If You Were In Charge
If You Were In Charge with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini Each episode, she tackles a major global challenge but flips the script. Instead of hearing from politicians and pundits, Sanam talks to the frontline doers and imaginers—activists, organizers, and peacebuilders—whose lived experience, courage, and ideas are reshaping what’s possible. People who, if they were in charge, could change the world. Exploring what they’re already achieving, what they could do with greater power and money, and, most importantly, what gives them hope. Join Sanam and her daughter, Soleh, each week as they reimagine a better future with thought-provoking discussions and insights from leading global experts. If You Were In Charge is brought to you by the Bijan Ghaisar Foundation and ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network). This is an Africa Digital Audio (ADA) Production.
Episodes
April 28, 2025 • 53 mins
With the war on Gaza raging and violence escalating in the West Bank, few see hope for peace in the Middle East.
But Marwa Hammad of Woman of the Sun in Palestine and Yael Braudo-Bahat of Women Wage Peace of Israel, refuse to give in to such despair, and they refuse to give up on the future.
In Episode 5 of If You Were in Charge, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini takes on the toughest conflict of our times, offering a slice of hope an...
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April 14, 2025 • 58 mins
This week on the podcast, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini is joined by two distinguished voices in global diplomacy to examine the United Nations at a critical juncture.
Richard Gowan, Director for UN and Multilateral Diplomacy at the International Crisis Group, and María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, former President of the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister of Ecuador, and poet, delve into the mounting pressures facing the UN amid inten...
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April 7, 2025 • 62 mins
What would have happened, if the US had heeded Afghan women's warnings about the Taliban, and supported their solutions before 2021? What if the international community supported Afghan women's strategies for ending violence and building peace - then and now?
This week on #IfYouWereInCharge, Sanam speaks with Wazhma Frogh, Afghan woman peacebuilder and lawyer specializing in international human rights law and Afghanistan, and re...
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March 31, 2025 • 49 mins
Welcome to If You Were in Charge Season 2, a podcast featuring global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
This week, Sanam speaks with Chris Worman, Chief Global Strategy & Partnership Officer at GivingTuesday. Together, they discuss the critical role of civil society and philanthropy at a time when the sector is facing significant funding challenges.
Their conversation explores the importance of generosity, civic engagemen...
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March 25, 2025 • 58 mins
Welcome to If You Were in Charge Season 2, a podcast featuring global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
This week, Sanam speaks with Ece Temelkuran, renowned author of How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, which explores the mechanisms of autocracy and the decline of democratic principles.
Each week, Sanam tackles a major global challenge and hosts leading practitioners and innovators to share...
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March 18, 2025 • 1 min
Welcome to If You Were in Charge,
We are back for season 2 of your favorite show as always featuring global peace strategist, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
Each week Sanam takes on a major global challenge and hosts leading practitioners and innovators to share their work and their solutions - if they were in charge with the necessary political and financial resources. Episode 1 coming Tuesday March 25th!
If You Were In Charge is brough...
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December 23, 2024 • 29 mins
Hi, good news we are working on season 2 of 'If You Were in Charge'
But in the meantime something a little different this week. We’re partnering with Houses of the Moon Theater Company to share this special episode from their three-part podcast series “De Novo.” It’s adapted from an acclaimed documentary play of the same name. It tells the true story of Edgar Chocoy, a Guatemalan teenager who faces deportation after fleeing to the ...
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December 16, 2024 • 73 mins
Yasmin Radjy, CEO of Swing Left, argues that Donald Trump is a transformative president and part of a global populist arc. So, how does the left find its own voice in an age of populism, and what possibilities does this trend offer the progressive movement to create radical change?
Welcome to If You Were in Charge, A podcast featuring global peace strategist, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
Each week Sanam takes on a major global challeng...
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December 9, 2024 • 21 mins
Welcome to If You Were in Charge,
A podcast featuring global peace strategist, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
Each week Sanam takes on a major global challenge and hosts leading practitioners and innovators to share their work and their solutions - if they were in charge with the necessary political and financial resources. This week, we're doing something a little different. Sanam is joined by her twin daughters, Soleh and Lydia, to ref...
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December 2, 2024 • 59 mins
Welcome to If You Were in Charge,
A podcast featuring global peace strategist, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
Each week Sanam takes on a major global challenge and hosts leading practitioners and innovators to share their work and their solutions - if they were in charge with the necessary political and financial resources. After each discussion, Sanam is joined by one of her twin daughters, Soleh, to hear her reaction and gain a diffe...
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November 25, 2024 • 58 mins
Welcome to If You Were in Charge,
A podcast featuring global peace strategist, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini.
Each week Sanam takes on a major global challenge and hosts leading practitioners and innovators to share their work and their solutions - if they were in charge with the necessary political and financial resources.
In episode 8, Sanam speaks with Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, about critical issues surrounding data pr...
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November 18, 2024 • 60 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. In each episode, we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power. In this seventh episode, Sanam speaks with Mohammad Darawshe a leading political analyst and expert on Jewish-Arab relations inside Israel. After the conversation Sanam is join...
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November 11, 2024 • 62 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. In each episode, we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power. In this sixth episode, Sanam speaks with Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger about the escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. How to create...
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November 4, 2024 • 3 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. In each episode, we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power. In this fifth episode, Sanam is on the road in Asia, and we’re taking a pause for the U.S. elections.
Stay tuned for exciting episodes to come, including a double special on th...
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October 28, 2024 • 44 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, where we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power.In this this fourth episode, Kavita Ramdas a globally-recognized advocate for gender equity and justice. She currently serves as the Director of the Women’s Rights Program at the Open Soci...
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October 21, 2024 • 38 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, where we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power.In this third episode, Dame Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland DBE on the power of optimism in the battle to preserve biodiversity, addressing the urgent need for action to save our planet’s ecos...
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October 14, 2024 • 35 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, where we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power. In this second episode, we feature Kelly Ghaisar, Founder of the Bijan Ghaisar Foundation sharing her plan to reduce police impunity for violence, following her heartbreaking journey of f...
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October 7, 2024 • 50 mins
Welcome to If You Were In Charge, a podcast with renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, where we invite global thought leaders to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power. In this first episode, we feature Abigail Disney, heiress to the Disney empire, discussing wealth inequality and offering bold ideas to challenge the billionaire class. This episode also ...
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September 30, 2024 • 2 mins
Launching 8th October, If You Were In Charge. What would you do if you had unlimited power to solve the world's toughest problems? Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, MBE, asks global experts this very question in her new podcast. From climate change to police violence, wealth inequality, and feminism, each episode takes a deep dive into the pressing issues of today and offers real solutions from those making a difference. Join Sanam and her ...
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