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Waking the Women

With humour, radical honesty and prophetic storytelling, Radio 4 Thought for the Day-er Jayne Manfredi offers a rallying cry for women to wake up to the potential of menopause and midlife as a time...
Speaker(s): Jayne Manfredi, Becky Hall

The Work In The Ruins

When the promises of progress fail, when the direction of travel no longer seems obvious, how do we find the work that remains worth doing? Dark Mountain co-founder Dougald Hine shares stories from...
Speaker(s): Dougald Hine

What’s Got Into You?

What is in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe? The health of person and planet are inextricably linked; join ecological doctor Jenny Goodman to ask how can we un-poison both?
Speaker(s): Jenny Goodman

Making Time to Make Peace

In a world of increasing violence, conflict and distraction what can we each do to make peace in ourselves, our communities and our world? Come and share your ideas and experience and learn more...
Speaker(s): Fellowship of Reconciliation

Jeremy Corbyn in conversation

A life lived firmly on the left of British politics has seen Jeremy Corbyn a constant irritant to those in power until, for a brief moment, he found himself leader of his own party, standing on a...
Speaker(s): Jeremy Corbyn

Can One Person Change The World?

To mark the launch of The Climate Diplomat, Grace Pengelly discusses the extraordinary life and legacy of the late Pete Betts (the UK and EU's lead negotiator on climate and one of the key...
Speaker(s): Fiona MacGregor, Grace Pengelly, Sepi Golzari-Munro

Your Rest Is Your Resistance

What if impactful activism didn't mean running ourselves dry? What if gentleness with ourselves was the real foundation for revolution? Explore the joys of deeply sustainable activism in this...
Speaker(s): Jo Musker-Sherwood

Worldwide Woken Spurred

We're international baby! Not content with showcasing the UK's finest wordsmiths on site, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker now brings the best poets IN THE WORLD to the best audience in the...
Speaker(s): Harry Baker, Len Pennie

Joining The Blue Dots

Prof Joanne Preston, leader of the Seascape Restoration Lab, links our relationship with the seas to human wellbeing and reaching our global biodiversity and climate goals. And she'll outline just...
Speaker(s): Joanne Preston

Women: Making and Unmaking

From the Virgin Mary to tradwives on Instagram, society's interpretations of the Bible have distorted how women are seen. Authors Chine McDonald and Beth Allison-Barr want to tell a more hopeful...
Speaker(s): Beth Allison Barr, Chine McDonald

Worldwide Woken Spurred

We're international baby! Not content with showcasing the UK's finest wordsmiths on site, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker now brings the best poets IN THE WORLD to the best audience in the...
Speaker(s): Harry Baker, Luka Lesson

Faith in the System?

It can be hard to believe party politics is a route to positive change. But there are signs of hope, says Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer as she shares her journey into politics through activism...
Speaker(s): Carla Denyer

Voices of the Earth

Pairing hard data with Talanoa storytelling and ritual, Brazilian theologian Paulo Ueti will draw on the spiritual wisdom traditions of Indigenous peoples to chart concrete paths to meaningful...
Speaker(s): Jocabed Solano

A Climate of Truth

What, exactly, is holding us back from combatting the climate crisis? Professor Mike Berners-Lee has a roadmap – and believes the most critical step is to raise standards of honesty in politics,...
Speaker(s): Mike Berners-Lee

Elephants and Porky Pies

Where has honesty gone in this Orwellian era when “Truth Social” means the precise opposite? Pilate's question, “What is truth?” is as relevant now as then. Jesus had a right to remain...
Speaker(s): John Bell