Fearless Diversity
Episodes
12 Days of Fearless Diversity Xmas
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Christmas. It’s almost the end of the year and it’s the latest episode of Fearless Diversity.Rachel and Simon polish off the twelve days of...
12 Days of Fearless Diversity Xmas
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Rachel and Simon pull on their Christmas jumpers and look back at a year of fearless diversity. But instead of a partridge, ...
Taking Down the Wall
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tearing Down the Wall: A Fearless Diversity Look at Fairness Three kids, a wall, and those famous different-sized “equity” boxes. Helpful met...
Jacqui Gavin
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Fearless Diversity episode, we press pause on the culture war and lean into a quieter kind of courage: listening.Rachel and Simon are ...
Bashing the Beeb
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“A crisis of trust at the BBC” The BBC is weathering one of the fiercest storms in its modern history. The now-infamous Prescott memo, an “...
Racism Culture Wars
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On November 1st at about 7o’clock a man, now identified as Anthony Williams, is alleged to have stabbed eleven people on a train from Doncaster...
Whats the point of HR?
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When HR leaders become the organisation’s emotional shock absorbers, who absorbs the shock for them and how do we keep culture lawful, human, and hi...
Crises of Trust
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CRISIS OF TRUST: HOW TO FIX WHAT'S BROKEN IN BRITAIN'S BOARDROOMS, BEDROOMS AND BEYOND Trust is in dangerously short supply these days. From poli...
Battling The Battle of Ideas
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Simon & Rachel get gloriously uncomfortable.It’s a rollicking debate with sharp edges, full-throttle disagreement in part, and one ve...
The Limits of Identity
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fearless Diversity: Identity, Civility, and the Courage to Disagree At a time when public debate feels less like dialogue and more like a contest...
Manchester Synagogue Attack
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on Tuesday 7 October 2025, this episode confronts the murders at Heaton Park on Yom Kippur and the sharp rise in antisemitism in the UK. We n...
ID cards. Convenience or control?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Fearless Diversity, Rachel Cashman - the fearless facilitator - and Simon Fanshawe - the diversity dissident - tackle one of t...
Flags
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Rachel wade into flags, patriotism and nationality. At the moment flags are everywhere – at football matches, street parties, pr...
Words, Violence, and the Tribe
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fearless Diversity — Series Two Premiere Title: “Words, Violence, and the Tribe: Beyond the Workplace”Series Two is here. Rachel Cashm...
Does Age Matter?
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the week that Parliament decided to give the vote to sixteen year olds, welcome back to Fearless Diversity, the podcast where age isn’t just...
Let’s Be Honest: The conversation on immigration is neither neat nor simple.
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s Be Honest: The conversation on immigration is neither neat nor simple.So in this episode, Rachel and Simon wade straight into the mess of hist...
Free to Say What? Glastonbury, Censorship and the BBC Blues
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After explosive scenes at Glastonbury and two alarming reports detailing “cancellation” and fear sweeping through both publishing and the arts, Fe...
PIP PIP Hooray .
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PIP PIP Hooray - Disability: People, Potential, and the Art of the Possible Welcome to Fearless Diversity the podcast that tackles the tricky bit...
Why are we all so scared to talk about race?
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s face it: conversations about race make even the most fearless among us uneasy, awkward or just very nervous. In this episode of Fearless Diver...
FAIL or First Attempt In Learning?
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Simon Fanshawe, the Diversity Dissident, and Rachel Cashman, the Fearless Facilitator, as they boldly dive into one of everyone's least favourite...
Free Speech or say nothing?
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready to tackle another hot topic with Simon and Rachel as they have the conversations you want to In this episode, they're diving deep into the q...
Employee or Activist?
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hold on tight as Simon and Rachel tackle a red-hot question: Are your employees still just employees, or are they morphing into activists? From baked ...
Supreme Court Ruling Part 2
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode on the Supreme Court Judgement on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act, Rachel and Simon again explore the complexities. ...
Consultation
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are you consulting? Why thinking about Parking Schemes will help you to do it well – honestly! Work is not a democracy? Don’t be kind, be clea...
Supreme Court Ruling Part 1
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is A Woman?The Supreme Court judgement of April 16th has sent shockwaves through the national conversation about women's rights, where trans peop...
Banter
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Banter is fun. But it's also waring and bullying. It's negative and positive. So When does the negative become harassment? But when does the...
Trump and Diversity
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is back. So, what does this mean for UK businesses and their EDI agendas? Simon sets out a practical five-point plan to navigate the...
Introducing Fearless Diversity
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Fearless Diversity, the candid podcast that tackles the real dilemmas bosses, managers, and leaders face every day. Join Rachel Cashm...