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Activism Academy

Activism, important causes and outspoken changemakers - welcome to the Activism Academy podcasts where Khalifa Ihler Institute researchers Miriam Fanin and Hella Grichi invite activists and changemake... Read more

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#12 Filter for Facts: How to spot conspiracy theories in news from Russia and Ukraine with Jacopo Di Miceli

#12 Filter for Facts: How to spot conspiracy theories in news from Russia and Ukraine with Jacopo Di Miceli

Jacopo Di Miceli is the man behind Osservatorio Complottismo (Conspiracy theories observer), a blog/podcast and instagra... Read more

19 May 2022

32mins

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#11 Listen to the Other Side: Trina Talukdar & Jahnavi Jayanth on rebuilding dialogues

#11 Listen to the Other Side: Trina Talukdar & Jahnavi Jayanth on rebuilding dialogues

Today we are joined by the founders of Bolti Bandh, Trina Talukdar and Jahnavi Jayanth. Bolti Bandh is an organization t... Read more

11 Feb 2022

46mins

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#10 Millions Missing: Scott Simpson on the uphill battle of myalgic encephalomyelitis patients

#10 Millions Missing: Scott Simpson on the uphill battle of myalgic encephalomyelitis patients

Welcome to another episode of the Activism Academy. Our guest today is Scott Simpson. This episode is about myalgic ence... Read more

12 Jan 2022

40mins

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#9 Permission to Hate: a conversation with Dr. Barbara Perry and Phil Gurski

#9 Permission to Hate: a conversation with Dr. Barbara Perry and Phil Gurski

Co-hosts Miriam Fanin and Ava Callanan dive into the intricacies of far right extremism, hate crime and terrorism with a... Read more

8 Dec 2021

54mins

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#8 Turning Hope into Action: Tom Johnstone on Environmental Activism

#8 Turning Hope into Action: Tom Johnstone on Environmental Activism

Tom Johnstone is an environmental activist with quite a long history of participation. He is based in North Wales where ... Read more

19 Nov 2021

38mins

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#7 Social Media, Body Image & Mental Health: a conversation with Agata Borghesan

#7 Social Media, Body Image & Mental Health: a conversation with Agata Borghesan

On today's episode, we have our very first in-studio guest, Agata Borghesan aka Solitude Skinny Scars. Agata is an Itali... Read more

8 Sep 2021

45mins

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#6 LGBTQ activism in Tunisia: a conversation with queer activist Weema Yahyaoui Askri

#6 LGBTQ activism in Tunisia: a conversation with queer activist Weema Yahyaoui Askri

Multiple organizations and event organizers in Tunisia are trying to create a healthy discussion around sexuality and ge... Read more

18 Aug 2021

30mins

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#5 Understanding July 25th and Kais Saied's Measures through a Tunisian Lens

#5 Understanding July 25th and Kais Saied's Measures through a Tunisian Lens

On July 25th, Republic Day in Tunisia, non-partisan protests erupted in various cities, calling for the dismissal of the... Read more

6 Aug 2021

1hr 19mins

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#4 Remembering the Utøya attack and understanding right-wing extremism

#4 Remembering the Utøya attack and understanding right-wing extremism

Ten years ago, on the 22nd of July 2011 Norwegians experienced the deadliest lone actorterrorist attacks in Europe's his... Read more

21 Jul 2021

1hr

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#3 Human rights violations and the erosion of the rule of law in Poland

#3 Human rights violations and the erosion of the rule of law in Poland

Poland’s erosion of the rule of law has set an alarming precedent inEurope. A democratically elected government turning ... Read more

7 Jul 2021

34mins

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