The YIKES Podcast

We're finally back!!! Welcome to Season 5 of YIKES! 

In this episode, we reflect on our own internalised beliefs of perfectionism and how that can get in the way of activist work, is related to capitalism and how we need more error-friendly spaces to (un)learn collectively

Hosted by Mikaela Loach and Josephine Becker, edited by Finlay Mowat...

This miniseries highlights  frontline struggles, resistance and peoples actions that are taking place right now around the world; and we will hear from the peoples directly. We hope it allows for collective learning efforts, and for building bridges across our causes for international solidarity.

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For this episode we chatted to Eve Livingston, author of "Make Bosses Pay" about unions. We discuss what unions are, their importance, the need for more coalition building with unions and what to do after joining one.  Find Eve's work at @eve__rebecca and her book here: plutobooks.com/9780745341620/make-bosses-pay/  

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Hosted by Mikaela Loach and Josephine Becker, edited by Finlay Mowat...

This miniseries highlights  frontline struggles, resistance and peoples actions that are taking place right now around the world; and we will hear from the peoples directly. We hope it allows for collective learning efforts, and for building bridges across our causes for international solidarity. This week we hear from Lützerath Bleibt

Lützerath Bleibt (eng: Lützerath stays) is a land defenders group in western Germany resisting coal extraction...

Should we all pivot our focus to every tragedy that happens? Can social media's shifting focus to whatever is the most recent issue get in the way of long-term work against issues like the climate crisis? In this episode, we discuss the pros and cons of reactionary activism, social media and more.

Hosted by Mikaela Loach and Josephine Becker, edited by Finlay Mowat...

Bio: This miniseries highlights  frontline struggles, resistance and peoples actions that are taking place right now around the world; and we will hear from the peoples directly. We hope it allows for collective learning efforts, and for building bridges across our causes for international solidarity...

For this episode we are in conversation with the wonderful Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, also known as @theBrownHijabi on socials and author of Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia.

We talk about the colonised mind, colonialism, state surveillance, islamophobia (TW) as well as tools such as language poetry art; that are tools for building community-centred and liberated futures.

Also special thanks to Jess Mally for joining Jo Becker as the co-host on this episode...

This miniseries highlights  frontline struggles, resistance and peoples actions that are taking place right now around the world; and we will hear from the peoples directly. This week we here from Crispus, the founder of the Abayuuti Climate Action Network in Uganda. Their work consists of environmental justice education and identifying/supporting people affected by climate crisis...

Have you ever felt like you have to read a whole stack of books before getting involved in activism? In this episode Mikaela and Jo discuss the power as well as the shortcomings of theory for social change. In connection to social movement struggles, they discuss how theory has become abstract rather than a tool rooted in community and give pointers how we can change this...

This miniseries highlights frontline struggles, resistance and peoples actions that are taking place right now around the world; and we will hear from the peoples directly. This week we here from Derek, member of the Nuclear and Coal Free Batan Movement in The Philippines. The movement is a coaliton of organisations and individuals working for a safer environment with safer energy sources for all...