories, interpretations, and conflicting ‘truths’. In this episode, we try to understand how the origins of slavery are explained from the perspective of those who were enslaved.  Featuring Dr. Jose Lingna Nafafe and Professor Toby Green. Full episode transcript available here. CREDITS Writer and Host Moya Lothian-Mclean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Design Lex Admira Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 7 Broccoli Productions In part 1 of Origin Stories, we explored the dominant narratives around the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. But within every accepted history are a multitude of stories, interpretations, and conflicting ‘truths’. In this episode, we try to understand how the origins of slavery are explained from the perspective of those who were enslaved.  Featuring Dr. Jose Lingna Nafafe and Professor Toby Green. Full episode transcript available here. CREDITS Writer and Host Moya Lothian-Mclean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Sound Design Lex Admira Production Assistant Rory Boyle Social Assets /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In part 1 of Origin Stories, we explored the dominant narratives around the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. But within every accepted history are a multitude of stories, interpretations, and conflicting ‘truths’. In this episode, we try to understand how the origins of slavery are explained from the perspective of those who were enslaved. 


Featuring Dr. Jose Lingna Nafafe and Professor Toby Green.

Full episode transcript available here.


CREDITS


Writer and Host Moya Lothian-Mclean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Sound Design Lex Admira

Production Assistant Rory Boyle

Social Assets /Forward Slash


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]]> 1925 no Origin Stories part 1 Before the 400-odd years of the triangular trade, the plantations, the whips, the Sunday markets, the racial science. What were the first stirrings of an industry that we now understand as the pinnacle of inhumanity, but in the 1600s seemed the height of financial innovation? Featuring PHD candidate Patricia Martins Marcos. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Lex Adimora Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 6 Broccoli Productions Before the 400-odd years of the triangular trade, the plantations, the whips, the Sunday markets, the racial science. What were the first stirrings of an industry that we now understand as the pinnacle of inhumanity, but in the 1600s seemed the height of financial innovation? Featuring PHD candidate Patricia Martins Marcos. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Lex Adimora Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Before the 400-odd years of the triangular trade, the plantations, the whips, the Sunday markets, the racial science. What were the first stirrings of an industry that we now understand as the pinnacle of inhumanity, but in the 1600s seemed the height of financial innovation?

Featuring PHD candidate Patricia Martins Marcos.

The full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDITS


Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Lex Adimora

Social Assets by /Forward Slash


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]]> 1990 no In The Middle The journey of the Middle Passage is one of the most evocative images of slavery, taught in schools as an example of brutality. It was the sea voyage of no return. In this episode, we discover the realities of this horrific journey and what legacies we still live with. Featuring Sowande Mustakeem, Associate Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. This episode also features music from Slavery At Sea: The Book Soundtrack by Sowande Mustakeen which can be streamed and purchased here. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Lex Adimora Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 5 Broccoli Productions The journey of the Middle Passage is one of the most evocative images of slavery, taught in schools as an example of brutality. It was the sea voyage of no return. In this episode, we discover the realities of this horrific journey and what legacies we still live with. Featuring Sowande Mustakeem, Associate Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. This episode also features music from Slavery At Sea: The Book Soundtrack by Sowande Mustakeen which can be streamed and purchased here. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Lex Adimora Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The journey of the Middle Passage is one of the most evocative images of slavery, taught in schools as an example of brutality. It was the sea voyage of no return. In this episode, we discover the realities of this horrific journey and what legacies we still live with.


Featuring Sowande Mustakeem, Associate Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. This episode also features music from Slavery At Sea: The Book Soundtrack by Sowande Mustakeen which can be streamed and purchased here.

The full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDITS


Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Lex Adimora

Social Assets by /Forward Slash


This is a Broccoli Production

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]]> 2020 no All Aboard When Britain’s railways are placed within the context of the empire they helped to maintain, they are framed as one of the only ‘good’ legacies of imperialism. In this episode, we focus on the original Great Western Railway and how it's linked to history within the British slave trade. Featuring Dr. Oli Betts, research lead at the National Railway Museum in York. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDIT Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective Social Assets by /Forward Slash. This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 4 Broccoli Productions When Britain’s railways are placed within the context of the empire they helped to maintain, they are framed as one of the only ‘good’ legacies of imperialism. In this episode, we focus on the original Great Western Railway and how it's linked to history within the British slave trade. Featuring Dr. Oli Betts, research lead at the National Railway Museum in York. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDIT Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective Social Assets by /Forward Slash. This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices When Britain’s railways are placed within the context of the empire they helped to maintain, they are framed as one of the only ‘good’ legacies of imperialism. In this episode, we focus on the original Great Western Railway and how it's linked to history within the British slave trade.


