What is a race card - and whose is it anyway?  

In The Voice's first podcast, host Dotun Adebayo speaks to legal expert Dele Ogun and academic Dr Althea Legal-Miller about the race card, BBC, and Justin Trudeau.

Episode 1: What is a race card - and whose is it anyway?

In this week's podcast, Dotun Adebayo talks Black History Month and speaks to comedian Gina Yashere about Caribbean and African comedians, being a part of the "lost" generation, the comedy scene in the UK and much more.

Episode 2: Gina Yashere and black women in comedy

This week, Dotun speaks talks racism in football and catches up with Leo Muhammad to discuss 'edutainment,', stand up comedy, the nation of Islam and much more.

Episode 3: Dotun catches up with Leo Muhammad

This week, Dotun talks Booker prize winner Bernadine Evaristo, racism in football, and speaks to best-selling authors Dele Ogun and Patrick Augustus about black men, black women and much more

Episode 4: Booker Prize, racism in football, black men & women dynamics

In the week that Britain was expected to leave the European Union in favour of rekindling its immemorial ties with its former colonies and Commonwealth by way of trade deals in the UK's time of need, Dotun speaks to former Conservative cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell about what Britain has done for (particularly) Africa lately

Episode 5: What has Britain done for Africa lately?

This week, Dotun speaks to Aysha Scott,, the writer, producer of 'Absent', a story that follows a woman fighting to get her son's absent father to take responsibility.

Episode 6: Who pays the price when a dad goes AWOL?

In this week's episode, Dotun speaks to Lord Simon Woolley as they discuss politics and the importance of the black vote.

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Episode 7: The power of the black vote

Ahead of the General Election, Dotun Adebayo speaks to Nels Abbey, author of 'Think Like A White Man' and Cheryl Phoenix of the Black Child Agenda, about the General Election, empty promises, thinking like a white man and who they're voting for.

Episode 8: What has a political party done for you lately?

In this week's episode, Bigga Morrison, one of Britain's most foremost musical directors, gives us a masterclass on how Jamaica took African American rhythm and blues and turned it into ska and then rock steady and finally reggae. 

Also: A lesson in the musical history of Jamaica and how it influenced musicians and artists all over the world

Episode 9: Wi likkle but wi tallawah!

This week in Once Upon A Time When We Were Coloured, Sheldon Thomas founder of the anti-gang initiative Gangsline, gives his views on the banning by Vue Cinema of the film 'Blue Story' and the state of Britain today.

If you want to know the realness about gangs in Britain, listen up!

Episode 10: Gangs, trap houses and the state of Britain

Superintendent Robyn Williams was the poster girl for London's Metropolitan Police Force's 'diversity' strategy. But after 36 years with an unblemished record, she was was charged and eventually found guilty in a case that has pitted the Black Police Association against the police authorities.

Det. Sgt Janet Hills, chair of the National Black Police Association, tells Dotun why the case should never have been brought to court in the first place.

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Episode 11: Policing while black

Was Chuka Umunna's fall from 'hero to zero' in Election 2019 the most spectacular fall from grace for a politician once tipped to be the first black prime minister and once dubbed 'The British Obama'? Political commentators Kiri Kankhwende and Lester Holloway discuss.

Episode 12: The fall of Chuka Umunna

Discover what it's like round the Christmas tree at the Adebayo residence at this time of year as Dotun navigates his way through the day with his wife, lovers rock singer Carroll Thompson, and his daughters Temi and L.

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Episode 14 of Dotun Adebayo's 'Once Upon a Time when we were Coloured' podcast

Episode 14: How to make your first million – a black guide with ringtone mogul Alexander Amosu

In episode 15 of Dotun Adebayo's "Once Upon A Time When We Were Coloured", he explores the Stormzy v Wiley beef and the history of the musical counteraction from Prince Buster to Biggie and from Rocanne Shante to Ninjaman, Bounti and Beenie Man

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Episode 15: Stormzy v Wiley and a brief history of clashes in black music

In episode 16 of Dotun Adebayo's "Once Upon A Time When We Were Coloured", Dotun and Swarzy (the voice of BBC Sounds) teach each other how to speak proper.

Episode 16: How we learned to speak black

Dotun Adebayo and his special guests – Shango Baku, Culture Mark, Chinidu Anidobi, Sister Sheba, Mikey Massive and Brother Morris – talk about the Jamaican national hero that is sometimes forgotten in the history books

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Episode 17: The Gospel according to Marcus Mosiah Garvey

The Church of England is considering apologising for banning the Windrush Generation from worshipping in its churches. Queen of Lovers Rock, Carroll Thompson, remembers the days when black people were not welcome in the C of E

Episode 18: Why we built The Black Church

Dotun Adebayo and Carroll Thompson discuss black love, relationship struggles, and some of the songs that explore these themes.

Episode 19: Where did our love go?

Dotun and his wife, lovers rock queen Carroll Thompson, don't agree about the best song to sing to your other half on Valentine's. What do you think is the perfect Valentine tune?

What is the perfect romantic tune for Valentine's Day?

February 6th 2020 would have been Bob Marley's 75th birthday. In this episode of the Once Upon A Time When We Were Coloured podcast, Dotun Adebayo and his wife, lovers rock queen Carroll Thompson, discuss the reggae king's relevance to a second generation black British constituency who had turned cockney.

Episode 21: The enduring relevance of Bob Marley

"Once upon a time when we were coloured", you were either a soul boy/girl or a reggae head. That didn't just determine the music you listened to and the clubs you raved at, but the friends you kept and your outlook on life. And it also determined whether your romance would be welcome in your parents' home or not. 

Dotun Adebayo and his wife, queen of lovers rock Carroll Thompson, reflect on those times when he was a reggae head and she was a.... well, let her explain...

Episode 22 - Soul V Reggae

To mark International Women's Day, Dotun talks to Sonia Brown, founder of the National Black Women's Network and Swarzy Macaly, the voice of BBC Sounds, about whether we could cope as our mothers did "once upon a time when we were coloured".

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Episode 23: An International Women's Day special

How did we adapt to being British from being African/Caribbean? In episode 24 of the Once Upon A Time When We Were Coloured podcast, Dotun Adebayo and his wife, lovers rock queen Carroll Thompson, remember how delicate a balancing act being black and British used to be.

The delicate balancing act of being black and British

In the latest of these oral history podcasts, Dotun asks the queen of lovers rock, Carroll Thompson, why we've been turning to scriptures in troubled times since "once upon a time when we were coloured" – long before the coronavirus.

Turning to scripture during troubled times

How do we embrace a #BoldBlackBritishFuture after such a difficult year? That's the question The Voice asked this Black History Month.

This week, The Triple Cripples tell us how we can tackle ableism, because the insight of those on the margins is so crucial to us all.

The full transcript of this episode will be made available shortly

The #BoldBlackBritishFuture series is sponsored by JN Bank

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As part of the #BoldBlackBritishFuture series Tobi Kyeremateng talked about spatial justice and why Black Britons need spaces of our own.

Mikai McDermott spoke about the importance of Black ownership and community-building.

Amina Aweis spoke about the important contributions that Black people make in the tech space, and how it's time we demand better from the industry.

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