Onions Talk: Change making through social engagement

Leila Hoballah is an entrepreneur, a community builder, a facilitator, an activist and a coach.
She co-founded makesense.org in 2010 (left the …

Chantal Stormsong Chagnon is an indigenous Cree Métis singer, drummer, artist, storyteller, actor, educator, workshop facilitator, social justice advocate and activist with roots in Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan …

Ra’z Salvarita is a cross-disciplinary creative artivist who was born on the island province of Negros in the Philippines. His creative endeavors reflect the convergence of the three pillars he primarily works with: …

Lynn Yau is the CEO of The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection, which also stands for also stands for Arts For Transformative Educational Change. …

Chetnaa Mehrotra is an applied arts practitioner and the founder of Rangbhumi. The company’s vision is to spread joyousness, power of expression, compassion & a sense of equivalence among people through Applied …

Raïsa Mirza is an interdisciplinary socially engaged practitioner with international work experience all over the world - including Bangladesh, Canada, Ethiopia, Japan, Malawi and the Philippines. She works and lives in …

This was a project between Seppure and artist Ng Sze Min. Seppure is a chemical filtration company whose technology allows industrial filtration …

This is day 11 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. History repeats itself as Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008 remain painfully raw in Georgians' …

This episode is part 2 of our #Sustenarts series featuring biotech company TeOra (Rishita Changede and Yasaman Tavakoli) as well as artist Wendy …

Sustenarts is a program by INSEP that brings together sustainable enterprises and socially engaged arts to create projects that can scale climate …

Marco started his change making journey as a counsellor in Hong Kong. Since then he’s worked in non profit, social enterprise, policy influencing …

Zsolt Bugarszki is the founder of SEIP Social Entrepreneurship Incubation Program and associate professor at Talliin University.

Key points from this …

Rachel Uwa is the founder of The School of Machines, Making & Make Believe, which provides one-of-a-kind hands-on learning experiences in the …

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Priyanka Shahra is the founder of One with Earth, a social enterprise which develops and supports projects that promote urban sustainability. Singaporeans are perhaps most familiar with their social enterprise …

This conversation with Nicky Wilkinson, executive director of Firetree Philanthropy is a peek into the funders’ world, from Firetree Philanthropy’s perspective and approach as well as a glimpse into what other funders …

What’s the value of arts and cultural education? How do you build a social enterprise supporting creatives? Let Jeff tell you all about it. Jeff M. …

"I just want to create a company where really badass people get to do the work that they love and that they are so good at and get paid really well and do it from anywhere in the world.” -Beth Salyers Beth Salyers is a …

Jolene Lum is the co-founder of Urban Tiller, a next generation farm-to-table agribusiness, founded in 2020. They work closely with local farmers in …

Laura is a social impact strategist and designer, co-founder of The Spaceship (education program that teaches change makers how to solve global …

What happens when a millennial talks to a boomer about change making in the midst of a climate crisis? Jack Sim is a successful entrepreneur and the …

“I never felt ever that there was a path just right for me... We need more people that create paths because the current paths are not good enough.”

This episode is about not being afraid to cross disciplines and …

Key points for part 2. Key lessons from memorable episodes Post capitalism and funding - Who prescribes change? Who dictates what change can happen? Who has the power? Rethinking impact evaluation - What serves us and …

Have you ever been interviewed on your own podcast? This is what this episode is about. Jojo Spinks (interviewee in first episode) came to me and suggested to do a reverse interview to crystallise all the incredible …

This episode is with Dan Boyden, co-director of The Change Collective, which is a collective of arts practitioners working in complex environments, …

Primavera Gomes Caldas, artist and project manager specialising in critical thinking and connecting people, was born in Canada, grew up in French Guiana and moved to France for further education. She speaks of her …

This conversation is about art, systems change, care and the questions we ask ourselves and the world. How can artists adapt to Covid-19? How do you sustain yourself as an artist? What does it mean to be an artist? How …

Madeleine McGirk is the managing director of ITAC (International Teaching Artists Collaborative). This episode delves into the value and impact of …

Change cannot happen without discomfort. Change needs friction. Do you play the game and climb the ladder to be able to create change? Does the …

What is your story? What are the chapters you want to write? Welcome back to our mini series on wayfinding. This episode is with Josiane Smith, who is a poet and connector, and is currently the Global Programmes Lead at …

20 reflections from your host Fié Neo to end the year! Thank you all for being on this journey with me.  If you'd like to say hello, share any thoughts or be updated through email, drop me a message via Facebook: …

What do tap dancing, music and social change have in common? How can we create environments where dreams are possible?  Corina Kwami and I talked about learning to listen through songs and tap dancing, about losing the …

Eily Aurora shares her passion for improvising with nature. Growing up in the countryside, she learned from a young age from local Canadian indigenous people how to listen, learn and communicate with the natural world. …

SIX is like a spark in the system that brings together different unlikely groups to connect and act. They create spaces for different stakeholders in …

We are at a crossroad, in a climate emergency. Earth is burning and it seems like the only solutions we have are in tech and renewable energy. Are …

06:20 Interrupting racism requires courage and intentionality 18:30 Understanding privilege and how to be more aware 22:50 Micro Aggressions 29:50 …

This episode took courage to produce. It’s a hush hush topic in Singapore (a country with longstanding tradition of censorship), people don’t like to talk about it and it’s often seen as controversial. But this was …

What is humane technology? Are we gearing up for a digital revolution? How do we democratise tech? How can we be co-creators? Why are we not creating …

How are Ecuadorians dealing with Covid-19? What are some coping strategies? How is mental health seen in Ecuador? Adriana Alzamora shares her budding entrepreneurship journey setting up a psychotherapy centre called …

Iris shares their experience growing up in Hawaii and the islands’ difficult colonisation history. We discussed how one agreement with the United …

Aysen shares her incredible story from Turkey to England, from escaping political imprisonment to building her philosophy around activism - activism …

Helen is an interdisciplinary artist-researcher with the Culture of Cities Centre, Board member with the Centre for Social Innovation, and a Salzburg …

How can we improve the environmental health of the Planet 🌍 and the societal wellbeing for billions of living beings, including humans? What is the Everything Manifesto? How is IAM going to do this over the next …

What does it mean to be seen and heard? This episode is about human connection, image making, community building, activism and listening. Andrea Luka …

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How can we work differently? How can we work horizontally without hierarchies? How can we support each other to create change? This episode is about Enspiral and the …

Jonathan Collie is a passionate social entrepreneur. He began his career as a doctor in the NHS before moving into health IT via an MBA at University …

This episode is about being human, being present, being an artist. Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 (they/them) is an opera singer, theatre creator and co-founder of Amplified Opera based in Canada. They are queer, gender …

This episode is about being human, being present, being an artist. Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 (they/them) is an opera singer, theatre creator and co-founder of Amplified Opera based in Canada. They are queer, gender …

Evelina Šimkutė is an artist from Lithuania who started ‘Šilainiai Project’. In this episode, we discuss the challenges in starting community projects, financial sustainability and how transforming the way we value …

In this episode, I talk to Katja Juhola, founder of ISEAS (International Socially Engaged Art Symposium) about our fears, anxiety and worry about the …

Josh and Janita started a farm when COVID hit Canada a couple of months ago. He did photography and then was doing his PHD on philosophy of ecology …

JoJo is a founding member of Interwoven Productions CIC. Based in Exeter, United Kingdom, the company found a way to bring together elements of …

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