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Refugee Radio

Hosted by Stephen Silverwood · society · EN-US · 40 episodes

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About this Podcast:

supporting refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants

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Verified email

Booking probability

30%

Guest openness

Selective

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80/100
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Questions about Refugee Radio

Who hosts Refugee Radio?

Refugee Radio is hosted by Stephen Silverwood. The show has published 40 episodes to date.

What has Refugee Radio covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Young Leaders: “It’s my life”" (30 March 2026, 47 minutes), "Julio: “Let me go outside”" (19 August 2025, 46 minutes), and "Robert: A Refugee Family’s Cry for Shelter, Food, & Dignity" (6 August 2025, 49 minutes).

How often does Refugee Radio publish?

Refugee Radio publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 40 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Refugee Radio?

Booking probability for Refugee Radio is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Refugee Radio requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Refugee Radio's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Refugee Radio?

The strongest fits for Refugee Radio are Food Banks, Shelters & Relief. Refugee Radio has a society audience.

About the host

Stephen Silverwood hosts Refugee Radio, a society show with 40 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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    Young Leaders: “It’s my life”

    Mar 30, 202647 min

    We talk to the young people at the Hummingbird project about their lives in Brighton and share their takes on everything from the weather to Trump, and from social media to mental health. Thanks to everyone involved in...

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    Julio: “Let me go outside”

    Aug 19, 202546 minS0

    <p>Julio is a Rasta from Mauritius, a small island nation east of Madagascar. He was a talented young footballer, but he suffered discrimination and was targeted by police violence due to his ethnicity and religion.</p>...

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    Robert: A Refugee Family’s Cry for Shelter, Food, & Dignity

    Aug 6, 202549 minS0

    <p>Kirabo Robert fled the civil war in Sudan when he was just five years old. He lost his whole family in the refugee camps of Uganda, but he never gave up.</p> <p>Now he is fighting for survival with a dream for a...

  • Refugee Radio

    Jakir:”If you become an asylum seeker, The Home Office will be your decision maker”

    Jun 5, 202549 minS0

    <p>Jakir is an asylum seeker, and today he is speaking to us about his time away from Bangladesh, and he is now in Brighton where he is currently Studying for a degree.</p> <p>We also will also hear about the struggles...

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    Usman: Comedians in Charities Getting Coffee

    May 13, 202534 minS0

    <p>Usman Khalid is a social entrepreneur and refugee. He founded HAVEN Coffee in 2019 as a coffee brand with a social mission. In this interview he tells us all about the story behind the project and the flagship café...

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    Brighton: fostering Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

    Jan 27, 202528 minS0

    <p>Why should you become a foster carer? Elaine and Clare talk about their experiences of fostering UASC and the supported lodging scheme. There are many rewards to fostering, and the city urgently needs new homes for...

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    Albania: criminality and culture

    Oct 2, 202457 minS0

    <p>Albania is the subject of a moral panic over crime and trafficking. But what is really happening in the country and what does it mean for the people affected?</p> <p>In this programme we investigate the relationship...

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    Qahraman: “Lovely place and lovely people.”

    Aug 7, 202427 minS0

    <p>Patrick interviews Qahraman, an veterinarian from Kurdistan (Iraq), about his experiences of going through the asylum system. Qahraman was housed in Derby, Manchester and finally in Brighton where he started to...

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    Best Foot Music: Razom Together

    Mar 7, 20241h 3mS0

    <p>We talk to Phil Minns from Best Foot Music about the upcoming Razom event with the Ukrainian community and we hear new music from Bashir Al Gamar and a Ukrainian/Syrian fusion from local refugee musicians. We also...

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    Jordan: No one wakes up thinking- “Today I want to become a refugee”

    Nov 20, 202347 minS0

    <p>We talk to Jordan about his experience of fleeing persecution in the DRC and claiming asylum in Eastbourne, Sussex.</p>

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    Basma: End FGM

    Aug 7, 202349 minS0

    <p>Basma Kamel is an activist against FGM and child marriage. She is a refugee from Egypt currently living and studying in the UK. In this interview she talks about her experience as a survivor of FGM and about what we...

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    Bekkie: “Nothing else can stop you”

    Jun 16, 202356 minS0

    <p>Bekkie is a rapper and fashion blogger from Albania. In this programme, we listen to Incongruent Hiphoppa, Bekkie’s latest album, and talk about everything from the transformation of spiritual identity to growing up...

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    Kolbassia: “Loud and fearless”

    May 5, 20231h 4mS0

    Kolbassia Haoussou MBE is the co-founder of Survivors Speak OUT, an anti-torture network of refugees at Freedom From Torture. He has been appointed Survivor Champion for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office initiative...

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    Young Leaders: “Our voice matters”

    May 5, 202354 minS0

    Steve and Julie G visited the Hummingbird Young Leaders project in Brighton to meet the young refugees who are going to be the future leaders of tomorrow. They told us all about the things they love (and hate!) most, as...

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    Songs for Ukraine: Dina and Vlada

    Nov 15, 20221 hourS0

    Dina and Vlada talk about their lives in Ukraine, the impact of the Russian invasion and finding sanctuary in Brighton, UK. We have wonderful music from Dina’s brilliant new EP, “Songs for Ukraine” which is available...

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    Ahmad: Citizen of Moria

    Nov 10, 202246 minS0

    “When Ahmad’s life comes under threat by the Taliban in Afghanistan, he leaves his family behind for survival, without saying good bye, and ends up in Europe’s worst Refugee Detention Camp, Moria.” So begins Ahmad’s...

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    Nanaha: “they run from death to nowhere”

    Nov 4, 202240 minS0

    Nanaha lives in a refugee camp for Saharawis in the Algerian desert. She works as a teacher for the Sandblast charity. In this programme Nanaha talks about her life and the experiences of her mother and grandmother when...

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    Obsa: My journey from Ethiopia

    Nov 1, 202237 minS0

    Osba left his home in Ethiopia aged 15 after he was persecuted as a member of the Oromo ethnic group. He crossed the desert to Libya in search of a safe place to settle, but found himself in more danger than ever. His...

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    Alvina: “Homeless, pregnant and alone.”

    Sep 2, 202258 minS0

    Alvina Chibhamu was badly failed by maternity services and by the Home Office when she found herself having to claim asylum while pregnant. In this programme, Alvina speaks about her experiences and we hear from Yusuf...

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    Shahireh: “Travelling with the clouds”

    Jul 11, 202244 minS0

    Shahireh Sharif is an Iranian writer and photographer. She recently performed her solo work, “I am an Orange Dot,” about a refugee in an orange life vest floating in the ocean, for Refugee Week 2022. Some of her fiction...

Guest Appearances

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Shappi Khorsandi

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Phil Minns

Best Foot Music

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Kolbassia Haoussou

Survivors Speak OUT

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Yusuf Ciftci

Doctors of the World

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