The Decolonial Podcast

We sat down with award winning journalist, author, and broadcaster, Sathnam Sanghera to discuss his groundbreaking book, Empireland and his Channel 4 documentary, Empire State Of Mind exploring the legacy of Empire and imperialism in modern Britain. Since its release in February 2021, Empireland has received widespread critical acclaim, become a Sunday Times Bestseller, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021, and has become an integral part of Penguin Random House's Lit in Colour programme, where 15,000 copies were distributed to schools across the UK. As Empire is still not a mandatory part of the UK curriculum, we are left with a huge collective deficit when it comes to understanding multicultural Britain today. This lack of understanding is clearly shown in the racist and xenophobic abuse, trolling and hate that Sathnam has received since the release of his book and the documentary. Thankfully, we have also seen a shift in collective awareness regarding Empire, which is reflected in largely positive responses by the British public to Sathnam's work. It seems that there is a strong desire to get to know our collective roots, no matter how confronting that may be.

Join us as we discuss, imperialism, the legacy of Empire, Sathnam's own experiences with racism and abuse, artefacts in our museums, institutional racism, and more.

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