The Guardian's Token

Jul 01 2021 33 ep. 28 mins 5.9k

The Guardian's Token Podcast artwork

Starting in Australia and now in the UK, Token is a podcast about marginalised identities. But it's fun - we promise. We talk about race, gender, sexuality, culture, politics and whatever else makes you feel like a token in today's world. The only constants are fun, frank discussion and the freedom to politely ask awkward questions

Society & Culture

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast

Jul 01 2021 39 mins

Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known guests to lift the lid on the food they turn to when they’re at home alone – and what comfort foods have seen them through their lives. In the first episode, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace about his childhood in Swansea,

Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series

Feb 08 2021 25 mins

The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. In the first episode, we hear from Kashy Keegan, an unknown singer-songwriter in a sleepy English town who became the voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement. Subscribe whe

Innermost: another episode of our new series

Aug 03 2020 20 mins

We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series

Innermost: episode 1 of a new series

Jun 25 2020 16 mins

The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to

Why are there so few BAME leaders in Britain?

Sep 29 2017 30 mins

The Colour of Power project has shown that just 3% of Britain’s most powerful people are non-white. What can be done to change this?

End of season 2 – Token podcast

May 12 2017 4 mins

Leah and Freddy bring you a quick update on Token. Unfortunaly it’s going to have to be put on pause because, among other things, there’s a general election taking place in the UK and their day jobs need all the time they have. They’re just so great! But they should be back sooner rather than later

The 'why do you walk like that?' episode – Token podcast

Apr 12 2017 30 mins

This week Leah Green and Freddy McConnell are joined by Gideon Goldberg, their colleague and token disabled person. They discuss ‘when to ask’, inspiration porn, and the awkwardness of disabled summer camps

The 'I Am Not Your Negro' episode - Token podcast

Mar 31 2017 25 mins

Leah Green and Freddy McConnell are joined by Raoul Peck, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary I am Not Your Negro. They talk about the legacy of James Baldwin, white fragility and the irrelevance of #OscarsSoWhite I am Not Your Negro will be released in UK cinemas on 7th April

The 'can you be an atheist Jew?' episode – Token podcast

Mar 14 2017 31 mins

Freddy McConnell and Leah Green are joined by LA Times columnist and host of the Unorthodox podcast, Mark Oppenheimer

The 'I got the job because I'm Asian' episode – Token podcast

Mar 03 2017 28 mins

Freddy McConnell and Leah Green are joined by the Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana. She talks about her experience of being a child of immigrants but wanting to be as white as possible, her passions for gender equality and how she’s benefited from other people’s racism WARNING: Contains very strong language