Kae Tempest
Changes with Annie Macmanus
Annie Macmanus
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Coming out as non-binary publicly, in their own words, has been “the beginning of a happiness I’ve never known, not since childhood”. Kae Tempest is a poet, a writer, a lyricist, a performer and a recording artist. They have published 3 plays, a novel, a book-length essay, 7 books of poetry including their latest ‘Divisible by Itself and One’ and released 5 albums, two of which received nominations for the Mercury Prize (‘Everybody Down’ and ‘Let Them Eat Chaos’). They’ve also received two Ivor Novello nominations, received the Ted Hughes Award and they were named a Next Generation Poet in 2014 by the Poetry Book Society, a once-in-a-decade accolade. Their books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world.
In 2020, Kae came out as non-binary and here speaks, incredibly beautifully as you may imagine, about the pain of going through puberty and struggling with being themselves. Their use of language to describe life, their relationship to change and their journey is, as you may expect, astounding. They are wise, thought provoking and generous, just like their work. This conversation was a privilege and could have extended for hours.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by the new Alfa Romeo |
| 0:03.2 | Tanali plug-in hybrid. Ooh, get us. |
| 0:06.8 | Now I recently had the chance to drive the car. |
| 0:08.9 | A very nice man let me have one for 24 hours |
| 0:11.8 | and it was green and shiny and gorgeous and I was into it |
| 0:15.5 | because green for Ireland. If I had more car tech speak I would tell you it |
| 0:19.2 | but just a surprise to say I felt like a million dollars |
| 0:22.2 | driving it through London. So this is a plug-in hybrid. |
| 0:25.6 | I wasn't too sure what this meant before I tried it or how it would work |
| 0:28.8 | but basically it means when you're doing shorter journeys you get all the |
| 0:31.7 | benefits of an electric car and then if you're doing a longer journey |
| 0:35.5 | it uses the petrol engine. It actually automatically takes over |
| 0:39.3 | so if the battery needs to be charged you don't have to worry as the car will |
| 0:42.4 | automatically do it. Yes that's what I need. The flexibility |
| 0:46.8 | is very very handy there. The car itself has all these amazing features |
| 0:50.9 | it's got a 10-inch touchscreen that has apple car play in it |
| 0:54.4 | it's very modern very stylish it kind of purrs when you drive |
| 0:58.1 | and of course you can't miss the signature Alpha Romeo shield on the front |
| 1:02.0 | to discover more about the Tanali visit AlphaRomeo.co.uk or visit your local |
| 1:06.5 | AlphaRomeo retailer for a test drive to experience it for yourself. |
| 1:14.4 | Hello and welcome to Changes. It is Annie Matmanis here. |
| 1:22.8 | Today I am bringing you a conversation that's really really stayed with me |
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