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Have You Heard George's Podcast?

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed podcast from George the Poet delivers a fresh take on inner city life through a mix of storytelling, music and fiction.

Sounds,43 episodes

Episodes

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Chapter 4: After Empire
Trailer - Season 4
Critically acclaimed Have You Heard George's Podcast is back for Chapter 4: After Empire
28 Sep 2023,1 min
Chapter 4: After Empire
Drama in Ghana Pt I
George revisits Ghana's freedom struggle through their first president - Kwame Nkrumah.
29 Sep 2023,23 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Lumumba Pt I
DRC’s music thrived, yet didn't ease its economic woes. Why? George explores its history.
06 Oct 2023,27 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Lumumba Pt II
Lumumba's vision for Congo was halted by hidden agendas. George the Poet explores why.
13 Oct 2023,26 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Drama in Ghana Pt II
Post independence, Ghana gave support to freedom fighters across Africa. What went wrong?
20 Oct 2023,24 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Francophone Pt I
Western languages dominate African economies, especially in music. George explores why.
27 Oct 2023,21 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Francophone Pt II
George explores the conditional freedom given to the “former” French African colonies.
03 Nov 2023,27 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Jamaican DemAhCrazy Pt I
George explores Jamaica's 1970s bid to end global inequality and its impact.
10 Nov 2023,27 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Jamaican DemAhCrazy Pt II
George explores the weaponisation of debt through Jamaica’s relationship with the IMF.
17 Nov 2023,26 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Back to Common Ground
George responds to listener questions submitted through the Common Ground platform.
15 Dec 2023,40 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Once Upon a Time in Kampala
A Ugandan cab driver forms an unlikely bond with a sex worker during the covid lockdown.
22 Dec 2023,26 mins
Chapter 3
Trailer - Season 3
The Peabody Award-winning podcast from George the Poet is back with a new series
01 Jul 2021,1 min
Chapter 3
Common Ground
George’s Train of Thought travels through the madness of 2020.
15 Jul 2021,27 mins
Chapter 3
Young
What can we learn from the life and times of Shawn Carter?
22 Jul 2021,29 mins,
Chapter 3
Flying the Flag
Where did our obsession with the entertainment industry start?
29 Jul 2021,28 mins,
Chapter 3
Mavado & Vybz
Music, money and murder feature in this complex case study of Black urban street culture.
05 Aug 2021,30 mins,
Chapter 3
Back to UG
George introduces us to his fiancé Sandra, and rethinks his relationship with Uganda.
12 Aug 2021,30 mins,
Chapter 3
The Sixties
George breaks down the formation of Uganda through his grandfather's story.
19 Aug 2021,29 mins,
Chapter 3
Who Hurt R&B?
George looks at the breakdown of the African American family since the 1970s.
26 Aug 2021,30 mins,
Chapter 3
Vibrations
Was gangsta music the explosion of black culture, or the implosion of black power?
02 Sep 2021,30 mins,
Chapter 3
True Love
George reflects on the things that made him propose to his best friend, Sandra.
09 Sep 2021,31 mins
Chapter 3
Songs Make Jobs
George asks what will it take for Black music to truly liberate Black people?
16 Sep 2021,31 mins,
Chapter 2
Trailer - Season 2
A quick introduction to the podcast from George the Poet.
03 Nov 2019,2 mins
Chapter 2
Sabrina’s Boy
George reflects on the role of trauma in black art via a familiar story.
04 Nov 2019,27 mins
Chapter 2
A Bedtime Story
George constructs an elaborate analogy that spirals out of control, leaving him lost.
05 Nov 2019,23 mins
Chapter 2
Writer’s Block
George encounters a mysterious figure who offers to help him, but on one condition.
06 Nov 2019,28 mins
Chapter 2
A Night To REMember
George dives deeper into his dreams via a circus of characters - some old, some new.
07 Nov 2019,28 mins
Chapter 2
A North West Story
George questions the motives of his audience and explores the conflict in his area
08 Nov 2019,28 mins
Chapter 2
A Hard Taskmaster
The two competing parts of George’s brain - Contentment and Ambition - battle it out.
18 Nov 2019,28 mins
Chapter 2
Who Am I
George finds himself torn between different audiences at a crossroads in his writing.
19 Nov 2019,26 mins