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ChangeMakers tells stories about people changing the world (nice series and counting). Hosted by Amanda Tattersall
@amandatattersall.bsky.social

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What does it really take to make a difference?

ChangeMakers host Amanda Tattersall launched her new book Conscious Tribes at Gleebooks in conversation with Craig Reucassel.

This episode is the full recording — on change, power and acting together.

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September 15, 2026 at 12:39 AM
How can women use the law — without relying on the law alone — to fight for justice?

Jennifer Robinson joins ChangeMaker Chats to talk #MeToo, movement lawyering, finding your voice and why changing systems takes more than winning cases.

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September 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Do changemakers need more courage — or stronger organisations that help people build courage together?

The latest ChangeMakers Digest reflects on Hong Kong democracy advocates Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, and what they can teach us about making change.

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September 1, 2026 at 5:24 AM
What can photography teach us about making a difference?

In our latest episode award winning photographer Alina Gozin'a joins us to explore perspective, creativity and what happens when we learn to see people and situations from different angles.

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August 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Climate impacts are escalating, but climate change is struggling for political attention.

So how should climate movements respond?

Samuel and Amanda talk fires, heatwaves, aid, community resilience, and political power.

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August 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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.”

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August 4, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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.

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July 28, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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.

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July 28, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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.

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July 21, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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.

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July 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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:
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July 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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.
June 25, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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.

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June 23, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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My new book Conscious Tribes is now available for pre-order.
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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.
June 18, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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.

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June 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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.

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May 25, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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.
May 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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.
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May 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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.

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May 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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.

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April 21, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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.

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April 9, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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.

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March 30, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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.

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March 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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.

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February 26, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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.

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February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM