Everyone knows there is a global housing crisis. More grassroots movements in cities around the world are challenging unaffordability, evictions, inhumane housing conditions, homelessness, and the influx of big capital into the housing sector. To defend their interests, many claim housing is a human right, not a commodity. But what does the human right to ho ... Show More
Nov 2020
London Calling. The New Hunger & Poverty in the UK - A Conversation with The Guardian’s Patrick Butler
<p>The Filmmaker and The Advocate are joined by Patrick Butler, The Guardian’s Social Policy Editor. The trio discusses current social conditions across the UK as it continues to be hammered by the pandemic. In the world’s 5th largest economy, poverty, hunger and homelessness hav ... Show More
43m 23s
Nov 2020
The Spanish Tenants Movement – From Resistance to Rewriting the Law - A conversation with Jaime Palomera Zaidel
<p>Since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, Spain has been ground zero for the financialization of housing. Blackstone, Cerberus and other institutional investors have plundered the social housing stock and gobbled up affordable homes. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are joined ... Show More
42m 52s
Nov 2020
Berlin’s Housing Activists Changing the Rules, a chat with Florian Schmidt
<p>Berlin - known for its hip vibe and affordable rents - has become one of the most sought after places to live amongst young urbanites and creatives. Those affordable rents, however, have also drawn institutional investors and asset management firms like Blackstone and Heimstad ... Show More
40m 40s
Apr 2017
Pod Save the People - TEASER
Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson takes you inside conversations about culture, social justice, and politics by exploring the history, language, and people who are shaping the struggle for progress — and talking about the steps that each of us can take to make a difference.
1m 23s
Apr 2024
The Cost of Living Crisis, Gen Z vs Boomer Wealth Divide & How it’s Impacting Our Mental Health | Ep. 72
Send a text In this episode of the Level: Asian podcast, we unpack the housing and cost of living crisis. We begin by sharing how recent increases in rent, interest rates and groceries have impacted us personally and how we’ve changed our spending habits to adjust. The crew also ... Show More
1h 16m
May 2017
“Product, Not the Producer”
<p>DeRay, Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe are together again to talk about the most important news of the past week. Then, Grammy-award winning artist and activist John Legend joins DeRay to talk about parenting, women’s reproductive rights, mass incarceration and using his c ... Show More
1h 29m