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EQUALS
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A podcast, bulletin and blog about inequality —and how to tackle it. Deep-dive conversations with thinkers, political figures, activists and beyond.
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New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social

Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.

Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
Education spending per child in Sub-Saharan Africa is 40× lower than in the Global North — but not by choice.

It’s what happens when countries are forced to send more money to rich countries through debt & unequal financial rules. This is extraction.
🎙️ Thomas Piketty: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.

Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 | 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 2025
November asked the big questions:
🌍 Who profits while the climate burns?
⚖️ How can law, activism, and frontline communities turn injustice into accountability?
We dug into climate justice, inequality, and public services 👇
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New @EQUALS episode is out!

@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.

Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🎧 Listen to this podcast to explore the key findings of our newly launched World Inequality Report with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
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New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social

Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.

Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
December 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social

Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.

Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
December 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
'Universal, publicly financed healthcare — free at the point of need — is one of the most powerful ways to fight inequality.'

Anna Marriott lays it out in our latest episode.
Full episode: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...

#HealthForAll #UniversalHealthcare #Inequality #EQUALSPodcast
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚀 What a year for EQUALS
Our 2025 #SpotifyWrapped offers a clear picture of how EQUALS is growing as a space for conversations on inequality and economic justice. Here’s the breakdown.👇
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
November was packed with global summits—#COP30, #WSSD, and the G20—which put inequality on the global agenda.
This week’s Bulletin dives into the G20 outcomes and spotlights Oxfam’s new report on Kenya’s inequality crisis.
www.equals.ink/p/negotiatio...
Negotiation November and Kenya’s inequality crisis
Amid a whirlwind of bilateralism, Oxfam Kenya’s latest report is shining a light on the country's inequality crisis.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“In my country (South Africa), 16% of people command 60% of specialist doctors. That’s structural violence.”

Dr. Aquina Thulare explains why health can’t be a commodity and why South Africa is fighting to dismantle health apartheid.

▶️ Listen: pod.fo/e/35e5c8

#HealthEquity #SouthAfrica
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode is out — Health Apartheid.

@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of healthcare privatization and how South Africa is fighting back with national health insurance reforms.

Tune in ▶️: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎧New EQUALS episode is out! 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐃.

Private equity is turning hospitals into money machines.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of financialization of healthcare & how South Africa is fighting back.

Tune in▶️: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
She survived Typhoon Haiyan at 16. Now she’s telling the world why it wasn’t a natural disaster.

Hear her on justice, loss & damage, and what leaders must deliver next.

Listen to the new EQUALS episode ft Marinel Ubaldo👇
pod.fo/e/355184
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, 16-year-old Marinel Ubaldo watched homes lift into the air like paper & people swept away with nowhere to run.
That moment changed everything for her & it shaped her fight for climate justice.

Full episode👉https://pod.fo/e/355184
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
At COP30, corporate lobbyists are everywhere — and the super-rich are locking the world into disaster.
equals.ink/p/climate-pl...
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode is out: FROM TYPHOON HAIYAN TO #COP30

Marinel Ubaldo survived a super typhoon at 16. In this episode she speaks about living through Haiyan and the leadership the world needs at COP30.

🎧 Listen now: www.equals.ink/p/from-haiya...
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
#COP30 needs to move from pledges to action.

Marinel Ubaldo calls for:
⚡ A just fossil fuel phase-out
🌱 Real renewable energy access
💸 Climate finance that reaches frontline nations

#ClimateJustice should also be about dismantling inequalities.

Full episode here: www.equals.ink/p/from-haiya...
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New episode is out: From Haiyan to #COP30

Marinel Ubaldo survived the super typhoon at 16. In this episode she speaks about living through Haiyan, the human-rights case challenging big polluters, & the leadership the world needs at COP30.

🎧 Listen now: www.equals.ink/p/from-haiya...
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#EQUALSRewind | October 2025
October asked the big questions:
💰 How much is too much?
🕊️ Who pays the highest price in war?
🌍 What happens when private money rules public life?

Here’s the month we took on billionaires, war, and inequality — with ideas that bite and hope that builds. 👇
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
After five years of setbacks, Sarah Finch finally won.
Her message isn’t about easy victories. It’s about persistence and believing that one action can trigger a tipping point in the right direction.

Hear Sarah’s story on the EQUALS Podcast: www.equals.ink/p/a-hopeful-...

#ClimateJustice
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In our latest episode, Sarah Finch shared her the biggest advice from her five-year fight.👇

“Do whatever you can. But make sure you’re surrounded by good people. Don’t try to do anything on your own.”

Listen to full episode here: pod.fo/e/34a9e5
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Privatisation is a catalyst for inequality. In his latest piece for EQUALS, Omar Ghannam takes us inside Egypt’s health crisis, where privatization has bankrupted families and starved public systems.

Catch the whole piece here: www.equals.ink/p/public-ser...
#HealthForAll #PublicServices
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The UN just held its first World Social Summit in 30 years, and the world barely noticed.

As aid cuts deepen and private interests tighten their grip, #PublicServices, the engines of equality, are being starved.

Read 'The Forgotten Summit' on EQUALS: 👉 www.equals.ink/p/the-forgot...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
It’s not every day a millionaire calls billionaires a moral failure of society.

But that’s exactly what Joao Paulo did on EQUALS. He’s challenging the quiet assumption that extreme wealth is harmless.

If you missed this one, go back and listen. 👉 pod.fo/e/3418c1
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
💥 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞.

From eye-opening interviews to sharp analysis and real stories of change, 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒 is your front-row seat to the global fight against inequality.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM