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
34 episodes
Eco-Anxiety as a Call to Action: Fossil Fuels, Palestine and the Artivist Path with Tori Tsui
“Your eco-anxiety is a sign your humanity is intact. You’re reacting rationally to an irrational world.”In this episode of Power, People & Planet, Kumi Naidoo sits down with climate justice activist, author and musician Tori Tsui (I...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:06:46
“Fearless Artivism: The Beauty & Power of Art” | Shilo Shiv Suleman
Can beauty become the backbone of a social movement? 🧠✨In this episode of Power, People & Planet, I sit down with artist and artivist Shilo Shiv Suleman to explore how art, beauty, and fearless imagination turn fear into love, trauma...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:02:14
The Power of Artivism: Art for Dignity and for the Planet | Thiago Mundano Power, People and Planet
🔥 In this episode of Power, People and Planet Podcast, Kumi Naidoo sits down with Thiago Mundano — the Brazilian street artist and activist turning waste, ashes, and struggle into art that speaks for the planet.From the streets of São P...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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55:30
Laudato Si, Music and Culture: Reimagining Climate Activism | Joe Moeono-Kolio | Power, People and Planet
“Laudato Si’ reframed climate change as an issue of justice, shifting the conversation into the moral and spiritual realm.”In this episode, Kumi Naidoo speaks with Joe Moeono-Kolio, Pacific Regional Director of the Fossil Fu...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:10:11
Climate Justice & the Pacific’s Fight for Survival | Alopi Latukefu | Power People and Planet
🔥 What can young leaders, indigenous wisdom, and the arts teach us about saving our future?In this episode of Power, People, Planet Podcast, Kumi Naidoo sits down with Alopi Latukefu — Director of The Global Centre for Social Justice an...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:10:21
Resisting from the Shadows: Ivetta Sergeeva on Covert Acts of Defiance
Can small, hidden acts of resistance change the world? Kumi Naidoo talks to Dr. Ivetta Sergeeva, postdoctoral scholar at Stanford’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, to explore the concept of stealt...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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17:55
Can Storytelling Hold Power to Account?
Kumi speaks with journalist and Coda Story co-founder Natalia Antelava about reinventing journalism in the age of authoritarianism, disinformation and algorithmic manipulation. From reporting in Yemen to pioneering context-driven coverag...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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44:01
Imagination Is a Weapon: Favianna Rodriguez on Creative Liberation
Is Culture our most powerful tool for making a just world? Artist Favianna Rodriguez joins Kumi Naidoo to explore how art isn’t just a mirror to society—it’s a hammer to shape it. As a cultural strategist Favianna reframes ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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43:17
AI x Human; Together for a Just World? Part 2
Kumi speaks with decolonial thinker Dr. Vanessa Andreotti about what it means to create change in a collapsing world. Together they explore how art, activism, and even artificial intelligence can become tools for healing, resistance, and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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45:37
AI x Human; Together for a Just World? Part 1
Kumi speaks with decolonial thinker Dr. Vanessa Andreotti about what it means to create change in a collapsing world. Together they explore how art, activism, and even artificial intelligence can become tools for healing, resistance, and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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45:57
Season 3 Trailer
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 iss...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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2:05
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