Episodes 30
Avg. Duration 1h
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Since Aug 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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People Just Do Something is a relaxing and possibly enraging podcast about people who might self-identify as activists. Join professional busybody Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins, The Bristol Cable’s in-house Columbo, Priyanka Raval and a special guest each week as they attempt to untangle the means of effecting change in Bristol, broken Britain and beyond. Episodes release ever other week with the first season spanning 6 episodes. To secure the future of the show and The Bristol Cable, head to www.thebristolcable.org/join

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E028: Tegan Vincent-Cooke on becoming Jamaica’s first para dressage-rider and finding Coco

Jun 08, 2026 56m

Para equestrian Tegan Vincent-Cooke first began riding at the age of four as part of her physiotherapy for quadriplegic cerebral palsy. In this episode, Tegan tells Priyanka Raval how she quickly…

E027: LIVE from City Hall: LaToyah McAllister-Jones on citizens’ assemblies

Jun 01, 2026 1h

This week we’re throwing the doors of City Hall wide open with Carnival executive director LaToyah McAllister-Jones. In this episode, LaToyah discusses the Citizens of Culture community-first arts…

E026: Benn Trowell on the Global Sumud Flotilla and being detained at sea

May 25, 2026 1h 11m

Bristol-based activist Ben Trowell has just returned home after being detained by the Israel Defence Forces in international waters near Crete. In this episode, Ben speaks to Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins…

E024: Life of the Party on the disaster of Your Party and the rise of the Greens

May 18, 2026 1h 8m

The team from Life of the Party join us for a live recording in conjunction with our friends at Bristol Transformed. In this episode, Jonas and Joe tell us what really went wrong with Your Party,…

E023: Sarah Jaffe on love in the time of fascism

May 11, 2026 1h 3m

Journalist and author Sarah Jaffe joins us for a live recording at Jikoni East Africa where we chat about commodified connection, manufactured isolation, and how we create true relational care under…

E022: Nicholas Beuret on disrupting the climate transition

Mar 23, 2026 1h 10m

Activist scholar and lecturer at the University of Essex, Nicholas Buret joins us for a live podcast recording at the Cube. With a focus on justice labour rights and ecological politics, Nicholas…

E021: Onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla with Mathilda Mallinson

Mar 04, 2026 1h 1m

Special guest Mathilda Mallinson discusses her time on board the historic Global Sumud Flotilla where she was reporting for Middle East Eye. The 42-strong pro-Palestinian flotilla was intercepted by…

E020: Veronica Wignall on Bristol’s billboards and reclaiming public spaces

Feb 22, 2026 1h 6m

As co-director of Adfree cities, Veronica Wignall and her team campaign to reclaim public spaces from corporate advertising. During a live podcast recording at the Cube, Veronica tells us how our…

E019: Ros Martin on challenging LEGO and the toppling of Colston

Feb 16, 2026 1h 3m

Award‑winning playwright, poet, and artist Ros Martin shares stories from a lifetime of resistance. From her London childhood, to her work as a social worker and how she ended up taking on one of the…

*SPECIAL* Steve Jackson - Fear and loathing at the Green Party Conference

Dec 16, 2025 1h 30m Bonus

Isaac finds himself at the Green Party conference in Brighton. The main interview is with the co-founder of Greens Organise, Steve Jackson. GO are organising the left within the Greens at a moment…

E018: Pride is a protest: Black pride in Bristol

Oct 27, 2025 1h 20m

As Pride becomes more visible each year, it risks leaving behind the very people who helped build it. Too often, Pride ignores the deep inequalities within its own institutions and sidelines the…

E017: Mike Jay & the radical history of nitrous oxide

Jul 21, 2025 1h 3m

So, this is a bit of a break from the usual, but we figured the lessons we can learn from radicals 200 years ago are every bit as relevant as those from today. Isaac is back out exploring, and this…

E016: Comrades aren't cringe with Professor Jodi Dean

Jul 07, 2025 58m Transcript

[TRIGGER WARNING: Communism]This episode comes from our last live show where we had international super comrade, professor Jodi Dean, blessing us with a discussion focussed on Communism in the modern…

E015: Ethan Shone & the Defence Against The Dark Arts

Jun 23, 2025 56m

Number one Potter fanboy (joking please no more libel) Ethan Shone gives us a whistle stop tour of the sketchy world of The Dark Arts, aka secretive political lobbying. How is Bristol MP Darren Jones…

E014: Annie McGann & why you should get out more

Jun 09, 2025 58m

Annie McGann aka The People's Lobbyist, graced us with her presence at the last PJDS live event to talk about her favourite topic, night-life. Her campaign group Save Bristol Nightlife has been…

E013: Taj Ali & the hope in the heart of Luton

May 26, 2025 1h 5m Transcript

"Tommy Robinson's worst nightmare" is how Taj Ali described his experience at Uni. He came to town for PJDS live to talk about the past, present, and future of trade unionism and activism in the UK.…

E012: MAGA? MWEGA? WECA? Undercover in Reform UK with Sian Norris

May 13, 2025 1h 3m

The queue for the women's toilet was tiny at the Reform UK rally according to Sian Norris, our guest this week. She's a journalist who has used undercover reporting to lift the lid on on the rise of…

*SPECIAL* The Great Baldini & the Cribbs Causeway Tesla takedown

Apr 28, 2025 48m Bonus

We sent Isaac to Cribbs Causeway to meet the organisers of a local iteration of the international protest movement dubbed Tesla Takedown. The movement has been calling for Tesla owners to sell up and…

*SPECIAL* Peaceful resistance in the face of Genocide with Iyad Burnat

Apr 14, 2025 38m Bonus Transcript

Content warning: descriptions of violence and war"The belief in one's rights is more important than anything else. If I am confident about my rights, nothing will make me despair...When you resist an…

Pause for the cause - The Debrief - The Doctors fighting for Barton House residents

Mar 31, 2025 24m

We're bringing you one more non-PJDS episode from The Bristol Cable's feed this week before resuming our regular schedule. Sit tight. It's The Debrief; where cable journalists take listeners behind…

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