Ryan's Rants: Recent Episodes
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Occasional podcasts from writer, producer & comms strategist Nick Ryan on issues surrounding corruption, identity and extremism.
Nick Ryan was one of the few writers warning about the threat of far-right terrorism prior to Anders Breivik massacring 77 people in Norway in 2011. At a time when most commentators focused almost exclusively on Islamist-inspired violence, Nick talked to talkSPORT in the UK just after the Breivik terrorist attacks.
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Creator of BBC One drama 'Ridley Road', Sarah Solemani, talks to HOPE not hate's Nick Ryan about creating a drama detailing the infiltration of Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement by Jewish activists in early 1960s London. She also discusses the challenges of creating characters with empathy, Judaism, the theatre, surviving in Trump's America and her new shows looking at the #MeToo movement, the life of Trump's women and her project looking at one of Afghanistan's most inspirational female leaders.
Creator of BBC One drama 'Ridley Road', Sarah Solemani, talks to HOPE not hate's Nick Ryan about creating a drama detailing the infiltration of Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement by Jewish activists in early 1960s London. She also discusses the challenges of creating characters with empathy, Judaism, the theatre, surviving in Trump's America and her new shows looking at the #MeToo movement, the life of Trump's women and her project looking at one of Afghanistan's most inspirational female leaders.
Hear Sarah Solemani talk about her BBC drama, Ridley Road, focusing on a Jewish woman going undercover in a 1960s fascist group in London.