Power, People and Planet
Feeling at all freaked out by the state of the world at the moment? Wondering what you can do about it? Join Kumi Naidoo, the veteran social and environmental justice campaigner, to tackle some of the biggest issues of our time. In each episode Kumi is joined by activists, artists and community leaders who are dismantling our broken system - and building something better in its place. Hear their stories. Learn what has kept them fighting. Find out how we all can make a difference. Learn more about the podcast by visiting: powerpeopleplanet.org
Episodes
23 episodes
A Life In Activism | Harsh Mander
In this special episode, which concludes Season 2 of the podcast, Kumi speaks with Indian activist Harsh Mander. This episode was recorded in August 2022 at a time when Harsh was under intense scrutiny for his activities by the Indian g...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:04:30
Doughnut Economics | Kate Raworth
Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries, and co-...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:07:43
Talking South Africa | Vishwas Satgar
In a wide-ranging discussion on South Africa with veteran activist Vishwas Satgar, Kumi explores the country's political past, present and future. With crucial elections taking place in 2024, what impact will they have for a country in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:10:51
Engaging Global Power | María Fernanda Espinosa & Meena Raman
In the early 1980s there was a slogan: think globally, act locally. Behind the slogan was the idea that, irrespective of the issue we were trying to address at the local or national level, we needed to better understand how global discourse, gl...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:08:27
Civil Disobedience | Clare Farrell & Marta Benavides
Unjust laws certainly should be broken. Mandela, Rosa Parks, and many other inspirational leaders had no hesitation in calling to break unjust laws. But laws that prevent the voices of ordinary people from being heard also need to be resisted, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:01:14
Prosecuting Justice | Markus Beeko & Nani Jansen Reventlow
The contribution of the legal community through innovative, strategic litigation and other legal efforts is going to be one of the most critical undertakings in the fight for climate justice. Currently, there are more than 1,400 climate lawsuit...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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51:16
Engaging Disagreement | Sharan Burrow & Alnoor Ladha
The challenge of activism today must include winning over those with whom we disagree, for example, those who have not yet embraced the agendas of climate and economic justice. In a country like the US where about 40% of people have been misled...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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58:34
Rethinking Society | George Monbiot
With the crises in front of us so complex, are their solutions to be found at the global or local level? Will our technologies emerge fast enough to avert the greatest threats and, if not, how do we prepare for that unknown future? And how can ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:01:10
Grassroots Activism | Luisa Neubauer & Sashi Kiran
The right to participation is one of the most powerful and basic rights, and far too often people who are living in the frontlines of various struggles at the grassroots levels are spectators where they should be central players. In the climate...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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59:29
LIVE: How Can Art and Activism Work Together? | Ólafur Elíasson & Molly Fannon
In this special live episode, Kumi discusses the connection between arts and activism with the renowned artist Olafur Eliasson and Molly Fannon, CEO at Museum for the United Nations - UN Live. In the face of collective action problems s...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:10:04
Intersectionality: The Missing Link For Justice | Naomi Klein, Laura Garcia & Georgia Hirsty
In this episode, we reflect on the critical importance of the power of intersectional approaches between different movements so that they might win bigger battles faster. Intersectionality refers to the interconnected nature of social categorie...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:09:45
Introducing | Season 2 : The Future of Activism
Power, People and Planet returns for its second season to tackle the toughest and most urgent questions of our time. In this new series of in-depth discussions, host and veteran activist Kumi Naidoo talks with guests from across ...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:38
Islam Elbeiti | Musician and Social Change Activist
"We utilise the power of culture to our own benefit"Islam Elbeiti is a Sudanese bass player, radio presenter, and social change activist. She serves as Community Engagement Lead at The Innovation for Policy Foundation, Cultural Wave Sup...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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51:42
Lysa John | Secretary General of CIVICUS
"There is no alternative to alliances and there is no alternative to solidarity"Born in Mumbai, Lysa John started out building grassroots campaigns around urban poverty, governance and housing rights. Since then she has worked with Save ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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46:47
Catarina de Albuquerque | CEO of Sanitation and Water for All
“What we need are good politicians… who understand how basic access to water and sanitation is, if you want to deliver on any other development priority ”Lawyer and human rights activist Catarina de Albuquerque made history as t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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58:01
Disha Ravi | Climate and Environmental Activist
“There are no prisons big enough for ideas. They can’t put our ideas behind bars. Your movement and what you work for will always be bigger than you.”Disha Ravi is an Indian climate and environmental activist. She is a founder and active...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:24
Dr Amara Enyia | Managing Director of Diaspora Rising
“The social contracts can always be negotiated. I think our responsibility actually is to be constantly negotiating what that social contract looks like. How we relate to each other. How we live with one another.”Dr Amara Enyia is a comm...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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43:09
Ashish Kothari | Environmental activist and co-founder of Kalpavriksh
“Understanding that actually power lies inherent in us. It’s the responsibility and the rights and the beauties and the power to actually change society from within and outside.”Ashish Kothari is an Indian green activist, scholar and co...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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50:28
Dr Tolullah Oni | Urban epidemiologist and founder of UrbanBetter
"Health is a public good. So if we have a market system that's not working for the public good, then that needs to change."Dr Tolullah Oni is a public health physician and urban epidemiologist. She grew up in Lagos and today is a Clinic...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:46
Tasneem Essop | Executive Director of Climate Action Network
"There's nothing like watching the home that you live in being demolished by bulldozers to make you politically conscious."Growing up in Cape Town's District 6 in the 1970s, Tasneem experienced racial segregation, forced evicti...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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58:36
Carne Ross | Writer, former British diplomat and founder of Independent Diplomat
“Due to COVID 19 people have been questioning their basic contract. Is this government protecting me, and are these politicians doing what they claim to do, which is to look after us and to protect our health?” Once a British dipl...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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46:30
Aruna Rao | Activist, feminist and co-founder of Gender At Work
“We need to centre care, care in the widest sense of the word, as we try to rebuild in this post COVID era.”Aruna Rao is a feminist, an activist, and the co-founder of Gender At Work, an international network dedicated to build...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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57:02
Introducing | Power, People and Planet with Kumi Naidoo
Feeling at all freaked out by the state of the world at the moment? Wondering what you can do about it? Join Kumi Naidoo, the veteran social and environmental justice campaigner, to tackle some of the biggest issues of our time. In each episode...
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