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Language Matters: a Playful Stream of Consciousness, pt1 (video version)

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · 27d

SUMMER SERIES — Catch-Up Special
10min convos: random words spark sharp talks on power, politics & life.

Missed the first half? Watch now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAQ...

Produced by @wgfilm & @maketheshift.bsky.social
With @fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social

Summer Word Food: Pushback & Money (video version)

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 29

✊💸 The final episode of the Pushback Talks Summer Series is HERE! ➡️ Pushback & Money

Pushing back = protests, kindness, community.
Money = power grabbed by the few, a silly game of “who has more.”

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Mn...

With @leilainla.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW #PushbackTalks — Pushback & Money
Why we call this podcast Pushback → protests, community, kindness = ways to resist.
MONEY → a silly game of who has more.
15 min. Sharp, real, human.
🎧 Listen: pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com

With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social

#Money

Summer Word Food: Democracy & Flowers (video version)

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 27

10 years after #BikesvsCars, by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social #Toronto is still fighting.

Doug Ford tried to remove 19km of bike lanes downtown. Protests stopped it — but he’s vowed to appeal, even threatening to use the #notwithstanding clause.

🎥 Watch @martinreis.bsky.social reflect on the fight.

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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 21

🌍 Is democracy alive or just an empty word?
🌸 Can flowers make us more human?
New #PushbackTalks ep. is here — sharp, urgent, 10 mins.
Watch now www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIK...

With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social
Produced by @wgfilm.bsky.social & @maketheshift.bsky.social

Fredrik Gertten: Trendbrott i världens storstäder – bilarna på väg bort

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 20

10 years after Bikes vs Cars, @fredrikgertten.bsky.social sees cities shifting from car dependence to bikes & public transport.
Article by @kalleelmqvist.bsky.social / @sydsvenskan.se

Read in full: www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-08-16/f...

Film produced by @wgfilm.bsky.social
#BikesVsCars #UrbanChange

Malmöfilmaren om omvälvningarna tio år efter ”Bikes vs cars”.

www.sydsvenskan.se

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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW #PushbackTalks
DEMOCRACY: alive, fragile, for sale?
FLOWERS: beauty, connection, and maybe the most democratic spaces we share.

🎧 Listen: pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com

With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social
Produced by @wgfilm.bsky.social & @maketheshift.bsky.social

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 18

NOW STREAMING #PushbackTalks
♻️ Remake: Why build more when we should remake what we have?
😴 Sleep: A basic right under attack.
10 mins. Sharp & urgent. With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/user/WGfilm.

#RightToRest #ClimateJustice #WordFood

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 14

“The film brings HOPE. It shows us we can make a difference.” — Aline Cavalcante

10 years after #BikesvsCars, by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social her message still inspires action for safer, people-first cities. 🚲

By @wgfilm.bsky.social

#BikesVsCars #UrbanJustice #AlineCavalcante #10YearsOfChange

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 13

NEW #PushbackTalks: Remake & Sleep
Remake - could a restart be the better solution for our planet?
Sleep - a basic right under attack.

@fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social connect the dots in 10 mins.
🎧 pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com

#RightToRest #Remake #WordFood #SummerSeries

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 11

Dancing = joy + resistance
Supply chain = fragility + Trump’s tariffs + global chaos + insight into @petersgoodman.bsky.social book

With @fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social

Watch on YouTube👇https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sd6XVCcFE&list=PLv6-m-poU7W5DlqRPtfuskKfzONbRlNqN

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 7

SUPPLY CHAIN — one of the 2 words in #PushbackTalks ep8.
@fredrikgertten.bsky.social picks the word.
@leilanifarha.bsky.social says: “Depressing, but actually fascinating after @petersgoodman.bsky.social book.
From Trump’s tariffs to global shockwaves.
🎧 pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com/1189295/epis...

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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 6

NEW #PushbackTalks — Dancing & Supply Chain
What do joy and global fragility have in common?
@leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social in a sharp 10-min convo.
💬 Plus, a shoutout to @petersgoodman.bsky.social book.

🎧 Ep.8 out now. Listen: pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com/1189295/epis...

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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 6

💃 DANCING — New episode of #PushbackTalks drops soon!

@fredrikgertten.bsky.social ertten.bsky.social calls it “the beauty of human connection.”
@leilanifarha.bsky.social asks: Can joy be a tool for resistance?

🎧 Episode out later today.
#WordFood #Dancing #JoyAsResistance #Podcast #SummerSeries

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 4

💧 WATER — Latest #PUSHBACKTalks teaser
Ep. 7, watch or listen!
🌊 Oceans rising.
🧊 Glaciers melting.
And the silence is louder than ever.

@leilanifarha.bsky.social and @fredrikgertten.bsky.social on water as a warning we keep ignoring.
🎥 www.youtube.com/user/WGfilm
#Water #ClimateCrisis #Podcast

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 1

A decade after Bikes vs Cars by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social - Aline Cavalcante shares how São Paulo’s fight for safer, people-first streets continues.
Progress is slow. Challenges persist. But there’s still hope and she’s still riding.
🎥 Watch & share!
#BikesVsCars #UrbanJustice #CyclingAdvocacy

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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ep. 7 Out now! No Words & Water #PushbackTalks
🤐 When words fail to describe what we’re going through
🌊 Water doesn’t. Rising seas, melting glaciers - the climate’s loudest warning
@leilanifarha & @fredrikgertten - a quick, urgent 10min episode.
Listen: pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com/1189295/epis...

Summer Word Food: Growth & Summer (video version)

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Jul 23

Ep. 6 of #PUSHBACKTalks is live: Growth & Summer

What the F is growth?
Is summer counter-revolutionary, or the best time to resist?

@leilanifarha.bsky.social and @fredrikgertten.bsky.social ikgertten.bsky.social , 10 mins of sharp insight.

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqBu...

#WordFood

WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Jul 23

What the F is growth?
Who defines it? Who gets counted? Did GDP ever reflect real life?

@leilanifarha.bsky.social sky.social and @fredrikgertten.bsky.social break it down in 10 mins.

🎧 New episode out later today.

#Podcast #WordFood #SocialJustice #Growth #GDP #SummerSeries