My Childhood in the Care System, with Baroness Lola Young

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Our guest today is Baroness Lola Young. Lola Young is a member of the House of Lords, as well as an actress, an academic, an activist and campaigner for social justice. In her new memoir, Eight Weeks, Lola tells her remarkable life story from a childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords. Through her care records, fragments of memory, and her imagination where parts of her story are missing, she assembles the pieces of her past into a portrait of a childhood in the care system. Joining Lola to discuss the book is Habiba Katsha, a journalist who specialises in writing about race, gender, beauty, and internet culture. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where Great Minds meet.
1:04.0	I'm producer Mia Serenti.
1:07.0	I guest today is Baroness Lola Young.
1:10.0	Lola Young is a member of the House of Lords, as well as an actress, an academic, an activist and campaigner for social justice.
1:17.6	Lola's new memoir is called Eight Weeks, which tells her remarkable life story from a childhood in foster care,
1:24.6	to becoming one of the first black women in the House of Lords.
1:28.3	In eight weeks, through her care records, fragments of memory and her imagination where parts of her story are missing.
1:35.3	Lola assembles the pieces of her past into a portrait of a childhood in the care system.
1:40.3	Joining Lola to discuss her memoir is Habibah Katsha, a journalist who specialises in writing
1:45.8	about race, gender, beauty and internet culture. Now let's join Habiba in conversation with Lola Young.
1:54.0	Hello, welcome to Intelligence Squared. I am a journalist. My name is Habibah Kachar. Our guest today is Baroness Lola Young.
2:02.6	Lola Young is a member of the House of Lords as well as an actress, an academic, an activist and a campaigner for social justice.
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