SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA

An in-depth look at an important story affecting the African continent today

 https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/spotlight-africa/ 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spotlight-on-africa/id1241972991 

 Music, interviews, quirky listener essays ... you never know what you'll be served up on the Sound Kitchen where Susan Owensby is cooking.

I was a guest on 20/04/2024: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/the-sound-kitchen/20240420-sailing-on-the-seine-the-sound-kitchen-podcast-20240420  

On 30/09/2023 - Ghana gets innovative to meet its renewables target: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/the-sound-kitchen/20230930-ghana-gets-innovative-to-meet-its-renewables-target-the-sound-kitchen-podcast-30-september-2023 

And on 23/09/2023:  https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/the-sound-kitchen/20230923-france-s-innovative-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony-the-sound-kitchen-podcast-saturday-23-september-2023-grassroots-level-ecological-solutions-introducing-melissa-chemam-how-you-remember-things-youssou-n-dour-n%C3%AEmes 

Through the winter, I worked on a new project about pop culture. The first series came out from 20 March 2023 - listen from here: 

-Ep. 1 https://podcasts.lefigaro.fr/en/madame-figaro-scandales/202303200118-les-beckham-posh-et-becks-coup-de-foudre-manchester 

A commission around the anniversary of the groundbreaking book on art by John Berger.  Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00132xf  

60 years after a massacre in Paris, French-Algerians are still pushing for justice  

- Listen here: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/21/1048130180/60-years-after-a-massacre-in-paris-french-algerians-are-still-pushing-for-justic 

Here are the two episodes I recorded with the brilliant team behind Discriminology Podcast - on the Algerian Struggle for Equality and colonialism / post-colonialism in the US vs France (Nov. 2021). 

Thanks for having me on this sensitive subject. 

Ep1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paris-massacre-and-the-algerian-struggle-for/id1521770510?i=1000564508544 

Ep2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paris-massacre-and-the-algerian-struggle-for/id1521770510?i=1000566266038 

A podcast created to bring positive response to the current crisis, producer and presented by Pommy Harmar and myself - link: https://the-quarantini.captivate.fm/

'12 Communities 1 Bristol’ is a local oral history podcast from Marcus Smith, in partnership with Bristol 24/7, Bristol Museums, Bristol Archives, UWE Bristol and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Each of the 12 episodes will focus on a particular Bristol neighbourhood – Barton Hill, Knowle West, Lawrence Weston, Easton, Fishponds, Hartcliffe, St George, Hillfields, Southmead, Eastville, Stockwood and Avonmouth.

Knowle West: In this episode, DJ Flynn from the legendary hip-hop group Fresh 4, who grew up in Knowle West, explains how the area help to define the Bristol Sound... Listen here: https://onebristol.podbean.com/e/12-communities-1bristol-knowle-west/ 

Presented by Ros Taylor with Nina Schick, Melissa Chemam and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production

Link to some episodes here:

Remainiacs - The Brexit Podcast THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM: We look at Brexit bribery, Ladies For Leave and the elephants in the room https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/96-welcome-to-fantasy-island-plus-our-first-leaver/id1245265763?i=1000428823250  

And here:

As Parliament delivers “a masterclass in cowardice” on the Withdrawal Bill and the May Government escapes into a world of pure imagination, Ros Taylor, Ian Dunt and new panelist Melissa Chemam convene to sift the wreckage of Amendment Day. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/96-welcome-to-fantasy-island-plus-our-first-leaver/id1245265763?i=1000428823250 

Bristol History Podcast // ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.’ Hosted by Tom Brothwell on 18th February 2019 

This week I met with author and journalist Melissa Chemam to discuss her book ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.‘ Melissa looks to Bristol’s social and political history as a way of understanding its artistic output. We talked about the culture that spawned the music of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky, as well as the street art of Banksy.

link: https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/bristol-history-podcast-melissa-chemam-in-conversation/ 

On Culture, art & ownership: Making the links' at Bristol Transformed 2019 - With Annie McGann from Savebristolnightlife, Dave Randall, Viki Browne, Soweto Kinch and Melissa Chemam. 

Listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/culture-art-ownership-making-the-links/id1459113089?i=1000434423509&fbclid=IwAR3OLfzd6LTQlqZpHoZBAerah06YkvBQaNT2HHlIFDo2FK1qYduHsm7WLKI 

Upload on BBC Radio Bristol - Melissa Chemam talks about Massive Attack and how Bristol influenced them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p072ngzv 

Researcher and co-producer for the 12 episode 2019 World Service podcast on child-rearing. 

Sample:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07302wj 

Researcher and co-producer for the 12 episode 2019 World Service podcast on child-rearing. 

Sample:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0787vc3