Power, People and Planet

Kumi speaks with journalist and Coda Story co-founder Natalia Antelava about reinventing journalism in the age of authoritarianism, disinformation and algorithmic manipulation. From reporting in Yeme…

Is Culture our most powerful tool for making a just world? 

Artist Favianna Rodriguez joins Kumi Naidoo to explore how art isn’t just a mirror to society—it’s a hammer to shape it. As a cultural strat…

Kumi speaks with decolonial thinker Dr. Vanessa Andreotti about what it means to create change in a collapsing world.  Together they explore how art, activism, and even artificial intelligence can be…

Kumi speaks with decolonial thinker Dr. Vanessa Andreotti about what it means to create change in a collapsing world.  Together they explore how art, activism, and even artificial intelligence can be…

Feeling at all freaked out by the state of the world at the moment?  

 Wondering what you can do about it?  

Join Kumi Naidoo, the veteran social and environmental justice campaigner, to tackle some of…

In this special episode, which concludes Season 2 of the podcast, Kumi speaks with Indian activist Harsh Mander.

This episode was recorded in August 2022 at a time when Harsh was under intense scruti…

Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries, and co-founder of Doughnut Econ…

In a wide-ranging discussion on South Africa with veteran activist Vishwas Satgar, Kumi explores the country's political past, present and future.

With crucial elections taking place in 2024, what im…

In the early 1980s there was a slogan: think globally, act locally. Behind the slogan was the idea that, irrespective of the issue we were trying to address at the local or national level, we needed …

Unjust laws certainly should be broken. Mandela, Rosa Parks, and many other inspirational leaders had no hesitation in calling to break unjust laws. But laws that prevent the voices of ordinary peopl…

The contribution of the legal community through innovative, strategic litigation and other legal efforts is going to be one of the most critical undertakings in the fight for climate justice. Current…

The challenge of activism today must include winning over those with whom we disagree, for example, those who have not yet embraced the agendas of climate and economic justice. In a country like the …

With the crises in front of us so complex, are their solutions to be found at the global or local level? Will our technologies emerge fast enough to avert the greatest threats and, if not, how do we …

The right to participation is one of the most powerful and basic rights, and far too often people who are living in the frontlines of various struggles at the grassroots levels are spectators where t…

In this special live episode, Kumi discusses the connection between arts and activism with the renowned artist Olafur Eliasson and Molly Fannon, CEO at Museum for the United Nations - UN Live.

In the…

In this episode, we reflect on the critical importance of the power of intersectional approaches between different movements so that they might win bigger battles faster. Intersectionality refers to …

Power, People and Planet returns for its second season to tackle the toughest and most urgent questions of our time.

In this new series of in-depth discussions, host and veteran activist Kumi Naidoo …

"We utilise the power of culture to our own benefit"

Islam Elbeiti is a Sudanese bass player, radio presenter, and social change activist. She serves as Community Engagement Lead at The Innovation for…

"There is no alternative to alliances and there is no alternative to solidarity"

Born in Mumbai, Lysa John started out building grassroots campaigns around urban poverty, governance and housing rights…

“What we need are good politicians… who understand how basic access to water and sanitation is, if you want to deliver on any other development priority ”

Lawyer and human rights activist Catarina de …