complexion podcast

COMPLEXION Podcast - Extraordinary Everyday Stories of Global Majority Women

Join me, Sakina Ballard & my incredible guests, as we share our voices as Global Majority women. These stories and the billions like them are woven into the threads of our society's fabric, yet are the least heard.

It's a privilege to share these stories with you, we invite you to listen with openness & curiosity.

Series one: what it feels like to be ‘non-white’

  • Conversation 1 - Andi Hall

    Actress Andi Hall talks about how race impacts the way we are seen and how assumptions about other parts of our identity such as our class, can leave a shadow that we then need to resolve within.

  • Conversation 2 - Sarina Jesudason

    Sarina Jesudason shares her experiences of growing up in a predominantly white community and noticing differences that were observable but not discussed. How community can be created by shared experiences and "having a foot in two different worlds" as part of the immigrant experience.

  • Conversation 3 - Lucy Zion

    Lucy Zion explores being ‘mixed race’, growing up in a dual-heritage household, and belonging when we find ourselves in the space between 2 communities.

  • Conversation 4 - Benash Nazmeen

    Benash is a migrant, a midwife & a mentor passionate about addressing health inequalities. In our fourth conversation on ‘what it feels like to be non-white’ Benash and I explore colourism, racial triggers and how we can transform challenge into change.