In 2011 Peter Macfadyen led a mini revolution in his home town of Frome, Somerset. Fed up of the infighting caused by party politics and the damaging effect it was having on the community, he and a group of local citizens organised themselves in to a new party of independents, with a totally different, pirate way of working. They stood for local election, and won! Flatpack Democracy was born.

10 years on Peter has written two books on how anyone can do what they did, and his team of pirates are leading the Flatpack 2021 campaign in the run up to local elections next month. It was an absolute privilege to get Peter's take on the importance of changing the political system - Covid-19 has brought home the importance of community to so many - Flatpack is a way we can fight for and protect it.

https://www.flatpackdemocracy.co.uk/

https://flatpack2021.co.uk/

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Make no mistake, rewriting the rules begins with the terrain of your imagination. With re-evaluating what may or may not be possible and reinventing yourself accordingly.

No one knows this better than award-winning podcaster, rapper, spoken word artist and social commentator George Mpanga, aka George the Poet. Blending up genres, styles and storytelling techniques like no other, George challenges political and social norms with unparalleled creativity and authenticity. We chat about the big picture - how we might start to create a new psychological infrastructure for the 21st century, back down to the very personal - how to own and weaponise your own story for social change.

More on George here: https://www.georgethepoet.com/

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In our inaugural episode we talk to environmental entrepreneur Kresse Wesling MBE (featured in Be More Pirate). Kresse is pure pirate: she has a zero tolerance for waste of any kind, and is ambitious and unapologetic about it.

We discuss her incredible story that began with rescuing decommissioned firehoses from landfill sites, turning them into handbags, and going on to found her company Elvis and Kresse. But more importantly, we get a rare insight into her mindset, the moments that propelled her away from a conventional path and into a pirate's life, and why her 'why' keeps strengthening year on year.

You can learn more about Elvis and Kresse at https://www.elvisandkresse.com/

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