Featuring Dr. Oli Betts, research lead at the National Railway Museum in York.


The full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDIT


Written by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective

Social Assets by /Forward Slash.


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]]> 1976 no Right of Way The image of ‘England’s green and pleasant land’ is one that has endured for centuries, but is this land really for everyone? Featuring PHD Student Annabelle Gilmore and Maxwell Ayamber PHD Student and founder and Project Coordinator of Sheffield Environmental Movement. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDIT: Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba  Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Ben Yollowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective Social Assets by /Forward Slash. This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 3 Broccoli Productions The image of ‘England’s green and pleasant land’ is one that has endured for centuries, but is this land really for everyone? Featuring PHD Student Annabelle Gilmore and Maxwell Ayamber PHD Student and founder and Project Coordinator of Sheffield Environmental Movement. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDIT: Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba  Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Ben Yollowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective Social Assets by /Forward Slash. This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The image of ‘England’s green and pleasant land’ is one that has endured for centuries, but is this land really for everyone?


Featuring PHD Student Annabelle Gilmore and Maxwell Ayamber PHD Student and founder and Project Coordinator of Sheffield Environmental Movement.


The full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDIT:

Written by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba 

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Ben Yollowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective

Social Assets by /Forward Slash.


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]]> 1993 no Royally Flush part 2 Did the Slave rebellions play a part in the British Monarchy's stance on abolition? Featuring author and associate professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Lex Adimora Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:30:00 -0000 full 2 2 Broccoli Productions Did the Slave rebellions play a part in the British Monarchy's stance on abolition? Featuring author and associate professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman. The full episode transcript can be found here. CREDITS Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant is Rory Boyle Sound Design by Lex Adimora Social Assets by /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Did the Slave rebellions play a part in the British Monarchy's stance on abolition?

Featuring author and associate professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman.

The full episode transcript can be found here.


CREDITS


Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Lex Adimora

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]]> 1790 no Royally Flush part 1 The British monarchy is one of the oldest and most resilient in the world. In this episode, we explore their links with the slave trade and just how involved they were. Featuring author and associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman. The transcript for this episode can be found here. CREDITS Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant Rory Boyle Sound Design Lex Adimora Social Assets /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0000 full 2 1 Broccoli Productions The British monarchy is one of the oldest and most resilient in the world. In this episode, we explore their links with the slave trade and just how involved they were. Featuring author and associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman. The transcript for this episode can be found here. CREDITS Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean Editor and Producer Renay Richardson Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Production Assistant Rory Boyle Sound Design Lex Adimora Social Assets /Forward Slash This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The British monarchy is one of the oldest and most resilient in the world. In this episode, we explore their links with the slave trade and just how involved they were.

Featuring author and associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman.

The transcript for this episode can be found here.


CREDITS


Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant Rory Boyle

Sound Design Lex Adimora

Social Assets /Forward Slash


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]]> 1746 no Introducing: We Were Always Here Have you been missing Human Resources? Us too! Our new series will be coming soon but if you're looking for a podcast in the meantime, we think you'll really love We Were Always Here.  Our new weekly documentary series explores the history of the UK AIDS pandemic from the perspective of those most marginalized communities. These are stories of loss, activism, rage and resilience, and most importantly - community. Hosted by HIV activist and sexual health worker Marc Thompson Give it a listen - search 'We Were Always Here' on your favourite podcast app  or bit.ly/wewerealwayshere Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 09 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0000 full Broccoli Productions Have you been missing Human Resources? Us too! Our new series will be coming soon but if you're looking for a podcast in the meantime, we think you'll really love We Were Always Here.  Our new weekly documentary series explores the history of the UK AIDS pandemic from the perspective of those most marginalized communities. These are stories of loss, activism, rage and resilience, and most importantly - community. Hosted by HIV activist and sexual health worker Marc Thompson Give it a listen - search 'We Were Always Here' on your favourite podcast app  or bit.ly/wewerealwayshere Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Have you been missing Human Resources? Us too! Our new series will be coming soon but if you're looking for a podcast in the meantime, we think you'll really love We Were Always Here. 


