ChangeMakers (AUS)
250 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -ChangeMakers Podcast tells stories of people trying the change the world. Each week, host Amanda Tattersall travels the globe, talking to the people involved in extraordinary campaigns, finding out what works - and what doesn't. Hopes, fears and regrets are revealed. Story by story, the lessons of how to change the world are teased out. Over ten episodes ChangeMakers looks at twenty campaigns, in 14 countries across the globe. From anti-Putin activists in Moscow, to democracy advocates in Hong Kong, to environmental farmers in northern NSW, ChangeMakers shows change is possible.
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Antony Dapiran - ChangeMaker chat
October 07, 2019 12:00 - 53 minutes - 50.2 MBAntony Dapiran is a long time Hong Kong resident and commentator on the Hong Kong protests. He is the author of City of Protest, a book that explains the history of protest movements in Hong Kong.
Joel Solomon - ChangeMaker chat
September 30, 2019 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBJoel Solomon is the co-author of a new book - The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose and Capitalism. He is the chair and co-founder of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm and has been active in the charitable funding of environmental issues for decades.
How Umbrella shaped the 2019 protests
September 09, 2019 21:29 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThe 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong was a defeat, but it also generated key insights. We explore how it has guided the 2019 Hong Kong Protest movement.
Tiananmen to the Hong Kong protests
September 09, 2019 05:51 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBFrom Tiananmen Square onwards, Hong Kong protesters have developed sophisticated protest strategies. We explore the long story behind Hong Kong's protest life that has produced the 2019 movement.
Tiananmen to the Hong Kong protests
September 09, 2019 04:51 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBFrom Tiananmen Square onwards, Hong Kong protesters have developed sophisticated protest strategies. We explore the long story behind Hong Kong's protest life that has produced the 2019 movement.
Jennifer Dillon - ChangeMaker chat
September 02, 2019 13:00 - 37 minutes - 35.9 MBJennifer Dillon is the communications director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. We talk about her work seeking recognition, dignity, respect and basic labour protections for millions of domestic workers in the United States.
Jennifer Dillion - ChangeMaker chat
September 02, 2019 13:00 - 37 minutes - 35.5 MBJennifer Dillion is the communications director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. We talk about her work seeking recognition, dignity, respect and basic labour protections for millions of domestic workers in the United States.
Dave Sweeney - ChangeMaker chat
August 27, 2019 03:59 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBDave Sweeney is a long time prominent anti-nuclear campaigner, co-founding the 2017 Nobel Prize winning global organisation, ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Jeremy Heimans - ChangeMaker chat
August 19, 2019 13:00 - 42 minutes - 42.2 MBJeremy Heimans is a digital social movement entrepreneur and the key figure behind cutting edge social change organisations like GetUp, Avaaz and Purpose. We talk about his journey, and themes from his new book with Henry Timms, called New Power - How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World - and How to Make it Work for You.
Hahrie Han - ChangeMaker chat
August 12, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes - 33.7 MBHahrie Han is one of the world's top researchers studying ways of strengthening civic engagement. We explore the different strategies you can use to build people power and the journey she took to become one of the world's top researchers in this space.
Jolovan Wham - ChangeMaker chat
August 05, 2019 13:00 - 44 minutes - 42.7 MBImagine trying to make change in an authoritarian state? Jolovan Wham works in Singapore with migrant domestic workers. Why does he do it and what does the state do to make his change making so hard.
Amnesty and trolling twitter
June 10, 2019 09:00 - 41 minutes - 40.2 MBSocial media abuse tries to shut people down, and is frighteningly common for women and people of colour. Host Amanda Tattersall discusses with social activist Tanning Onus Williams the story of how Amnesty decided to map twitter and see if it could stop it.
Igniting jobs for refugees
June 10, 2019 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBIn Australia it's hard for newly arrived refugees to find a new job. In 2011, Settlement Services International found a way for refugees to create businesses for themselves - by using the marketplace as a changemaker. Host Host Amanda Tattersall speaks refugee Ed Yousif.
Migrant caravan in Central America
June 10, 2019 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn late 2018 thousands of people from across Central America walked North to the border of the USA and into the political maelstrom of the midterm elections. How did they organise themselves and what did they achieve?
Becky Bond - ChangeMaker chat
March 31, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBWe have radical challenges like climate change and inequality but not many radical political leaders. What does it take to find and elect leaders like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez? Becky Bond was one of the Field Directors for the Bernie Sanders campaign and she shares her experience of combining radical agendas and political parties.
John Robertson - ChangeMaker chat
March 07, 2019 14:00 - 50 minutes - 48.2 MBDo you wish politicians would spill the beans on how politics actually works? Then this chat is for you. Topics range from Your Rights at Work, the ALP and the Adani mine.
