Flipping The Narrative: Recent Episodes
Flipping The Narrative
Flipping The Narrative is the new podcast from Elmore Community Services, hosted by Luke Jerdy and Liz Jones.
Luke is known for his portrayal of Jesse Donovan in Channel 4's Hollyoaks from 2016 to 2020, and he's also written and stars in Y’MAM (Young Man’s Angry Movements), a solo stage show about his experiences with anger and growing up with the pressures of manhood, which will be on at the Soho Theatre, London in May.
Liz has worked in the Violence against Women and Girls field for 16 years and has facilitated and developed programmes for men who choose to be abusive and violent towards partners. Liz is also a trustee at Elmore Community Services, the mental health, complex needs, and domestic abuse charity.
At least 125 women have been killed in the UK since Sarah Everard was tragically kidnapped and murdered. Sarah Everard’s death provides a teachable moment for men to be actively involved in new conversations to end misogyny.
With the podcast’s encouragement to ‘pass it on’ to other men, Flipping The Narrative aims to show men that they can help each other to sit up, become aware, and take important action to challenge men who perpetrate harmful behaviours.
We are calling on men to pass the series along to friends, families, and colleagues in order to start conversations, take new perspectives, and support each other and women to build an equitable society and healthy environment for everyone’s children to grow up feeling safe and cared for.
We’re joined by father of five Jay Worthy for this episode to discuss what it means to be a father. Jay has a mix of boys and girls - or "both flavours" as he calls it - and we talk about his approach to fatherhood and the concerns he has for both his boys and his girls as they grow up in our society.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
In this episode, we are joined by Dr Stephen Burrell, an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Durham University, the Deputy Director, Durham Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse, and trustee for the charity White Ribbon, a leading charity that is ending men's violence against women by engaging with men and boys to make a stand against violence.
We were delighted when Stephen got in touch with us to say that he would be happy to be a guest on the podcast because White Ribbon are doing exactly what we’ve been talking about – their mission is for all men to fulfil the White Ribbon Promise to never commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women – and they know that for violence against women to end, it needs to start with men.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
Delroy Taylor joins us for this incredibly personal episode to share his story of growing up with an abusive step father and how that led to him having issues with alcohol as an adult. Del tells us how he’s managed to start to come to terms with what happened to him as a child and how giving up alcohol played a massive part in that.
We discuss why there needs to be more support for children going through similar issues and what that could look like going forward.
Del is incredible brave and honest in this episode and we’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership
In this episode we’re joined by Abi Wycherley, a Violence Against Women and Girls Coordinator, and Dan Leigh who works to rehabilitate sexual offenders at Circle South East, to talk about the impact of porn on young men and how watching pornography can have a lasting impact on their future relationships.
We talk about the need for proper Sexual Education in schools, ethical porn that focuses more on highlighting the intimate side of sex, and why revenge porn is on the rise and what can be done about it.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started, which really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
Former police Superintendent Rod Diaz is our guest on this episode to talk about his experience of misogyny within the Metropolitan Police Force from the 80s up to the present day, and the changes he’s seen in that time.
As has been highlighted recently with tragic high profile cases such as that of Sarah Everard, Rod feels there is still a long way to go in eliminating this misogynistic culture from our police force and we discuss what needs to happen to really make a difference.
This episode was recorded before Dame Cressida Dick resigned as Chief Commissioner of the Met Police.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
In this episode, we are joined by barrister Grace Gwynne.
We first became aware of Grace after seeing her TED Talk, Fighting For a Place in the Old Boys Club - law is one of the oldest professions in the world but still to this day its incredibly dominated by men.
In court rooms – the place where justice is done – sexual harassment is happening.
Not by the people being convicted – but by the people who are prosecuting and defending.
Humiliation – degradation – these aren’t words that Grace uses about the perpetrators of crimes, but about her colleagues.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership
Actor George Bukhari joins us for this deeply personal episode about how the death of his Dad when he was 8 gave him anger issues which were later diagnosed as trauma induced anger by a therapist.
