ChangeMakers
Iconoclast Network
The ChangeMakers Podcast tells stories of people changing the world.We produce ChangeMaker Chats with people who share why and how they make change, and we also do documentary style episodes about change making campaigns. W known change makers like the 2019 Hong Kong Protesters, Standing Rock activists, climate campaigners like Bill Mckibben and Australian of the Year Grace Tame, as well aschange makers, all of whom have stories and lessons to share.Tune to our episodes that release every fortnight on a Tuesday to be inspired about what is possible, and learn from the insights, successes and failures of others! We bege so with over 120 episodes there is plenty to be inspired by in our back catalogue about how we can change the world. You can find out more about our episodes, join our email discover more change making content at https://changemakerspodcast.org/.Our host Amanda Tattersall is an Australian ChangeMaker, co-founding GetUp, founding community organising in Australia with the Sydney Alliance, and now is a action-reseAssociate Professor at the Universitv of Svdnev.ChangeMakers is sponsored by the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 31, 2021 • 1h 4min
Jonathan Cox - Scale and Organising - ChangeMaker Chat
Scale is a buzzword in social change circles, but what does it actually mean to scale social change? Community organiser and Deputy Director of Citizens UK Jonathan Cox unpacks the idea of scale. We discuss the importance of one-to-one relationships, organisation, and networks as resources that help social change ideas move from the small to the big and from place to place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 17, 2021 • 46min
Danielle Celermajer - author of Summertime - ChangeMaker Chat
Dany is a philosopher and writer whose latest book Summertime documents her experience inside the 2019 Bushfires. Today we talk about her journey and how she has learnt to speak about crisis. We discuss the power she has drawn from bearing witness. Dany identifies strategies for how change makers can walk with crisis, and harness the power of structural story-telling in how they make change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 3, 2021 • 50min
ICYMI - Protesting Putin’s Russia
This is an episode we recorded in 2017 in Moscow, telling the long story behind the broad-based resistance movements that have exploded across Russia in support of Alexis Navaley. These leaders have mixed feelings about Navaley as a figure, but the story shows that even in an authoritarian state - people will stand up for their needs - even when they face threat and intimidation.For more on ChangeMakers head to - changemakerspodcast.orgYou can find us on Twitter @changemakers99 and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 19, 2021 • 59min
Tyson Yunkaporta - Indigenous thinking - ChangeMaker Chats
Tyson Yunkaporta belongs to Apalech clan of North Queensland. He wrote Sandtalk and is an iconoclast - helping us to see things differently in a modern world of crisis and chaos. Join us on a chat that explores a different understanding of power, change, and being. For more on ChangeMakers go to our website - https://changemakerspodcast.org/ Tyson's book Sandtalk is available here - https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk The episode is supported by the Learning Change project created by the Anthropocene Transition Community Hub - https://www.at dash hub.org/.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 5, 2021 • 50min
Arnie Graf - Community Organiser - ChangeMaker Chats
Do you need a charismatic leader to make change in the world? Arnie Graf's life's work shows the answer is ‘no.' He's spent 45 years working with people like you and me to build movements that collectively lead change. This episode talks about how he got there and what he learnt. He shares how he was trained by Saul Alinsky the grandfather of community organising, and he reflects on his book Lessons Learned.Find out more about ChangeMakers - https://changemakerspodcast.org/ Find us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast Join the discussion on - https://www.facebook.com/groups/changemakerchats/Twitter - https://twitter.com/changemakers99 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 22, 2021 • 44min
Myint Cho - Burmese pro-Democracy Activist - ChangeMaker Chat
Following the 2021 coup by the Burmese military, the Burmese community have built an extraordinary civil disobedience movement to call for the return of democracy. Today we speak to Myint Cho a long-time Burmese pro-democracy activist, active in the student movement in 1988, and then based at the Thai-Burma border for 12 years. He shares the long history of the struggle and explains what is happening today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 7, 2021 • 18min
Sexual Assault - IWD ChangeMaker Special
There is a sexual assault crisis in Australia right now. Today we have a special episode - a re-recorded speech that was delivered by host Amanda Tattersall to 500 year 9 and 10 female and male high school students at a public high school in Sydney's inner West Sydney for its International Women's Day Assembly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 1, 2021 • 39min
Jean Hinchliffe - Student Striker - ChangeMaker Chat
What does it take for a teenager to turn into a planet defender? Jean Hinchliffe is a climate campaigner and a new author of activist handbook Lead the Way. Today she talks about her activist journey and the lessons she has learnt about making powerful change. Find more about ChangeMakers on our website - https://changemakerspodcast.org/ where you can sign up to our email list for updates. Follow us on Facebook -https://m.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/ Or Twitter @changemakers99 or our host Amanda on @amandatattsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 21, 2021 • 3min
Introducing ChangeMakers Season Five
We are back on 2 March. Here is a taster of what is coming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2020 • 46min
Michelle Meagher - ChangeMaker Chat
The power of our largest corporations is all around, but what happens if a corporate foot soldier decides - “enough.” Then uses her inside knowledge to teach people like you and me how to level the playing field? Michelle Meagher is a corporate lawyer and now whistleblower on the system ready to share lessons and insights about how to dramatically change market power.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
