Today's guest is Courttia Newland, Courttia is the author of seven books including The Scholar, Snakeskin and The Gospel According to Cane. His forthcoming novel A River Called Time publishes in January 2021. As a screenwriter, he has written episodes of Steve McQueen’s recent BBC series Small Axe.

In this episode Courttia and Pragya talk about surrounding your children with a racial foundation, so they are aware of where they come from, their heritage and history. They also discuss what change will look like when it comes and the role the arts play in that.

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Today's guest is Cariad Lloyd, comedian, actor, writer and creator of award-winning podcast, Griefcast. In this episode Cariad and Pragya talk about taking the first steps to talking about race with young children.

They also discuss unlearning our own biases as a parent and the lack of diverse representation in children's books and films. This episode also includes some brilliant recommendations for books that do reflect the world our children live in.

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Today's guest is Anna Winger, creator of Unorthodox, which made its Netflix debut earlier this year. Anna’s previous credits also include the hit series Deutschland 83. In this episode Anna and Pragya talk about raising children who are good allies.

They also discuss the risks of living in an echo chamber and the choices we can make to ensure children grow up with diverse, multi-cultural influences.

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