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Blackbird: The Podcast

Blackbird: The Podcast

Written by: Vrushali
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 Blackbird is a passion project facilitating conversations on social justice, culture and everything in between in a boundary-less, safe online space.Vrushali Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Behind the Curtain: My Experience as an Exotic Dancer in America

    Behind the Curtain: My Experience as an Exotic Dancer in America
    Jun 18 2023

    This episode's guest Abigail Melo is a pharmacy student, an aspiring pediatrician, and an exotic dancer from Virginia, USA. She discusses the world of gentleman's clubs, also known as 'strip clubs', the laws surrounding them, and what life is like as a young, exotic dancer. Abigail also highlights her journey into the world of Only Fans, and why dancing and modeling are just like any other job.
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    43 mins
  • The Price of Glory: Exploring Human Rights Violations in Mega-Sporting Events

    The Price of Glory: Exploring Human Rights Violations in Mega-Sporting Events
    Jun 11 2023
    In this episode, our host Vrushali Kadam and guest Gabriel Marin Vandenbroucke discuss the painful price that designing mega-sporting events pays, that of human rights violations. Are mega-sporting events needed? Are discriminatory practices and exploitation of workers justified? We question.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Shaping Tomorrow: Insights into Youth Engagement in Policy-Making in India

    Shaping Tomorrow: Insights into Youth Engagement in Policy-Making in India
    Jun 4 2023

    In this episode, young policy expert Mariya Sethwala deep dives into the status of youth in policy-making and politics in India, and quite honestly, the lack of representation is seen around the world. A current London School of Economics student, Mariya spaces out the highs and lows of youth participation, especially of vulnerable and marginalized youth in policy-making, or the lack thereof.

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    47 mins
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