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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

49mins

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