The Mic Drop

2nd Sep 2019

The Mic Drop is a collaborative podcast with the sole purpose of creating a space ‘for migrants by migrants’ exercising agency and exchange through a shared space of collective thinking, storytelling and debate. It is created through a long-term collaboration between members of Many Hands One Heart and Larry Achiampong.

Project Details

Categories

Collectivity

Creative Team

Creator & Collaborator: Adrian
Creator & Collaborator: Ali
Creator & Collaborator: Ariane
Creator & Collaborator: Bella
Creator & Collaborator: Jansie
Creator & Collaborator: Kevin
Creator & Collaborator: Manono
Creator & Collaborator: Margarita
Creator & Collaborator: Sam
Lead Artist: Larry Achiampong
Support from Sahir House: Shereen Cowley
Support from the Armistice Centre / Merseycare: Mohammed Taher
Heart of Glass Producer: Emily Gee

Across the episodes The Mic Drop will detail a range of subject matter from personal experiences relating to seeking asylum whilst being LGBTQ+ through to critical conversations relating to the arts and culture.

Many Hands One Heart is a support and wellbeing project for people from the LGBTQ+ community who are seeking asylum in Liverpool. The group have been working with London-based artist Larry Achiampong. We’ve collaborated with Larry before as part of our Take Over 2018 festival, where we shared Sunday’s Best, Larry’s contemplative film on faith and colonial histories.

We are releasing Season One through weekly postings here on the Heart of Glass website and via our social media. This is the first season of podcasts in The Mic Drop series, Many Hands One Heart have a lot more to say so we'll be developing more in the next phase of the project, so keep listening and we'd love to hear your feedback.

The Mic Drop is created in collaboration with:

Find out more about Many Hands One Heart from Sahir House's Shereen Cowley

Listen to all the Episodes So Far

The Mic Drop Events

A young, light skinned man with long, blonde, wavy hair and brown eyes, wearing a black suit and shirt with a pink silk tie stands against a light grey background. He faces us with hands in trouser pockets, he has a content smile

The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode One: Adrian

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Collectivity

The Mic Drop is a collaborative podcast with the sole purpose of creating a space ‘for migrants by migrants’ exercising agency and exchange through a shared space of collective thinking, storytelling and debate.In Season One, Episode One we meet musician, performer, Pokémon master and Britney believer Adrian Mejia, interviewed by Mohammed Taher.

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A black woman is pictured outside on a sunny day. Behind her a large ornamental pond surrounds a part of a large three story building. She is smiling, her dark top is patterned with flowers, and she wears blue jeans.

The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode Two: Ariane

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This week's Mic Drop podcast episode is bringing us all the feels as we hear from nursing student and singer Ariane. Listen to Ariane talk to Mohammed Taher about life in Cameroon and finding love in Liverpool, navigating the asylum system and being the spice of Many Hands One Heart!

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The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode Three: Kevin

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The Mic Drop is a collaborative podcast with the sole purpose of creating a space ‘for migrants by migrants’ exercising agency and exchange through a shared space of collective thinking, storytelling and debate.

event & part of
The Mic Drop

A black woman with long, red-orange hair, wears a white vest top and sunglasses. She is holding a fan coloured with the rainbow like the LGBT+ flag.

The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode Four: Manono

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We're at Episode Four of Season One already and this week we listen in on a conversation between Liverpool lover and activist Manono, and our favourite Pokémon master Adrian Mejia. In this critical and honest conversation Adrian chats to Manono about discovering your sexuality, how this intertwines with your beliefs and the impacts of the immigration system in the UK.

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Sam, a 68 year-old Malaysian man, stands in front of a large red door. Sam wears a gold coloured shirt and union-jack braces.

The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode Five: Sam

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On Episode Five of the Mic Drop we are back with Mohammed Taher who will be interviewing Sam. Sam is famous across the UK, one of the friendliest humans you will ever meet and soon to be Liverpool's finest tour guide.

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A dark skinned man and woman gaze into each other's eyes, their lips are nearly touching.

The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode Six: A Review of Theaster Gates' Amalgam by Bella, Margarita, Kevin and Larry Achiampong

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This week is a little bit different - we'll hear Bella, Margarita, Kevin and Mic Drop Lead Artist (who up until this point has been the other side of the microphone!) Larry Achiampong discussing Amalgam, the first major UK exhibition of American artist Theaster Gates.

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The Mic Drop - Season One, Episode Seven: Ali

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This week we hear from photographer, filmmaker, and Many Hands One Heart member Ali Awais. And we offer you two top interviewers this week - the familiar voices of Mohammed Taher and Adrian Mejia!

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