Black in a Box27 Juli 2023

507 - Christian Scotland-Williamson - "The Luxury of Fearlessness"

Former rugby and NFL star Christian Scotland-Williamson joins us to talk about his accidental but completely intentional journey to the Bar Council via two elite collision sports. We start with his unrewarded origins in rugby (5:06) until the day he answered a chance call at University before a shift at a part time job. "You beat book". Education has always been Christian's thing in sport and his life. We heard early stories about how he was treated as a big Black boy in school and how he overcame that treatment thanks to his upbringing (16:52). We touch on his experience with racism in rugby (22:29) and how it is framed as an integration issue before we talk about THE viral tackle (29:15) that changed his life. It led to moving to America into an NFL environment and trying to make it in something entirely new (38.26). Christian's time in the US coincided with the murder of George Floyd (50:14). He went into what it felt like being in a team coached by Black NFL leader Mike Tomlin at that time. Then came career three and the law (56:30). Christian went into how he has been able to make his family’s sacrifices worthwhile (1:00:06) before we finish on the Dele Alli interview(1:02:35) his experience and talk about the importance of family units for young Black men. Like. Share. Subscribe.

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509 - Difficult Conversations, Israel & Palestine and...Drake

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508 - Sacred Cows, Peckham Assault & “Purple Aki”

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506 - Beyonce & Mizzy - Currency and Cloutrage with Symeon Brown

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13 Juni 20231h 5min

505 - Tyla Grant - Black and Neurodivergent

In our latest episode, we have the change-making Tyla Grant chatting with us about neurodiversity, living with autism as Black woman and more. Tyla takes the floor to introduce what neurodiversity m...

22 Maj 20231h 9min

504 - Ade Adepitan - "Don't allow anyone to put you in a box"

We're back with a bang this time, as the Black in a Box crew sits down with Ade Adepitan MBE. It'll be no surprise to hear this was a dream for us - Ade has been a trailblazer in British broadcasting...

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503 - Aesop Rocky Strikes Again

We begin by acknowledging our weakness in having no woman on the pod in Alahna's absence during international women's month. You can head to our Tik Tok and IG Reels for content celebrating a number o...

12 Mars 202341min

502 - You People, Emotional Butlers and Vicarious Trauma

For whose comfort should Black people be cultivating their conversations? Alahna, Dan, Dom and Gelo negotiate exactly that question, in relation to cinema and conversations within the Black community...

8 Feb 20231h 17min