Stop pretending everything is fine!

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