Let’s all get started: 5 steps to action | with Jon Alexander

Let’s all get started: 5 steps to action | with Jon Alexander

In our final part of this series, we focus entirely on you, the listener, with an episode dedicated to how to translate the inspiration from the series so far into action on the ground, where you live. With help from Citizen’s author and community evangelist Jon Alexander, we unpack 5 common threads that all of our communities advocate. So if you want to take the first steps to action in your place we’ll answer questions like: what do you do first? Who do you need with you? What challenges are you likely to face and how to overcome them? Make a brew and join us for a pithy episode packed with practical tips.  Featuring: Jon Alexander, Charlotte Hollins, Immy Kaur, Mark Pepper, Josie Moon, Catherine Vulliamy, Lee Rob & Kate Raworth. Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 [https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43] GET STARTED: Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you [https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you] To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ [https://mattgolding.substack.com/] Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive [https://www.instagram.com/antidotelive]or TikTok @antidote_live [https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live] or Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolding/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Let’s do politics differently | w. East Marsh United, Cooperation Hull & Our House

When his town was falling apart, Billy Dasein decided to take make a radical choice and go home. So what happens when we stay where we are, reach across the divides and learn to love our place? For two communities, East Marsh United in Grimsby and Cooperation Hull in the North East of England, this simple act started a journey that not only led them to a revolutionary housing model, food club and energy project, but also to a mission to fix our broken democracy and rewrite the political rules for the majority. Dozens of communities like these are now feeding into a growing call to reboot the 1830’s charter movement and fix our flailing 21st century democracy, and Oli Whittington of Our House, and Jon Alexander, walk us through the growing call to do politics differently. Featuring: Josie Moon, Rachel McWilliam, Billy Dasein, Catherine Vulliamy, Oli Whittington, Jon Alexander,  Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 [https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43] Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you [https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you] Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive [https://www.instagram.com/antidotelive]or TikTok @antidote_live [https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live] or Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolding/] To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ [https://mattgolding.substack.com/] Find links to things mentioned in the show here: East Marsh United: https://www.antidotelive.studio/east-marsh-united [https://www.antidotelive.studio/east-marsh-united] Cooperation Hull:  https://www.antidotelive.studio/cooperation-hull [https://www.antidotelive.studio/cooperation-hull]  References from the show: Hull - UK’s crapped town: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3158298.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3158298.stm] Grimsby voter turnout: https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/election-dates-and-results/local-elections/ [https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/election-dates-and-results/local-elections/]> UK Voter turnout at last election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election] https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A-System-out-of-Step-The-2024-General-Election-ONLINE.pdf [https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A-System-out-of-Step-The-2024-General-Election-ONLINE.pdf] Trust in each other vs trust in politicians: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/trustingovernmentuk/2023#trust-in-government-and-institutions [https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/trustingovernmentuk/2023#trust-in-government-and-institutions] Tree cover street level cooling effects: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298675-trees-cool-the-land-surface-temperature-of-cities-by-up-to-12c [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298675-trees-cool-the-land-surface-temperature-of-cities-by-up-to-12c/#:~:text=Trees%20cool%20the%20land%20surface,cities%20adapt%20to%20global%20warming.] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l4j8wkrw7o [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l4j8wkrw7o]  Paris Citizens Council info: https://www.fairvote.ca/01/09/2022/the-paris-citizens-assembly-where-citizens-write-the-law/ [https://www.fairvote.ca/01/09/2022/the-paris-citizens-assembly-where-citizens-write-the-law/]> https://demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-permanent-citizens-assembly?utm_source=chatgpt.com [https://demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-permanent-citizens-assembly?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/paris-city-council-adopts-citizens-proposal/ [https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/paris-city-council-adopts-citizens-proposal/] https://www.feantsa.org/epoch-files/Homelessness-Strategies/France/Homelessness-Strategy-France-Original2024.pdf [https://www.feantsa.org/epoch-files/Homelessness-Strategies/France/Homelessness-Strategy-France-Original2024.pdf] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/03/24/parisians-back-garden-roads-project-in-record-low-turnout_6739472_7.html [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/03/24/parisians-back-garden-roads-project-in-record-low-turnout_6739472_7.html] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Let’s create a neighbourhood fit for the future | w. CIVIC SQUARE & Kate Raworth