Marc Stears - ChangeMaker chat
February 19, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 37.3 MBCan universities be change makers? Marc Stears has not only been a Professor at Oxford but a leading figure in the UK Labour Party under Ed Miliband. He shares what he has learnt about transitioning across the university-practitioner divide in the pursuit of social impact, and his new role as Director of Sydney Policy Lab.
Asian coalition for housing rights
December 01, 2018 17:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBCan squatters ever hope to become land owners? An inspiring story from Thailand shows what it takes for poor people to rebuild the city around them.
Homes for the homeless
December 01, 2018 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBHow do we overcome chronic long term homelessness? On this episode we look at one campaign which decided to set an absurdly ambitious goal to try and solve the homelessness problem.
Fair treatment
December 01, 2018 15:00 - 48 minutes - 45.8 MBWhat is a church doing running a facility where illegal drugs can be used openly? And why?
Marriage equality
October 26, 2018 12:00 - 48 minutes - 45.5 MBThe road to marriage equality in Australia was filled with dirty tricks and homophobia. How did the LGBTI community build a movement strong enough to overcome it all?
Reclaim the city
October 25, 2018 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBIn Cape Town, apartheid pushed black residents to the edge of the city. Reclaim the city is a movement pushing back, desegregating the city through strategic long term occupations.
Indivisible
October 24, 2018 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.6 MBThis is the origin story of the largest anti-Trump organisation in America and how it built a mass based local movement to save affordable healthcare.
Umbrella movement
October 23, 2018 15:00 - 39 minutes - 37.4 MBIn 2014 Hong Kong hundreds of thousands of citizens staged a mass street occupation demanding the vote. Why did it happen? And what led to tensions building inside the movement overtime?
Brooklyn 99
October 22, 2018 16:00 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MBWhat can we learn when a Hollywood TV show gets into ChangeMaking? Comedy show Brooklyn 99 took on police racism. How did they do it in a way that people didn't turn off?
Fleeing for your life
December 17, 2017 15:01 - 24 minutes - 25.1 MBWhen Donald Trump took power, one of his first orders was to ban Syrian refugees entering the United States. In many parts of the world politicians are increasingly scapegoating refugees, and in the process denying them their human rights. But there is one country that has decided to treat refugees with basic human decency. Uganda doesn't lock up its refugees. Instead, they live in settlements with freedom of movement, access to land and education. What can the rest of the world learn from Ug...
Episode 10 - Fleeing For Your Life
December 17, 2017 14:01 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBWhen Donald Trump took power, one of his first orders was to ban Syrian refugees entering the United States. In many parts of the world politicians are increasingly scapegoating refugees, and in the process denying them their human rights. But there is one country that has decided to treat refugees with basic human decency. Uganda doesn't lock up its refugees. Instead, they live in settlements with freedom of movement, access to land and education. What can the rest of the world learn from U...
Fighting the hard right
December 10, 2017 15:01 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBHave you ever clicked on an online petition and wondered whether it worked?In 2016, GetUp - a digital campaign organisation best known for its online petitions and email campaigns - decided to go offline. They came up with a strategy to remove extreme conservative politicians from the Australian parliament. One of the places they went to was the electorate of Bass in Northern Tasmania - a seat not known for being welcoming to out-of-towners. What did they do, and how did they do it? GetUp has...
Episode 9 - Fighting the Hard Right
December 10, 2017 14:01 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBHave you ever clicked on an online petition and wondered whether it worked? In 2016, GetUp - a digital campaign organisation best known for its online petitions and email campaigns - decided to go offline. They came up with a strategy to remove extreme conservative politicians from the Australian parliament. One of the places they went to was the electorate of Bass in Northern Tasmania - a seat not known for being welcoming to out-of-towners. What did they do, and how did they do it? GetUp ha...
We Will Be Back Next Week
December 03, 2017 14:01 - 22 seconds - 353 KBChangeMakers is taking a break this week. In the meantime, check out our episode archive, and remember to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date. ChangeMakers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/ ChangeMakers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChangeMakers99 ChangeMakers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changemakerspodcast/ Connect with Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmandaTatts Check out our Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/changemakerspodc...
The power of vision
November 26, 2017 15:01 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBWhat does it take to improve the lives of millions of people? The late Fred Hollows knew. He was known across the globe for his groundbreaking work in disrupting the global medical establishment, and his legacy lives on among the doctors he inspired. His most famous student - Dr Sanduk Ruit - has helped bring sight to over 125,000 people and trained thousands more doctors. In the process, he has directly improved the lives of millions of people. But what does it take to achieve transformation...
Fighting dirty
November 19, 2017 15:01 - 37 minutes - 36.3 MBWhat would you do if someone wanted to bulldoze an oil pipeline through your country, threatening not just your land, but your water and air? And what if the nation backing them had a history of playing dirty? That's the situation the people in this episode found themselves in - the battle over building an oil pipeline in Standing Rock in South Dakota, USA. Should they take the high road? Or respond in kind?
