Priyanka Raval

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People Just Do Something

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

If there was ever a perfect encapsulation of 'Just Doing Something' - it may well be Led By Donkeys, the activists who have made their name with viral political stunts.

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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

The Big Story

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

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Priyanka Raval

The Debrief

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

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Alex Turner, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey
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The Debrief

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

A report leaked to the Cable showed the shocking fact that Black people are 25 times likelier to be strip-searched than white peers. Sean Morrison and Priyanka Raval ask what the findings say about police institutional racism.

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Sean Morrison, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey
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Podcasts

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

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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

People Just Do Something

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

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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.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something and how to start a student encampment

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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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

The Debrief

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Listen: The Debrief: No far right in sight… Bristol’s victory over hatred

Join Cable journalists discussing what’s driving the far-right violence across the country, and our city’s incredible show of solidarity as thousands took to the streets to say no to racist, xenophobic hatred.

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Sean Morrison, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey
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