Lemn Sissay
48 Podcast Episodes
Lemn Sissay OBE
Lemn Sissay OBE
In this episode of What I Wish I’d Known, we hear renowned poet Lemn Sissay OBE share the harrowing but compelling story... Read more
4 Aug 2023
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56mins
“I’m digging and I need an answer” with Lemn Sissay
“I’m digging and I need an answer” with Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay is a poet, a thinker, a rebel. His mother thought she was putting him into temporary foster care as a baby. ... Read more
15 Sep 2022
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52mins
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Lemn Sissay: My life in five dishes
Lemn Sissay: My life in five dishes
The internationally acclaimed poet and playwright Lemn Sissay OBE shares the story of his life by recalling five memorab... Read more
29 Jun 2022
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28mins
An Identity Erased: Lemn Sissay, Author of “My Name Is Why”
An Identity Erased: Lemn Sissay, Author of “My Name Is Why”
On this week’s episode we discuss the Biden administration’s possible crackdown on the use conversion therapy, Los Angel... Read more
20 Jun 2022
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54mins
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Episode 31a: Rebel Without Applause by Lemn Sissay
Episode 31a: Rebel Without Applause by Lemn Sissay
In the latest Bookclub episode, Laurie, Hannah and Rebecca chat about Rebel Without Applause by Lemn Sissay.Copies of th... Read more
9 Jun 2022
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16mins
5 Big Questions: LEMN SISSAY OBE
5 Big Questions: LEMN SISSAY OBE
How do you let others have the good ideas? Should you give up smoking if you're going to read to children? Are you bad b... Read more
6 May 2022
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33mins
S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’
S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’
This week Elis and John are joined by poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay to discuss growing up in the care system and the ... Read more
3 May 2022
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1hr 25mins
Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay
"At 18, I didn't know anyone that knew me for longer than a year." Award-winning poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay talks ... Read more
28 Mar 2022
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40mins
Gold from the Stone—an interview with Lemn Sissay
Gold from the Stone—an interview with Lemn Sissay
In this special extended episode, made for World Social Work Day 2022, Lemn Sissay, poet, playwright, broadcaster and Ch... Read more
15 Mar 2022
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1hr 8mins
Lemn Sissay (OBE)
Lemn Sissay (OBE)
Can you imagine not knowing anything about your family, being rejected by the one you thought you knew and, at 17, findi... Read more
21 Feb 2022
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49mins
