
FuturePod
The Futures and Foresight community comprises a remarkable and diverse group of individuals who span, academic, commercial and social interests.
Latest episodes

Apr 10, 2024 • 35min
EP 182 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Democracy Games & PAN
We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Randy Lubin and Mike Masnick and their award winning game, Futurecast, developed for the UN Global Pulse to help fragile democracies and Alex de las Heras whose documentary essay set in different locations in the Andean region exploring future time, memory and decolonisation.

Apr 6, 2024 • 50min
EP 181 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Interspecies Surrogacy & Utopia
We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Luna Mrozik Gawler, an artist, writer and scholar based in Melbourne, Australia and their award-winning work on Interspecies Surrogacy and Jennifer Williams and Matjaz Vidmar and their Utopia Labs experimental futures process.Interviewed by: Peter Hayward with Maggie Greyson and John Sweeney

Apr 4, 2024 • 52min
EP 180 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - The Plantiverse & Gen Z Innovations Tour
We are delighted to start a new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Cecilia Tham , from Futurity Systems in Barcelona, Spain and their award winning work onthe Plantiverse and Bronwyn Williams and the Gen Z Innovations Tour for corporate leaders developed by the team from Flux Trends in South Africa.

Mar 10, 2024 • 59min
EP 179 - Eleven Tomorrows : A Futures Film - David Lindsay-Wright
A return conversation with Dr David Lindsay-Wright who is a Futurist, Educator and Filmmaker about his latest venture. A communities view of their preferred futures(s) for Brisbane, Australia and that approach to futures work as compared to expert or decision-makers driven futures work.

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Mar 5, 2024 • 42min
EP 178 - What Government Could Be - Thea Snow
A conversation with Thea Snow, Director of the Centre for Public Impact Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Thea works in exploring ways to engage government and other changemakers to reimagine what government could be.

Jan 31, 2024 • 59min
EP 177 - Foresight & Innovation - Patrick van der Duin
Patrick van der Duin, a researcher, consultant, and educator in Foresight and Innovation Management, discusses the interconnectedness of innovation and foresight in shaping organizational strategies. The podcast explores the evolution of future studies, the impact of scenarios on societal evolution, and the importance of understanding and planning for future changes. It also delves into assessing organizational readiness for foresight and innovation, fostering diversity in foresight research, and the necessity of dialogue in decolonizing futures.

Jan 22, 2024 • 38min
EP 176: Exploring the Future Through Games - Randy Lubin
Randy Lubin is an award-winning foresight games designer, discussing how he brings these two disciplines together and how other games-curious futures practitioners can learn to bring games into their practice.

Jan 14, 2024 • 53min
EP 175: None of us are OK until all of us are OK - Adam Drake
Adam Drake is the founder of Balanced Choice, which works with movement, theater, and sharing stories to encourage positive behavioral change. Adam’s work is grounded in foresight tools and principles.

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Dec 13, 2023 • 45min
EP 174: Trans Normal Futures - Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Post Normal Policy and Future Studies, and Executive Director at the Trans Normal Institute, discusses post normal times, the impact of the pandemic on marginalized communities, successful workshops in Bosnia, post-normal thinking in decision-making, the concept of slowing down, and building better futures in uncertain times.

Dec 7, 2023 • 53min
EP 173: The Future of Sex and Intimacy - 2023 APF Masters Group Winners
The Shameless Collective won the award for the Best Masters group work in 2023. They discuss their work on the Future of Sex and Intimacy.