Lowkey - Uncensored Truths

00:00 Trailer.
03:19 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.
05:57 Brian’s introduction.
06:40 The value to society of sharing vulnerability and developing the art of listening.
08:39 Grenfell 2017 was a tragedy of regulatory bodies that were penetrated by captains of industry.
26:03 Why Lowkey wrote Ghosts of Grenfell song.
30:37 Why he was not in the Ghosts of Grenfell video.
32:20 His view on Royal Family visits to Grenfell Tower.
34:03 The political and economic effects of the 1970’s reinterpretation of neoliberalism.
37:24 Recognising the way power operates over human beings.
41:43 Rather than being a sycophant poet or a court poet, how he sees his role as a poet.
42:12 What the 17-year old Lowkey was like.
45:30 Why he chose the name Lowkey.
48:27 Growing up with mixed race parentage he is cognisant of England’s historic hybridity.
51:45 Early recognition of what reading could cultivate in him.
52:59 What growing up during the Gulf War taught him and made him question.
56:24 Early hip hop influences and why he no longer listens to it.
1:00:00 His mixtape period when his actions were a slave to his ego.
1:01:52 What motivates him to organise movements for change.
1:06:46 Dear Listener album was again an egoic move.
1:07:37 Why he is interested and active in Palestine visiting the open-air prison that is the Gaza Strip.
1:13:29 Detention at Ben Gurion Airport illustrated dismissive regard for influence of poetry or music.
1:17:17 Does he hate Israelis?
1:24:37 Causes of violence of the violated, which may be self-flagellation or narcissism.
1:26:53 The fatalistic determinism of the other-some of Israelis.
1:29:21 What was Brian’s interpretation of the health of Israeli society?
1:36:09 Donald Trump’s decision to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem is another imbecilic decision.
1:44:58 Why the British Police raided Lowkey’s home.
1:47:44 Mental health in males, where harming influences for men come from.
1:52:50 The experiences of his musical career in 2010-12 and touring with Immortal Technique.
1:57:37 What Lowkey learnt from Akala about time and what it is to be an activist.
2:03:30 Governments are watching all of us.
2:06:08 People’s need to display nationalism through national flags etc.
2:08:21 Why Lowkey left the music scene and turned off Facebook.
2:13:20 Attending SOAS.
2:18:01 What he loves about being a student and his advice to young people.
2:19:18 Why he thinks the goal of a PhD will be such a luxury and how he might use his new-found knowledge.
2:22:17 Experiences in Calais refugee camp led to his releasing Ahmed in 2016.
2:28:15 Fire in the Booth participation.
2:32:52 Lowkey’s big dream of something he would like to do in the future.
2:37:40 What religion means to Lowkey, questioning religious extremism is synonymous with terrorism assumption.
2:56:15 His frustration in trying to explain the whole world historical context in which terrorism is created.
3:02:50 Dan Pena is a victim of a society which is obnoxious in its ideality of wealth.
3:06:30 The process of thinking about meaning is as anguished as making music.
3:07:00 What keeps him awake at night.
3:07:16 What we would be surprised to learn about Lowkey.
3:07:48 What scares him.
3:08:26 What his friends might say is his super power.
3:08:49 Will he be a poet for the rest of his life?
3:09:04 When was the last time he changed his time?
3:10:03 Phone call to the 20-year old Lowkey.
3:11:07 Best advice he ever received.
3:11:43 Success secrets.
3:13;31 Brian’s summing up.
3:16:00 People’s need for conspiracy theories around events which they find hard to process.
3:21:24 Brian wraps up the interview.