Change Agents The Podcast

About Change Agents The Podcast

Reparations Media & Juneteenth Productions Are YOU a “Change Agent”? Organizer. Activist. Educator. Policy maker. Block club leader. Nonprofit founder. Religious leader. Business owner. Voter. Neighbor. Change Agents is a documentary series revealing the power of community-driven activism told by those in the fight. These are the stories you aren’t hearing — told by and for communities of color and other marginalized communities that have long been overlooked, misrepresented and maligned. Headquartered in Chicago and produced across the Midwest, we highlight authentic, actionable, grassroots solutions to society’s most pressing problems — including reentry after incarceration, homeownership disparities, anti-Blackness, the mental health crisis, and more. Produced by a team made up of BIPOC, female, queer and disabled journalists, for Reparations Media, with support from Juneteenth Productions. Executive Producers: Judith McCray and Maurice Bisaillon. Senior Producer: Mary Hall. Operations & Digital Manager: Nicole Nir. Head of Development: Alina Panek. Sound Design: Erisa Apantaku & Will Jarvis. Follow us wherever you get podcasts, or at changeagentsthepodcast.com (http://changeagentsthepodcast.com). Subscribe to our newsletter at bit.ly/change_agents_newsletter (http://bit.ly/change_agents_newsletter).

Publisher

Reparations Media

Category

news · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jan 2021

Latest episode

13 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Aug 2026

   (Swahili) A Moment of Pause: Navigating Misinformation in Immigrant Communities

   Katika sehemu hii, Emma Yaaka, mkimbizi kutoka Uganda na mtetezi wa jamii, anaeleza jinsi habari za uongo zinavyoenea kupitia mitandao ya wakimbizi na wahamiaji na madhara halisi yanayoweza kutokea. Kuanzia makundi ya WhatsApp hadi TikTok na YouTube, hofu inaweza kuenea haraka, ikichochea maamuzi kuhusu afya, usalama, na hata kuhama. Emma anafanya kazi na jamii yake kusubiri, kuhakiki, na kupata habari katika mazingira ambapo uaminifu ni mdogo na hatari ni kubwa. Wataalamu Dkt. Zach McDowell ...

2. 

   30 Jul 2026

   Stateless: A Rohingya family finds community in Chicago

   Editor’s note: This episode was recorded before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on birthright citizenship. On June 30, 2026, in Trump v. Barbara, the Court struck down the executive order 6–3, affirming that children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment. The concerns Fatima describes reflect the uncertainty her community lived with while that case was pending. For stateless families like hers, the ruling does ...

3. 

   16 Jul 2026

   (Swahili) Always On: The work of resettlement

   Wakati Wote: Kazi ya Makazi (Always On: The Work of Resettlement) Baada ya kukimbia Uganda ili kuepuka kifungo cha maisha kwa sababu ya utambulisho wake, Adam aliwasili Chicago akiwa hana kitu isipokuwa uzoefu wake wa kazi ya kijamii. Leo hii, anahudumu kama daraja muhimu kwa wahamiaji wa LGBTQ+ wanaokabiliana na kiwewe, urasimu, na hofu zile zile alizowahi kukumbana nazo. Hadithi hii inachunguza jinsi utafutaji wa amani wa mtu mmoja ulivyokuwa utume wa saa 24 kuhakikisha hakuna mwingine anay...

Who has been a guest on Change Agents The Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Harry Peña
• Wendell Robinson
• Larry Sapp
• Shimere Love-Shanklin
• King Moosa

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

557

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

18

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.