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Why did the COVID narrative collapse?

Why are there so many conflicting stories about the origin and spread of COVID and the consequences of our pandemic response? Is there a single truth? How could we have done better in the face of the...
Speaker(s): Sunetra Gupta

Radical Funerals

Ru Callender has been a self-taught radical undertaker for over 20 years, setting up The Green Funeral Company in 1999 and described in The Good Funeral Guide as one of 'The best undertakers of all...
Speaker(s): Ru Callender

Counter-Cultural Community: living a ‘very common life’

The idea of living in community can sound a little odd, perhaps almost impossible. How do you genuinely live 'in common' while treasuring diversity? How can you connect deeply to justice concerns...
Speaker(s): Martin Wroe, Iona Community

Mad World

Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of...
Speaker(s): Micha Frazer-Carroll

Palestine: the compass of injustice and dignity

On being a Palestinian: living in Palestine and in the diaspora. Engaging questions of faith, liberation and oppression for a silenced, oppressed, and struggling community, torn apart by apartheid....
Speaker(s): Muna Nassar

Disability and Justice: Prophets on the Edge

Disabled people have long been seen as objects of the church's ministry, outreach and care. Yet many of us are speaking back with a prophetic call for disability justice, in a world and church that...
Speaker(s): Naomi Lawson Jacobs & Emily Richardson

Burned Out Fighting For Climate Justice

We are no longer talking about climate predictions - the crisis is happening now. But we must neither throw our hands up in defeat nor hide away in despair. The planet, its people and other creatures...
Speaker(s): Ruth Valerio

In the beginning, God made bisexuals

Mining the memories embedded in his acclaimed memoir, Out of the Woods, Luke Turner explores how forests can help us find new understandings and happiness in our human sexuality. Luke is a writer and...
Speaker(s): Luke Turner

Theology For the End of the World

It feels like the world is ending. In the midst of apocalyptic times it's tempting to cling on tightly to what we still have. But what if our desire to save the world is part of the problem? Marika...
Speaker(s): Marika Rose

Living within the Doughnut: Business and social purpose

Doughnut Economics is being globally adopted by governments and communities. Chaired by Rebecca Harvey (editor of Co-operative News), hear from DEAL'S Enrich Sahan about the latest tool for...
Speaker(s): David Alcock

Wild Christianity

Storyteller and award-winning author Dr Martin Shaw is claiming that Christianity has forgotten it's a dream. What on earth does he mean? Through fairy tale, personal anecdote and reflections on his...
Speaker(s): Martin Shaw

Shooting the messenger – is our freedom to protest disappearing?

Disruptive protest has been vital in the struggle to secure justice and social change. As the environmental emergency intensifies and climate protesters are desperately seeking change, the government...
Speaker(s): Melanie Nazareth, Jonathan Herbert

Power to the green pound!

Money can feel like a taboo or complex topic, but we can't afford not to talk about it. The world's future is powered by financial decision makers, but you have power and agency too. Explore how you...
Speaker(s): JustMoney Movement

Taxing times

Gross inequality, the cost of living crisis, the climate emergency. What role could taxes play in addressing the enormous challenges of our times? What can we - as citizens, consumers, and businesses...
Speaker(s): JustMoney Movement

Scared to Death

What happens as we're dying? What's the best way to support a dying person? Is hospital the best place? Let's look at all the wisdom we've forgotten. Let's be curious about dying. Let's know more,...
Speaker(s): Kathryn Mannix