Podcasts

Resilience gets talked about a lot in the social change space. We tell ourselves to “stay strong” and “keep going”. But when funding falls through, relationships break down, projects stall, or self-doubt creeps in, resilience can feel less like a virtue and more like a vague slogan. In a recent conversation on Changemaker Q&A, Michael […]

There is a growing tension many people are quietly carrying. On one hand, we are told to pursue success, productivity, status, and financial security. We are encouraged to climb career ladders, maximise opportunities, and build impressive lives. On the other hand, many people look around at the state of the world and feel an increasing

One of the most common assumptions about modern society is that cultural change is now happening at unprecedented speed. Every day, new conversations emerge online. Public opinion appears to shift overnight. Social media trends move rapidly, political discourse changes constantly, and younger generations often seem to navigate entirely different moral and cultural landscapes from those

Most changemakers are trained to think in terms of strategies, systems, leverage points, and outcomes. We map problems, design interventions, and try to move complex social systems toward more just and sustainable futures. Yet one of the most powerful teachers of change is often overlooked: the living world itself. In a recent episode of Changemaker

After 100 episodes of Changemaker Q&A, one lesson keeps returning again and again: meaningful change is far messier, more relational, and more human than most frameworks or strategies prepare us for. Across conversations with grassroots activists, nonprofit leaders, artists, researchers, entrepreneurs, community organisers, and systems thinkers, a pattern has emerged. The people creating the most

Some episodes are about tactics. This one is about something more foundational. It is about what happens when care stops being an individual impulse and becomes something designed, organised, and sustained—especially in the places where people are most vulnerable. In this conversation, Heidi traces the path that led her into the not-for-profit world, and it