On this bonus episode, we're doing something a little different, and sharing another podcast doing some great things.

If You Were in Charge features global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini talking to the frontline doers and imaginers—activists, organizers, and peacebuilders—whose lived experience, courage, and ideas are reshaping what’s possible. People who, if they were in charge, could change the world.

In their first episode of season two, Sanam speaks to Ece Temelkuran, renowned author of How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, which explores the mechanisms of autocracy and the decline of democratic principles.

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If You Were In Charge is brought to you by the Bjian Ghaisar Foundation

And ICAN International Civil Society Action Network

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ICAN’s newsletter: https://icanpeacework.org/2025/03/sign-up-to-icans-newsletter/

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Original Music, Little Monster Media

Executive Producer: Pearse Lynch

This is an Africa Digital Audio production

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