Caravan of Hope Podcast

This week our guest is Ingrid Leary, NZ Member of Parliament for Taieri electorate. She talk about her life, her work, her activism, and meeting His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Amongst her many roles Ingrid co-chaired the Inter-parliamentary Alliance on China, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan, and the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians. She was also the Ambassador for Women in the New Zealand Parliament.

This week we are joined again by Alison Phipps, the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow where she is also Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies. She is based in School of Education at the University of Glasgow where she uses creative, decolonising and restorative methods to teach widely in refugee studies, critical multilingual studies, religious and spiritual education, anthropology and intercultural education and education for non-violence.

This week we welcome back Rula Youssef to talk with us two years on from our last conversation. Rula is a key figure in her local Palestinian community. She talks about the recent ceasefire in Gaza and what it really means for her family, her fellow Palestinian's and her homeland.

Scott Willis Green MP. This week we speak with Scott Willis, NZ Green Party List MP about his life and experiences. He shares how they shaped his unexpected entry into politics. Scott also shares his thoughts on alternative responses governments like New Zealand’s, could make to bring an end to the genocide in Gaza.

This week Kovido and Brent talk about the upcoming Voices for Palestine event in Ōtepoti Dunedin on Sunday July 27, at Errick's and round up the latest events in Gaza.

Caravan Unplugged. Brent and Kovido have a catch up about the state of things and share the details of the the online Rozana store and the pop-up here in Ōtepoti.

David ‘Bhakti’ Gotlieb bumped in Kovido on the Camino. In this episode he talks about his experiences over his long and varied career, his first hand experience of miracles, his travel, meeting with Ken Keys Jr, Ram Dass and K.K.Sah, (translator for Neem Karoli Baba). David shares his wisdom and suggests we should always “leave room for miracle.”

In Part 2 of Episode 11, Alison and Tawona share poetry from their 2018 book, “The Warriors Who Do Not Fight”.  They also talk about their visit to Ōtepoti / Dunedin.

This week we have a two part show. In this first part, Caravan regular Professor Alison Phipps returns to Ōtepoti and introduces us to her colleague and collaborator, Dr Tawona Sithole aka Ganyamatopè. Tawona is a lecturer in creative practice education, UNESCO chair in refugee integration through education languages and the arts, University of Glasgow. He is also co-founder Seeds of Thought arts collective, Glasgow.