Best Alexandra Mitchell Podcasts (2025)

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Maurice Mitchell - ChangeMaker Chat - US and New Politics 1:02:46

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When Zohran Mamdani voted in the New York Mayoral election last week he told the press that he followed the Working Families Party ticket. Who is the Working FamiliesParty? This episode is one we recorded earlier with the national leader of the Working Families Party - Maurice Mitchell. This episode was recorded in the wake of the Movement for Blac…

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The Quantum Shaman: do quantum crystals and chat GPT have consciousness? 1:00:47

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Hi Darling! This week I sit down with Dr Aaron Breidenbach, a Stanford physicist, Nature-published scientist, and self-proclaimed Quantum Shaman. Aaron’s research into exotic magnetic crystals could hold the key to the next generation of quantum computers, but his curiosity doesn’t stop there. These crystals aren’t just lab-grown, amazingly, they o…

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Nick Bryant - ChangeMaker Chat - America the Long Story #ICYMI 47:52

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We have a chat with Radio Nation's Saturday Extra Host Nick Bryant about all things America - and the long story behind the intractable conflicts in the US. This episode was recorded in December 2024 - after President Trump's election but before he took office so it doesn't focus on what has happened in 2025. Instead it casts a long history that sh…

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What I lost & what I found when I moved across the world 16:04

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Hi Darling! After two international moves, from the UK to Amsterdam and more recently to California, I've learnt a thing or two about the process. There are inevitable losses and incredibly tough moments but there is also exciting new places and brilliant new friends. In this episode, I share the raw side of moving countries: the loneliness, the he…

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Denis Ginnivan - ChangeMaker Chat - Voices for Australia 1:02:09

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In Australia, since 2012 there has been an explosive growth in community independents who have been challenging the two-party system and bringing new voices in the parliament. But there is a much bigger story than just the arrival of many new faces in parliament. Behind the new elected representatives is a massive movement of people - the "Voices o…

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Behind the Scenes: At a Gravitational Waves Conference 1:21:09

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Hi Darling! Have you ever wondered what a science conference is like? Come behind the scenes with me at a LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (gravitational wave detectors) collaboration meeting. I'll take you around the conference (and into the pub), describing what I'm up to and talking to other scientists about their conference experiences, which gravitational wav…

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Mattia Emma: Physics and Philanthropy, Building a Girls’ School in Kenya 1:33:13

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Hi Darling! This episode was recorded on a hike in the Rocky mountains with Mattia Emma, a gravitational wave astrophysicist who is finishing up his PhD at the Royal Holloway in London. Mattia shares how a summer volunteer trip led him to setting up the Storm Project, an NGO to support a girls boarding school in a remote part of Kenya. We discuss t…

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Vic McEwan - ChangeMaker Chat - Socially-Engaged Arts Practice 1:20:01

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When millions of fish died overnight in Menindee in western NSW, the community came together to mourn, interpret and respond to what had happened through a series of powerful arts events. What happened was supported by the use of a socially-engaged arts practice that brought people together across difference to create a space where communities coul…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP25 - This House We Built 58:24

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features North Yorkshire rock band This House We Bu…

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The trip that saved my career 19:53

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Hi Darling! Today I share a story from my PhD about a trip I went on to America. This trip changed my whole perspective and I went from considering quitting my PhD to having a dream job in the field. The paper I mention is now published! You can find it here: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6382/ae0087 @alexthephysicist…

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GW10 Kip Thorne: From Black Holes to Blockbusters 38:56

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Hi Darling! For part two of the GW10 series I sit down with Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne, a founder of LIGO, black-hole theorist, and the science mind behind Interstellar. We talk about the 50 year journey from a bold idea to the first detection of gravitational waves, the brainstorms that seeded quantum computing and precision measurement, and how co…

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GW10 Barry Barish: Secrets, Strategy, and Spacetime 1:30:01

