AvA spied how the war in Ukraine has generated a surge of sex-trafficking alarms and extra gendered surveillance and profiling. Riffling through media, reports and recommendations, we wonder if they reduce or increase exploitation, what is this really all about, and how it might pan out. 
Also on this show: summer wankers and a reading from The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber.
Aided, abetted, and recorded by Dissident Island Radio. www.dissidentisland.org

June 2022. Ukrainians sex-trafficking alerts: What do they serve and who do they protect?

Jail Time VOL. 1, Jail Time Records' first studio album recorded and produced inside the Central Prison of Douala - Cameroon

The double album features 24 heavy-hitting rap, afrobeats, afro-trap, trap, drill, afro-house tracks from the Jail Time squad.

Tracks journey through the languages spoken in Cameroon: French, English, Douala, Fulbè, Bamoun, Bassa, Sango, and explores a wide spectrum of themes and experiences of life incarcerated. Frustration, pain, love, guilt, hope, social and political criticism culminating in a communal showcase of resilience through the redemptive power of music.

This is a reduced version, to listen to the full album go to https://fanlink.to/jailtime
or buy on Bandcamp: https://jailtimerecords.bandcamp.com/
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JAIL TIME VOL. 1, premier album studio de Jail Time Records enregistré et produit à l'intérieur de la prison centrale de Douala - Cameroun

Le double album contient 24 morceaux de rap, d'afrobeats, d'afro-trap, de trap, de drill et d'afro-house de l'équipe Jail Time.

Les pistes parcourent les langues parlées au Cameroun : français, anglais, douala, fulbè, bamoun, bassa, sango, et explorent un large éventail de thèmes et d'expériences de la vie carcérale. Frustration, douleur, amour, culpabilité, espoir, critique sociale et politique culminant dans une vitrine commune de résilience grâce au pouvoir rédempteur de la musique.

Ceci est une version réduite, pour écouter l'album complet rendez-vous sur https://fanlink.to/jailtime
ou acheter sur Bandcamp : https://jailtimerecords.bandcamp.com/

Ça Va Aller (Kengol DJ)

“Somewhere between the narrow entry of Who I am and What I seem to be, lies a vast and nameless place.”

In this transmission, Axel Kacoutié discovers a new sense of self in the cosmologies, concepts and realities of queer and indigenous folks. What are the links between gender expression and our relationship with the Earth? How does it destabilise colonial and capitalist imaginations of what we’re told a gender binary is meant to be?

Featuring the voices of:
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr Alex Wilson
Artist Buitumelo Kotekwa
Afro-Taino Two-Spirit change-maker Cleopatra Tatabele
Scholar and Research Assistant Karyn De Freitas
Transmasculine, non-binary scholar and Founder of the Free Black University, Melz Owusu.

Artwork by Erin Tse

Development Producer: Eleanor McDowall
Assistant Producer: CA Davis
Additional Recording: Heidi Chang and Israel Ramjohn
Sound Design, Music and Mixing Production: Axel Kacoutié
Produced by Axel Kacoutié
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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Caterina Barbieri & Kali Malone - Glory (Final Movement)

The final movement of Glory is a slowly evolving canon for two electric guitars pouring landscapes of bliss from the pythagorean region of the harmonic spectrum.

Composed at EMS in Stockholm SE 2015.
Recorded at Villa Strozzi in Florence IT 2016.

Side A from XKatedral Volume III
Edition of 100
Released on October 6th 2016

Caterina Barbieri & Kali Malone - Glory (Final Movement)

J-Zone's "Give The Drummer Some" Radio Show on Red Bull Radio with first guest, Questlove!

https://www.redbullradio.com/shows/give-drummer-some/episodes/questlove-1

Questlove: Give the Drummer Some Ep. 1

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Zombi (Single Version)

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On the first part of our second lockdown episode sex-bots take take over the studio to chat about objectification of toys, open source androids, programmed consent, and tentacles. Ransacking our artificial intelligence and Dr Kate Devlin’s book ‘Turned on, Science sex and Robots’. (08:00)

US elections: Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris (of SESTA / FOSTA shame ) are at the helm, and sex workers ask Now What? 
With: Jiselle Parker of New Jersey Red Umbrella Allianc. N'Jaila Rhee of New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance. Cris Sardina of Desiree Alliance. Penelope Saunders of Best Practices Policy Project. Monica Jones of the Outlaw Project. Zee of the Black Sex Worker Collective. Akynos of the Black Sex Worker Collective, and top whore in five continents. Set up and recorded by PJ Starr. (41:25)

Nov. 2020 P1: The sexbots strike back. US sex workers on the elections results

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Radio AvA is here for us to be heard. To debunk myths. To give non Sex Workers direct access to information and knowledge about our realities, our struggles, our demands. It is a political tool to fight intersectional oppression and stigma.

On  https://www.mixcloud.com/avaradio/  you’ll find Radio AvA’s free podcasts library and collaborations with sister projects.
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Radio AvA is a DIY community project. Sex Workers and allies have set up a studio, built the online infrastructure and outlined the initial vision. The rest is up to you.

Active/ former Sex Workers & solid allies are invited to create and  propose content. Anything from a song or a rant through regulars slots such us news round ups, debates or a radio soap opera to a full 1 hour programme. Expressions of interest in taking on rotational editorial and production roles are also welcomed.

No radio experience is necessary. We are organising free radio skill-share workshops to learn the basics, and are supported by community radio and sound recording experts.

Radio AvA is London based, but recognizes no borders. You can be part of Radio AvA from anywhere with access to the Internet. We are well aware of the the fact that this does not mean everyone. Or everywhere. But hope to work together to bypass some of those barriers and gate keepers.

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