When it comes to designing a neighbourhood fit for the future we face, Ladywood in Birmingham may seem like an unlikely place to be rivalling billionaires plans to live on Mars, but their results might be more appealing to the majority of us who like Earth, and are partial to oxygen. Inspired by past neighbourhood solutions that have since spread nationwide - like the NHS and welfare state - Civic Square are coming up with practical ways forward on climate, housing and resilience that could scale countrywide and create a collective future we all want to live in. We then talk to Kate Raworth (tbc), founder of Doughnut Economics - on how the economic model behind this work could transform our future.  Featuring: Immy Kaur, Kate Raworth Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 [https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43] Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you [https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you] Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive [https://www.instagram.com/antidotelive]or TikTok @antidote_live [https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live] or Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolding/] To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ [https://mattgolding.substack.com/] Find links to things mentioned in the show here: https://www.antidotelive.studio/civic-square [https://www.antidotelive.studio/civic-square] CIVIC SQUARE plans: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Et1Uk9opbbZn2slwcXFQQ_AtTLYb8EVS/view [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Et1Uk9opbbZn2slwcXFQQ_AtTLYb8EVS/view] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Let’s all co-own the farm next door | w. Fordhall Farm & Sue Pritchard

We head to Shropshire, where siblings Charlotte and Ben Hollins brought together 8000 strangers to buy their organic farm back from the jaws of big agriculture. They’ve gone on to prove a new community ownership model that recent research suggests could work better, not only for farmers but all of us too. Now they’re exploring how it can expand nationwide. If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a farmer, but don’t know how to start a tractor, join Maryam & Matt on this journey to reconnect us to our land, food and farming. Featuring: Charlotte Hollins, Ben Hollins, Sue Pritchard,  Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 [https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43] Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you [https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you] Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive [https://www.instagram.com/antidotelive]or TikTok @antidote_live [https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live] or Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolding/] To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ [https://mattgolding.substack.com/] Find links to things mentioned in the show here:  https://www.antidotelive.studio/ford-hall-organic [https://www.antidotelive.studio/ford-hall-organic] Reports referenced in the show: http://www.uklanddirectory.org.uk/land-usage.asp [http://www.uklanddirectory.org.uk/land-usage.asp]  https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-england-thousand-secret-landowners-author [https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-england-thousand-secret-landowners-author]  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40544084/ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40544084/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Let’s do food differently | w. Carrick Greengrocers & Jon Alexander

Lee Robb was fed-up of seeing her hometown – Carrick Fergus in Northern Ireland – divided, neglected, and still reeling from the troubles,  so she decided to buck the trend and… reach out to her fellow residents. When she did, she was surprised that people reached back, and working together they created something that put Carrick on the map for a different reason. Through their humble greengrocers, they’ve proven an appetite for locally grown food systems and revitalised their high street. Now they’re consulting with national government on how their model can create a blueprint for a food system that actually makes sense and could work everywhere. We then talk to Jon Alexander about how this approach could change not only our food system, but if we come together in our places, everything. As Jon says in his book Citizens ‘the key to fixing everything is all of us’.  (Thanks to Simon Wood at Ravenhill films for letting us use the Crowdfunder clip!)  Featuring: Lee Robb, Jon Alexander Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 [https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43] Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you [https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you] Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive [https://www.instagram.com/antidotelive]or TikTok @antidote_live [https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live] or Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolding/] To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ [https://mattgolding.substack.com/] Find links to things mentioned in the show here:  https://www.antidotelive.studio/carrick-greengrocers [https://www.antidotelive.studio/carrick-greengrocers] Reports referenced in the show: ‘The Money Trail’: https://nefconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TheMoneyTrail.pdf [https://nefconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TheMoneyTrail.pdf] City University of London farmer study: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33491/1/sustainability-16-06851-v2.pdf [https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33491/1/sustainability-16-06851-v2.pdf] ‘The False Economy of Big Food’ https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/the-false-economy-of-big-food [https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/the-false-economy-of-big-food] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]