Yam On It: Recent Episodes
Yam On It
Bringing you informative, engaging, and entertaining discussion about everything from pop culture to news. Akshay Patel, Amber Zafar and Laura Molloy yam on the things that matter to young people, making debate accessible. Tune in to laugh, learn something new, and join in the conversation. What you yamming on?
This week we're joined by multimedia journalist Darnell Christie, to discuss vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.
Whether it's parents, grandparents, or even friends, we've all ran into somebody with fears surrounding the vaccine. Darnell debunks some of the myths and highlights those making efforts to inform their communities.
We also discuss the importance of empathy over anger when it comes to discussing vaccine hesitancy, and how a lot of misinformation fuels existing fears.
Yam On It is back, and in our first episode of 2021 we discuss the Unibrow Movement, Buy Now Pay Later schemes and infographics.
Last month, Dazed came under fire for forecasting Unibrows as a trend for 2021, using a photo of Greek Cypriot model Sophia Hadjipantel, founder of the Unibrow Movement. We yam on the impact of western beauty trends and the significance of the unibrow in South Asian and Middle Eastern culture. We also discuss how lockdown and growing up has us embracing our natural beauty.
This week, it was announced that Buy Now Pay Later schemes such as Klarna would have to be regulated by the FCA. We discuss the dangers of these schemes to young people, and how users can unknowingly rack up debt.
Finally, infographics have been all over everyone’s feed in the past year - but at what cost? We yam on the dangers of social media posts replacing news and activism, as well as the positive side of infographics.
Music: Pandaraps - Big Logo by Maira Mughal and Darcie Hucks