Dom Kelly, founder of New Disabled South, takes us from rock music to disability justice - sharing the distinct waves of the US disability movement. A powerful conversation about collective liberation and the movement behind “Nothing About Us Without Us.” changemakerspodcast.org/dom-kelly-ch...

How does writing help us make a difference? Amanda & Samuel digest writing as both conversation and persuasion. They talk about Conscious Tribes, Homer’s Odyssey, and Hannah Arendt and explore how stories shape our agency in public life. changemakerspodcast.org/writing-and-...

How does writing help us make a difference? Amanda & Samuel digest writing as both conversation and persuasion. They look at Conscious Tribes, Homer’s Odyssey, and Hannah Arendt, asking how stories and writing shape public life. changemakerspodcast.org/writing-and-...

Peter Garrett has spent decades making change — as an activist, environmental campaigner, musician and government minister. We chat with him about what he has learnt, and why Australia needs a real public debate about the $360 billion+ AUKUS submarine deal. changemakerspodcast.org/peter-garret...

In this week's Digest: What can the World Cup teach us about organisations, belonging and democracy? We talk team support, political interference, Trump’s sporting “knowledge” and the difference between strong and weak organisations. changemakerspodcast.org/the-world-cu...

Anna Funder writes about power — and who gets erased by it. In this ChangeMakers chat, @amandatattersall.bsky.social and her talk Stasi, Orwell, writing as change making, ordinary extraordinariness, and why she’s taking on AI content theft. Episode out now: changemakerspodcast.org/anna-funder-...

Changing the leader is the easy bit. Changing the culture is harder. This ChangeMakers Digest with Samuel Chur and @amandatattersall.bsky.social uses the latest UK leadership drama to ask what really shifts when a party, organisation or movement gets someone new at the top.

Leisel Jones is one of Australia’s great Olympians — and now a powerful advocate for mental health. In this Chat, she talks with @amandatattersall.bsky.social about the pressures of elite sport, her own struggles, and finding her voice beyond the pool. changemakerspodcast.org/leisel-jones...

My new book Conscious Tribes is now available for pre-order. amandatattersall.com/conscious-tr... It launches in August with Hardie Grant. It’s a book about how we make a difference with others — especially at a time when the problems we face can feel too big, too complex and too overwhelming.

Dr Daniel Nour founded Street Side Medics, a mobile GP service for people experiencing homelessness. On ChangeMakers, the 2022 Young Australian of the Year talks founding, mentors, vision and building something from nothing. Listen now: changemakerspodcast.org/daniel-nour-...

Democracy is under pressure — but in this ChangeMaker Chat (with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social) @hahrie.bsky.social points to local practices that help people work across difference and build power together. Things are grim. But we not without power. changemakerspodcast.org/hahrie-han-c...

We’re launching a new format on the ChangeMakers Channel: ChangeMakers Digest. Amanda Tattersall and Samuel Chu take an issue in the news — or something that has grabbed their attention — and try to digest it: reflect on it, connect the dots, and ask what it teaches us about making change.

Latest on ChangeMakers: Bhaskar Sunkara, Jacobin's founding editor, on the revival of democratic socialism in the US, the rise of class-based left politics, Zohran Mamdani’s New York campaign, free buses, rent freezes, and what the state could do differently. changemakerspodcast.org/bhaskar-sunk...

This week on ChangeMakers we speak with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social about Women Who Win — her new book on women across Australian history who have fought, endured and won. 👉 changemakerspodcast.org/antoinette-l...

Economics is not natural or neutral. Its rules are written by particular people and serve particular interests. Here Crystal Simeoni shares how African women are reshaping economics — not asking for a seat at the table, but building a new one. 👂 changemakerspodcast.org/crystal-sime...

When politics gets absurd, satire matters. Sami Shah on comedy as a way to cope with—and challenge—power. A sharp take on what satire can (and can’t) do. 🎧 Listen: changemakerspodcast.org/sami-shah-ch...

War captures attention. Displacement doesn’t. Mona Bani’s family fled Iran decades ago. In this episode, she traces how that experience led her to build community-led refugee support in the UK. A sharp story about power, community, and responding to anti-immigrant politics. 👉 shorturl.at/brQQk

What happens when a climate communications expert suddenly finds herself living through a climate disaster? On the latest ChangeMakers Podcast, Alex Kelly reflects on what she learned — and what it means for how we talk about climate action. 🎧 changemakerspodcast.org/alex-kelly-c...

On the podcast this week we talk with Michael Bradley from Marque Lawyers. Not only do we talk about his many battles fighting Murdoch and defending the rights of refugees - we talk about a different way to be a lawyer and to run a legal practice. changemakerspodcast.org/michael-brad...

We are back for 2026 - and our first episode heads to Minnesota! We chat with Erik Peterson, long time Minnesota community organiser and trainer. He shares with us what ICE is doing and the extraordinary people's response. changemakerspodcast.org/erik-peterso...

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-ginniv...

Can an arts practice help change the world? We talk with Vic McEwan - who has worked with communities to create exhibitions, ceremonies, painting and art to bring very different, and sometimes hostile, communities into a new conversation. changemakerspodcast.org/vic-mcewan-c...

Our host @amandatattersall.bsky.social talked with @fatima-payman.bsky.social - tune in to hear the long story behind her advocacy for Gaza and how she left the Australian Labor Party. This is an unmissable chat with a true Australian change maker! changemakerspodcast.org/fatima-payma...

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

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-pi...

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-mcna...

With an Australian Federal Election about to happen, this ChangeMakers Podcast episode is a personal reflection/audio essay on some of what has stayed the same in Australian politics for the last 20 years - refugee policy. changemakerspodcast.org/what-changes...

Can lawyers be change makers? In this episode talk to Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.bsky.social 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-brad...

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-ch...

In a world where everyone is worried about cost of living – what difference would it make to lift wages? In this podcast chat @amandatattersall.bsky.social talks with Lyndy McIntrye who has documented the 12 year Living Wage campaign in Aotearoa New Zealand. changemakerspodcast.org/lyndy-mcintr...