AMPLIFY | The Podcast

By: The RISE Collective
  • Summary

  • Welcome to AMPLIFY | The podcast, This is a series of podcasts created by members of The RISE Collective, a youth organisation that uses creative arts and media to amplify the voices of young people. In each episode we aim to explore a different theme via the work of an array of emerging and established artists, curated for your listening pleasure. Series 1: The Lockdown Sessions Series 2: Queer Joy Series 3: Emerging Futures The RISE Collective was founded in 2016 in response to the marginalisation of many of our youth. Through creative and collaborative opportunities we use music, film, arts, media and technology to give silenced young people the knowledge, skills and drive to understand their power, amplify their voices and create their own futures. We deliver activities and initiatives by partnering with charities, arts organisations, music venues, local community groups, musicians and influencers and all our activities are co-designed with young people.
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Episodes
  • III. Is It Hot Where You Are? Part Two: City
    Sep 7 2023

    In the sixth episode of our Emerging Futures series, written by Daniel Grimston and Jack Clearwater, we delve into a post-collapse world. In 'City', the second of a two-part series, we tune in to a radio show set in a fallen city of the future...

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    Jack Clearwater is a writer, director and sound artist working across theatre, cabaret and ritual. He has performed at venues including Battersea Arts Centre, Somerset House, KILN Theatre and The Royal Academy of Arts as well as at the Lyric Hammersmith, where he was a member of the inaugural Lyric Ensemble.

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    Daniel Grimston grew up queer in rural Sussex. He is a playwright, poet, actor and podcaster whose work centres an exploration of the borders between humanity and the natural world. He is a graduate of the John Burgess Writing Course, Rikki Beadle Blair’s FIERCE Youth Programme and the Royal Court’s Intro To Playwriting. He trained as an actor at Oxford School of Drama, NYT and Theatre Peckham Rep, and was a founder and co-artistic director of Founding Fall Theatre. As a poet he has worked with the V&A, Apples and Snakes, and London Wildlife Trust, and is currently under commission as Poet-In-Non-Residence for the campaign group Right To Roam. His first play, Corpselight, just won the Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust's Pitch Your Play Competition.
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    INSTAGRAM - @therisecollectiveuk

    FACEBOOK - @therisecollectiveuk

    TWITTER - @r1secollective

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    www.therisecollective.org.uk

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    Hosted by Daniel Grimston (@daniel.grimston) and Jack Clearwater (@clearwaterclark)

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    Produced by Amy Parkes (she/her) @aeparkes for The RISE Collective (Charity number: 1168856)

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    29 mins
  • III. Begin Again: Talking Abolition
    Mar 30 2023

    In the second episode of our Emerging Futures series, Geneva Virasami meets Shanice McBean to discuss abolition. Discover the history of abolitionist movements in the UK all the way up to the collectives of the present day as we explore systemic oppression, carcerality and collective power through discussion, poetry and music.

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    Shanice Octavia McBean is a Black writer and activist in Sisters Uncut. She grew up in Handsworth, Birmingham, before moving to Tottenham. Describing herself as a revolutionary and Afro-Marxist, she has also organised in anti-racist groups and trade unions. She is the co-author of Abolition Revolution: An introductory guide to the roots and contemporary context of, and resistance to carceral politics in Britain.

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    Kemastry is a rap and spoken-word artist, activist and facilitator. He is signed to independent hip hop record label High Focus as part of CMPND, a Brighton based hybrid rap three piece, formed of members Kemastry, Wundrop & Vitamin G. Their latest album ‘Long Live The Court’ was released in 2022.

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    Tayah is a singer-songwriter. Born and raised in West London, Tayah is an artist at the fulcrum of an evolving R&B scene, making music that tells her story, her way. Having performed at The Southbank, Lovebox Festival, and Notting Hill Carnival, as well as airplay on UK radio, Tayah has garnered plaudits among her peers and audiences.

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    About Your Host:

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    Geneva Virasami is a British-Mauritian journalist and producer dedicated to empowering young people through liberationist politics. She learnt from London’s grassroots activists volunteering at The Spark social justice festival, and demonstrating with such groups as UK Black Lives Matter and Sisters Uncut. She has worked in TV broadcast, online, and radio news and is currently studying Public History.


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    INSTAGRAM - @therisecollectiveuk

    FACEBOOK - @therisecollectiveuk

    TWITTER - @r1secollective

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    www.therisecollective.org.uk

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    Hosted by Geneva Virasami (she/her) and produced by Amy Parkes (she/her) on behalf of the RISE Collective (Registered Charity: 1168856)


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    46 mins
  • III. Sippin' on Black Girl Magic and Disabled Joy: Pockets of Joy
    Mar 23 2023

    This episode is all about pockets of JOY! In the second instalment of ‘Sippin’ on Black Girl Magic and Disabled Joy’, Britny Virginia and Miss Jacqui discuss navigating the ups and downs of the creative industries as black, disabled women. Exploring the meaning of joy, what it means to find joy in creativity, the importance of connection & more!

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    Britny Virginia is a poet, writer, director and all-round creative. She was born with Cerebral Palsy on the sunny island of St. Lucia, raised in America, and currently resides in the UK. Her work is deeply influenced by her faith, culture and disability. Her achievements include curating the first-ever disabled-led scratch night called Centre Stage for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch (Sept 2022), & self-published author: ‘So, I’ll Stay, Sitting With You.’ (Oct 2019).

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    Miss Jacqui is a poet, songwriter, artist and truth-teller. She is someone who always tries to challenge societal perceptions, like what it actually means to be a black woman with a disability. A wheelchair user herself, Miss Jacqui wants her poetry and music to help her listeners to see the world differently, and to inspire others to feel confident in being themselves.

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    INSTAGRAM - @therisecollectiveuk

    FACEBOOK - @therisecollectiveuk

    TWITTER - @r1secollective

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    www.therisecollective.org.uk

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    Hosted by Britny Virginia (she/her) @britnyvirginiaa and Miss Jacqui (she/her) @iammissjacqui

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    Produced by Amy Parkes (she/her) @aeparkes for The RISE Collective (Charity number: 1168856)


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    55 mins

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