This week, I sit down with Shakona Fire: A drag artist, writer producer and self proclaimed 'political princess' hailing from London. We discuss their artistry, all their years working in nightlife, the impact of the RuPaul's Drag Franchise on the scene and more Follow Shakona on Instagram for links to all their work: https://www.instagram.com/shakonafire/?hl=en Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Follow Ainsley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onehourfiction/?hl=en and/or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onehourfiction Please send any questions, comments or feedback to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first episode of 2023, I'm pleased to be joined by Jermain Jackman: singer, recording artist, published author, political consultant, activist and winner of Season 3 of The Voice. We discuss his win, his music and singing career, as well as get into all his political activist work. Plus Jermain turns the tables and asks some questions for me Follow Jermain on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jermainjackman/?hl=en Check out Jermain's twitter: https://twitter.com/JermainJackman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Follow Ainsley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onehourfiction/?hl=en and/or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onehourfiction Please send any questions, comments or feedback to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, I'm joined by my longtime friend Miranda Lewis-Brown. She is a writer, professional cellist and teacher living in London. We discuss Christmas, family, Miranda's work and we give eachother our verdict on our favourite christmas songs and films. Follow Miranda on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randaloretta/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any questions, queries or comments to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I'm pleased to be joined by Abdi Duale- the first black man to be elected to The Labour Party's National Executive Committee. We discuss the Labour Party, including the Jeremy Corbyn years both as labour party members from Abdi's perspective as a campaigner. we reflect on the year 2022 in politics, Liz Truss' disastrous tenure as Prime Minister and how we can increase representation in all levels of politics. Follow Abdi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbdiDuale_ Get involved with the Labour To Win campaign: https://www.labourtowin.org/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Follow Ainsley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onehourfiction/?hl=en and/or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onehourfiction Please send any questions, comments or feedback to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I'm pleased to be joined by my good friend Kassi, who is a food content creator based in London. We spend the discussing her plaform, Kassi's Kitchen, how our years have gone for us so far and we wade into the afrobeats in carnival debate. Follow Kassi's Kitchen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kassis.kitchen/ Follow Kassi's Kitchen on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kassiskitchen Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any questions, queries or comments to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a lengthy hiatus, Black Boy Joy Podcast is back! This week, Ainsley interviews Garry Jones: a Birmingham based artist, activist and designer of The Red Ribbons- a 6 metre high sculpture memorialising those affected by AIDs and HIV which will be unveiled in the heart of Birmingham's gay village on World AIDs Day. We talk about the AIDs Crisis in the 80s, Garry's tireless activism and past involvement in Birmingham Pride and World AIDs day memorials, carnivals and more Please visit https://bahm.co.uk/ to find out more about the memorial To discover more of Garry's work, visit https://www.garryjonesart.com/ or https://www.offourtrolleyarts.com/ Follow The Birmingham AIDs and HIV Memorial on instagram https://www.instagram.com/bhamaidsandhivmemorial/ Follow Gary on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garryjonesart/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Follow Ainsley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onehourfiction/?hl=en and/or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onehourfiction Please send any questions, comments or feedback to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, brought live from the Seven Dials Theatre, Ainsley is joined by Anyebe Godwin and Doreene Blackstock, castmembers of Foxes- the play by Dexter Flanders. We discuss its themes and the process of performing in detail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our last episode of Black Boy Joy Podcast, Kieran and Ainsley share our experiences of Christmas, coronavirus and recount our experience of the gay scene in Leeds on a very alcohol filled and hazy saturday night.  Follow Black Boy Joy on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Please send any enquiries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley are hosting a 'no frills' episode of Black Boy Joy Podcast as Ainsley is stuck in Birmingham self-isolating with coronavirus. We still wanted to give yall the content you deserve, so here it is. This week, we discuss testing positive, our favourite men are trash songs, the Conservative Christmas parties during lockdown in 2020 and ghosting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley use Sza's 2017 to discuss being a side-chick. Plus, Kieran recounts his best men are trash story for the listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss the royal family, code-switching in interracial relationships and friendships and much more  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any queries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss Halloween in the aftermath of both our parties, we get into Dave Chapelle's Closer comedy special on Netflix and take a deep dive on our body image. Spoiler alert: we disagree profoundly on these issues What did you think about Dave Chappelle's comedy special?   Follow Black Boy Joy on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Please send any enquiries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley are joined by Topher Taylor: writer, podcaster, sex educator extraordinaire for a chat about the relaunch of his new podcast The T-Spot, how he got started, working in the adult industries, our shared love of Madonna and much more!.  Follow The T-Spot on Spotify, Apple podcasts and all other good streaming platforms and visit his website at https://tophertaylor.co.uk/ Follow Topher on Twitter: https://twitter.com/helloiamtopher?lang=en Follow Topher on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tophertaylor/?hl=en Follow Black Boy Joy on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Please send any enquiries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To Celebrate National Coming Out Day, we've decided to re-release our episode: Coming Out/Life in The Closet recorded almost two years ago now. In this episode, we discuss coming out, living and conducting relationships while in the closet, discuss the concept of coming out to yourself and give advice to anyone struggling. It's an emotional one, and definitely hard to listen back to after all this time- but it's well worth it Follow Black Boy Joy on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Please send any enquiries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran joins Ainsley in London where we discuss the aftermath of a Roisin Murphy concert we attended, criticise eachother's physical types we like in med, discuss polyamorous relationships and more  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any queries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss loneliness, things that give us the ick- our christmas plans and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss sugar Daddy/sugar Baby relationships, declaring your sexuality and much more Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any queries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley talk shitty cell centre jobs, our favourite football players and the antics of a few of the cast Love Island 2021.  Follow  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*trigger warning* This episode contains conversations surrounding sexual assault. This week Kieran and Ainsley get real about the subject of stealthing, sexual assault, consent and more. This is a very personal episode, so please be mindful when listening.  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any queries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.