PUSHBACK Talks

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” – quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Wall Street: an examination of how Wall Street shareholders use war and the deprivation of human rights as a source of profit.

Safety: a reflection on how capitalism is structured to make us feel insecure and where we can find safety.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity – and your resistance – alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” – quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Women, Life, Freedom: a debate about the people's protests against regimes and at what cost their freedom comes.

Alabama: a take on how racial persecution is anchored in US history and how it compares to today's situation under Trump's government.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity – and your resistance – alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” – quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Doughnut: a lighthearted conversation about personal preferences, voids and economics – all about doughnuts!

Polar: a discussion around the pressing topics of polarization and the polar region.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity – and your resistance – alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Slavery: a critical look at how the contemporary world has been built on slavery and where slave labour still exists today.

NGO-ish: an immersion in the NGO world and their jargon - an appell to use a language that reaches everyone.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Activist burnout: a discussion about their respective touching points with activist burnout.

Patience: an emphasis on the value of patience in their line of work.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Bubble gum: a lighthearted conversation about bubble gum — something sweet, chewy and full of youth.

To be a Musk:  a discussion about individuals the likes of Elon Musk who accumulate power through right-wing populism and dehumanising acts.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Airbnb: a critical look on how Airbnb has developed to a profit industry that takes housing space from local residents and replaces their culture with tourist-pleasing aesthetics.

Winter: a search on how to overcome winter’s darkness and feel cozy in the cold.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This week’s episode:

Bumblebee: a comparison of bumblebees and Palestinians: how they manage to fly, to resist and maintain their beauty despite their wings being seemingly too small for them.

Nelson: a recollection of Nelson (Mandela) coming fresh out of prison after 27 years as a loving character and a celebrated leader.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This weeks episode:

Ceasefire: a look at the consequences of a ceasefire motivated by profit rather than humanity and the illegalisation of Palestine Action in the UK.

Madeleine (Memory): a taste not only of a delicious French pastry, but also a nostalgic memory triggered unconsciously by a cue encountered in everyday life.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show

Pushback Talks Season 9 is here with "Word Food"!

This season, Fredrik & Leilani return with their signature bite-sized episodes: sharp, surprising, 15-minute explorations of the words that shape our world. Each week, they pick a single word (or two) and unpack how its simple surface hides deeper social, political, and economic realities.

Think of it as thought-provoking “intellectual snacking” -  quick enough for your commute, rich enough to shift how you see power, privilege, and the systems around us.

This weeks episode:

It’s possible: a depiction of hope as a way of resistance and how our ability to imagine a better world becomes a threat to the capitalist and corrupt systems.

Black & White: the tracing of the marks left by the apartheid system and the need to debunk the idea that there are only two colours, two sides.

New episodes drop every week.

Make this your ritual for keeping your curiosity - and your resistance - alive!

Support the show