We discuss the implications of growing up being angry has on romantic relationships, friendships and ultimately how it makes you feel about yourself. We also talk about how anger is generally accepted by society as a 'masculine' trait and what we can do to change that perception.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership
In this episode we talk to guests Josh Chandler-Morris and Conroy Harris about their different experiences of what masculinity meant to them growing up, and how gender roles are deeply embedded within our society.
We question the effect these expectations are having on young men today and how society is getting better at challenging these stereotypes.
We also dig into how trauma early in life affects men’s views on their own masculinity and what can be done to change this.
Conroy works for an award-winning charity helping young men grow and develop, improving their lives and the communities they live in. You can find out more here.
Josh is a jewellery maker and you can look at his work on Instagram.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
Actor George Bukhari joins us for this deeply personal episode about how the death of his Dad when he was 8 gave him anger issues which were later diagnosed as trauma induced anger by a therapist.
We discuss the implications of growing up being angry has on romantic relationships, friendships and ultimately how it makes you feel about yourself. We also talk about how anger is generally accepted by society as a 'masculine' trait and what we can do to change that perception.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership
Delroy Taylor joins us for this incredibly personal episode to share his story of growing up with an abusive step father and how that led to him having issues with alcohol as an adult. Del tells us how he’s managed to start to come to terms with what happened to him as a child and how giving up alcohol played a massive part in that.
We discuss why there needs to be more support for children going through similar issues and what that could look like going forward.
Del is incredible brave and honest in this episode and we’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership
In this episode we’re joined by Dom Williams who has previously worked as a probation officer and now works for Circles South East, a charity which aims to reduce the instances of sexual abuse and assists those who have been affected by sexual abuse in their recovery.
The single most significant factor when it comes to committing crime is gender - and Dom told us some quite alarming statistics about crimes committed by men. Through his work, Dom seeks to identify what aspects of masculine socialisation can help to explain the disparity, and he talks about the work he has done with offenders in terms of rehabilitation.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started, which really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
In this episode we’re joined by Abi Wycherley, a Violence Against Women and Girls Coordinator, and Dan Leigh who works to rehabilitate sexual offenders at Circle South East, to talk about the impact of porn on young men and how watching pornography can have a lasting impact on their future relationships.
We talk about the need for proper Sexual Education in schools, ethical porn that focuses more on highlighting the intimate side of sex, and why revenge porn is on the rise and what can be done about it.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started, which really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
Former police Superintendent Rod Diaz is our guest on this episode to talk about his experience of misogyny within the Metropolitan Police Force from the 80s up to the present day, and the changes he’s seen in that time.
As has been highlighted recently with tragic high profile cases such as that of Sarah Everard, Rod feels there is still a long way to go in eliminating this misogynistic culture from our police force and we discuss what needs to happen to really make a difference.
This episode was recorded before Dame Cressida Dick resigned as Chief Commissioner of the Met Police.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
We’re joined by father of four Sam Abberley for this episode to discuss what it means to be a father and how that changes as children get older. Sam chats to us about becoming a dad at the age of 19 and how growing up without his own father around has impacted his view on fatherhood.
We speak about how and when to bring up difficult subjects with children such as sex, misogyny and violence, and how it’s difficult to predict behaviours for each new stage children get to.
This episode is a example of what a healthy father/son relationship looks like and we hope it proves useful to you or someone you know.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.
In this episode we talk to guests Josh Chandler-Morris and Conroy Harris about their different experiences of what masculinity meant to them growing up, and how gender roles are deeply embedded within our society. We question the effect these expectations are having on young men today and how society is getting better at challenging these stereotypes.
We also dig into how trauma early in life affects men’s views on their own masculinity and what can be done to change this.
Conroy works for an award-winning charity helping young men grow and develop, improving their lives and the communities they live in. You can find out more here.
Josh is a jewellery maker and you can look at his work on Instagram.
We’d love you to share this episode with your friends and family to get difficult but important conversations started that really can make a difference to the world we’re living in.
Flipping The Narrative is brought to you by Elmore Community Services and supported by Oxford Safer Community Partnership.