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The Guardian's Token

Starting in Australia and now in the UK, Token is a podcast about marginalised identities. But it's fun - we promise. We talk about race, gender, sexuality, culture, politics and whatever else makes y... Read more

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The 'why do you walk like that?' episode – Token podcast

The 'why do you walk like that?' episode – Token podcast

This week Leah Green and Freddy McConnell are joined by Gideon Goldberg, their colleague and token disabled person. They... Read more

12 Apr 2017

30mins

Ranked #2

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The Christmas vagina episode: part 1 – Token podcast

The Christmas vagina episode: part 1 – Token podcast

Leah and Freddy are joined by Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi to talk about all things vulva related, for a festive... Read more

22 Dec 2016

33mins

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The gender quiz episode – Token podcast

The gender quiz episode – Token podcast

Tinder now lets you state your gender in your own words, and provides a list of options in addition to ‘female’ and ‘mal... Read more

18 Jan 2017

41mins

Ranked #4

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The Valentine's Day sex advice episode – Token podcast

The Valentine's Day sex advice episode – Token podcast

Leah and Freddy are joined by sexpert Alix Fox to answer listeners’ sex and relationships questions. Their discussion sp... Read more

14 Feb 2017

40mins

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The 'I Am Not Your Negro' episode - Token podcast

The 'I Am Not Your Negro' episode - Token podcast

Leah Green and Freddy McConnell are joined by Raoul Peck, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary I am Not Your Negr... Read more

31 Mar 2017

25mins

Ranked #6

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The 'can you be an atheist Jew?' episode – Token podcast

The 'can you be an atheist Jew?' episode – Token podcast

Freddy McConnell and Leah Green are joined by LA Times columnist and host of the Unorthodox podcast, Mark Oppenheimer

14 Mar 2017

31mins

Ranked #7

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The 'I got the job because I'm Asian' episode – Token podcast

The 'I got the job because I'm Asian' episode – Token podcast

Freddy McConnell and Leah Green are joined by the Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana. She talks about her exper... Read more

3 Mar 2017

28mins

Ranked #8

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The 'Why is black hair a thing?' episode – Token podcast

The 'Why is black hair a thing?' episode – Token podcast

It’s Freddy McConnell’s turn to be ignorant this week as Leah Green and guest Grace Shutti lament the ups and downs of b... Read more

3 Feb 2017

40mins

Ranked #9

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The 'are racial preferences racist?' episode - Token podcast

The 'are racial preferences racist?' episode - Token podcast

Leah and Freddy are joined by film-festival organiser Jack Casey, to discuss the explicit racism sometimes found in the ... Read more

9 Dec 2016

27mins

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The ups and downs of strength – Token Podcast

The ups and downs of strength – Token Podcast

Comedian Tom Ballard joins Leah Green and Freddy McConnell to talk about strength in all its forms: women’s strength and... Read more

21 Sep 2016

33mins

Ranked #11

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How far should an ally go? - Token podcast

How far should an ally go? - Token podcast

This week we’re talking about allies: white allies, straight allies, male allies - all the allies

14 Sep 2016

30mins

Ranked #12

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Token podcast: Here Come the Habibs – and here comes the controversy

Token podcast: Here Come the Habibs – and here comes the controversy

Tahir Bilgic, one of the creators of Channel Nine’s new show Here Come the Habibs, explains how a program written by a ‘... Read more

14 Jan 2016

31mins

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Token Podcast: is yellowface always racist? And does it matter that Jesus wasn't white?

Token Podcast: is yellowface always racist? And does it matter that Jesus wasn't white?

Monica Tan and Michael Safi jump into the divide between racism and political correctness to assess the most interesting... Read more

22 Dec 2015

26mins

Ranked #14

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Why are there so few BAME leaders in Britain?

Why are there so few BAME leaders in Britain?

The Colour of Power project has shown that just 3% of Britain’s most powerful people are non-white. What can be done to ... Read more

29 Sep 2017

30mins

Ranked #15

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End of season 2 – Token podcast

End of season 2 – Token podcast

Leah and Freddy bring you a quick update on Token. Unfortunaly it’s going to have to be put on pause because, among othe... Read more

12 May 2017

4mins

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