Kanye West allegations, SEND, Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa

About this episode

The episode discusses allegations against Kanye West, a historic balloon crossing, SEND initiatives, and the work of author Doireann Ní Ghríofa.

A model who alleges Kanye West choked her on a music video set has told the BBC she was left feeling "suffocated, unsure and scared". Jennifer An, a former contestant on America's Next Top Model, is suing the rapper, now known as Ye, over an encounter she alleges took place in 2010. Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, presenter of BBC podcast Fame Under Fire, has interviewed Jennifer An and joins us to explain the story. A British woman has become the first ever to cross the Atlantic in a hydrogen gas balloon. Alicia Hempleman-Adams, from near Bath, set off from Maine in the US late on Wednesday and landed in Luxembourg on Sunday with her teammates Bert Padelt and Peter Cuneo. Alicia Hempleman-Adams took the spot on the crew of her father David, who has completed the flight twice before. She joins us live. The government has just announced how it is planning to roll out quicker and easier access to educational psychologists, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists for SEND families. Nuala speaks to the Schools Minister Georgia Gould plus Principal Educational Psychologist for Salford Claire Jackson about the upcoming Experts at Hand programme. And the award-winning…

People in this episode

Guests: Jennifer An, Alicia Hempleman-Adams, Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Topics covered

• Kanye West allegations
• SEND
• women's rights
• educational psychology
• creative non-fiction
• ballooning

Keywords

• Kanye West
• SEND
• Alicia Hempleman-Adams
• Doireann Ní Ghríofa
• educational psychologists
• Victorian asylum
• balloon crossing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, BBC Radio 4

Books & works: Said the Dead

Places: Luxembourg, Bath, Maine, Cork

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