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Nation of strangers
For our first live recording at the Conduit, Jon and I host Turkish writer and political commentator Ece Temelkuran to discuss her brave and beautiful new book, Nation Of Strangers. In a world unmaking our sense of safety and belonging, Ece offers something we desperately need: a vision of the future we can create together and […]
How to Save Democracy podcast is on!
With Jon Alexander and Jo Barratt, we’re super proud to introduce How To Save Democracy, a new podcast that aims to heal society’s broken relationship with democracy. I’d love you to join us as we hold the space for the tough conversations we need to have. We love democracy, genuinely, wholeheartedly. But it’s like a […]
Dictatorships Fear What We Must Build: Collective Intelligence and Action
What do dictatorships fear most? It’s noise, connection, and solidarity. Resistance together. In this personal and politically charged keynote at the 2025 Creative Bureaucracy Festival, I shared my journey from growing up under dictatorship in Tunisia to witnessing -and participating in- the uprising that sparked the Tunisian Revolution for Freedom and Dignity, called now the […]
Reimagining Government Podcast: Government in the year of elections
2024 is a historic year, with over 50 countries heading to the polls. What does this mean for citizen engagement and the current state of democracy? I had the pleasure of discussing this topic with my dear friend, the brilliant Jon Alexander, Founder of the New Citizen Project and author of “Citizens: Why the Key […]
Is democracy in danger?
In the summer of 2023 I was invited to Olympia in Greece to speak to emerging leaders from Europe. On that occasion, I was invited to share a few thoughts on the ELIAMEP’s podcast produced as part of the 3rd Summer Academy: Training Emerging Leaders for the New Geopolitical Challenges in the Mediterranean. I talked […]
Crowd Wisdom and Optimism in Reshaping Democratic Processes
Meeting Kate Chaney MP deeply touched me. It was one of those encounters where you realize you’re in front of a good person, someone sincere, resilient, committed to defending the rights of the most vulnerable. We met in September 2023 during her induction into the “Democratic Innovators of the 21st century” Politicians’ Hall of Fame […]
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Nation of strangers
How to Save Democracy podcast is on!
Dictatorships Fear What We Must Build: Collective Intelligence and Action
Reimagining Government Podcast: Government in the year of elections
Is democracy in danger?