In Our Hands Podcast

Interviewing Caroline Stevenson, Nicolas Mounard, Andre Brasser on social impact. Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Discussing if sustainability is mainstreaming with Caroline Stevenson, Nicolas Mounard, Andre Brasser. Send questions to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet @papakowbaiden. Full question list for series here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Testing awareness of SDG's at Rising Star Comedy, London. (September 2018) Send questions to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet @papakowbaiden. Full question list for series here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Talking Bitcoin with Giacomo Zucco. Discussing blockchain technology uses, definitions, and Bitcoin energy usage. Send questions to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet @papakowbaiden. Full question list for series here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Talking Bitcoin MORE with Giacomo Zucco. Discussing blockchain technology uses, definitions, and Bitcoin energy usage. Send questions to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet @papakowbaiden. Full question list for series here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Papa addressing the Huntingdon Labour Party Conference, September 2018

Interviewing Professor Michael K Addo and Adama Sanneh on Africa, social impact and development work there, and who has the legitimacy to do it. Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

PART 2 of Interviewing Professor Michael K Addo and Adama Sanneh on Africa, social impact and development work there, and who has the legitimacy to do it. Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Responding to students' questions of "what were leading causes of homelessness" from Papa's "State Change" workshop for UN Youth Association, Romania, October 2018. Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Interviewing Ignacio Gavilan of the Consumer Goods Forum on key insights in sustainability. Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Continuing to interview Ignacio Gavilan on Standards, Fairtrade and Transparency vs Trust. Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

A reminder of our ability to create positive impacts from Papa's "State Change" workshop for UN Youth Association, Romania, October 2018.

Interviewing Raquel Rolnik, Professor of Urban Planning and former UN Special Rapporteur on Housing and Homlessness on The UK, Sustainable Cities, And The Empire (privatisation of global housing sector). Send comments to hello@papabaiden.com or Tweet: @papakowbaiden See series question list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19c46L3vy9yq3V61GRfDMlblwIvsDrxqu98XobiNsaeU/edit#gid=0

Departing message from Papa's "State Change" workshop for UN Youth Association, Romania, October 2018.

Ep6 - Talking To John Healey by Papa Baiden

Ep5 - Homelessness Reduction Act And Brexit by Papa Baiden

[Recorded Nov 15th, 2017. Edited and produced by Jie Zheng.] Just another day in the life of a homelessness activist. Saw another person I couldn't walk past, and thought it was worth sharing the experience. Please remember to sign my petition, and support by buying a copy of the book (link is below in the useful links). - Tell me you thoughts: https://twitter.com/papakowbaiden - link to my book: http://bit.ly/2FWoZOK - sign my petition: http://bit.ly/2kkJePR - my policy recommendations: http://bit.ly/2jGzCel

[Recorded Nov 10th, 2017. Edited and produced by Jie Zheng.] Interviewing Andy Slaughter (Tw: @hammersmithandy) In depth discussion on housing policy, Homelessness reduction act, and the state of private rented sector. We begin by important coverage of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and look into the duty of care government carries for housing victims, applying this duty wider, also touching on the lack of legal protection for tenants. Also features a nice shout out to the work of charities Shelter, Crisis, and St Mungo’s. Please remember to sign my petition, and support by buying a copy of the book (link is below in the useful links). - Tell me you thoughts: https://twitter.com/papakowbaiden - link to my book: http://bit.ly/2FWoZOK - sign my petition: http://bit.ly/2kkJePR - my policy recommendations: http://bit.ly/2jGzCel Notes from Episode 3: 1- Some of the best coverage of the Grenfell Tower tragedy came from MP David Lammy; https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/960520139266514946 2- “What you need to know about the homelessness reduction act”, 2017, written by the Chartered Institute of Housing. This 4 page note explains in great detail the new duties in law. But looooong story short, there’s a huge increase in legal responsibility for local governments with no increase in funds to meet this (some areas have had epic decrease of funds). http://www.cih.org/resources/PDF/Policy%20free%20download%20pdfs/What%20you%20need%20to%20know%20Homelessness%20Reduction%20Act%202017.pdf

[Recorded Nov 2nd, 2017. Edited and produced by Jie Zheng.] Interviewing Tom Copley (Tw: @tomcopley) An interesting look at the issue of homelessness from the perspective of somebody inside the Greater London Authority. Change is often spoken of as something people want ‘outside the system’. It’s great to hear from someone elected into office talk through some of the challenges of the housing system, what he’s trying to do to make it better. Please remember to sign my petition, and support by buying a copy of the book (link is below in the useful links). - Tell me you thoughts: https://twitter.com/papakowbaiden - link to my book: http://bit.ly/2FWoZOK - sign my petition: http://bit.ly/2kkJePR - my policy recommendations: http://bit.ly/2jGzCel Notes from Episode 2: 1. Hope NOT Hate; http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/ , on twitter @hopenothate 2. Agency fee ban (A new draft bill will be introduced to Parliament today (1 November 2017) to ban letting fees.): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-action-to-end-letting-agent-fees 3. Home Office use of CHAIN homelessness data (The Home Office secretly acquired sensitive data, showing the nationality of people sleeping rough on the streets, in order to remove them from Britain) : https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/19/home-office-secret-emails-data-homeless-eu-nationals 4. My Freedom of Information request on Bedroom Tax, and findings: bit.ly/2BOY2d8 5. Open letter to Boris Johnson from Head of UK Statistics Authority regarding the £350million per week figure used in the EU referendum (great to see misleading data claims be challenged by independent authorities. Need this for homelessness too): https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Letter-from-Sir-David-Norgrove-to-Foreign-Secretary.pdf

Begining the journey for you, the same way it all started for me: talking to someone huddled up on the street. This episode is a brief exploration of some of the issues that the gentleman I came across had to deal with, and I then put it into context of my wider research on homelessness that I underwent to produce my book. The product is raw, first person experience of the dangers and pitfalls of homelessness, and a reminder of why we need to solve this issue. If you like my work, please support me by signing my petition, and buying a copy of the book (link is below in the useful links) Useful links: - link to my book: http://amzn.to/2jHkb5G - sign my petition: http://bit.ly/2kkJePR - my policy recommendations: http://bit.ly/2jGzCel - Twitter: https://twitter.com/papakowbaiden - Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/papakowbaiden/