From What If to What Next
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Ep 55 -What If We Treated People At The End Of Their Lives With The Same Reverence, Love, and Care As We Do At The Beginning?
As we start, hopefully, to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected older people, many people have experienced an end to their lives that was lonely and traumatic. How different would the world feel if its priorities had changed to being one where the end of life was treated with the same love and reverence as birth? My two guests for this episode are Mike Grenville and Mary Nally. Please consider supporting the podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext and becoming a patron.
Ep 33 - What If Cities Intentionally Relocalised Their Food Production?
In this third episode of 'From What If to What Next', we're talking about food. Taking a question from Patreon subscriber Tony Buck, we are asking "What If towns and cities set out to intentionally relocalise their food production?" How would it work? Where would you start? How would you involve the local government? How would you ensure that it is inclusive? To explore this complex question, one that COVID-19 has firmly re-emphasised the importance of, we have two guests with many years of experience in this area. Dee Woods describes herself as a "food and farming action-ist and campaigner" and has been involved for many years in London, playing a role in many different projects, whilst also writing and speaking widely on issues around food insecurity, inequalities in food systems, participatory policy making, intersectionality and decolonisation. Christian Jonet is one of the founders and co-ordinators of the brilliant Ceinture Aliment-Terre Liégeoise ( Liége Food Belt) in Belgium, one of the most remarkable examples of a citizen-led re-imagining of a city's food production. Please consider supporting the podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext and becoming a patron.
Ep 22 - What if a Universal Basic Income Sparked a Revival of the Imagination?
In this podcast, we're talking about Universal Basic Income with Alexis Frasz, researcher and cultural strategist with Helicon Collaborative, and Phil Teer, author of 'The Coming Age of Imagination'. What would it be like to live in a world in which UBI was now an integral part of everyday life? How would life, and the world around us feel different? How might we re-frame UBI as a vital strategy for rebuilding our collective imagination? All too often, UBI is discussed as being an economic issue, but might imagination provide a fresh and essential lens through which to explore the idea? Please consider supporting the podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext and becoming a patron.