Our new weekly documentary series explores the history of the UK AIDS pandemic from the perspective of those most marginalized communities. These are stories of loss, activism, rage and resilience, and most importantly - community. Hosted by HIV activist and sexual health worker Marc Thompson


Give it a listen - search 'We Were Always Here' on your favourite podcast app 

or bit.ly/wewerealwayshere

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]]> 74 no Dirty Money In the final episode of the season, we focus in on the UK's financial centre, the Bank of England, and how one of the bank's governers was tied up with the Slave trade.  Featuring Professor Trevor Barnard Full Episode Transcript Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound design by Ben Yellowitz  Production assistant is Rory Boyle  This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 9 Broccoli Productions In the final episode of the season, we focus in on the UK's financial centre, the Bank of England, and how one of the bank's governers was tied up with the Slave trade.  Featuring Professor Trevor Barnard Full Episode Transcript Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound design by Ben Yellowitz  Production assistant is Rory Boyle  This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In the final episode of the season, we focus in on the UK's financial centre, the Bank of England, and how one of the bank's governers was tied up with the Slave trade. 


Featuring Professor Trevor Barnard

Full Episode Transcript


Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Sound design by Ben Yellowitz 

Production assistant is Rory Boyle 


This is a Broccoli Production.

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]]> 1813 no Woolly Morals part 2 Following on from part 1, we now look at Welsh Cloth's journey into the Caribbean and learn more about the enslaved people who wore it. Featuring fabric specialist Jenny Hodgeman and Dr. Steeve O. Buckman. Full Episode Transcript CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz, with J Hope on the strings Vocal pieces by James Collins and Caleb Kunle Flute by Sian Herbert Our production assistant is Rory Boyle This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 8 Broccoli Productions Following on from part 1, we now look at Welsh Cloth's journey into the Caribbean and learn more about the enslaved people who wore it. Featuring fabric specialist Jenny Hodgeman and Dr. Steeve O. Buckman. Full Episode Transcript CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz, with J Hope on the strings Vocal pieces by James Collins and Caleb Kunle Flute by Sian Herbert Our production assistant is Rory Boyle This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Following on from part 1, we now look at Welsh Cloth's journey into the Caribbean and learn more about the enslaved people who wore it.


Featuring fabric specialist Jenny Hodgeman and Dr. Steeve O. Buckman.


Full Episode Transcript


CREDITS


Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz, with J Hope on the strings

Vocal pieces by James Collins and Caleb Kunle

Flute by Sian Herbert

Our production assistant is Rory Boyle


This is a Broccoli Production


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]]> 1943 no The Pubs Are Open! Can the Greene King pub chain and its founder Benjamin Greene help us understand the rise of Britain's pub culture and its links with the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Featuring author Vaughn Scribner  (https://twitter.com/vaughnscribner) from the University of Arkansas and Liverpool's International Slavery Museum's Dr. Richard Benjamin (https://twitter.com/drrpbenjamin). Greene King founding story (https://www.greeneking.co.uk/our-company/our-history/) Greene King and International Slavery Museum announcement (shorturl.at/gFXZ1) Full Episode Transcript (shorturl.at/boFZ1) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz  with J Hope on the strings Vocal pieces by James Collins and Caleb Kunle Flute by Sian Herbert  Production assistant is Rory Boyle This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 22 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 7 Broccoli Productions Can the Greene King pub chain and its founder Benjamin Greene help us understand the rise of Britain's pub culture and its links with the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Featuring author Vaughn Scribner  (https://twitter.com/vaughnscribner) from the University of Arkansas and Liverpool's International Slavery Museum's Dr. Richard Benjamin (https://twitter.com/drrpbenjamin). Greene King founding story (https://www.greeneking.co.uk/our-company/our-history/) Greene King and International Slavery Museum announcement (shorturl.at/gFXZ1) Full Episode Transcript (shorturl.at/boFZ1) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz  with J Hope on the strings Vocal pieces by James Collins and Caleb Kunle Flute by Sian Herbert  Production assistant is Rory Boyle This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Can the Greene King pub chain and its founder Benjamin Greene help us understand the rise of Britain's pub culture and its links with the Transatlantic Slave Trade?


