Our Happy Place
by C3 Vision
“We don’t have a voice at this stage, and this provides us the voice in some way.”- Our Happy Place participant, aged 17And perhaps that says it better than we ever could.Our Happy Place is a youth-led video and audio podcast series from London, created by young people aged 16 to 18 from different backgrounds, cultures and experiences.They learn, experiment, question, laugh, disagree, make mistakes and, ultimately, create conversations that matter. With microphones, cameras and guidance from media professionals, they take their ideas from the first spark to stories shared with the worl
Episodes
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SEX EDUCATION ≠ SEX CONVERSATION
Can you get pregnant from a toilet seat? Can you wash away sperm to prevent pregnancy? These are real questions and misconceptions young people encounter. But when sex education becomes a classroom full of giggles, whispers and unanswered questions, where do theyturn? What about LGBTQ+...
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SEX, SHAME & SILENCE
“We don't keep boyfriends. We keep husbands.” When that's what you hear at home, and at school your questions about sex are met with “Stick to the syllabus”, where does a curious young mind turn for answers? 🟣 Is sex education in Britain keeping up with youngpeople's lives, or is it outdated? 🟠...
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THE CONVERSATION WE'RE SCARED TO HAVE!
Why does talking about sex feel so uncomfortable for so many? From cultural taboos and parental expectations to gaps in sex education, young people at Our Happy Place confront the silence around sex and ask what it takes to have an open, judgement-free conversation. 🎙️ SEX, SHAME & SILENCE:...
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GEN Z'S PLAYGROUND MOVING ONLINE?
The most connected generation. But is it also the loneliest? We often hear that gaming and social media are making young people less social, reducing their attention spans and keeping them indoors. But what if we're asking the wrong questions? In Episode 3 of Our Happy Place, young Londoners aged...
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PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM, ARE YOU LISTENING?
🟣 Should social media be banned for under 16s? 🟠 What is the virtual world providing that the real world isn't? Or have Gen Z's playgrounds simply moved online? 🟡 Are gaming and social media affecting young people's concentration? 🩷 Are they making young people lonelier or helping them…
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Is School Preparing Us For The Future?
Pythagoras. Calculus. Shakespeare. Chemistry. Whydo we need to study things we may never use in life? It’s a question many pupils ask. But the world they are preparing to enter is changing fast. The World Economic Forum says 39% of workers’ existing skill sets are expected to be transformed or...
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TEASER: EP2: Exam Ready Or Life Ready?
Pythagoras.Calculus. Shakespeare. Chemistry. Why do we need to study things we may never use in life? And with AI changing the jobs of tomorrow, there’s an even bigger question: is school making us life ready or just exam ready? With 981,000 young people in the UK currently not in education,...
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TWO CULTURES. STILL “UNCULTURED”?
What does it mean to be called “uncultured” when you are growing up between cultures? A major British Future study published this month found that 58% of ethnic-minority respondents aged 18-24 had experienced racial prejudice during the previous year. But judgement does not always come from…
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TWO CULTURES. STILL “UNCULTURED”? | Official Teaser EP1
London speaks more than 300 languages. Four in ten Londoners were born outside the UK, while many more were born here with family roots elsewhere. Different countries, cultures, languages and faiths, all calling the same city home.Some celebrate this diversity. Others feel threatened by it. But…
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About this show
“We don’t have a voice at this stage, and this provides us the voice in some way.”- Our Happy Place participant, aged 17And perhaps that says it better than we ever could.Our Happy Place is a youth-led video and audio podcast series from London, created by young people aged 16 to 18 from different backgrounds, cultures and experiences.They learn, experiment, question, laugh, disagree, make mistakes and, ultimately, create conversations that matter. With microphones, cameras and guidance from media professionals, they take their ideas from the first spark to stories shared with the worl
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C3 Vision