Hosts Leah Green and Fred McConnell discuss the misogyny and homophobia that have hit the headlines, or rather have been the headlines, at Rio 2016. Should we be more forgiving and are these instances being dealt with properly?

Misogyny and homophobia at Rio 2016 - Token podcast

‘You’re damn right Hollywood’s racist,’ said Chris Rock as he opened the Oscars. He went on to describe an exclusive club of very nice people who just don’t hire many African Americans ... So will things change now? Today’s hosts – Monica Tan and Miles Martignoni – are joined by Lanre Bakare from the Guardian’s New York office. Plus: special mentions for all the people of colour you may have missed in those Oscar-winning movies ...

Token podcast: Hollywood is racist, but will Chris Rock's speech be a turning point?

Podcast regulars Monica Tan and Michael Safi are joined this week by the Egyptian-born Australian musician Joseph Tawadros, one of the world’s top oud players. They talk racism, multiculturalism and morning television – and if you hang on to the end, you can hear Tawadros play

Token podcast: is Alan Jones holding Australia back?

Token co-host Monica Tan talks to Seattle-based writer Ijeoma Oluo about Beyoncé’s magnum opus, Lemonade. Ijeoma says the pop superstar is living proof ‘you cannot be rich enough to escape your blackness’ and that her recent displays of radical black consciousness are a product of the times: ‘These last couple of years, the pain, which was often silenced, has been brought to the forefront.’ Plus Monica chats to Token co-host Michael Safi about her unfortunate fetish for the most privileged group on the planet Ijeoma Oluo’s piece: Beyoncé’s Lemonade is about much more than infidelity and Jay Z

Why Beyoncé can never leave her blackness at the door - Token podcast

Monica Tan and Michael Safi talk over recent unrest in Melbourne and why an anti-halal app has become a smash-hit with Muslim shoppers. Plus: what happened when a famous writer asked Monica if she was ‘from mainland China’?

Do anti-racism protests do more harm than good? - Token Podcast

Fred McConnell and Leah Green are joined by columnist Owen Jones to discuss the case of the ‘gay cake’

The gay cake episode – Token podcast

Leah and Freddy bring you a quick update on Token. Unfortunaly it’s going to have to be put on pause because, among other things, there’s a general election taking place in the UK and their day jobs need all the time they have. They’re just so great! But they should be back sooner rather than later

End of season 2 – Token podcast

The Colour of Power project has shown that just 3% of Britain’s most powerful people are non-white. What can be done to change this?

Token Podcast - The Guardian

Popular tracks