EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy
A podcast about inequality. We reimagine our economy one conversation at a time with activists, thinkers and politicians across the world. This podcast is hosted by Max Lawson, Grazielle Custódio, Annie Theriault and Nafkote Dabi and produced by Simon Maina.
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- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
WHY WE NEED A #PEOPLESVACCINE – With Achal Prabhala and Mohga Kamal-Yanni
A vaccine against COVID-19 is humanity’s best shot at ending this painful pandemic. But how can we ensure that a vaccine is available to all people, all countries, free of charge?
We talk about the ne…
We talk about the ne…
00:31:13 |
Sat 30 May 2020
SPEAKING UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS - Meet Philip Alston, former UN Special Rapporteur and human rights lawyer
As the UN’s poverty and human rights expert Philip Alston famously spoke truth to governments about what he saw. We explore what kind of world we’re heading into in the wake of coronavirus, and what …
00:26:20 |
Sat 16 May 2020
CORONAVIRUS IN ONE OF AFRICA'S BIGGEST CITIES - Two Perspectives From The Front-Line In Nairobi about the #InequalityVirus
A fascinating look into what coronavirus looks like from one of Africa’s biggest cities: Nairobi, Kenya. Max and Nabil speak to a doctor from a major hospital and a security guard who lives in one of…
00:30:05 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
THE INEQUALITY VIRUS – How Coronavirus Preys on The Vulnerable
Coronavirus threatens us all. With each day, more of us are being personally affected by coronavirus. Estimates now show that the virus could kill millions of people. Hundreds more millions of people…
00:20:03 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
WHEN WORKERS WIN – Meet Sharan Burrow, Leader of the Global Trade Union Movement
She’s been described as “the union boss of union bosses’ union bosses”.
She’s the “individual with the possibly the largest democratic mandate in the world”, representing over 200 million workers in …
She’s the “individual with the possibly the largest democratic mandate in the world”, representing over 200 million workers in …
00:29:43 |
Fri 13 Mar 2020
TAX, SLAVERY AND BILLIONAIRES – Meet Rising Star Economist Gabriel Zucman
Meet Gabriel Zucman - the acclaimed activist economist who’s taking the world by storm on his plans to tax the rich, end tax dodging and fight inequality. He’s "changing how you think about wealth, w…
00:29:52 |
Fri 28 Feb 2020
LOVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY – Meet Njoki and Soren
Valentine Special! We talk to activist couple Njoki Njehu and Soren Ambrose about how they met, balancing marriage & activism and what they have learned about fighting inequality over the last quarte…
00:32:05 |
Fri 14 Feb 2020
THE RADICAL CASE FOR CARE – Meet world-leading rebel economist Jayati Ghosh
Max and Nabil interview the world-leading, award-winning, rebel Indian economist Jayati Ghosh. In this fast-paced and inspiring interview Jayati makes the radical case for care – and tells us what sh…
00:30:32 |
Fri 31 Jan 2020
"WHAT DO WE DO WITH BILLIONAIRES?" - Meet Anand Giridharadas
A gripping conversation for our Season 2 opener with Anand Giridharadas, who says ‘I think the best thing to do with billionaires would be to not have them anymore’.
Anand, with his many interviews an…
Anand, with his many interviews an…
00:31:42 |
Sat 18 Jan 2020
OGYENDEGYE, KWAHERI, GOODBYE WINNIE! - Season 1 Reflections
"When activists, thinkers, billionaires, and young people come together to fight inequality, there is reason for hope". In conversation with Nabil and Max, Winnie reflects on season one of Equals, an…
00:10:32 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
THE SEXIST ECONOMY - Meet Devaki Jain, A Mother of Feminist Economics
"Fighting inequality should be at the core of our new economic theory". Devaki Jain is one of the most famous southern feminist leaders. She has been a world-renowned thinker on feminism and economi…
00:27:53 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
“AMERICA'S FUTURE?” - Winnie meets Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
A candid and fascinating conversation between Winnie and "her sister" US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
"America does not suffer from scarcity, America suffers from greed" famously said Congresswoman Omar…
"America does not suffer from scarcity, America suffers from greed" famously said Congresswoman Omar…
00:28:05 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
THE TAXES, TAXES, TAXES GUY – Rutger Bregman on the Power of Ideas
Do you know what happened on April 1, 1947, in the small village of Mont Pèlerin in Switzerland? Well you probably should, as it went on to shape the global economy as we know it today. Rutger Bregma…
00:29:43 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
“THEY SHOT ME!” – Meet Elena Mejía, Militant Activist from Peru
Elena Mejía is a “militant” activist – and a leading member of the ‘Left Youth Forum’ and of movements across Latin America – who is taking to the streets in Peru in innovative and exciting ways to f…
00:29:56 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
YACHT? PRIVATE JET? NO THANKS! – Meet Disney Heiress, Abigail Disney
Patriotic Millionaire Abigail Disney has spoken out strongly against inequality. She famously said that even Jesus does not deserve to earn 500 times that of the median worker. She has said that Pr…
00:27:11 |
Sat 12 Oct 2019
WHEN GOVERNMENTS FIGHT INEQUALITY – Meet The President of Namibia
Please note, with apologies, that sound quality is poor.
Namibia is a country with a poisonous legacy of inequality as a colony of Germany and later of apartheid South Africa, that only received its i…
Namibia is a country with a poisonous legacy of inequality as a colony of Germany and later of apartheid South Africa, that only received its i…
00:28:02 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
WHEN WOMEN ORGANIZE - Meet Beth From Dandora, Nairobi, Fighting Inequality on the Frontlines
[TW: references to SA, r*pe, kidnap, police brutality]
Surviving kidnapping by criminals. Taking on police killings after her husband was murdered. Fighting sexual harassment at work. Beth Mukami – fr…
Surviving kidnapping by criminals. Taking on police killings after her husband was murdered. Fighting sexual harassment at work. Beth Mukami – fr…
00:28:01 |
Sun 06 Oct 2019
WHY INEQUALITY IS BAD FOR YOU - Meet The Godfather of Inequality Thinking, Joseph Stiglitz
Few people have done more in recent history than Joseph Stiglitz to show the world the harms of inequality to all of us, and what must be done about it. He is a Nobel Laureate, a former chairman of t…
00:25:20 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
TAKING ON DICTATORS, TAKING ON BILLIONAIRES - Meet Winnie!
Welcome to EQUALS! Today we - Nabil and Max, your hosts - introduce what EQUALS is all about. We interview Winnie Byanyima, our Ugandan friend (ok, boss) who has been fighting injustice all her life …
00:23:25 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
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