Have You Heard George's Podcast?

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The award-winning and critically-acclaimed podcast from George the Poet delivers a fresh take on inner city life through a mix of storytelling, music and fiction.

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20 episodes
Updated Dec 22, 2023

Episodes20

Newest first

Dec 22, 2023 · 26 min
Once Upon a Time in Kampala
A Ugandan cab driver forms an unlikely bond with a sex worker during the covid lockdown.
Dec 15, 2023 · 40 min
Back to Common Ground
George responds to listener questions submitted through the Common Ground platform.
Dec 1, 2023 · 26 min
Jamaican DemAhCrazy Pt II
George explores the weaponisation of debt through Jamaica’s relationship with the IMF.
Nov 17, 2023 · 27 min
Jamaican DemAhCrazy Pt I
George explores Jamaica's 1970s bid to end global inequality and its impact.
Nov 10, 2023 · 27 min
Francophone Pt II
George explores the conditional freedom given to the “former” French African colonies.
Oct 27, 2023 · 21 min
Francophone Pt I
Western languages dominate African economies, especially in music. George explores why.
Oct 20, 2023 · 24 min
Drama in Ghana Pt II
Post independence, Ghana gave support to freedom fighters across Africa. What went wrong?
Oct 13, 2023 · 26 min
Lumumba Pt II
Lumumba's vision for Congo was halted by hidden agendas. George the Poet explores why.
Oct 6, 2023 · 27 min
Lumumba Pt I
DRC’s music thrived, yet didn't ease its economic woes. Why? George explores its history.
Sep 29, 2023 · 23 min
Drama in Ghana Pt I
George revisits Ghana's freedom struggle through their first president - Kwame Nkrumah.
Sep 27, 2023 · 31 sec
Trailer - Season 4
Critically acclaimed Have You Heard George's Podcast is back for Chapter 4: After Empire
Sep 15, 2021 · 31 min
Songs Make Jobs
George asks what will it take for Black music to truly liberate Black people?
Sep 8, 2021 · 31 min
True Love
George reflects on the things that made him propose to his best friend, Sandra.
Sep 1, 2021 · 30 min
Vibrations
Was gangsta music the explosion of black culture, or the implosion of black power?
Aug 25, 2021 · 30 min
Who Hurt R&B?
George looks at the breakdown of the African American family since the 1970s.
Aug 18, 2021 · 29 min
The Sixties
George breaks down the formation of Uganda through his grandfather's story.
Aug 11, 2021 · 30 min
Back to UG
George introduces us to his fiancé Sandra, and rethinks his relationship with Uganda.
Aug 4, 2021 · 30 min
Mavado & Vybz
Music, money and murder feature in this complex case study of Black urban street culture.
Jul 28, 2021 · 28 min
Flying the Flag
Where did our obsession with the entertainment industry start?
Jul 21, 2021 · 29 min
Young
What can we learn from the life and times of Shawn Carter?