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Hi Darling! For the final part of the GW10 series I sit down with the second Nobel Laureate physicist Barry Barish, the leader who guided LIGO to the first detection of gravitational waves. Barry invited me to his home in Santa Monica for my very first interview for the podcast, quite a way to start! We talk about his path from engineering student …

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GW10 A Brief Introduction to Gravitational Waves 12:20

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Hi Darling! GW10 is a three part series celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves on September 14th 2015. In this episode I introduce what gravitational waves are in basic terms and describe their effect and therefore how we detect them. I also discuss my own research in the field and how this could improve o…

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Fatima Payman - Gaza and the Labor Party 47:23

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Senator Fatima Payman was the first hijab wearing member of parliament representing the Australian Labor Party and in 2024 she was removed from the ALP caucus in response to her campaigning (and crossing the floor of parliament) calling for the ALP to recognise the genocide in Gaza and the need for a Palestinian State. As it turns out, her leadersh…

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Ali James: from Lacrosse to LIGO 49:55

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Hi Darling! Ali and I connect over lasers, lacrosse, LIGO and nationalizing the railways. Despite meeting at university in the UK, we are now both working in California and have been working on some projects together for LIGO - the gravitational wave detectors in America. In this conversation we reminisce on some fun times (and some interesting int…

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My physicist origin story 13:13

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Hi Darling! Welcome to the podcast! Thank you so much for listening. Today I introduce myself, the podcast, why I've started it and what I hope to achieve with it. I will also tell my 'physics origin story' - how I got into physics and the start of my journey so far. @alexthephysicistBy Alex the Physicist

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Brendan McCormak - ChangeMaker Chat - Co-design 1:05:59

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There is a lot of talk about co-design and community engagement in research and public policy - but in practice a lot of that talk ends up looking like window dressing rather than real community partnership. We talk to one of the world's leading co-design, community engaged researchers in nursing - Professor Brendan McCormak Head of the Nursing Sch…

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The Matt Black Podcast EP24 - Alexandra Carlos (Singer-songwriter) 1:48:36

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Alexandra Carlos, Yorkshire based Singer-s…

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Alexandra Pineros Shields - ChangeMaker Chat - the People vs ICE 1:01:26

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The second Trump Administration has brought with it an unprecedented attack on migrants, led by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) focused on people who are living in the United States without formal documentation. In this conversation we talk with Alexandra Pineros Shields - a long term community organiser, immigrant rights campaigner a…

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Rebecca McNaught - ChangeMaker Chat - Community Response to Climate Disaster 55:41

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Climate change has led the Northern Rivers has been inundated by flood and flood threats, but it has also shown Australia - and the world - what it looks like to lead a community response to climate change. In this episode we talk with Rebecca McNaught, a community researcher on disaster response who shares with us how the community did respond to …

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Amanda Tattersall - ChangeMakers Speech - how living with mental illness teaches us about making a difference 18:26

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On the Winter Solstice in 2025 Amanda spoke at an event in Albury held to raise awareness about Mental Illness and Suicide. She shared about her story of living with bipolar and some of the lessons it has generated about how we make a difference. In this podcast we replay that speech. Thanks to Survivors of Suicide and Friends for creating this eve…

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Terri Janke - ChangeMaker Chat - Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property 1:00:22

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In light of the release of Victoria's landmark truth telling inquiry, we are re-releasing this important ChangeMaker Chat with Terri Janke, one of Australia's leading advocates for the recognition of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property. -------- Terri Janke is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lawyer who uses the law to protect and…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP23 - Lee Pollard (Writer, Poet, Comedian, Musician) 1:31:26

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Lee Pollard. Writer, poet, comedian and mu…

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Scaling Change Big and Small - Amanda Tattersall 43:54

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On Saturday 21 June, ChangeMakers Host Amanda Tattersall is speaking at the Winter Solstice Event in Albury organised by the Survivors of Suicide & Friends. There she will share some of her experiences of living with bipolar and what reflecting on those experiences have brought to her work as a change maker. You can find out more and tune into the …

