Journalism should be about anything but a safe space for different stories to interact. Join Matt and his guests with your voice to construct this eccentric form of doing journalism alongside the interviewees’ experiences to listen to novel narratives and topics that you feel should be addressed. From politics to the entertainment industry, here you will always find a marvellous tête-à-tête.
It Belongs To The People
Claim This Podcastby Matt Lopes
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Journalism should be about anything but a safe space for different stories to interact. Join Matt and his guests with your voice to construct this eccentric form of doing journalism alongside the interviewees’ experiences to listen to novel narratives and topics that you feel should be addressed. From politics to the entertainment industry, here you will always find a marvellous tête-à-tête.
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April 30, 2021
Final Episode: Thank You Note :)
<p><strong>Well my dear listeners, after 20 episodes of receiving amazing guests to our little programme over here, with a happy but yet sappy heart I come to inform you that our mission has reached its destiny.</strong></p> <p><strong>When I created “It Belongs To The People” the main reason was because I was feeling discouraged and actually numb in regards to my career as a journalist and in my personal life. I’d struggle to understand why I was doing it in the first place because the traditional form of how journalism is conveyed was not appealing to me in any form whatsoever, so I decided to create a space where not only I but people from different places could get together to share their stories and opinions about topics that were influencing their lives and that deserved to be addressed properly. And most importantly, I wanted to believe in people once again and feel connected to others and at the same time interconnect us in this small space on the fantastic world that is the internet, so whenever others or I need to find someone who they can relate to on some level, they will always be capable of finding us here.</strong></p> <p><strong>As my university course reaches its end, I’m having way more work to do than I'd have when we started this project together almost one year ago. And to my amazement, producing a podcast, when done properly, requires a lot of hard work and time, which is something I’m no longer able to dedicate myself to, at the moment.</strong></p> <p><strong>So before we go, I’d like to thank you, my lovely listeners for giving me the opportunity to talk to you even if for only 30 minutes. Wherever you are around the world, because I know you are all scattered through this beautiful planet, from the bottom of my heart thank you thank you and thank you. And now for my guests, I believe I have no words to describe what I feel towards you all, so as a good podcaster I decided to thank you by taking us back to when it all started, together.</strong></p> <p><strong>I once had dreams of becoming connected with others, and now I finally am. Home is wherever I can listen to you all.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>xxx matt.</strong></p>
April 23, 2021
S2, EP8: Harry Potter and the cancelling of art with Robbie Read
<p><strong>On today’s episode we are addressing a discussion which is one I’ve been intrigued by for years which is the dilemma - “Can you love a piece of art but not the artist?.</strong></p> <p><strong>To help me dabble on such matters, I’m inviting my friend Robbie Read, for we both share our love of a quite famous piece of art but have mixed feelings about its author, which is Harry Potter and its author JK Rowling.</strong></p> <p><strong>If you grew up as a kid during the 2000s you probably experienced the Harry Potter mania, the books, the films, the merchandising and everything in between. The saga spiced magical embracement for loads of people and established itself as one of the biggest film series in the world to this day.</strong></p> <p><strong>Then came 2020. JK Rowling, the author behind the series, has gone through a barrage of controversial discussions and gender, feminism, and public policies that sparked conversations about transgender’s right, which we will delve into later on. The repercussions of JK’s comments and actions undoubtedly tainted some perspectives people had of her, for better or for worse. Amidst this rift, the Wizarding World created by her has also been under scrutiny for its lack of representation and stigmatisation of some races.</strong></p> <p><strong>On today’s episode Robbie and I are going to use JK’s example in which to base the discussion of how and if we can support artists who once committed acts deemed to be cancelled by the public. </strong></p>
April 16, 2021
S2, EP7: Not a muslin trope with Anisa Omar
<p><strong>As a journalism student I’ve always thought about how curious it is regarding how the media, such as news broadcasting, films, music, and art can shape a society’s perspectives of an issue, of a person and of a group. Lately we have been asking for more fairer representation within different sectors of our society and how we can change harmful perspectives that can indeed affect people in their daily lives. So for today’s discussion</strong></p> <p><strong>I invited Anisa Omar, to help us talk through the misconceptions people have of muslin girls and how it can correlate with westernised misconception coming from the media at large. Anisa was on the cover of British Vogue last year in celebration of the effort made by essential workers during this pandemic and dear Anisa was there to represent both the supermarket assistants and muslin girls of colour.</strong></p> <p><strong>Obviously, as a cis white man, I don’t have neither the experience nor the proprietary to address such matter alone so Anisa kindly shared with me the misconceptions people have of what Islam is and how living as a muslin girl is a constant battle against what people think you should be against what you actually are.</strong></p>
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