GrownUpLand

14. Activism

What kind of action can effect change? How can we do our bit? Is it okay to help people so we look good on Instagram? Join Mae, Bisha, Ned and Steve as they try to wrap their heads around all this. This week, Mae has a bone to pick with Bob Dylan, Bisha's been looking at women who've changed the world and Ned's started a blog and wants you all to know. GrownUpLand's very own Steve Ali is in the studio to discuss his experience of being both a refugee and an activist.
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.Produced by Al RiddellMusic by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon. 
Featured in this episode:
Woman's Hour (02/03/2018)
Her Story Made History (02/01/2018)
Today (12/06/2017)

"Now I’m a grown up… do I have to get married? Do I have to scrimp and save?? Do I have to host a dinner party??? GrownUpLand poses the most frustrating questions. Luckily, Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are here to guide you through the bewildering pursuit of adulthood.
 
Through stupid challenges, useful facts and personal stories of rich victory and miserable failure, your guides will ensure you don’t feel alone in your hopeless endeavour to be a legit grown up. Plus, every week a special guest candidly shares their experiences, from failed dates and drunken mistakes to moments of clarity and pet hates. And the very handsome Steve Ali, a refugee from Syria now a writer and silversmith in the UK, helps to put a listener’s dilemma into perspective.
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.
 
Produced by Al Riddell."