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People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something with Jake Hanrahan, more than just ‘a gritty Louis Theroux’

Why did Jake Hanrahan become a journalist, how did he turn war reporting on its head with Popular Front, and why does he reckon the industry is 'one of the most grotesque things I've seen in my life'? Join Priyanka and Isaac to find out.

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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something – Meg and Bryony from SLEEC on smashing the patriarchy for good

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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something with Led by Donkeys and the guerrilla story wars

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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey
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The Big Story

Enduring trauma, and a struggle for justice: one year on from the Barton House high-rise evacuation

On 14 November 2023 an east Bristol tower block was evacuated over fears it could collapse, making national news. A year on, residents tell the Cable about the disruption to their lives, the ongoing impact on their wellbeing and their children's – and how a community has been left traumatised.

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Priyanka Raval
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The Debrief

Listen: The Debrief – a year after the Barton House evacuation, residents still search for justice

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The Debrief

Listen: The Debrief – what a leaked police report revealed about racial inequalities in stop-and-search

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Podcasts

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Listen: People Just Do Something, with Jendayi Serwah on what reparations are and what real progress would look like

Reparations campaigner Jendayi Serwah explains what the term means, how it differs from other racial justice movements and how grassroots organisations are pushing for real change.

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People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something – Sound against the system – punk, rave and Dave from Faithless

The guitarist from Faithless joins Priyanka and Isaac to reflect on the political power of music from back in the 80s to today.

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George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

The Debrief

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Listen: The Debrief – race riots, trade union resistance and lessons from history

Priyanka Raval interviews journalist Adam Quarshie about trade unions’ response to far-right unrest, how they can do more for migrant workers, and whether their past relationship with racism needs to be reckoned with.

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Adam Quarshie, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey

Reports

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‘Being a man kills your feelings’: Moses McKenzie on masculinity, liberation and community

From Ends to the Eighties, the Cable catches up with Bristolian author Moses McKenzie to talk about men and masculinity in fiction and the present day.

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Priyanka Raval

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something – Fadumo Farah on Barton House, ACORN and a Holiday Inn mattress blockade

People Just Do Something is a relaxing and possibly enraging podcast about people who might self-identify as activists, untangling the means of effecting change in Bristol, broken Britain and beyond.

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George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Features

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Vladimir, vapes and defending democracy: when the Cable met Pussy Riot in BS3

Celebrating the subversive, we spent an evening with the legendary Russian dissidents to get behind the balaclavas to discuss all things protest.

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Priyanka Raval
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