Make It Plain Podcast

Make It Plain Podcast

Kehinde Andrews

Episodes 58
Avg. Duration 1h 10m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (5)
Since Aug 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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The Make it Plain podcast is hosted by Kehinde Andrews, chair of Harambee OBU and professor of Black Studies. Each week he discusses what's happening in the world and interviews people you need to hear from. Support Make it Plain: https://make-it-plain.org/support-us/ Join Harambee OBU https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ Written and hosted: Kehinde Andrews Artwork: Assata Andrews YouTube: Kadiri Andrews

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S4E7 David Lammy loses the plot on police racism + the media let Farage exploit the death of Henry Nowak

Jun 09, 2026 1h

The racist myth that police aren't inherently institutionally racist is finally debunked—yet the denial persists, this time being spread by Labour politician David Lammy. Kehinde exposes the shocking…

S4E7 Kimberlé Crenshaw on Backtalker; Intersectionality; CRT and in defence of Black Studies

May 30, 2026 1h 37m

We share what may have been the last ever event at Birmingham City University for Black Studies, a conversation between Kehinde and, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw on her ground breaking new book…

S4E7 Happy Malcolm Day, Black Studies + Prof Peniel Joseph on X's legacy + the attack on civil rights

May 19, 2026 1h 13m

Happy Malcolm X Day. On Malcolm 101st Birthday Kehinde reflects on what Malcolm would say if he were alive today. Rest assured he would have been angry about the state of things. After providing a…

S4E7 Save Black Studies and the 5 staff up for redundancy; Reform's big day may be good in the long run

May 13, 2026 58m

Welcome to this week's episode of "Make It Plain." Kehinde reveals what has getting him stressed and tired...the troubling news that management at Birmingham City University have decided to close the…

S4E7 America is Europe on steroids; the attack on voting rights + Liberian Pan-Africanists speak

May 02, 2026 1h 25m

For the first time in his life a politician canvassed Kehinde for a vote, for the upcoming local elections on May 7th. This is lead to reflection on the the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights…

S4E7 From Ghana to Gambia on a bus to explore Pan Africanism + Femicide hits the US news

Apr 25, 2026 1h 22m

Kehinde returns to vividly recounts his 2-week journey through West Africa's complex landscape from the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora in Accra, Ghana to the Convention for Afrikan People…

S4E7 There's was no such thing as 'American' slavery + Mailbag episode

Apr 04, 2026 1h 8m

Following on from last week's episode about reparation Kehinde breaks his usual rules and opens up the Twitter comments. As expected there was some backlash from the American Descendants of Slavery…

S4E7 Be careful what reparations you wish for

Mar 28, 2026 1h 7m

With Ghana's successful UN resolution declaring slavery a ''crime against humanity' Kehinde reflects on the current state of the reparations movement. Unfortunately, most of the world's efforts for…

S4E5 Eid shouldn't be political + Bernard Coard on how Black children are made educationally subnormal

Mar 21, 2026 58m

Happy Eid to everyone who is celebrating. It shouldn't be a political statement but given Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch's racism it needs to be said. Kehinde opens by explaining that Black people…

S4E4 We need to talk about Lammy; plus Kehinde's daughter joins to talk Oscars, AI and pop culture

Mar 14, 2026 1h 17m

Kehinde opens up with a rant about David Lammy's ending of jury trials for the majority of cases in England and Wales. Lammy chaired a review into the criminal injustice system in 2017 that…

S4E3 White Supremacy will end the world...but not over Iran + Moses McKenzie Interview

Mar 07, 2026 1h 11m

The latest episode of Make it Plain opens with Kehinde reassuring his children that World War 3 won't start over Iran. All the bombings and the news has people scared (and yes it is terrible what the…

S4E2 Bafta's N-word spectacle, Reform lose and Neo-colonial education with Wandia Njoya

Feb 28, 2026 1h 12m

Reflecting on the flooding of the timeline with Bafta's N-word coverage Kehinde opens by saying that we've missed the point. We focus on the spectacle and not the real issue. Of course the BBC…

S4E1 S4. Ep1. Listen to Malcolm + RIP Jesse Jackson + Don't be afraid of 'Big Bad' Farage

Feb 21, 2026 1h 1m

Make it Plain returns for a new series on the 61st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. For this first episode we are featuring Malcolm's speech in 1962 in LA to rally protest the police…

S3E6 What Would Malcolm Say About...Electoral Politics? + Full Interview Dr Jared A. Bal

Jul 07, 2025 1h 18m

Final episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on in the present.…

S3E5 What Would Malcolm Say About...Reparations? Plus full interview with Dr Olivia Rutazibwa

Jun 30, 2025 56m

Fifth episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on in the present.…

S3E4 What Would Malcolm Say...about Diddy? Plus full interview with Sayce Holmes-Lewis from Mentivity

Jun 23, 2025 59m

Fourth episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on in the present.…

S3E3 What Would Malcolm Say...about Palestine? Plus Kehinde's parents on British Black Power

Jun 16, 2025 1h 9m

Third episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on in the present.…

S3E2 What Would Malcolm Say? ep.2: George the Poet + Ibrahim Traore is the anti-Mandela

Jun 09, 2025 1h 7m

Second episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on in the present.…

S3E1 Ep.1 What Would Malcolm Say? With Dr Ilyasah Shabazz

Jun 02, 2025 1h

First episode in a special series of the Make it Plain podcast, 'What Would Malcolm Say?' where Kehinde Andrews explains what Malcolm's body of work tells us about what is going on in the present.…

S2E24 S2 Ep.24: Mailbag W/Kehinde Andrews: Jay-Z, Marcus Fakana and the role the Black academic EP24

Dec 14, 2024 1h 16m

👉🏿 WATCH THE FULL VIDEO OF THE EPISODE: This week Kehinde answers some mailbag questions from our listeners. Topics included the Jay-Z news, Lammy's response to the arrest of Marcus Fakana in Dubai,…

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