Featuring author Vaughn Scribner  (https://twitter.com/vaughnscribner) from the University of Arkansas and Liverpool's International Slavery Museum's Dr. Richard Benjamin (https://twitter.com/drrpbenjamin).


Greene King founding story (https://www.greeneking.co.uk/our-company/our-history/)

Greene King and International Slavery Museum announcement (shorturl.at/gFXZ1)

Full Episode Transcript (shorturl.at/boFZ1)


CREDITS


Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz 

with J Hope on the strings

Vocal pieces by James Collins and Caleb Kunle

Flute by Sian Herbert 

Production assistant is Rory Boyle


This is a Broccoli Production


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]]> 1529 no City with a Slaving Past Liverpool is a city that appears to be leading the way with how it is reconciling its history. In this episode, we look at what we can learn from Liverpool and where work still needs to be done. Featuring Dr. Richard Benjamin (https://twitter.com/DrRPBenjamin), head of Liverpool's Internation Slavery Museum (https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/visit) Full Episode Transcript (shorturl.at/mHM38) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound design by Ben Yellowitz.  Steel Pan and Flute by Sian Herbert Extra sound recordings - Sandra Dobrozemsky J Hope on Violin  Our Production Assistant is Rory Boyle. This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 6 Broccoli Productions Liverpool is a city that appears to be leading the way with how it is reconciling its history. In this episode, we look at what we can learn from Liverpool and where work still needs to be done. Featuring Dr. Richard Benjamin (https://twitter.com/DrRPBenjamin), head of Liverpool's Internation Slavery Museum (https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/visit) Full Episode Transcript (shorturl.at/mHM38) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound design by Ben Yellowitz.  Steel Pan and Flute by Sian Herbert Extra sound recordings - Sandra Dobrozemsky J Hope on Violin  Our Production Assistant is Rory Boyle. This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Liverpool is a city that appears to be leading the way with how it is reconciling its history. In this episode, we look at what we can learn from Liverpool and where work still needs to be done.


Featuring Dr. Richard Benjamin (https://twitter.com/DrRPBenjamin), head of Liverpool's Internation Slavery Museum (https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/visit)


Full Episode Transcript (shorturl.at/mHM38)


CREDITS


Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Sound design by Ben Yellowitz. 

Steel Pan and Flute by Sian Herbert

Extra sound recordings - Sandra Dobrozemsky

J Hope on Violin 

Our Production Assistant is Rory Boyle.


This is a Broccoli Production

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]]> 1469 no Woolly Morals part 1 The picturesque County of Powys in Wales, had an abstruse but vital role in the Slave trade. We uncover how everyday families got swept up in the business and production of Welsh Cloth, a cloth used to not only clothe enslaved people but also trade them. ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of brutality, listener discretion advised. Featuring Dr. Marian Gwynn (https://www.mariangwyn.com/) Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/cBDNW) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers Dr Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba  Sound design by Ben Yellowitz The original song you heard was Tudor Gwynn Suganami Jones which is about Sir Henry Morgan Steel pan and flute by Sian Herbert Extra sound recordings - Sandra Dobrozemsky J Hope on Violin  James Collins - Choral vocals.  Production Assistant is Rory Boyle.  This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 08 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 5 Broccoli Productions The picturesque County of Powys in Wales, had an abstruse but vital role in the Slave trade. We uncover how everyday families got swept up in the business and production of Welsh Cloth, a cloth used to not only clothe enslaved people but also trade them. ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of brutality, listener discretion advised. Featuring Dr. Marian Gwynn (https://www.mariangwyn.com/) Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/cBDNW) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers Dr Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba  Sound design by Ben Yellowitz The original song you heard was Tudor Gwynn Suganami Jones which is about Sir Henry Morgan Steel pan and flute by Sian Herbert Extra sound recordings - Sandra Dobrozemsky J Hope on Violin  James Collins - Choral vocals.  Production Assistant is Rory Boyle.  This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The picturesque County of Powys in Wales, had an abstruse but vital role in the Slave trade. We uncover how everyday families got swept up in the business and production of Welsh Cloth, a cloth used to not only clothe enslaved people but also trade them.


⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of brutality, listener discretion advised.


Featuring Dr. Marian Gwynn (https://www.mariangwyn.com/)

Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/cBDNW)


CREDITS

Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers Dr Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba 

Sound design by Ben Yellowitz

The original song you heard was Tudor Gwynn Suganami Jones which is about Sir Henry Morgan

Steel pan and flute by Sian Herbert

Extra sound recordings - Sandra Dobrozemsky

J Hope on Violin 

James Collins - Choral vocals. 

