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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Sep 2, 2019 • 37min
Jennifer Dillon - ChangeMaker chat
Jennifer 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 27, 2019 • 43min
Dave Sweeney - ChangeMaker chat
Dave 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2019 • 42min
Jeremy Heimans - ChangeMaker chat
Jeremy 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 12, 2019 • 34min
Hahrie Han - ChangeMaker chat
Hahrie 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 5, 2019 • 45min
Jolovan Wham - ChangeMaker chat
Imagine 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2019 • 41min
Amnesty and trolling twitter
Social 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2019 • 38min
Igniting jobs for refugees
In 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2019 • 48min
Migrant caravan in Central America
In 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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2019 • 41min
Becky Bond - ChangeMaker chat
We 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 7, 2019 • 51min
John Robertson - ChangeMaker chat
Do 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
