EP.219 - AYISHAT AKANBI

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam Buxton

Comedy

4.8 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Adam talks with British fashion stylist, writer and social commentator Ayishat Akanbi about the life-changing epiphany that led to her wanting to change the tone of the conversation around social justice and the 'Culture Wars'.

Plus, in the outro, a listener response to the Werner Herzog episode and Adam solves a few mysteries from the Christmas podcast.

The conversation with Ayishat was recorded face-to-face in London on 28th August, 2023.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

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AYISHAT AKANBI - THE PROBLEM WITH WOKENESS (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2018 (YOUTUBE)

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IDENTITY AND EMPATHY (AYISHAT TALKS TO DAVE FULLER OF REBEL WISDOM) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

AYISHAT AKANBI - GUARDIAN INTERVIEW - 2019 (GUARDIAN)

AYISHAT AKANBI - V&A INTERVIEW - 2016 (V&A WEBSITE)

AYISHAT AKANBI - THE PROBLEM WITH CANCEL CULTURE (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by the Woodland Trust's Plant More Trees Climate Change campaign.
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0:57.0	I added one more podcast to the Giant Podcast
1:02.0	bin.
1:03.0	Now you have plucked that podcast out and started listening.
1:07.0	I took my microphone and found some human folk.
1:11.0	Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke. My name is Adam Buckston. I'm a man.
1:22.2	I want you to enjoy this that's the plan
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