People Just Do Something

Apr 13 2025 16 ep. 48 mins 16
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People Just Do Something is a relaxing and possibly enraging podcast about people who might self-identify as activists. Join professional busybody Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins, The Bristol Cable’s in-house Columbo, Priyanka Raval and a special guest each week as they attempt to untangle the means of effecting change in Bristol, broken Britain and beyond. Episodes release ever other week with the first season spanning 6 episodes. To secure the future of the show and The Bristol Cable, head to www.thebristolcable.org/join

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*SPECIAL* Peaceful resistance in the face of Genocide with Iyad Burnat

Apr 13 2025 38 mins  
Content warning: descriptions of violence and war"The belief in one's rights is more important than anything else. If I am confident about my rights, nothing will make me despair...When you resist an Israeli soldier by peaceful means, their weapons become irrelevant." - Iyad BurnatIyad Burnat is a Palestinian activist involved in non-violent resistance against the Israeli occupatio

Pause for the cause - The Debrief - The Doctors fighting for Barton House residents

Mar 30 2025 24 mins  
We're bringing you one more non-PJDS episode from The Bristol Cable's feed this week before resuming our regular schedule. Sit tight. It's The Debrief; where cable journalists take listeners behind the headlines of their latest investigations.Priyanka sits down to talk with Dr. Amelia Cussans from health justice campaign group Medact. The group recently released a report in collabo

Pause for the cause - 'The Debrief: The more you oppress people, the more they will rise'

Mar 16 2025 20 mins  
As our season break continues, we bring to you an episode of The Debrief from The Bristol Cable's main feed.Adam Quarshie, the latest addition to The Bristol Cable's core reporter team, takes the lead in conversation with Sean Morrison about his latest investigation into the trial of the so called Filton 18; a group of activists who broke into an arms factory in Bristol last year (

Pause for the cause - season break and updates

Mar 02 2025 1 mins  
Producer George is having a week off and the team is busy planning the next batch of guests and an exciting development for the series...Mystery button

E012: Door to door divestment: the mum and dad building a boycott for Palestine

Feb 16 2025 54 mins  
As pro-Palestine marches began ‘shrinking’ last year, St Paul’s residents Matt and Sasha drew on their experiences community organising with the ACORN union to try a different way of influencing public opinion. Inspired by their neighbourhood’s history of mobilising against South African apartheid, they hit the streets to knock on doors and chat to shopkeepers, in a bid to

E011: How to embed the left in the blockchain, with Joshua Dávila

Feb 02 2025 52 mins  
Crypto is everywhere just now, after reinstalled President Trump’s recent pronouncements on the subject – including launching his own meme coin, which has soared in value. That’s great, because it gives PJDS a rare aura of being bang on the news agenda, as we sit down with Joshua Dávila, author of Blockchain Radicals, How Capitalism Ruined Crypto And How We Can Fix It. Join

E010: Striking teacher Nik & the ethical gravy train of trade unionism

Jan 19 2025 57 mins  
Gen Z listeners, do you actually know what a strike is? If not, we’ve got just the episode for you. PJDS this week features Bristol teacher Nik, National Education Union rep and co-host of the Requires Improvement podcast, who joins Isaac with his feet still freezing cold from standing on a picket line in January. So how does one go about organising workers? What is the point of

E009: Jake Hanrahan is not just a gritty Louis Theroux

Dec 22 2024 65 mins  
“I’m definitely not an activist,” says Jake Hanrahan at the start of this week’s episode, pushing back hard on People Just Do Something’s tagline of being about people who might identify as one. Either way, Jake, who founded grassroots conflict media organisation Popular Front, is a fascinating character. What led him in his twenties to decide to be a war reporter? What d

E008: How to smash the patriarchy for good with Meg & Bryony from SLEEC

Dec 08 2024 63 mins  
Content warning: This episode tackles issues to do with sexual violence.Burned out and disillusioned by their experience of working in mainstream charities for women who have survived sexual violence, Megan and Bryony took some time out before deciding they could do better. So they set up SLEEC (Survivors Leading Essential Education & Change), a radical support organisation tha

E007: Led by Donkeys and the guerrilla story wars

Nov 24 2024 66 mins  
In 2018, four friends in a Stoke Newington pub, frustrated by post-Brexit chaos, had an idea. Weeks later, they were plastering a giant tweet on a billboard. The stunt went viral, and Led By Donkeys was born. Known for bold, satirical interventions, they’ve taken on hypocrisy with billboards, projections, pranks, and daring campaigns. Join Priyanka and Isaac as co-founder Ben unp