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- How can we fight for a better future when we can't get a job and pay the rent?
In this third episode of The Imperfect Activist, we’re digging into two of the biggest stressors facing young people today: the housing crisis and the increasingly bleak job market. From sky-high rent and unlivable wages to unpaid internships and zero-hour contracts, this episode explores how these economic realities are shaping our generation's future and sense of hope.
We unpack the day-to-day realities of navigating adulthood in 2025, where landing a full-time job doesn’t guarantee financial independence, and where renting a room, let alone buying a home, feels out of reach for many. As youth activists, we reflect on how this affects our mental health, our activism, and our long-term dreams — and ask, honestly: Where do we go from here?
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To get connected with Lucy, Annabelle, or Natasha, please find them on Instagram at @theimperfectactivist.podcast.
For more information about the show, please find Be the change. Media Network on Instagram (@bethechangemedianetwork) or visit our website (www.bethechangemedianetwork.com).
38 min - What is going on in the world?
In this second episode of The Imperfect Activist, we take a raw and honest look at what’s happening across the globe from ongoing wars and rising authoritarianism to political power shifts like the continued influence of Donald Trump. But we’re not just listing headlines—we’re asking: What do these events mean for young people?
As youth activists in 2025, we feel the gap between our values and the decisions made by those in power growing wider. This episode is a deep dive into the frustration, urgency, and responsibility we feel in the face of global unrest. From Gaza to Ukraine, from climate inaction to growing disillusionment with traditional politics, we’re unpacking the emotional and political toll it takes on our generation, and what it means to show up imperfectly, but intentionally.
Please leave a rating, share a comment, and subscribe!
To get connected with Lucy, Annabelle, or Natasha, please find them on Instagram at @theimperfectactivist.podcast.
For more information about the show, please find Be the change. Media Network on Instagram (@bethechangemedianetwork) or visit our website (www.bethechangemedianetwork.com).
40 min - What is youth activism?
Welcome to our first episode of The Imperfect Activist podcast. In this episode, we dive into what it means to be a youth activist in 2025 and our thoughts on what exactly is an activist.
Please leave a rating, share a comment, and subscribe!
To get connected with Lucy, Annabelle, or Natasha, please find them on Instagram at @theimperfectactivist.podcast.
For more information about the show, please find Be the change. Media Network on Instagram (@bethechangemedianetwork) or visit our website (www.bethechangemedianetwork.com).
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About The Imperfect Activist
From the publisher's feed
We are young people living in a world on fire.
Genocide. War. Persecution.
Climate collapse. Rising fascism.
And still - we’re expected to build careers, start families, plan futures like everything is normal.
But none of this is normal.
No generation before us has had to grieve the planet in real time.
To watch genocide play out through our phones.
To grow up knowing the world might not survive us.
We’re anxious.
Burnt out.
Broke.
Trying to fix our mental health inside systems designed to break us.
We’re told to hustle while rent eats our wages.
To stay positive while the world feels unbearable.
To keep going when rest feels impossible.
And while billionaires hijack our media, buy the narrative, and decide whose lives matter - this platform does the opposite.
We centre people, not profit.
Tell stories rooted in truth, not a money pushed narrative.
Youth voices, not shareholders.
And yet - here we are.
Still loving.
Still organising.
Still asking harder questions.
Still using our creativity to resist and reimagine.
Still building hope out of the wreckage.
This is a space for the ones who feel it.
The tired. The angry. The hopeful. The heartbroken.
For those who refuse silence.
Who refuse to let history be rewritten on loop.
Who are learning to live, love, and fight back at the same time.
This is The Imperfect Activist.
Not polished.
Not perfect.
But honest.
And still in the struggle.
And honestly? That’s pretty good going - all things considered.
Want to make change but don’t know where to start?
Start here.
Grab your headphones, press play and get involved.
We platform young people taking action - so you can join in it too. We make space for the hard feelings - so you can know that it’s okay to feel them too.
New episodes out bi-weekly, Mondays at 6pm. Season 2 launches March 16th.