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle. 


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]]> 1678 no A Sour Taste For some, chocolate can provide a pure moment of escapism, for others, it's a luxurious treat. But how is one of Britain's best-known brands; 'Cadbury's, connected to Britain's slaving past, and is chocolate really so sweet? This episode features chocolate historian Craig Methven from Brixton's Chocolate Museum (https://www.thechocolatemuseum.co.uk/) and Tony's Chocolonely's Choco Evangelist Ynzo van Zanten (https://twitter.com/ynzo). Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/gyJ12) Tony's Chocolonely's Mission (shorturl.at/imxV2) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound design by Ben Yellowitz Flute - Sian Herbert Extra sound recordings by Sandra Dobrozemsky  J Hope on Violin Production Assistant is Rory Boyle This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 4 Broccoli Productions For some, chocolate can provide a pure moment of escapism, for others, it's a luxurious treat. But how is one of Britain's best-known brands; 'Cadbury's, connected to Britain's slaving past, and is chocolate really so sweet? This episode features chocolate historian Craig Methven from Brixton's Chocolate Museum (https://www.thechocolatemuseum.co.uk/) and Tony's Chocolonely's Choco Evangelist Ynzo van Zanten (https://twitter.com/ynzo). Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/gyJ12) Tony's Chocolonely's Mission (shorturl.at/imxV2) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba Sound design by Ben Yellowitz Flute - Sian Herbert Extra sound recordings by Sandra Dobrozemsky  J Hope on Violin Production Assistant is Rory Boyle This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices For some, chocolate can provide a pure moment of escapism, for others, it's a luxurious treat. But how is one of Britain's best-known brands; 'Cadbury's, connected to Britain's slaving past, and is chocolate really so sweet?


This episode features chocolate historian Craig Methven from Brixton's Chocolate Museum (https://www.thechocolatemuseum.co.uk/) and Tony's Chocolonely's Choco Evangelist Ynzo van Zanten (https://twitter.com/ynzo).


Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/gyJ12)

Tony's Chocolonely's Mission (shorturl.at/imxV2)


CREDITS

Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Sound design by Ben Yellowitz

Flute - Sian Herbert

Extra sound recordings by Sandra Dobrozemsky 

J Hope on Violin

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle


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]]> 1826 no Lords of the Manor How is Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire, the Metropolitan Police, and the modern Conservative party connected? Sir Robert Peel Jr, that's how, and in this episode, we explore the links between powerful men, country manors, and wealth built from Slavery. This episode features Dr. Madge Dresser (https://twitter.com/madgedresser) and Dr. Sami Pinarbasi (https://twitter.com/Sami_Historian) An Update from Sami Pinarbasi (shorturl.at/oxBC8) The Peelian Principles (shorturl.at/qGRS0) Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/fsGXZ) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Sound designed by Ben Yellowitz Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Flute by Sian Herbert This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 25 May 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 3 Broccoli Productions How is Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire, the Metropolitan Police, and the modern Conservative party connected? Sir Robert Peel Jr, that's how, and in this episode, we explore the links between powerful men, country manors, and wealth built from Slavery. This episode features Dr. Madge Dresser (https://twitter.com/madgedresser) and Dr. Sami Pinarbasi (https://twitter.com/Sami_Historian) An Update from Sami Pinarbasi (shorturl.at/oxBC8) The Peelian Principles (shorturl.at/qGRS0) Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/fsGXZ) CREDITS Produced by Renay Richardson Sound designed by Ben Yellowitz Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett Flute by Sian Herbert This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices How is Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire, the Metropolitan Police, and the modern Conservative party connected? Sir Robert Peel Jr, that's how, and in this episode, we explore the links between powerful men, country manors, and wealth built from Slavery.


