Changes Revisited: Robyn and Hassan Akkad
Changes with Annie Macmanus
Annie Macmanus
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
For the first week of 2023, when you might be thinking about changing some things in your life, big or small, we are revisiting two very different guests who could change your view of things personally and in the world. One, a pop star sensation from Sweden and another a teacher, a filmmaker and an activist who is also a Syrian refugee who experienced crossing the sea to Greece in a rubber Dingy.
Robyn is a hugely loved sad banger connoisseur and to get to speak to her about her life and the changes that have shaped her music was a privilege. She had so much wisdom and changed our perspective on many things including her adulthood change which she likened to taking mushrooms...
Now living in the UK, where he landed after a treacherous journey from Syria, a journey which we see reported on the news often, Hassan Akkad wrote a memoir called ‘Hope Not Fear’. Here, he tells us exactly what that journey is like and his relationship with hope. His positivity in the face of adversity is inspirational.
Listen to the full episodes here:
Robyn
https://podfollow.com/changeswithanniemacmanus/episode/d0bff10e097d9c2b0b2c166b0657fe49ec512b0f/view
Hassan Akkad
https://podfollow.com/changeswithanniemacmanus/episode/d2a3a497f3be82eced4eb58d063d0a9e31940f47/view
Buy 'Hope Not Fear' here:
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/hassan-akkad/hope-not-fear/9781529059830
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