Builders of the Broken Bazaar

In a world spending trillions on warfare, hundreds of millions of children are growing up in conflict zones where play is treated as a luxury rather than a fundamental human right. In this Special Feature episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar—presented in partnership with GazaBridge—Dr. Tabish Zaman sits down with Paola Dyboski, founder of Bubbles Not Bombs. Daughter of a Polish WWII refugee, marine conservationist, and Guinness World Record holder, Paola shares her journey from running an eco-friendly bubble business to establishing an NGO that sends bubble mix, educational tools, and play therapy resources to children in Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, and Congo. Together, they explore the philosophy of play as radical non-violent resistance, the power of community-led action, and the global mobilization for International Peace Day (September 21st)—where people around the world make bubbles to demand an end to the bombing of children. 🎙 “In a world obsessed with bombs, bubbles interrupt stress, slow people down, and create attention without violence. Every child needs to play.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman Guest: Paola Dyboski (Founder, Bubbles Not Bombs) Partnership: In Partnership with GazaBridge Editor: Liam Gadsby Research & Impact Officer: Mohammad Alauthman

Starvation is rarely just about food. Famine is rarely just about hunger. In a world watching catastrophe unfold in real-time on our screens, the most disturbing reality is that some suffering is treated as urgent while other lives are deemed negotiable. In this powerful Season 1 Finale of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman sits down with Omama Marzuq (Board Member) and Hani AlMadhoun (Co-Founder) of the Gaza Soup Kitchen. Speaking in their personal capacities, they share the raw reality of operating on the ground in one of the most densely populated places on earth under active siege. Together, they dismantle the mainstream "natural disaster" narrative of the famine, highlighting how starvation is a politically engineered policy with a direct author. They explain how the Gaza Soup Kitchen grew to 20 community-led locations, bypassing aid blockades through a self-sustaining economic model that buys directly from local merchants. This is a profound conversation about moving from charity to solidarity, humanizing the statistics, and remembering that Gaza is not a story of suffering, but of people who continue to feed one another when there isn't enough for everyone. 🎙 “Please remember Gaza is not a story about suffering, it's about people... people who continue feeding one another when there isn't enough for everyone. Please don't allow repetition to make suffering feel ordinary. Because the moment another person's pain becomes background noise, we lose something—our own humanity too.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman Guests: Omama Marzuq & Hani AlMadhoun (Gaza Soup Kitchen) Editor: Liam Gadsby Research & Impact Officer: Mohammad Alauthman

We are living in a world where the data is screaming at us, but our systems are only whispering. What happens when the very institutions designed to protect stability begin to feel like they are managing that very same decline, and our leaders expect us to go along with the charade? In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman is joined by Zoe Cohen—a concerned citizen, coach, mum, and former Assistant Chief Executive in the NHS. Having spent nearly a decade sitting at board level in a billion-pound public organization, Zoe chose to step outside the corporate hamster wheel to speak the truths that our political and business elites actively avoid. Together, they explore what it means to be "collapse aware", the necessity of moving beyond pacifying "hopium" to face the reality of our ecological and social systems, and the heavy personal cost of dissent. From representing herself in Crown Court for breaking windows at Barclays to facing a terrorism charge for standing in solidarity with Palestine Action, Zoe’s story is a profound look at what it costs to align your actions with your values. This is a conversation about courage over comfort, the vital need for a non-anthropocentric connection to our world, and why the most radical act within a dying system is to simply stop pretending that everything is fine. 🎙 “Tipping points are tipped, there ain't no such thing as a solution... In an adaptive system, you've got no solutions, you can only have interventions with consequences.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman Guest: Zoe Cohen (Concerned Citizen, Coach and Mum) Editor: Liam Gadsby Research & Impact Officer: Mohammad Alauthman

Formal politics is failing to resonate. With the lowest voter turnout in decades and a majority of citizens feeling abandoned by their representatives, the "story of Britain" is fracturing. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman is joined by filmmaker and presenter Adam Brichto. Adam has become a viral sensation for his "man in the suit" street interviews, entering highly charged political spaces—from Brexit rallies to Reform UK heartlands—to uncover the tensions beneath the surface of political certainty. Together, they discuss the psychology of the suit as a tool for rapport, the systematic misinformation fed to the working class by billionaire-owned media, and why satire is a vital form of democratic expression. Adam challenges the "intellectual left" to leave their city bubbles and have real, empathetic conversations with those the system has left behind. This is a conversation about connection over contradiction. It’s about finding the humanity in the "other" and realizing that before we can fix our politics, we have to start listening to the people the politicians have ignored. Because when the system is broken, the most radical act is to stand on a street corner and ask: "How many people pay your wages?" 🎙 “The stars of the show are the people I’m talking to... they are not in their comfort zone. I’m always in my comfort zone on the street.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman Guest: Adam Brichto (Film Producer, Director & Presenter) Editor: Liam Gadsby Research & Impact Officer: Mohammad Alauthman

We are told that capital is more "sustainable" and "inclusive" than ever before, with tens of billions committed to social impact. Yet, the lived experience of the displaced tells a different story—one of blocked pathways, unrecognised credentials, and a system that rewards those who fit the pattern while punishing those who stand out. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman is joined by Bradford Turner and Waseem Jawad from Jumpstart Refugee Talent. Bradford brings two decades of experience in investment strategy and a personal history of overcoming homelessness, while Waseem shares the reality of building innovation from the ground up as a newcomer to Canada. Together, they dismantle the "unconventional entrepreneur" label and introduce Refugee Lens Investing—not as a charity, but as vital market infrastructure. This is a conversation about the brave shift from providing "support" to demanding "recognition" and "investment." It’s a challenge to institutional investors to look past their "data rigid" due diligence and see the unlocked capacity of a population that refuses to be ignored. This is about building the bridge from exclusion to equity. Because when the system locks the door, the only way forward is to build a new one. 🎙 “Exclusivity does not discriminate. As soon as you no longer fit an archetype of value to the system, you are quickly disenfranchised.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman. Guests: Bradford Turner (Canadian Social Entrepreneur & Investment Strategist) & Waseem Jawad (Senior Manager of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Jumpstart Refugee Talent). Editor: Liam Gadsby. Research and Impact Officer: Mohammad Alauthman