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Love and Power - ChangeMaker Chat - Ending Violence against Women #ICYMI 47:42

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This is a re-release of an important conversation with the remarkable UK organisation called Love and Power, that is seeking to respond to violence against women by building the leadership and capacity of women to lead the change. **** While we know that too many women live with the ever-present threat of violence our societies seem to struggle wit…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP22 - Nicky & Mia Eaden (Barnsley FC / Eaden's Bar) 1:13:57

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Nicky & Mia Eaden. Nicky is known for his …

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP21 - Catherine Rannus (from Bolden. Sax player, pianist, vocalist) 1:46:46

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features multi-instrumentalist Catherine Rannus. We…

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Ed Miliband - ChangeMaker Chat - Big Politics #ICYMI 45:27

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With all the tumult in UK and global politics, and the new Labor victory in Australia, we are re-releasing an episode with UK Labour Party Cabinet Minister and former Opposition Leader Ed Miliband. The topic - big politics! This episode was recorded in 2021. When can political parties be real change makers and produce big change? Ed Miliband, forme…

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Dan Honig - ChangeMaker Chat - Mission-driven bureacrats 1:01:56

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Too often, when we think of public servants we think of paper shufflers and number crunches. But nurses, teachers and care workers as well as officers working in government departments - aren't doing it for the money! These public servants - bureaucrats - are driven by a sense of service, commitment and care that is so vital to support all of our l…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP20 - Amy Albright (Comedian) 1:55:37

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Comedian Amy Albright. We talk about Amy's…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP19 - Daz Cadwallander (Singer-songwriter) 1:51:00

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Daz Cadwallander. A Singer-songwriter from…

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What changes and what stays the same 22:12

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With a Federal Election almost upon us - this is one we recorded earlier (#ICYMI) - a long form audio essay about the refugee politics of 20 years ago, and the many lingering challenges we face when it comes to big issues that divide us - like refugee policy and climate change. This episode is a personal memoir about setting up Labor for Refugees a…

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Michael Bradley - ChangeMaker Chat - Lawyers 1:03:47

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Can lawyers really be change makers? We talk with Michael Bradley who has taken on Murdoch as well as defending the rights of refugees about what it takes to be a lawyer and a change maker at the same time. He shares his 20 year journey from conventional law to a different kind of lawyering that he has now practiced for 17 years at Marque Lawyers -…

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Anand Giridharadas - ChangeMaker Chat #ICYMI - Persuaders 1:04:39

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This is a re-run episode recorded in 2024 - importantly - before the 2024 Presidential Election, but its insights and lessons about ChangeMaking are still deeply relevant! What are some of the skills or insights shared by some of America’s extraordinary change makers, people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Alicia Garza or Loretta Ross? In particular…

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Wenn Lawson - ChangeMaker Chat - Neurodivergence and Neurodiversity #ICYMI 45:16

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The Disability Movement famously argues ‘nothing about us without us.’ Wenn Lawson lives this creed as a world leading autistic advocate and researcher who has helped change how we understand autism and neurodivergence. He shares his journey, including how he shook the house of academia so it would listen to the lives of autistic people. He reflect…

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Sami Shah - ChangeMaker Chat - News Satire 49:48

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Can you make a difference by being funny? In this episode news satirist and stand up comedian Sami Shah takes us through the art of political satire and the journey that got him there. Sami grew up in Pakistan, studied in the United States and became a fully fledged journalist - and comedian in his home country before traveling to Australia. He mov…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP18 - Stacy Green Alex Leventhal (Multi-tribute artist - Pink, Annie Lennox, Cher) 2:09:01

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Stacy Green and Alex Leventhal. Two workin…

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Lyndy McIntyre - ChangeMaker Chat - Living Wages 55:24

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In a world where everyone is worried about cost of living – what difference would it make to lift the wages of the lowest paid workers? Lyndy McIntyre has documented a campaign that did exactly that in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her book Power to Win documents that struggle and in this chat she explores some of the key strategies that made that campaign…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP17 - Stuart Brierley & Christian Hayes (Coyote Rock Band) 1:47:58

