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.

The Commission Conversations - Jeffrey Boakye, Oracy Education Commission, May 2024

Talkback - a segment on Playlists, BBC Radio Ulster, 17 May 2024 (1hr 5min in)

Today Programme, Radio 4, 15 May 2024 (2hr 50min in)

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

Authors' Matters by ALCS: Season 3, episode 3: Jeffrey Boakye on his writing adventures and where he's going next, 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

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.