Stance explores notions of Home. Including interviews with survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire six months on, they report on the Rohingya crisis, San Francisco’s first LGBTQ homeless shelter and hear from Venezuela. Plus they profile Ibeyi and discuss their latest album, Ash. They interview Mehereta Baruch-Ron, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv, who speaks about her journey from refugee to Israeli political elite.
Read MoreStance chats to Four Tet in his first and only interview about his new album, New Energy. Women’s NBA player Kelsey Bone, writer and journalist Musa Okwonga and Goodgym founder Ivo Gormley share their take on Sport and Revolution. Plus the Young Vic Theatre’s Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE, Bafta-nominated actor Nikki Amuka-Bird and Brown Girl Surf in California discuss notions of The Sea.
Read MoreStance interviews political campaigner Gina Miller. They discuss sex with five women who are helping people to own their sexuality and desires, including legendary theatre director Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal who brought The Vagina Monologues to India. Plus the often overlooked political and racial aspects of the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat are explored.
Read MoreStance reports on the problem facing Silicon Valley, including an interview with one female entrepreneur sharing her alleged experience at the hands of an investor. Plus Sabrina Mahfouz, one of London’s most exciting playwrights, poets and screenwriters discusses her work. They also hear from two Yemeni voices who share their views on their country’s humanitarian crisis.
Read MoreStance speaks to Emmy award-winning actor and MC Riz Ahmed, one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. They hear three unique perspectives on what it means to cross borders real and imagined. Plus a look at Oakland, California’s booming Afro House scene and why it is under threat.
Read MoreStance dissects the issue of colourism with live guests - makeup artist Kay Montano and Dr Aisha Phoenix from SOAS University of London. They profile internationally acclaimed contemporary artists The Singh Twins. Plus author Yaa Gyasi discusses her extraordinary debut novel Homegoing.
Read MoreStance profiles actor and singer Pearl Mackie who plays the new Doctor Who companion Bill Potts. Stance looks at alternative reality again by exploring what life is like for the North Korean refugees trying to escape one of the most oppressive political regimes on earth. Plus an interview with rising star of the art world Charlotte Colbert.
Read MoreStance investigates the female prison experience in the US and UK. They hear about how a traumatic experience drove one woman to create her entire wardrobe from scratch. Plus award-winning choreographer and lead dancer of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Co, Jeroboam Bozeman, discusses his work.
Read MoreStance interviews acclaimed comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi. They speak with WOW Foundation founder Jude Kelly CBE and DJ Gemma Cairney who will be speaking at WOW to discuss her new book, Open. Plus an exploration of the concept of growing up in an alternative reality, with a focus on kids in cults.
Read MoreStance speaks to Academy award-winning documentary filmmaker Fazeelat Aslam. Stance considers what society's attitude to caring says about us. Plus a look at the exciting world of DIY movements in the age of social media including gal-dem and Sad Asian Girls Club.
Read MoreStance interviews new wave British artist and model Phoebe Collings-James. They discuss how virtual reality is being used in the world as a force for good. Plus a look at how the new short film, Mum, is challenging transgender stereotypes
Read MoreStance meets actress, activist and founder of Play4Calais & Beyond Alix Wilton-Regan. In the current political climate, Stance explores white racial identity and they hear views on whitesplanning from people of colour. Plus a discussion on the meaning of a demagogue ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration
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