Episode 088 | This Is England: A Conversation on National Pride

In this week’s episode, Kieran, Kwame & Yaf are holding things down in AMS, whilst Steven joins proceedings from London. The group talk about winning a British Podcast Award and then discuss the EURO 2020 final in the aftermath of racist abuse aimed at black players in the England Squad, pivoting the convo towards ‘national identity' when having dual heritage.

- The mandem speak on how it feels to be British Podcast Award Winners 2021! (5:07)

- Weekly What Made You Smile segment - sharing positive vibes of the week just gone which involves a classic ‘Yaf Moment’ when on holiday in Ibiza (11:48)

 - Kieran, Kwame & Steven unravel the latest ‘Yaf Moment’ which occurred whilst holidaying in Ibiza(23:22)

- The collective speak about the EURO 2020 final, where a sporting topic quickly turned into a race and societal issue (35:02)

- The group speak about having more of a bond and sense of belonging with London, rather than England (45:22)

- Looking towards the future, the group share their hopes for the state of affairs in the next 4-5 years regarding race and inclusion within sport and society 69:14)

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