Shows
ODI | Think ChangeFrom Suffragettes to Palestine Action – who defines legitimate protest?From the suffragette movement and the fight against apartheid to today’s campaigns for climate justice and Palestine, what defines legitimate protest? And who gets to decide?This episode explores the contested politics of protest through history. We examine what happens when legal and political channels for change are blocked, and how states respond when protest challenges entrenched power.As politicians celebrate historic acts of civil disobedience while criminalising modern movements, we ask: who gets to decide what counts as legitimate protest – and how will history judge us?Helen Pankhurst CBE, Chan...
2025-09-2533 min
PoliticsJOE PodcastBritain is becoming a pariah state | Sacha Deshmukh interviewSacha Deshmukh is the Chief Executive of Amnesty UK. He came by the studio to speak to us about Amnesty's decision to issue an Urgent Action against the UK government for their crackdown on free speech, seen most recently at pro-Palestine Action demonstrations in London.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-08-2934 min
Woman's HourTeaching 'grit', Amnesty International UK, Brain Aneurysm play, New Age of SexismHow do we teach children to have grit? That's what the Government is suggesting needs to be a new focus in schools, to bolster children's mental health. To discuss how parents can help their children develop resilience, Anita Rani is joined by Sue Atkins, parenting coach and author of Parenting Made Easy and child psychologist Laverne Antrobus.We are currently hearing different perspectives on the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman under the Equality Act, and how it could and should be interpreted on the ground. Today Anita speaks to Sacha Deshmukh, Chief...
2025-05-1657 min
Made Not Born with Alison ChadwickS2 Ep 3 - Sacha DeshmukhA podcast about learning to be a great modern leader. Alison talks to some inspiring leaders about the useful lessons they've learned that we can all apply as we navigate our own leadership journeys. In this episode, Alison speaks to Sacha Deshmukh, CEO of Amnesty International UK. They talk about leading through complexity, the importance of decisiveness in leadership and how much it matters to build a thriving culture at work.
2024-04-2330 min
Third Sector PodcastBehind the scenes of a £300m fundraising appeal & Amnesty International UK CEO interviewLucinda and Andy are joined by Liz Tait, fundraising director at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, to discuss progress with the charity’s biggest and most ambitious fundraising appeal to date.Liz describes the planning process, including the use of campaign peaks to structure and maintain momentum during the multi-year appeal. She provides insight into Gosh Charity’s use of new fundraising methods, such as gaming and streaming channels, and shares learnings for other charities planning appeals during the cost-of-living crisis.Also in the episode, Andy shares some highlights from his recent interview with S...
2024-02-2334 min
The Guilty FeministIsrael and Palestine with Amnesty CEO Sacha DeshmukhThe Guilty Feminist: Israel and Palestine with Amnesty CEO Sacha DeshmukhDeborah Frances-White talks to Amnesty CEO Sacha Deshmukh about the crisis in Gaza and Israel.Recorded 11 December 2023. Released 18 December.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge.More about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://twitter.com/DeborahFW
https://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-book
More about Sacha Deshmukh and Amnesty International
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sacha-deshmukh-b3a94915
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/ceasefirenow
https://twitter.com/amnestyuk
Big Speeches with Jessica Regan...
2023-12-181h 02
Pod Save the UKA year of Sunak, and why housing is eating our economyAs the Israel Gaza crisis continues, pressure grows on both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to back calls for a ceasefire. Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive of Amnesty International UK, explains why he supports it and what else needs to happen for it to be meaningful. He also has advice for how you can help, either through safe protest, or through donation. Nish and Coco also ‘celebrate’ Rishi Sunak’s year at Number 10, revealing their highs and lows of 12 months of Sunak.Is the Government’s promise to end ‘no-fault’ evictions being kicked into the long grass? Nish and Coco try...
2023-10-2651 min
Row ZWORLD CUP, QATAR 22, BEST BITS: Row Z X Fubar's World F*CupSorry for the radio silence! We've been off gallavanting over on Fubar Radio doing a World Cup show :) You can hear everything we've been up to by subscribing to Fubar's World F*Cup in your podcast app of choice but we thought we'd pop out a cheeky best bits including:
Rapper Avelino
Human Rights expert Rothna Begum
Musician Maddox Jones
Amnesty International UK CEO Sacha Deshmukh
Singer Maulo
FIFA whistleblower Bonita Merciades
Comedian Bilal Zafar
Former England Women's Manager Hope Powell CBE
Trampolene frontman Jack Jones
PR guru Mark Borkowski
Son of England legend Nobby Stiles and dementia-awareness...
2022-12-1625 min
Open Banking Expo UnpluggedHow Open Banking is transforming charitable donationsIn this special edition of the Open Banking Expo Unplugged podcast, to coincide with the #GivingTuesday social media campaign running throughout November, Ellie Duncan is joined by Kieron James, founder and CEO of Wonderful, who explains how the online giving platform has implemented Open Banking-enabled account-to-account payments to achieve 100% fee-free charitable donations. Sacha Deshmukh, CEO of Amnesty International UK, also joins the episode to reveal the organisation's interest in Wonderful and Open Banking payments to save on card processing fees and administrative costs.
2022-11-2932 min
FUBAR's World F*CupEpisode 1 - Alex Hylton, Will Buckley, Sacha Deshmukh, Max TuñónJoe and Hannah were joined by comedian Alex Hylton to discuand give his predictions on who is going to win the trophy. Will Buckley spoke about life as a football agent and how it differs to life as a professional footballer. Also on the show was Sacha Deshmukh from Amnesty International and Max Tuñón from the International Labour Organisation in Qatar who spoke about the use of migrant workers to build the eight stadiums being used at the World Cup this year.
2022-11-1859 min
Autumn 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoDigital BritainContributor(s): Jeremy Hunt MP, Peter Bazalgette, Professor Robin Mansell, Sacha Deshmukh | Jeremy Hunt MP is the Shadow Communications Minister. Peter Bazalgette is a media entrepreneur. Robin Mansell is a professor of new media and the internet and head of the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE. Sacha Deshmukh is CEO of Mandate Communications. Charlie Beckett is Direcor of Polis. Jeremy Hunt will be joined by Professor Robin Mansell and Peter Bazalgette in a panel discussion about the future of Digital Britain.
2009-11-171h 11Autumn 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfDigital BritainContributor(s): Jeremy Hunt MP, Peter Bazalgette, Professor Robin Mansell, Sacha Deshmukh | Jeremy Hunt MP is the Shadow Communications Minister. Peter Bazalgette is a media entrepreneur. Robin Mansell is a professor of new media and the internet and head of the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE. Sacha Deshmukh is CEO of Mandate Communications. Charlie Beckett is Direcor of Polis. Jeremy Hunt will be joined by Professor Robin Mansell and Peter Bazalgette in a panel discussion about the future of Digital Britain.
2009-11-171h 11