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Ep 2.7 | Disha Arora of Faith Futures Collective on Gender Justice and Active Hope
In this episode of Futures Hub, listeners are joined by Disha Arora, founder of the Faith Futures Collective – a South Asia-based initiative amplifying women’s perspectives in religion to promote gender justice. Disha shares how her journey from creating a documentary on women and religion in India to founding Faith Futures Collective revealed the risks,…
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Ep 2.6 | Designing Immersive Futures: Sarah Brin on Creativity and Personal Agency
What makes an experience truly immersive, and how can it help us imagine better futures? In this episode of Futures Hub, experience designer and creative strategist Sarah Brin joins us to explore the intersection of art, technology, and futures thinking. Drawing on her work with projects like Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart, Sarah shares how playful, hands-on design can…
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Ep 2.5 | Grief-Informed Futures and Life-Centered Design: Building Resilient Communities with Method Collective
In this episode, we speak with Method Collective, a team of interdisciplinary creatives working at the intersection of life-centered design, systems thinking, and strategic foresight. Together, we explore their groundbreaking initiative, Space for Grief, and their pioneering work in grief-informed futures – frameworks that acknowledge how loss shapes our collective imagination and possibilities. We dive…
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Ep 2.4 | Resisting Urgency, Centering Care: Samantha Matters of Eras Foresight and Consulting on Purposeful Futures Change
Join us as we speak with Samantha Matters – Co-Founder and Principal Futurist of Eras Foresight and Consulting Corp – about practicing foresight with purpose and care. Samantha shares how her work is rooted in care, relationships, and responsiveness to complexity, and how Eras Foresight and Consulting Corp aims to do things differently from traditional…
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Ep 2.2 | Navigating Uncertainty and Shaping What’s Next with Jessica Thornton of Creative Futures
How do we prepare for an uncertain future while making decisions today? In this episode of Futures Hub, we sit down with Jessica Thornton, co-founder of Creative Futures, to explore how strategic foresight can help organizations navigate complexity, embrace uncertainty, and build better futures. Jessica shares her journey—from reimagining systems change to launching Creative Futures during the pandemic—and…
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Ep 2.1 | Big Ideas and Bold Visions: Launching Season 2 of the Futures Hub Podcast
Welcome to a new season of Futures Hub! This season, we’re not just exploring the future – we’re creating it alongside a growing community of foresight practitioners and future-curious individuals who are actively shaping what’s next. In this kickoff episode, we reflect on what we’ve learned so far and explore some emerging trends shaping our…
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Ep 5 | Embodying the Future, Today, with Sabrina Meherally of Pause+Effect
In this episode, we talk about ways of futuring with Sabrina Meherally, founder of Pause+Effect. Sabrina shares insights about the nuances of foresight, exploring how curiosity, humility, and inclusive practices are key to shaping the futures we envision. We discuss the challenges of exclusionary definitions and methodologies and the importance of embodying the future we…
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Ep 1 | Embarking on the Journey: An Introduction to Futures Hub
In this episode, we introduce the concepts of foresight, futurists, co-creation and community engagement; talk about what futurists do and how they even become futurists to begin with; and share tidbits around foresight methodology to whet the appetite. Timestamps 1:43 – Host Introduction 3:00 – Futurists & Becoming a Futurist 6:28 – Foresight Education &…
