Dec 19, 202535 minS4
In the time of MAGA, as nightmares rapidly become reality for many living in the USA, it can be hard to keep up with the pace of change. Here, we take stock of the latest news - including the move to cap refugee numbers...
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Who do we think we are?
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From Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, to the Windrush deportation scandal citizenship and the responsibilities of the UK government to the people of Hong Kong, it seems that citizenship and migration in Britain are never far from the headlines. Who do we think we are? explores all of this and more. Join Professor Michaela Benson and her guests as they debunk taken-for-granted understandings of who is a citizen and who is a migrant in Britain today.
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From Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, to the Windrush deportation scandal citizenship and the responsibilities of the UK government to the people of Hong Kong, it seems that citizenship and migration in Britain are never far from the headlines. Who do we think we are? explores all of this and more.
What has Who do we think we are? covered recently?
Recent episodes include "S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK" (19 December 2025, 35 minutes), "S4 E4 Free speech for whom?" (12 December 2025, 32 minutes), and "S4 E3 Forever Undocumented" (14 November 2025, 36 minutes).
How often does Who do we think we are? publish?
Who do we think we are? publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across 52 episodes.
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Episode #4
S4 E4 Free speech for whom?
Dec 12, 202532 minS4What's the link between free speech, bordering, and the 'MAGA' project of Donald Trump and his backers? And how does free speech as enshrined in the US constitution, contrast with what's happening on the ground in the...
Episode #3
S4 E3 Forever Undocumented
Nov 14, 202536 minS4What does it actually mean to be "documented" or "undocumented" as a migrant to the USA? What's the lived reality like of existing somewhere in between the two, including under the category of "temporary protected...
Oct 17, 202538 minS4American Dream? Or American nightmare? The targeting of migrants and minoritised populations under President Trump poses a serious challenge to the long-standing idea that if a person comes to the USA and works hard...
Episode #1
S4 E1 Raiding Sanctuary
Sep 18, 202535 minS4When anti-immigration raids intensified in the USA after Trump's return to the presidency, it left many wondering: how could this happen in places like LA, ostensibly a "Sanctuary City"? What, in fact, are sanctuary...
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May 23, 202534 minS3Michaela and Nando get together to discuss the UK's Labour Government 2025 promise to restore control over immigration by reducing net migration. The resonance with Brexit rhetoric couldn't be clearer in the language...
Mar 15, 202453 minS3What's the significance of migration for the making of 'Global Britain' ? And what are the theoretical and conceptual tools that can help to unpack this question? In this episode , we turn our attention to the value of...
Episode #9
S3 E9 (Not so) safe routes
Feb 15, 202455 minS3What are the UK Government's 'safe and legal routes' ? How do these relate to 'stop the boats ', the Rwanda Plan, and the curtailment of asylum as laid out in the 1951 Refugee Convention? What can we learn from...
Episode #8
S3 E8 Fortress Britain?
Jan 18, 202455 minS3What's Brexit got to do with the 'small boats' crisis? What does racialised border violence in the Channel tell us about 'Global Britain'? And what can we learn about the UK's approach to its borders from the Hong Kong...
Who do we think we are?
BtH2 E2 Beyond the headlines … Care Activism with Ethel Tungohan
Dec 14, 202337 minMigrant laborers worldwide are engaged in care work, but who provides care for them? And where can they seek care? In this discussion with Ethel Tungohan, the author of 'Care Activism', we go beyond the headlines that...
Episode #7
S3 E7 Families at the borders
Nov 16, 202351 minS3What happens when borders cross families? How do families navigate these interruptions to their ability to live together? This episode considers what shifting perspective to families opens up to view in terms of...
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BtH2 E1 Beyond the headlines … at Manchester Museum with Senna Yousef and Caitlin Nunn
Nov 10, 202333 minWe're out and about in this episode! Ala and Michaela have been on the road. And in this episode they visit Manchester Museum and a new project aimed at decolonising the museum collection. They are joined by members of...
Episode #6
S3 E6 Migrant Rights 2.0
Oct 12, 202344 minS3Borders around the world are becoming increasingly digitised. But who does the digitisation of borders serve? How are these technologies related to state-led projects of securitisation and surveillance? And what do...
Episode #5
S3 E5 Migration, diaspora, diplomacy
Sep 14, 202354 minS3What role do diplomacy and the power play between states play in the development of migration policy? And how can turning our attention to the significance of foreign policy within migration governance help us in...
Episode #4
S3 E4 A New Plan for Migration?
Aug 10, 202350 minS3What's changed in the UK's approach to migration since Brexit? How has this impacted on migration flows? Who is and isn't migrating to the UK ? In A New Plan for Migration? we consider the shape and structure of the...
Episode #3
S3 E3 Bye, Bye Britain
Jul 7, 202349 minS3Understandings of migration are invariably reduced to immigration, framed by the policy agenda of receiving states. But what about the people who leave? And why does it matter that we remember, as French-Algerian...
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BONUS Interview with Elspeth Guild
Jun 22, 202340 minS3This bonus episode features the full length recording of Elspeth Guild, legal scholar and counsel and our guest in Season 3 Episode 2, offering deep insights into the development of the EU's free movement regime, from...
Episode #2
S3 E2 Free Movement, limited
Jun 2, 202346 minS3We're talking Freedom of Movement, its role in the formation of an EU–wide imagined community, and the experiences of people who have lost their FOM rights due to Brexit. Catherine Craven explains what we mean when we...
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S3 E1 Of Kings, Songs and Migrants
May 5, 202346 minS3What does Eurovision have to do with the Coronation? We're talking about what we learn about 'Global Britain' and its imagined community from looking at how migrants understand major cultural events. Elena Zambelli...
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[SWAP] Uncommon Sense: Security, with Daria Krivonos
Apr 21, 202347 minS2Too often, talk about security seems to belong to politicians and psychologists; to discussions about terrorism and defence, individual anxiety and insecurity. But how do sociologists think about it? And why care? Daria...
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Fizza Qureshi
CEO, Migrants' Rights Network
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Laura Clancy
Executive Director, Lancaster University
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Dr. Hannah Lewis
author of Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Aaron Winter
Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism) at Lancaster University, Hearts of Fire Intl.
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