TM Smoke Signals: Gun Violence and the American Myth with Phil and Rodgers
What is the true story behind America’s gun culture beyond Hollywood’s dramatised scenes? In this Smoke Signal, we unpack the myths, realities, and politics behind gun violence in the United States th...
3 Dec 202515min
Ep41: Don’t fall in love with your tactics with Njoki Gachanja
What happens when a movement falls in love with one tactic? In this episode, we visit Githurai Social Justice Centre to explore how Kenyan organisers can move beyond protest fatigue and rethink the po...
25 Nov 202537min
TM Smoke Signals: The Clash of the Generations with Phil and Rodgers
How do millennials and Gen Z work together in social movements when their values, experiences, and approaches often clash? In this episode of Troublemakers (TM) Smoke Signals, we explore intergenerati...
12 Nov 202538min
Ep40: Storytelling with Mette Olwig
Why Are We Obsessed with Being the Hero? In this episode, Dr Mette Fog Olwig, a geographer, author, and storyteller, examines how “hero narratives” shape global climate, sustainability and development...
4 Nov 202551min
Ep 39: Pedagogy of the Oppressed with Patience Nitumwesiga
How do we unlearn the colonial logic of “good development”? In this episode, Ugandan filmmaker and theatremaker Patience Nitumwesiga reflects on Paulo Freire’s and Augusto Boal’s ideas, exploring ho...
15 Okt 202542min
TM Smoke Signals: The African Jail- A Reading by Sungu Oyoo
What does it mean to seek justice in a system that thrives on injustice? In this powerful reading, Sungu Oyoo, a Kenyan writer, activist, and pan-Africanist affiliated with Kongamano La Mapinduzi and ...
14 Okt 20253min
TM Smoke Signals: We Refuse to Be Victims by Njuki Githethwa
In this Smoke Signal, Njuki Githethwa reads from the newly published collection ‘We Refuse to Be Victims' by Ugandan activist and poet Sam Mugumya. His words remind us that courage, dignity, and resis...
23 Sep 20254min
Ep38: Choose Your Target Wisely with Nawa Villy Sitali
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will,” Frederick Douglass What does it mean to choose your battles wisely? In this episode, host Phil Wilmot sits down with Zambian...
16 Sep 20251h 14min
