No Saviours with Elizabeth Couse

Ever dread your morning commute? If so, you are not alone - for the millions of us around the world that rely on public transport, commutes are often unenjoyable parts of our days. But, what if we could change our chaotic commutes/daily journeys so instead of feeling stressed, anxious and lonely, we instead felt inspired and in community with others and ultimately more joyful?In this episode, community leader and writer Naomi Wharton brings daily transport soundscapes into our lives as a way to “ease everyday hustle culture in big cities and to encourage communities around the world to slow down and reconnect with humans, nature and the environment around them.”Credits:A World With is produced by Futures In Draft.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producer: Isabella PearceLead Producer: Carla FloresScriptwriter: Naomi WhartonVoiceover Artist for season trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine a world where those who hold the knowledge and tools to solutions are given the resources and political power to make them. In this episode, Costa Rica based environmental activist Elizabeth Couse, identifies one of the biggest obstacles facing our current climate movement - saviourism - and explores what happens when we remove saviours all together.In this world, we are shown the potential of what could be when a farmer in Costa Rica who has been stewarding the land for generations is treated as an expert and an Indigenous water guardian isn’t a beneficiary of conservation, but its author - a world with true solidarity as our guiding principle.Credits:A World With is produced by Futures In Draft.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producer: Isabella PearceLead Producer: Carla FloresScriptwriter: Elizabeth CouseArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett and Driss ChaouiVoiceover Artist for season trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to A World With, the podcast series where we hear from changemakers, visionaries and movement builders around the world about how to dream big. In Season two, guests from South Africa, the UK, Australia, Nigeria and Costa Rica show us the potential of what could be when we dare to imagine differently.For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.Credits:A World With is produced by Futures In Draft.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producer: Isabella PearceLead Producer: Carla FloresArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett and Driss ChaouiScriptwriters: Tori Tsui, Nat Kelley, Matt Blaise, Elizabeth Couse, Naomi Wharton and Kumi NaidooVoiceover Artist for season trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could the loneliness epidemic be solved on the dance floor?For the final episode of the season, New York based activist, resource mobiliser and cultural organiser, Thanushka (Thanu) Yakupitiyage brings free public dance parties to the world. Dance has always been used as a site of both resistance and expression. For Thanu, free public dance parties offer an opportunity to rebuild neighbourhoods, boost community relationships and increase multiracial solidarity. Listen closely as Thanu deep dives on the potential of dance parties in this moment, where hope, connection and relationships to one another are more important than ever.   For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if the monopoly of birth didn’t dictate what access we had to rights, safety, healthcare and our quality of life?Director of the Decolonial Centre, Mohammed Elnaiem, invites us on an exploration of a world with one nation. Mohammed offers a powerful case for border abolition, charting the potential of a world where arbitrary lines on the map, competition, and othering are dismantled. Alongside this, Mohammed explains the history of a world before colonialism and formalised lines of division and encourages us to expand our imagination and consciousness around what could be possible when we lean into collectivity, openness and a sense of shared unity. For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever imagined a world with no landlords? No price hikes, mould, evictions and unlivable conditions?In this episode, UK-based writer, creative producer and educator Sara Bafo presents the potential of a world with no landlords. Grounding listeners in the current obstacles and realities tenants face from landlord greed and exploitation, Sara guides us through what the world could look like if housing and home ownership was an accessible and safe reality for everyone. From increased senses of stability and security, to improved societal equity and wealth equality, this episode exemplifies why housing is a human right and why the removal of landlords could offer the solution.For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A World With is a podcast series that transforms the dreams and ideas we have about our collective futures.Get ready for our final three episodes and hear from more global visionaries and organisers who dare to dream and push the boundaries of our possibilities, sharing what they would bring to the world and why. From dismantling borders to transforming public spaces in service of dance and community, our guests offer the inspiration and solutions needed to guide us to futures of collective care and abundance. For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes, the most radical and powerful learnings about our identities, bodies and cultural being can be found in our past.In this episode, we hear from Indigenous storyteller, community organiser and environmental justice educator, Samara Almonte. Samara introduces and contextualises the global importance of Indigenous feminism. With recognition of native practices and cultures across the world, Samara dives into why Indigenous feminism is an intersectional solution to how our communities can evolve, thrive and survive. Samara explores themes of motherhood, power, leadership, climate justice and bodily autonomy with introspection and vulnerability. She fearlessly tackles patriarchy head on whilst unpacking how we can best prepare for where our world is going by acknowledging and understanding where we have come from. For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that in England, 1% of the population owns more than 50% of the land?In this episode, UK-based writer, grower and organiser Sam Sivapragasam describes a world with land reparations. Sam explores the colonial legacies of land ownership and its impact on the health of global communities. Contrasting their experiences of growing up in both Jamaica and the UK, Sam explores how land reparations would serve as a climate justice solution that demands the remaking of the world. For Sam, land reparations offer an opportunity to repair the harm to communities descended from colonised people and to radically shift the way that power is distributed globally. For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can we do better at sharing and reusing the items we already own?In a time of excess, overconsumption and rampant pollution, what if libraries could hold the solutions? We open up the series with Trinbagonian writer, YouTuber and artist Andrew Sage who explores the possibilities of a world with libraries of things. Similar to how libraries around the world make books available, this episode explores what’s possible when we have shared access to a variety of tools, resources and household items. Touching on concepts of sustainability and collectivity, Andrew discusses the potential that libraries of things could offer in helping us to move away from systems of wealth inequality and scarcity to systems of collective care and abundance.For more information, please visit: www.futuresindraft.com.CreditsA World With is produced by Futures In Draft and Storythings.Executive Producer: Chris MitchellCo-Executive Producers: Emily Bromfield and Anjali RamachandranCreative Producers: Maya Minhas and Isabella PearceCo-Creative Producer: Sara BafoArtwork and Branding: Darren Garrett, Driss Chaoui and Naomi GenneryScriptwriters: Andrew Sage, Sam Sivapragasam (LION), Samara Almonte, Sara Bafo, Mohammed Elnaiem (The Decolonial Centre) and Thanu YakupitiyageVoiceover Artist for series trailers: Sara Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.