Abstract

The podcast, Have You Heard George’s Podcast, is a true original. Made by George Mpanga, who goes by the stage name of George the Poet, it won five awards at the 2018 British Podcast Awards – in fiction and non-fiction categories. The son of Ugandan immigrants, George went to an elite state school in north London before taking a degree at Cambridge.

The podcast takes on big themes - empowering George’s community, self-belief, crime, drugs, racism, inequality and international politics. Stylistically, the eight-part series is a mash-up: poetry, sketches, interviews, archive, music, performance and sometimes off-mike chat with his producer. It’s often difficult to know what’s real and what isn’t.

This article analyses how the series achieves its force.

Keywords: podcast, Uganda, George The Poet

How to Cite:

Levinson, H., (2019) “Have You Heard George’s Podcast (it's a true original)”, RadioDoc Review 5(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14453/rdr.72