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Welcome to gal-dem's first ever podcast, Growing up with gal-dem. Over the course of the series Natty Kasambala and Niellah Arboine invite a different guest to respond to old diary entries,...

We're closing season 8 of Growing Up with gal-dem in conversation with North London’s very own Nigerian songstress: Bellah. Nie & Natty sit...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem we're joined by Clarkisha Kent, a Nigerian-American writer, culture critic, former columnist and author...

On this week’s episode of our podcast, Natty and Nie speak to Lava La Rue about growing up as a Black alt kid, co-founding NiNE8 collective...

In this episode, Natty and Nie are joined by British-Chinese cricket player Issy Wong. Issy shares how she came into her cricket career and...

This week we're joined by fashion designer and creative Priya Ahluwalia. With Nigerian and Indian roots, Priya talks to Natty and Nie all ab...

Welcome to this week's episode of Growing Up with gal-dem, with Valentine's day around the corner. Tune in to our conversation with 'quintes...

This episode of Growing up with gal-dem contains mentions of death and grief. So if you don't feel comfortable listening to this episode, pl...

In our final episode of season 7 we are joined by the ever-talented Paapa Essiedu , actor and primetime Emmy winner. In this uplifting and h...

In this week’s episode of Growing up with gal-dem, Natty and Nie are joined by Maliha Abidi : artist, author and NFT Queen. Maliha talks us...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem , Natty and Nie chat to blogger Natalie Lee , also known as Style Me Sunday. They talk all about body c...

This week we are joined by Debbie : singer, songwriter and musician who has worked with the likes of Stormzy. Debbie speaks to Natty and Nie...

Following her debut book release Brown Girls, we are joined by the lovely Daphne Palasi Andreades . Her new book takes a deep dive into the...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem we’re joined by queer non-binary multi-disciplinary artist Radam Ridwan . Radam talks about how they cr...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Growing Up with gal-dem, Tune in to our conversation with inspiring coach, keynote speaker and founder of...

We’re back with season 7 of growing up with gal-dem, our amazing hosts natty Kasambala and Niellah Arboine! This week, we’re kicking off wit...

It’s our final episode of season 6 and we are joined by the lovely Anchal Seda, social media content creator, presenter and culture champion...

Trigger warning. This episode of Growing up with gal-dem includes a mention of an abusive relationship and instances of violence.This week w...

Content warning: this episode contains mentions of death and illnessIn this’s episode of Growing up with gal-dem Natty and Nie are joined by...

Content warning: this episode contains mentions of death This week on Growing up with gal-dem, Nie and Natty chat to musician Rachel Chinour...

Trigger warning. This episode of Growing up with gal-dem includes mentions of sexual violence. So if you don't feel comfortable listening to...

Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated 3rd album featuring the likes of Pa Salieu, Jorja Smith and Berwyn we are joined by the leg...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem we’re joined by Anti-Disciplinary artist Tobi Adebajo . Tobi talks about being a doula from both beginn...

Welcome back to Growing up with gal-dem, this week we’re joined by one of the leading next generation DJs in the UK, JAMZ SUPERNOVA . Hostin...

We’re back with season 6 of growing up with gal-dem, our amazing hosts Natty Kasambala and Niellah Arboine! This week, we’re kicking off wit...

In this, our final episode of season 5, we’re so excited to be joined by Malorie Blackman, award winning writer, and hero of so many of our...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem, Nie and Natty are reflecting back on song lyrics with east London singer songwriter Olivia Dean in thi...

This episode of season 5 we’re joined by the incredible and award-winning author Leah Johnson. Reflecting (and cringing) back on a Facebook...

This week we’re joined by Sudanese-Australian writer, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate Yassmin Abdel Magied . Nie and Natty lis...

Content warning: this episode contains detailed discussion of dieting, weight loss, specific weights, and discussion of disordered eating. F...

We’re here with a special bonus episode published in partnership with the Mayor of London. With the COVID-19 Vaccinations now available to p...

Welcome back to Growing up with gal-dem, this week we’re joined by Lila Iké , genre-bending artist whose work touches reggae, hip hop and R&...

We’re back with season 5 of growing up with gal-dem, welcoming our new host Niellah Arboine! This week, we’re kicking off with a bang with i...

It’s the final episode of this season of Growing up with gal-dem, and our last episode with Charlie! We’re rounding out the season with a sp...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem , Natty and Charlie are joined by Christine Checinska , curator at the V&A and fashion historian. Chris...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem, Charlie and Natty are joined by Sri Lankan musician Priya Ragu , who’s work fuses her Western influenc...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem, Natty and Charlie are joined by award winning British Sudanese economist and writer Nesrine Malik . Re...

Content warning: mentions of assault. This week we’ve brought you a bumper 50 minutes worth of podcast, a beautiful conversation between Nat...

This week Natty and Charlie are joined by Liv Francis-Cornibert, writer, Advocacy Academy alumni, and co-founder of the group Legally Black...

On this episode of Growing up with gal-dem, Natty and Charlie are joined by author of My Past Is a Foreign Country Zeba Talkhani, who reads...

We’re back with another season of Growing up with gal-dem , and this season Charlie and Natty are joined by incredible artists, speakers, an...

In the last episode of Season 3, we're joined by the incredible OluTimehin Adegbeye, a Nigerian writer, speaker, and founder of Quietly Quee...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem, Natty and Charlie are joined by Mireille Harper, award winning editor, writer, sensitivity reader and...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem, Charlie and Natty are joined by musician and DJ and the new host of Trippin's Roots & Ritual podcast ,...

On the podcast this week we’re joined by writer, author and broadcaster Afua Hirsch . She shares an extract from an article she was featured...

CW: mention of assault In this week's episode of Growing up with gal-dem, Natty and Charlie are joined by BAFTA Breakthrough actor Susan Wok...

This week we're joined by bestselling and award-winning author Yaa Gyasi , who's debut book Homegoing made waves in 2017. Back this year wit...

On this week's episode of Growing up with gal-dem, we're joined by Georgina Lawton, columnist, podcaster and author of the new book Raceless...

On this week's episode of Growing up with gal-dem, Natty and Charlie are joined by food writer and editor of new food publication Vittles ,...

This week on Growing up with gal-dem we're joined by international dominatrix and empowerment coach Madam Storm who introduces us to the wor...

CW: Childhood sexual trauma On this week's Growing up with gal-dem we're joined by the brilliant Ericka Hart, who is a Black queer femme act...