Young Warriors Podcast by Ali Fraser

Episodes 8

Avg. Duration 25m

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Since May 2025

Latest Episode Dec 2025

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About This Podcast

Young people are often demonised on the street, but what happens if we look beyond the stereotypes and listen to what they can teach us instead? Follow criminologist Professor Ali Fraser as he delves deep into street culture and learns about the power of youth-led change across the UK. He meets young people who have seen it all, from police harassment to school exclusion and violence, yet manage to defy society’s stereotypes to lead positive change. From a grassroots food charity to a transformative arts organisation, you’ll hear from young warriors taking the fight from the streets to surprising locations.

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Recent Episodes

BONUS: The School of the Wise Men

Dec 10, 2025 19m Bonus

In this final bonus episode, we pass the mic to a group of young warriors who call themselves the ‘wise men.’ They are a group of young men from the east end of Glasgow whose lives have been…

6. Glasgow: Wise men and natural highs

May 12, 2025 36m

Breathe in the fresh air of hope and take a seat in the school of the wise men. In the final episode, Ali returns home to Glasgow to meet Kyle and Mark from G20, a youth project based in…

5. Birmingham & Walsall: Swords into ploughshares

May 12, 2025 26m

Peer into displays where knives have been recast as art, and ponder what it all means. Ali travels north to Walsall, a market town just outside Birmingham, where he peers curiously into a series of…

4. Cardiff: Violence on the frontline

May 12, 2025 27m

Follow a fiery collective of young people as they take their fight against violence to the Welsh Parliament. Five minutes after arriving in Cardiff, Ali finds himself in an emergency vehicle hurtling…

3. Dundee: Gang labels and deep time

May 12, 2025 24m

Journey deep into the history of gangs and learn how they are stitched into cities past and present. Gangs are as old as time. Follow Ali as he journeys into the rabbit hole of history in…

2. Manchester: Rewriting the pain

May 12, 2025 24m

Meet youth workers who help justice-involved young people flip the script and rewrite their past through rap. Behind the doors of a nondescript building in south Manchester, Ali finds a…

1. London: Growing community, smashing stereotypes

May 12, 2025 29m

Enter the circle of RISE 365 in Hackney where stereotypes of youth culture are routinely shattered. In the opening episode Ali enters the circle of RISE 365, a youth project based in Hackney, where…

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May 05, 2025 1m Trailer

Flipping the script on young people and street culture. Young people are often demonised on the streets but what happens if we look through the stereotype and listen to what they can teach us? Young…