Local Futures Podcast
Episodes
Planet Local Voices II with Shrishtee Bajpai
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shrishtee Bajpai is a researcher, writer and activist working at the intersections of environmental justice, earthy governance, indigenous worldviews,...
Planet Local Voices II - Jason Nardi - Solidarity Economies for Collective Power
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Nardi is the European coordinator of RIPESS - the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy, president of RIES (It...
Aseem Shrivastava – An Ecosophical Critique of Modernity
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aseem Shrivastava is an environmental economist, philosopher and a writer. He is the co- author with Ashish Kothari of Churning the Earth: The Making ...
Planet Local Voices series II - Laura Kaestele - Living Alternatives, Active Hope
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 of the Planet Local Voices series II: Living Alternatives, Active Hope with Laura Kaestele Drawing on a wealth of practical experience f...
The Bristol Conversations – Bayo Akomolafe
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We close the Bristol Conversations series with the much-admired teacher, poet and post-activist, Bayo Akomolafe. A public intellectual and writer, Bay...
The Bristol Conversations – Lyla June Johnston
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lyla June Johnston is an indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné Navajo, Cheyenne and European lineages. She blends her stu...
The Bristol Conversations – Manish Jain
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In another life, Manish Jain was educated at Harvard, became an investment banker with Morgan-Stanley, and worked with the UN. Since then, he has been...
The Bristol Conversations – Iain McGilchrist
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth episode of The Bristol Conversations, we hear from Iain McGilchrist, the author of the groundbreaking book ‘The Master and His Emissar...
The Bristol Conversations – Camila Moreno
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of The Bristol Conversations, we hear from Camila Moreno, civil society’s foremost expert on the international COP climate neg...
The Bristol Conversations – Nelson Mudzingwa
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear from Nelson Mudzingwa, a farmer and food sovereignty advocate, working with La Via Campesina. He teaches at the Shashe Agroeco...
The Bristol Conversation – Michael Shuman
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series by Local Futures featuring Helena Norberg-Hodge in conversation with some of ...
The Bristol Conversation – Darcia Narvaez
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series by Local Futures. In these longer-format, meandering episodes, our founder Helena...
World Localization Extravaganza! Part 3: A TOUCH OF GENIUS
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode in the World Localization Extravaganza counters the “bigger, more complex and more violent” logic of the dominant system with a ...
World Localization Extravaganza! Part 2: THE POTENT PARADOX
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On World Localization Day, 2025, we celebrate a planet-sized paradox – a GLOBAL movement for LOCALization. VISIT OUR CAMPAIGN PAGE: www.worldlocal...
World Localization Extravaganza! Part 1: THE BIG STORY
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On World Localization Day, 2025, we come to you with a very big story. It’s a story played out across every continent, told by 15 different voices, ...
A review of history, future and self: Towards deep transformation
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Described as "one of the greatest thinkers of our age," Jeremy Lent is an impassioned researcher and speaker who investigates the underlying causes of...
Strategizing the local food economy – Christian Jochnick
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Jochnick, a Swedish entrepreneur, started his career in social projects for urban youth. After experiencing the challenges around financ...
A Rightful Place in the Web of Life – Nathalie Kelley
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Kelley is a Peruvian-Australian actress of Quechua descent who has starred in Hollywood films like ‘The Fast and the Furious’ and Netflix...
Localization: Rootedness, Beauty and Wellbeing – Satish Kumar
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk, Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for over 60 years. In 1962 he undertook a pilgrimage...
Localization and direct democracy in Forest Row, UK – Kate Taylor-Smith, Patricia Patterson Vanegas and Ben Christie
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we make our local communities healthy and resilient, and make sure that the voices and concerns of local people are heard? In this episode of ...
Living simply, slowly and more intentionally – Bill Powers
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
William (Bill) Powers is an author, speaker and teacher whose essays and commentaries on global issues have appeared in the New York Times and the ...
Creating Solidarity Economies – Ruby Van der Wekken
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ruby Van der Wekken is a member of RIPESS, a network committed to promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy, as well as Oma Maa, a Finnish food co-...
Localization and the Collective Imagination – Rob Hopkins
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Network and of Transition Town Totnes, and author of several books including 'The Transition Handbook'...
Go Local! How to beat the economists at their own game – Michael Shuman
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Stanford-trained lawyer and economist, Michael Shuman is the world’s pre-eminent expert on local finance, sharing practical tools to reclaim wealt...