• Panel on being an Immigrant in Irish Politics

• Kwanele Nomoyi on being a fashion influencer in Dublin

• A chat through Irish Black History

Guests:

• Farah Haidary, Project Coordinator for the Santry Catering Project

• Ashley Shak-Penn, Managing Director, Dublin Independent Fashion Week

• Amanda Marques, Social Media Executive, Dublin Independent Fashion Week

• Jason Andres, Brand & Comms Director, Dublin Independent Fashion Week

• Comedian Maanadh Naik

Our panel will bring together the group behind Dublin Independent Fashion Week, and we chat all matters of gender non-conformity in fashion and how fashion has become more inclusive in matters from size to beyond

On What’s Your Story we’ll meet comedian Maanadh Naik.

Andon the Social Scene, we’ll meet the author Farah Haidary on her new cookbook Tastes of Home; created by Saoirse Ethnic Hands and its Sanctuary Catering project

In this episode:

• What is hygiene poverty and who does it affect?

• Ciara Mangan on founding Beyond Surviving, a survivor-led charity that supports victims of violence.

• What to expect from The National Social Enterprise Awards.

Our panel discusses how food helps define our culture in so many ways with Bia Zine founder, Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma; and contributors to the magazine; Luxmi Shanmuganantha, and Tshego Putu.

We also speak with Michael Fry for the Social Scene ahead of him presenting the GALAS this year.

And too with the filmmakers behind Adam's Apple; Amy Jenkins and her son Adam Sieswerda on the premiere of their film; Adam's Apple which documents Adam growing up as a trans-man.

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In this episode: our panel explores navigating and embracing neurodiversity. That's with Christine O’Mahony, Ruth Medjber, Caoilinn Handley, and Dr Michele Hill, Consultant Psychiatrist. Orla Egan from Cork LGBT Archive joins us to chat about Ireland's first permanent LGBT museum exhibition, and on the Social Scene we meet Jolly O'Rock, founder of AHA Storytellers.

Our panel discusses what it means to be a minority academic in Ireland - featuring Dr Lilian Nwanze-Akobo, Lecturer in Adult and Community Education, and Dr Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain, Professor of Sociology. On What’s Your Story we’ll meet Traveller activist Oein DeBhairduin. And on the Social Scene, the Kerry In Harmony choir.

In this episode: our panel will discuss where do we draw the line between curiosity and offensiveness? Featuring Grace Odumosu, film producer, Blezzing Dada, mental health advocate, and Dr James Carr, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick. We’ll meet the Kerry Garda who’s won a Diversity Award for supporting children with additional needs. And on the Social Scene, we’ll meet the theatre makers who have been inspired by queer people’s stories, Hana Flam & Emma Hurson, creators of the production ‘Traces of a World-To-Be’.