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Stuart Brierley and Christian Hayes of the…

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Grace Tame - ChangeMaker Chat - #ICYMI 54:49

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Welcome back to ChangeMakers Podcast for 2025! It certainly feels like this is a big year for thinking creatively and deeply about how to make the world better! Our first episode is a re-run of a chat with the brilliant and powerful Grace Tame. Grace took a powerful form of action at the Australian of the Year event a few weeks ago, wearing a provo…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP16 - Chelsea Naylor & Katie Louise Mitchell (Luxure Aesthetics & Beauty / Redefine HQ) 1:48:35

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Chelsea Naylor (Luxury Aesthetics) and Kat…

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The Matt Black Podcast EP15 - Alex Lowe (Clinton Baptiste / Barry from Watford / Phoenix Nights) 1:13:56

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Alex Lowe - Actor, comedian, writer. Known…

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Nick Bryant - ChangeMaker Chat - Lessons from the US Election 47:52

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The whole world has just witnessed President Trump getting re-elected, but what is the long story behind what happened. In this chat, our last for 2024, we talk to Nick Bryant, US foreign correspondent and author of several books that have sought to understand what is going on with politics in the US! In this conversation Nick shares a little about…

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Dave Sweeney - ChangeMaker Chat - No Nuclear Campaigner #ICYMI 42:41

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Dave Sweeney has spent much of his life campaigning against the use of nuclear materials. For his efforts working with a group of colleagues at ICAN - the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - he won a Nobel Peace Price in 2017. This is a story of the work he has done. For those curious about the history and risks of nuclear and to be…

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What happened at the NSW Drug Summit last time? #ICYMI 48:24

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In NSW Australia there is a Drug Summit underway. It is exploring better ways to respond to the experience and effects of substance use. This episode is a story about the Uniting Church who helped lead the establishment of the first Drug Summit two decades ago and is still leading the Fair Treatment campaign to fight for a better way for the commun…

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Chrisann Jarrett - ChangeMaker Chat - We Belong 59:32

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Its easy to think that the problems in our lives are all our fault. But some of the time - indeed much of the time - our problems also come from public life. That is Chrisann Jarrett's journey . When the UK's Home Office told her that she would not be treated as a UK citizen, even though she had lived there for most of her life - she felt like it w…

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Patrick Vernon - ChangeMaker Chat - Inside and Outside Strategy 51:52

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In this chat celebrated UK community leader Patrick Vernon shares a series of stories about how he has learnt to combined the strengths of putting pressure for change through grassroots activism, and negotiating for change through inside lobby and compromise. Patrick is known for his work in gaining recognition for Black migrants in the UK, particu…

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The Matt Black Podcast - EP14 - Juli Flintoff (Dementia, Caring for a loved one living with Dementia) Author of The Secret Back Door 1:50:52

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Send us a text Hello, I'm Matt, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in the UK, I'm a vocalist, musician, songwriter, podcaster and author. My show features guests from creative backgrounds. From musicians, event promoters and organisers, comedians, to business owners and entrepreneurs. This episode features Juli Flintoff, author of the book The Secr…

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Nkosikhona Swaartbooi - ChangeMaker Chat - Reclaim Mother City 1:14:25

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This episode is a tour de force in the art of change making and the Black history of housing activism in Cape Town. Nkosikhona Swaartbooi has been a leading activist in the Reclaim the City movement that has fought for working class housing in Cape Town's urban core. He is now featured in a documentary called Mother City (2024) that shows this rema…

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Jarrod Wheatley - ChangeMaker Chats - Relational Care 45:01

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Our governments play a role in providing care and support to families and kids - but we don't often think about how those services are provided and whether they actually deliver sufficient 'care.' In this conversations Jarrod Wheatley explores his experience in working in the out-of-home care space, and unpacks a distinct model of care that is base…