Pritpal S Tamber and Michael Little conclude the community power series Ratio Talks

In this episode, Michael, Ratio Talks’s co-host, and Pritpal, our resident community power expert who’s based in Sao Paolo, Brazil, meet for the first time in person to conclude the podcast series. They discuss the series as a whole and the observations that listeners in Australia, the United States and England sent to us in short audio memos.




The conversation starts off with the phrase that touched everyone’s chord: powerlessness kills from podcast guest Tony Iton of California Endowment.




In their conversation, Michael and Pritpal mention:





john a. powell, director of Othering and Belonging Institute



Sir Michael Marmot on the social determinants of health



The Nuka System of Care



Upswing by Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett



Sherry R Arnstein’s ladder of participation




The epilogue between Michael and Pritpal reflects their views.




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Ratio Talks is produced with the help of sound designer Nik Paget-Tomlinson and creative director Richard De Angelis. The show’s theme song is by Luca Picardi.




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In this series, Michael is exploring community power — what it is, how it’s linked to better outcomes, such as health, and what its limitations are. The series is in collaboration with Pritpal S Tamber, a researcher and consultant on the link between community power and health, and a Non-Executive Director of Ratio.


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