Protesting in Putin's Russia
November 12, 2017 15:01 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBWhat would you do if someone wanted to illegally concrete over your local park, and build an apartment block on it? And what would you do if the authorities supported the illegal construction? This episode looks at how to organise genuine opposition in a place where the one thing they hate is genuine opposition - how a small protest against the destruction
When anger works - pt 2
October 29, 2017 13:01 - 26 minutes - 25.1 MBThis is the second part of an exploration into how anger can be channelled into powerful actions. Part two comes from Brisbane, Australia where a simple vigil outside a hospital turned into a national flashpoint that overturned a decade of political consensus on Australia's refugee policy. Remarkably, when they began the organisers of the vigil didn't know what they were even aiming to achieve.
Episode 5 - When Anger Works, Part 2
October 29, 2017 13:01 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBThis is the second part of an exploration into how anger can be channelled into powerful actions. Part two comes from Brisbane, Australia where a simple vigil outside a hospital turned into a national flashpoint that overturned a decade of political consensus on Australia's refugee policy. Remarkably, when they began the organisers of the vigil didn't know what they were even aiming to achieve. ChangeMakers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/ ChangeMakers on Twitter: h...
Episode 4 - When Anger Works, Part 1
October 22, 2017 13:01 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBPlacing yourself in harm's way is powerful but scary. Often it is fueled by the white-hot anger of knowing that you're on the side of justice, and yet failing to make the change you need. This is a two-part exploration of times when direct action was used to confront an overwhelming force. Part one looks at the remarkable #FeesMustFall student movement in South Africa, that all started when someone threw poo at a statue. ChangeMakers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/...
When anger works - pt 1
October 22, 2017 13:01 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBPlacing yourself in harm's way is powerful but scary. Often it is fueled by the white-hot anger of knowing that you're on the side of justice, and yet failing to make the change you need. This is a two-part exploration of times when direct action was used to confront an overwhelming force. Part one looks at the remarkable #FeesMustFall student movement in South Africa, that all started when someone threw poo at a statue.
Women who lead
October 15, 2017 13:01 - 45 minutes - 42.7 MBSometimes it's a strength to not know too much about how something is usually done. In both of today's stories, we see women who had very little experience, entering male-dominated spaces and smashing it. By disrupting the business-as-usual approach, their innovations have had lasting impact. The first story is about mothers who are standing up to the gun lobby in the USA, and the second is about the women on the frontline of terrorism in Kenya.
Episode 3 - Women Who Lead
October 15, 2017 13:01 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBSometimes it's a strength to not know too much about how something is usually done. In both of today's stories, we see women who had very little experience, entering male-dominated spaces and smashing it. By disrupting the business-as-usual approach, their innovations have had lasting impact. The first story is about mothers who are standing up to the gun lobby in the USA, and the second is about the women on the frontline of terrorism in Kenya. ChangeMakers on Facebook: https://www.facebook...
Episode 2 - How To Win
October 08, 2017 22:01 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhen the largest rally in human history in 2003 didnt stop the Iraq War it makes you wonder what does it take for a coalition to win? In the second episode of ChangeMakers podcast we look at Brexit and examine how the types of coalitions used by each side influenced the outcome of the referendum. Then we go to the Northern Rivers in regional Australia look at how a different kind of alliance against Coal Seam Gas sought to organise across the entire community. ChangeMakers on Facebook: https...
How to win
October 08, 2017 22:01 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhen the largest rally in human history in 2003 didnt stop the Iraq War it makes you wonder what does it take for a coalition to win? In the second episode of ChangeMakers podcast we look at Brexit and examine how the types of coalitions used by each side influenced the outcome of the referendum. Then we go to the Northern Rivers in regional Australia look at how a different kind of alliance against Coal Seam Gas sought to organise across the entire community.
Making the impossible possible
October 06, 2017 22:01 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBYou might think it'd be easier to ask for something achievable in a campaign, rather than demand the impossible. But sometimes the opposite is true. In the first episode of the ChangeMakers podcast, we look at the famous Fight for 15 campaign in the United States, which is radically changing the way low-wage workers fight for better conditions. Then we look at the roots of the radical politics that is sweeping Barcelona - and examine their attempts to empower the street.
Episode 1 - Making The Impossible Possible
October 06, 2017 22:01 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBYou might think it'd be easier to ask for something achievable in a campaign, rather than demand the impossible. But sometimes the opposite is true. In the first episode of the ChangeMakers podcast, we look at the famous Fight for 15 campaign in the United States, which is radically changing the way low-wage workers fight for better conditions. Then we look at the roots of the radical politics that is sweeping Barcelona - and examine their attempts to empower the street. ChangeMakers on F...