TROUBLEMAKERS

What happens when we don’t just imagine a better world, but practice it right now? Our host Monica Kamandau speaks with Ally, a creative writer, author-activist, and community organizer from Zanzibar ...

14 Juli 202543min

"Every single time, I’m the first audience I have to think about." – Minentle Luthuli Can you stay true to your story and still move others to act? Should you even try? In this deep and dynamic episod...

1 Juli 202544min

There’s one style of leadership in which a charismatic, commanding figure sets the agenda, builds a vertical hierarchy, and pulls everyone else along for the ride. But what happens when leadership fli...

18 Juni 202544min

“You are invited. By anyone, to do anything. You are invited, for all time. You are so needed, by everyone, to do everything. You are invited, for all time.— The Dismemberment Plan, “You Are Invited” ...

11 Juni 202520min

“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.” — Frantz Fanon What does liberation mean when the very language of freedom...

28 Maj 20251h 1min

“As things fall apart, what’s the one drink you’d carry into the collapse?” In this episode, we pose the critical question of our time: if we all end up in one ecological safe zone during the polycris...

14 Maj 20258min

Phil, who was a Pro-Palestine campus activist in his university days, reflects on the recent police repression of student protesters at Columbia University and how it's part of a broader assault on pr...

9 Maj 20257min

What does it mean to be a good ally—and not a harmful one—in movements for justice? In this episode, we explore the difficult but essential work of following the lead of the most impacted. Our guest ...

5 Maj 202530min