I'm Not Being Funny But-

I'm Not Being Funny But-

This is I'm Not Being Funny But - with Leena Norms. The podcast where we ask the questions you pretend you already know the answers to - or the ones you didn't think to ask. https://twitter.com/leenanorms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 1, 2018 82 mins

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Burrito time...


Customer wins bookshop in raffle https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/11/customer-wins-bookends-bookshop-raffle-cardigan-west-wales


Barbers given mental health training in bid to reduce male suicide

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-11-19/barbers-given-mental-health-training-in...

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Rowan Ellis is here to school Leena on dickish behaviour over the interwebs. Also teach her what TERFs are.


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Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené very patiently answer my silly questions about race, slaying and the workplace - and giggle


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The Gumption Round Up:

GIANT PANDAS ARE BACK: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/pandas-vulnerable-endangered-species/

PUSSY RIOT ON THE PIT...

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January 1, 2018 72 mins

I grab two Irish lads and embarrass myself exposing how little I know about Ireland. LISTEN TO Steve and Richie on What Am Politics, serious one of my favourite things ever: https://whatampolitics.com/

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HEL! TWITTER: https://twitter.com/helhas3letters

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December 16, 2017 60 mins

Ever thought that activists are a bit up themselves? Sarah Corbett on the art of gentle protest, activism and how to change things for the better when the world looks like it's caving in.

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SARAH's AMAZING BOOK: https://craftivist-collective.com/How-To-Be-A-Craftivist-the-art-of-gentle-protest

SARAH's TEDx TAL...

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Did you mum ever spread a rumour around school that you had AIDs? Nah, mine neither - that's why the third episode of I'm Not Being Funny But- features one of my favourite people in the world, Charlie Brades-Price. We chat the benefit system, parental mental health as a child, and growing up in an unpredictable, but unforgettable, household.

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WHY WOULD YOU VOTE TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION? It's the second episode of I'm Not Being Funny But- and why not get one of the most awkward discussions out of the way early? BREXIT. Jimmy, podcast host of The Right Dishonourable and firm leave voter spoke to me about his decision making process, feelings post result and what we might even have in common...


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It's the first episode of I'm Not Being Funny But- and comedian Ian Boldsworth is up first. We talk tigger warnings, reacting to with friends who suffer from depression and what it's like being the 'sad jester'. Fairly obvious but trigger warning, suicide and depression. https://...
June 23, 2017 1 min
NEW TRAILER FOR I'm Not Being Funny But - with Leena Norms. The podcast where we ask the questions you pretend you already know the answers to - or the ones you didn't think to ask. In coming episodes we're going to ask questions like.. what is it like to have a deformity, be a Muslim woman in Britain, be suicidal, be a male feminist, be a leave voter? Leave your shame gremlins at the door, no questions is too stupid. Follow me @le...

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