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From What If to What Next — 101 episodes
103 - Kate Pickett
102 - Solitaire Townsend
101 - Rasheedah Phillips
100 - In conversation with Walidah Imarisha.
99 - What if invitations to participate in civic life were creative and caring?
98 - What if we deeply listened to the natural world?
97 - What if there was an alternative to capitalism, after all?
96 - What if we had a Right to Roam?
95 - What if we became better Protopians?
94 - What if compassion could heal society?
93 - What if we could reimagine the world in bioregions?
92 - What if we decolonised the ecological sector?
91 - What if we could train our imagination to reimagine change?
90 - In conversation with Aisha Shillingford
89 - What if everyone had the inner skills to navigate the climate crisis?
88 - What if workers were in charge of the energy transition?
87 - What if fungi saved the world?
85 - What if our visionaries and activists were properly resourced?
86 - What if care, cooperation, kinship and collective wellbeing were the ethics we lived by?
84 - What if we had a Seaweed Revolution?
83 - What if we gave Nature rights?
82 - What if we loved politicians?
81 - What if we lived in a healthy human culture?
80 - In conversation with Otto Scharmer
79 - What if sports could accelerate the shift to a low carbon future?
78 - What If biodiversity bounced back?
77 - In conversation with Mariame Kaba
76 - What If cutting our individual carbon use went viral?
75 - What if we distributed power differently in our organisations?
74 - What if we decolonised economics?
73 - What if education took place in nature?
72 - What if we shifted to a not-for-profit economy?
71 - What if imagination was treasured as a central part of childhood?
70 - What if we all became better Utopians?
69 - What if every institution ran Imagination Activist training?
68 - What if the advertising industry helped create a positive future for humanity?
67 - What if we eradicated homelessness?
66 - What if beavers were allowed to reshape our world?
65 - What if faith communities were a critical part of the emerging imagination infrastructure?
64 - What if the Black Fantastic reshaped the world?
63 - What if disability justice, deep inclusion and liberation were centred in healthcare, education and the arts?
62 - What if land were owned and managed for the common good?
61 - In conversation with Cyril Dion
60 - What if we reimagined theatre to be in service to the climate emergency?
59 - What if the majority of news was positive news?
58 - What if creative learning was considered a lifelong practice?
57 - What if energy generation was in community hands?
56 - What if there were no borders?
55 - What if we could find the humour in climate change?
54 - What if bread could unlock social transformation?
53 - What if the world went vegan?
52 - What if our economy truly prioritised health?
51 - What if ending male violence was men's work?
50 - In conversation with adrienne maree brown
49 - What if we were citizens rather than consumers?
48 - What if rooftop gardening covered our cities' roofs?
47 - What if we addressed the mental health crisis imaginatively?
46 - What if printmaking could inspire social change?
45 - What if we redesigned cities based on children's needs?
44 - What if we could end the climate crisis in one generation?
43 - What if visible mending became the new fast fashion?
42 - What if we are standing on the cusp of an Imagination Age?
41 - What if we reclaimed our public spaces from advertising?
40 - What if Afrofuturism could teach the world about the power of what if?
39 - What if the Leadership Team for COP26 Were 50% Women?
38 - What if every Place Had a Thriving Social Economy?
37 - What if the Bugs Bounced Back?
36 - What if Activists Paid Attention to their own Development as well as the Problems of the World?
35 - What if Care Work Was Valued
34 - What if Young People Reimagined the School System
33 - What if the Future of Travel in Cities was on Two Wheels rather than Four?
32 - What if the Black Imagination were Valued as it Should Be
31 - What if the Future was Non-Binary
30 - What if the Future was well Facilitated
29 - What if we Mastered the Art of Time Travel?
28 - What if we redesigned the operating system of our entire civilisation?
27 - What if we all Stopped Flying?
26 - What if we could Live better in a Post-growth Economy?
25 - What if we Built an Imagination Infrastructure?
24 - What if We Read more Books?
23: What if Street Art could Transform the World?
22 - What if we Learned to Embrace Failure?
21 - What if Dynasties of Private Wealth Reimagined Their Relationship to Money?
20 - What if we Addressed the Trauma that Lies Beneath the World's Problems?
19 - What if We Rewrote the National Curriculum Based on Permaculture Principles?
18 - What if a Revolution in Relation to Land Unlocked a Revolution of the Imagination?
17 - What if Indigenous Wisdom Could Save the World?
16 - What if We Took Play Seriously?
15 - What if We Learned to Love Weeds?
14 - What if We Were to Respond to the Debt Crisis with Art and Playfulness?
13 - What If Governments Factored Future Generations Into Law and Policy?
12 - What If Criminal Justice Resources Were Instead Invested Into Communities of Colour?
11 - What If We Had The Skills and Abilities To Talk To Decision Makers?
10 - What If We Decolonised Education?
9 - What If We Lived In A Wellbeing Economy?
8 - What If Communities Had Spaces Where They Could Come Together To Imagine?
7 - What If Every City Used Doughnut Economics?
6 - What If Imagination Were a Universal Basic Right?
5 -What If We Treated People At The End Of Their Lives With The Same Reverence, Love, and Care As We Do At The Beginning?
2 - What if a Universal Basic Income Sparked a Revival of the Imagination?
3 - What If Cities Intentionally Relocalised Their Food Production?