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Have You Heard George's Podcast?

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

George explores the roles of family and formal education in the lives of marginalised young people. With more elaborate scene-setting, his lyrical stream of consciousness flows over a soundscape that is increasingly cinematic and journalistic. The Poet argues that inner city music acts as a pressure valve for voiceless young people who face systemic disadvantage. Expanding on the points of the previous episode, he advocates for youth having space to "speak their truth," and for listeners to take consideration of the problematic realities behind this art.

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0:00.0	This podcast.
0:03.0	Alexa, have you heard George's podcast?
0:07.0	Yes.
0:08.0	Have you heard George's podcast is the latest project from spoken word artist George the poet.
0:14.0	I find him attractive.
0:17.0	And his voice has this kind of sensual...
0:19.0	Alexa stop.
0:21.0	Sorry.
0:22.0	Let's get back on the, come on.
0:23.0	Since graduating from Cambridge University, George has one critical acclaim both as a recording artist and
0:28.4	social commentator.
0:29.6	Nice.
0:30.8	Most recently, George performed at the Royal Wedding which was seen by 1.6 billion people worldwide.
0:37.0	Whoa, I didn't even know there were that many people.
0:39.7	In fact George is working on episode two of the podcast right now.
0:43.3	Cool, okay?
0:44.8	Let's take a listen.
0:46.0	I'm walking you for her actual memory.
0:48.6	This is my mom talking to my nephew.
0:50.4	Listen, Kevin.
0:52.4	In fact, that's the thing.
0:55.0	See, my parents actually spoke to us, even when they were Vex and it was just a joke to us.
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