This week we continue with the last five episodes of this years Summer Series, back-to-back! If you missed the previous ones, or just like to listen to them in one go, here's your chance. And if you liked this concept of shorter episodes around two words, please let us know in a comment or at pushback@wgfilm.se and we might just return with some more in the future!Word Food – bite-sized conversations that pack a punch. Each week, we randomly select two words and dive into a 10-15 minute exploration of how these seemingly simple words intersect with our complex socio-political moment.Think of it as intellectual snacking with substance – light enough for your summer playlist, deep enough to make you think twice about the world around us.Happy snacking!<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pushbacktalks">Support the show</a>

This week we continue with the last five episodes of this years Summer Series, back-to-back! If you missed the previous ones, or just like to listen to them in one go, here's your chance. And if you liked this concept of shorter episodes around two words, please let us know in a comment or at pushback@wgfilm.se and we might just return with some more in the future! Word Food – bite-sized conversations that pack a punch. Each week, we randomly select two words and dive into a 10-15 minute exploration of how these seemingly simple words intersect with our complex socio-political moment. Think of it as intellectual snacking with substance – light enough for your summer playlist, deep enough to make you think twice about the world around us. Happy snacking! Support the show

This week we continue with the last five episodes of this years Summer Series, back-to-back! If you missed the previous ones, or just like to listen to them in one go, here's your chance.&nbsp;And if you liked this concept of shorter episodes around two words, please let us know in a comment or at pushback@wgfilm.se and we might just return with some more in the future!Word Food – bite-sized conversations that pack a punch. Each week, we randomly select two words and dive into a 10-15 minute exploration of how these seemingly simple words intersect with our complex socio-political moment.Think of it as intellectual snacking with substance – light enough for your summer playlist, deep enough to make you think twice about the world around us.Happy snacking!<a href="https://www.patreon.com/pushbacktalks" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Language Matters: a Playful Stream of Consciousness, pt2

Cities are becoming increasingly unliveable for most people. Costs are rising but incomes are not. Sky-high rents, evictions, homelessness, and substandard housing are common realities for urban dwellers across the planet. There is a global housing crisis. How did this basic human right get so lost? Who is pushing people out of their homes and cities, and what’s being done to pushback?&nbsp; On the heels of the release of the award-winning documentary, PUSH, filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten and Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, have reconvened. Join the filmmaker and the advocate as they reflect on their experiences making PUSH and exchange ideas and stories about the film's central issue: the financialization of housing and its fall-out.&nbsp; For more about PUSH and to view it: <a href="http://www.pushthefilm.com/">&nbsp;www.pushthefilm.com&nbsp;</a>For more about Fredrik Gertten and his other films: <a href="https://www.wgfilm.com">www.wgfilm.com</a>For more about Leilani Farha in her new role, Global Director of The Shift: <a href="https://www.make-the-shift.org">www.make-the-shift.org</a>

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Cities are becoming increasingly unliveable for most people. Costs are rising but incomes are not. Sky-high rents, evictions, homelessness, and substandard housing are common realities for urban dwellers across the planet. There is a global housing crisis. How did this basic human right get so lost? Who is pushing people out of their homes and cities, and what’s being done to pushback?  On the heels of the release of the award-winning documentary, PUSH, filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten and Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, have reconvened. Join the filmmaker and the advocate as they reflect on their experiences making PUSH and exchange ideas and stories about the film's central issue: the financialization of housing and its fall-out.  For more about PUSH and to view it:  www.pushthefilm.com  For more about Fredrik Gertten and his other films: www.wgfilm.com For more about Leilani Farha in her new role, Global Director of The Shift: www.make-the-shift.org

Cities are becoming increasingly unliveable for most people. Costs are rising but incomes are not. Sky-high rents, evictions, homelessness, and substandard housing are common realities for urban dwellers across the planet. There is a global housing crisis. How did this basic human right get so lost? Who is pushing people out of their homes and cities, and what’s being done to pushback?&nbsp; On the heels of the release of the award-winning documentary, PUSH, filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten and Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, have reconvened. Join the filmmaker and the advocate as they reflect on their experiences making PUSH and exchange ideas and stories about the film's central issue: the financialization of housing and its fall-out.&nbsp; For more about PUSH and to view it: <a href="http://www.pushthefilm.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">&nbsp;www.pushthefilm.com&nbsp;</a>For more about Fredrik Gertten and his other films: <a href="https://www.wgfilm.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.wgfilm.com</a>For more about Leilani Farha in her new role, Global Director of The Shift: <a href="https://www.make-the-shift.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.make-the-shift.org</a>

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