Your favourite Aunties, Ak, Farrah and Nana are back with another packed episode, joined by author and journalist Symeon Brown and musician Blue Sevenz.

AUNTYVENTION

🫂 Are we scared to celebrate our wins? After performing with Fat Joe at one of Jay Z’s recent shows, Jadakiss admitted it was one of the happiest nights of his life, but being that happy scared him. Why do we sometimes struggle to enjoy our wins without fear or doubt creeping in?

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

💐 Trevor Nelson, sending love to the legendary DJ and broadcaster as he recovers from surgery following a brain tumour diagnosis. After decades championing R&B, soul and Black music, we’re happy he’s doing well.

💐 Vic Mensa, from legal troubles to sobriety to using his platform to explore Black history, politics and Pan Africanism. Now he’s launching The Vic Mensa Show, bringing music, politics and culture together. Loving his growth.

💐 Marcia Hutchinson, author of The Mercy Step, for pushing through years of rejection to finally release her acclaimed debut novel.

ENEMIES OF PROGRESS

🚩 Seedless fruit! Grapes were bad enough, but now M&S are selling seedless oranges. Where have all the seeds gone?!

🚩 Black Excellence? With Symeon Brown, author of The Good, the Black and the Boujee, we ask whether Black Excellence is a problem.

🚩 The UK and our Black British music legacy. With Blue Sevenz making his musical comeback, why don’t we preserve and celebrate UK Black artists?

🚩 Trevor Phillips, for using a piece about the National Theatre’s The Story to bring Jason Arday into another discussion about truth, race and fabricated narratives.

RUN TO THE COMMENTS

🏃🏾‍♀️ We return to Jason Arday and some of the criticism of our own coverage. How do we discuss accountability while recognising the scrutiny Black academics can face?

This is the honest conversation you won’t hear anywhere else.

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