This episode features Dr. Madge Dresser (https://twitter.com/madgedresser) and Dr. Sami Pinarbasi (https://twitter.com/Sami_Historian)


An Update from Sami Pinarbasi (shorturl.at/oxBC8)

The Peelian Principles (shorturl.at/qGRS0)

Full episode transcript (shorturl.at/fsGXZ)


CREDITS


Produced by Renay Richardson

Sound designed by Ben Yellowitz

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Flute by Sian Herbert

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]]> 1848 no The Tree of Life In Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth near Grantham, Lincolnshire is a house, Woolsthorpe Manor and within the grounds of this house, an apple tree. The very tree a young Sir Isaac Newton sat under which started his exploration of gravity. We discover how one of England's greatest minds, science, and Lincolnshire is linked to Britain's slaving past. Featuring Professor Simon Schaffer and Professor Kate Murphy. A transcript for this episode is available here (shorturl.at/fqwCN). CREDITS Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennet Sound Design and original music by Ben Yellowitz Violin by J Hope  Thanks to Sandra Dobrozemsky for additional support and Tony Phillips This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 18 May 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 2 Broccoli Productions In Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth near Grantham, Lincolnshire is a house, Woolsthorpe Manor and within the grounds of this house, an apple tree. The very tree a young Sir Isaac Newton sat under which started his exploration of gravity. We discover how one of England's greatest minds, science, and Lincolnshire is linked to Britain's slaving past. Featuring Professor Simon Schaffer and Professor Kate Murphy. A transcript for this episode is available here (shorturl.at/fqwCN). CREDITS Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennet Sound Design and original music by Ben Yellowitz Violin by J Hope  Thanks to Sandra Dobrozemsky for additional support and Tony Phillips This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth near Grantham, Lincolnshire is a house, Woolsthorpe Manor and within the grounds of this house, an apple tree. The very tree a young Sir Isaac Newton sat under which started his exploration of gravity. We discover how one of England's greatest minds, science, and Lincolnshire is linked to Britain's slaving past.


Featuring Professor Simon Schaffer and Professor Kate Murphy.


A transcript for this episode is available here (shorturl.at/fqwCN).


CREDITS

Written by Moya Lothian-McLean

Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennet

Sound Design and original music by Ben Yellowitz

Violin by J Hope 

Thanks to Sandra Dobrozemsky for additional support and Tony Phillips

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]]> 1971 no Where there's a Will, there's a Way We begin our journey in Herefordshire. Kington, specifically, to discover the story behind Lady Hawkins' School and its links to Sir John Hawkins, Britain's first slave trader. Featuring Dr. Mirander Kaufmann (http://www.mirandakaufmann.com) and Dr. Misha Ewen (https://www.mishaewen.com). A school with a slaving past (shorturl.at/EHUZ8) A transcript for this episode is available here (shorturl.at/wCKTW). CREDITS  Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennet Sound Design and original music by Ben Yellowitz Violin J Hope  Thanks to Sandra Dobrozemsky for additional support and Tony Phillips This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 11 May 2021 23:00:00 -0000 full 1 1 Broccoli Productions We begin our journey in Herefordshire. Kington, specifically, to discover the story behind Lady Hawkins' School and its links to Sir John Hawkins, Britain's first slave trader. Featuring Dr. Mirander Kaufmann (http://www.mirandakaufmann.com) and Dr. Misha Ewen (https://www.mishaewen.com). A school with a slaving past (shorturl.at/EHUZ8) A transcript for this episode is available here (shorturl.at/wCKTW). CREDITS  Written by Moya Lothian-McLean Produced by Renay Richardson Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennet Sound Design and original music by Ben Yellowitz Violin J Hope  Thanks to Sandra Dobrozemsky for additional support and Tony Phillips This is a Broccoli Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices We begin our journey in Herefordshire. Kington, specifically, to discover the story behind Lady Hawkins' School and its links to Sir John Hawkins, Britain's first slave trader.


Featuring Dr. Mirander Kaufmann (http://www.mirandakaufmann.com) and Dr. Misha Ewen (https://www.mishaewen.com).

A school with a slaving past (shorturl.at/EHUZ8)


A transcript for this episode is available here (shorturl.at/wCKTW).


CREDITS 

Written by Moya Lothian-McLean

Produced by Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennet

Sound Design and original music by Ben Yellowitz

Violin J Hope 

Thanks to Sandra Dobrozemsky for additional support and Tony Phillips

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]]> 1810 no Human Resources Trailer A new series exploring Britain's modern day links to the transatlantic slave trade, hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:00:00 -0000 trailer 1 1 Broccoli Productions A new series exploring Britain's modern day links to the transatlantic slave trade, hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices A new series exploring Britain's modern day links to the transatlantic slave trade, hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean.

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