Radio & Podcasts
Jeffrey co-hosts BBC Radio 4’s Add to Playlist, winner of Prix Europa 2022 and Prix Italia 2022, and has made numerous appearances on radio and podcasts over the years.
Here you can find and listen to most appearances and features.
To discuss Jeffrey appearing on radio or on a podcast, please contact Sophie at sophie@jeffreyboakye.co.uk.
Please note: We receive a lot of podcast requests and limit the number of podcasts Jeffrey appears on. We charge for all engagements, including podcast appearances. Unpaid activities are at our discretion. If no fee is available, please state so in your initial email.
Episode 1: Grime, Start Here with Alexis Ffrench, February 2024
My Guy Jeff, Certified Wasteman! The Black Sherpa, January 2024
Holes with Jeffrey Boakye, Bookwandering with Anna James, October 2023
Boyhood to Manhood, BBC 3 Free Thinking, June 2023
Add To Playlist, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds Podcast, October 2021 ongoing
The Renaissance Space Podcast: Are you really an English Teacher?, June 2023
Listed Londoner with Jeffrey Boakye, BBC Radio London, June 2023
Jeffrey Boakye on Being a Writer Podcast, May 2023 (Available to Being A Writer members only)
How We Address White Supremacy in Our Education System (Jeffrey Boakye), It’s All Relative Podcast, May 2023
We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Jeffrey Boakye, March 2023
15 Jeffrey Boakye, Songbook, March 2023
Chiedu Oraka presents "Council Estate Confidence" Pt 6 with Jeffrey Boakye, Summer 2022
Jeffrey Boakye: A Black Teacher’s Perspective on Youth Violence - PowerTalk Podcast, Summer 2022
Called, Connected, Committed - Jeffrey Boakye on CEFEL podcast, September 2022
The Gravity of White Supremacy - Jeffrey Boakye on Dope Black Dads Podcast, June 2022
Decolonising the Curriculum, a discussion on Radio 4 Today Show, June 2022
Musical Truth, A special for Virgin Radio, October 2021
Jeffrey Boakye talks to Graham Norton about Musical Truth, Virgin Radio, October 2021 (article here)
Guest segments on Musical Truth, Cerys Matthews’ show, BBC 6Music, August 2021 (1 hour and 2 mins in)
Jeffrey Boakye on Musical Truth, In the Reading Corner podcast, August 2021
Jeffrey Boakye on Musical Truth, Is Black Music, Resonance FM, August 2021
Classical Fix: Jeffrey Boakye, Classical Fix, BBC Radio 3, June 2021
Musical Truth interview, Front Row, BBC Radio 4, June 2021 (18 mins in)
A moment of joy in the arts, a choice from Jeffrey Boakye, Front Row, BBC Radio 4, January 2021 (22 mins in)
Word of Mouth: Black masculinity and language, BBC Radio 4, sitting in for Michael Rosen, August 2020
The Sizzle Podcast #020, Jeffrey Boakye [Teaching, Writing, Race and Music], August 2020
Word of Mouth: The language of power and inequality in education and leadership, BBC Radio 4, sitting in for Michael Rosen, July 2020
Word of Mouth: Jeffrey Boakye on black-related words, with Michael Rosen for BBC Radio 4, April 2019
BBC London radio interview, April 2019
Sky News television interview, April 2019
Stephen Lawrence: 25 Years On, What’s Changed?, BBC Radio 1Xtra panel discussion, May 2018
DIY Generation, Guest appearance with Jamz Supernova, BBC Radio 1xtra, October 2017
Jeffrey Boakye: Three Track Podcast, with Gabriel Ebulue, September 2017
Hold Tight, ‘Reaching Out’ guest appearance, Soho Radio, July 2017
Reprezent Radio guest appearance, Mally, July 2017
Plus various appearances for comment on local radio, incl. BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Sheffield
To discuss Jeffrey appearing on radio or on a podcast, please contact Sophie at sophie@jeffreyboakye.co.uk.