ChangeMakers Podcast

We have re-released our chat with Radio National’s Saturday Extra Host Nick Bryant about all things America – and the long story behind the intractable conflicts in the US. changemakerspodcast.org/nick-bryant-ch… @AmandaTatts @NickBryantNY

This week's episode is all about the community independents movement! Denis Ginnivan was at the first meeting that turned into Voices for Indi. We look at what can happen when community organising strategies are connected with electoral politics. changemakerspodcast.org/denis-ginnivan…

Our host @amandatatts was honoured to talk with Senator Fatima Payman to hear the long story behind her advocacy for Gaza and how she left the Australian Labor Party. This is an unmissably rich and moving conversation with a true Australian change maker! changemakerspodcast.org/fatima-payman-…

What IS co-design? Its one of those words that is tossed about not often easy to understand. Come and listen to Brendan McCormak, a world leading community engaged nursing researcher explain it!! changemakerspodcast.org/brendan-mccorm…

This week we go underneath the news stories about President Trump's ICE brutality and talk with Alexandra Pineros Shields about how immigrant communities in the US are organising their resistance. changemakerspodcast.org/alexandra-pine…

What happens when 000 fails? In 2022 communities on the Northern Rivers showed us all how to respond to climate disaster. This episode with Rebecca McNaught - a climate disaster researcher and Northern Rivers local shares some of what was learnt. changemakerspodcast.org/rebecca-mcnaug…

Not just by providing services but by building a movement of women, most of whom have been affected by violence, to lead the change to public life and policy that can address the issue at its source. changemakerspodcast.org/love-and-power…

We need to talk -still - about how to end violence against women. This ChangeMakers Podcast episode shares the work of the UK group Love and Power who are working to achieve this goal in a very different way. changemakerspodcast.org/love-and-power…

Can public servants be ChangeMakers? We celebrated nurses and teachers in the pandemic but too often we think of bureaucrats as paper shufflers. Dan Honig (@rambletastic) takes us through how we might unleash the mission-driven bureaucrats of the world! changemakerspodcast.org/dan-honig-chan…

Can lawyers be change makers? In this episode talk to Michael Bradley of Marque Lawyers about lawyering for social change. He shares how he practices law with a focus on relationships rather than timesheets, while sharing some cracker war stories! changemakerspodcast.org/michael-bradle…

On our latest episode of ChangeMakers Podcast one of Australia’s and the World’s leading autistic psychologists and advocates shares lessons with @amandatatts about his life as an advocate. changemakerspodcast.org/wenn-lawson-ch…

Can you make a difference by being funny? In this podcast episode news satirist and stand up comedian Sami Shah takes us through the art of political satire and the journey that got him there. changemakerspodcast.org/sami-shah-chan…

In a world where everyone is worried about cost of living - what difference would it make to our wages? In this chat with @amandatatts Lyndy McIntyre talks about the Living Wage campaign that did exactly that in Aotearoa New Zealand. changemakerspodcast.org/lyndy-mcintrye…

In a world where everyone is worried about cost of living - what difference would it make to our wages? In this chat with @amandatatts Lyndy McIntyre talks about the Living Wage campaign that did exactly that in Aotearoa New Zealand. changemakerspodcast.org/lyndy-mcintrye…

We are back for 2025!! To start the year in style - we are celebrating Grace Tame. She bravely took on the worst Australian at the Australian of the Year awards - and this episode gives you a rich background about the kind of amazing person she is. changemakerspodcast.org/grace-tame-cha…

This is an expansive look at the US election just gone and a long gaze at what it means for change making around the world. changemakerspodcast.org/nick-bryant-ch…

In our last episode for 2024 @amandatatts interviews @NickBryantNY - foreign correspondent and author - about the US election that just was! changemakerspodcast.org/nick-bryant-ch…

We should be outraged that 45 Hong Kong opposition politicians, academics, union leaders, and activists were given a combined 245 years and 6 months in prison for simply trying to run and win in an election. bbc.com/news/articles/…

At a time where nuclear is in the news, this ChangeMaker Chat episode with Dave Sweeney - Nobel Prize no nuclear campaigner - is worth a listen. We recorded this back in 2019, but it could not be more relevant right now. @AmandaTatts @NukeDaveSweeney changemakerspodcast.org/dave-sweeney-c…