Ep. 31: Revolutionary Mothering; Musician and Producer Kindness; Puppetry in Sri Lanka

First, Chrystal and Jemma explore revolutionary mothering. They speak to Like A Mother author and journalist Angela Garbes who challenges the white paradigm of mum books. Artist and author Jasleen Kaur on her south Asian family, cooking and partition. Writer and academic Kim M Reynolds takes us to the protests against misogynist violence in Cape Town in the wake of the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. Researcher and activist Milly in Leeds aka @foodbankmum on living on universal credit, the joy of Jaffa Cakes and why food banks need vanilla essence. Plus, BAFTA-nominated writer, actor and director Gabriel Bisset-Smith and his mum, artist Jenny Gordon talk about his play WHITEWASH which is inspired by the experience of growing up as a child of a black mother whilst being seen as white.

Kindness, Something Like A War cover art by Michele Yong

Stance speaks to musician and producer Kindness about their third and highly anticipated new record Something Like A War. We discuss living and working globally, their grandmother's activism and the power of collaboration.

Finally, we talk with Sulochana Dissanayake, founder and artistic director of Sri Lanka puppet theatre company Power Of Play. They cover art and reconciliation ten years after the civil war, find out about her lifelong love of stage drama and why puppets can say things humans can’t.