On September 18, the Courage My Friends podcast series begins its fifth season under the tried and true triple-barrel theme of Covid! Capitalism! Climate! — themes no less true (and perhaps more) than they were four seasons ago, and increasingly trying as they manifest in ways we could not have predicted at the start of this series.
Founded by the Tommy Douglas Institute (at George Brown College) the Courage My Friends podcast continues its mission of creating spaces of discourse and dialogue on critical issues pertinent to human rights and social and climate justice. Co-produced with long-time media partner rabble.ca, and with the support of the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation, the Courage My Friends podcast continues its run under rabble’s Needs No Introduction.
Over the last four seasons, we have brought together activists and educators, poets and philosophers, researchers, union leaders, public intellectuals and more who have delved into a wide array of issues including: labour precarity, displacement, healthcare, housing, colonialism, climate, borders, billionaires and biodiversity. Through discussion and debate, poetry and parable, episodes have taken us from the local to the global, across communities, experiences, ideas and histories — and all connected to the dignity and integrity of both people and planet.
This Fall we again explore a diversity of themes; some familiar and others created by the dizzying turns of a rapidly changing world.
On deck for season five
This season will spotlight women’s health, healthcare systems and work. We will also shine a light on climate colonialism and unpacking sustainability. Finally, we’ll examine the changing landscape of labour, education and the brave new world of AI.
And continuing with a podcast tradition begun last year, we return to the all important, yet often overlooked, art of storytelling for our Halloween episode Mouth Open, Story Jump Out.
We began this podcast during a time of pandemic-induced global crisis.
Now, we begin our fifth season amid another type of global upheaval.
We are pleased to welcome back author, intellectual and director of the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad. On the heels of the recent BRICS Summit in South Africa and during a time of growing unrest in West Africa, Prashad discusses the new power equations of BRICS, multipolarity and growing challenges to Western hegemony and the unipolar world order.
Please join us for the launch of our Fall series on Monday September 20 here or under Needs No Introduction on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
In the words of the great Tommy Douglas: Courage my friends; ‘tis not too late to build a better world.
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