Podcasts

Beyond Punishment: What Nonviolence Really Asks of Changemakers

When we talk about creating a more peaceful and just world, much of our attention is understandably directed towards violence itself. We campaign to end violence against women, challenge oppressive institutions, call out racism, confront harmful behaviour and try to dismantle the systems that perpetuate injustice. But there is another question that receives far less […]

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From Food Security to Food Sovereignty: Rebuilding Local Food Systems From the Ground Up

Most of us rarely think about how extraordinary the modern food system is. We can walk into a supermarket almost anywhere in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand and find shelves filled with food grown thousands of kilometres away, transported through complex international supply chains and available throughout the year regardless of season. But that convenience

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The Challenges of Leading for Good: Burnout, loneliness, and the emotional realities of nonprofit leadership

People often assume that working in the nonprofit or social impact sector must feel deeply fulfilling all the time. After all, if you are dedicating your life to helping others, contributing to your community, or working toward a cause you believe in, shouldn’t that be energising? Sometimes it is. But as Anthony Silard explains in

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Living Beyond the “Shoulds”: What Modern Singlehood Can Teach Changemakers About Agency, Community, and Success

One of the most powerful questions a changemaker can ask is this: How much of my life am I consciously choosing, and how much am I simply inheriting from the world around me? We spend so much time challenging the assumptions embedded within society. We question economic systems, political institutions, cultural norms, and dominant narratives

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Why Is Technology Getting Worse on Purpose? Enshittification, Surveillance Capitalism and Reclaiming Our Digital Commons

There is a strange experience that has become increasingly familiar in our digital lives: a technology we once liked slowly becomes worse. A social media platform that once showed us posts from people we chose to follow becomes an endless stream of advertisements, sponsored content and algorithmic recommendations. A service that was once free begins

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Designing Out Waste in the Creative Industries: What happens after the show ends?

When people think about the creative industries, they tend to think about what is visible. They think about the fashion campaign, the immersive brand activation, the film set, the TV studio, the festival installation, the exhibition stand, the Christmas window display, the theatre production. They think about creativity at its most exciting: bold ideas made

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From the Pulpit to the FBI: What Justice, Trust and Service Really Look Like

We often talk about social change as though it happens through policy reform, public campaigns, or major institutional shifts. And it does. But sometimes the most revealing insights come from people whose work has placed them right at the intersection of harm, vulnerability, power, and accountability. In a recent episode of Changemaker Q&A, Eric Robinson

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Writing to Read: What Dyslexia Innovation Teaches Us About Unlocking Human Potential

We often talk about systems change in the context of economics, climate, or governance. But some of the most profound system failures sit quietly in classrooms. In a recent episode of Changemaker Q&A, Russell shared a story that challenges assumptions about intelligence, literacy, and what’s actually possible when we rethink how learning works. His journey

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Why Changemakers Need to Imagine More Possible Futures

One of the greatest challenges facing changemakers today isn’t a lack of ideas, evidence, or motivation. It is a lack of imagination. That might sound surprising. After all, people working in social and environmental change spend their lives trying to create a different future. We question existing systems, critique harmful structures, and advocate for more

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What if the problem isn’t just billionaires, but billionaireism?

What if one of the biggest obstacles to building a better economy isn’t only policy failure or corporate power, but the way we collectively imagine wealth, success, and human worth? That question sits at the heart of a fascinating conversation with writer Diana Colleen on Voices of the New Economy. Through her speculative eco-thriller, Diana

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