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FuturePod gathers voices from the international field of Futures and Foresight. Through a series of interviews, the founders of the field and emerging leaders share their stories, tools and experiences. Created in Melbourne, Australia. Interviewing guests from across the globe.
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In episode 236 Elissa Farrow returns to the Pod, and brings some friends, to talk about the second iteration of the Oceania Futures and Foresight Symposium on the 26th and 27th of March 2026
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Monday Dec 08, 2025
EP 235: Decision-making under uncertainty - Ewa Lombard
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
In episode 235 our guest is Dr Ewa Lombard who is a senior researcher the University of Geneva converging the realms of affective sciences and collective intelligence, focusing on sustainable decision-making that withstands the uncertainties of the future.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Monday Oct 20, 2025
EP 234: Mindstock. Fictional Futures and Present Realities - Richard Yonck
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
In episode 234 Peter is speaking to Richard Yonck who returns for his third podcast. This time Richard is here to discuss his first fiction book, Mindstock.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Thursday Oct 09, 2025
EP 233: From Occupy to Design Economics - Vinny Tafuro
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
In episode 233 Peter shares an economics and futures journey with Vinny Tafuro including from Adam Smith to Kate Raworth and from the Theory of Moral Sentiments to Design Economics. Vinny is a founder of the Institute for Economic Evolution and is a pioneering advocate for the twenty-first-century economy that is disrupting society’s rigid institutions and beliefs.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Monday Sep 29, 2025
EP 232: Crafting Stories about the Future - Betty Sue Flowers
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
In episode 232 Peter chats to Betty Sue Flowers, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus and a writer, editor, and international foresight consultant, with publications ranging from poetry therapy to sustainability.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Friday Sep 19, 2025
EP 231: From Armchair to Asteroids - Fernando Gutierrez Olaizola
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
In episode 231 Peter meets Fernando Gutiérrez Olaizola who is a Uruguayan-born futurist based in the United States with a passion for space and science fiction, a focus on Latin America, and a drive to identify opportunities for emerging and developing nations to participate in space-based commerce and exploration.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Saturday Sep 13, 2025
EP 230 - WFSF World Conference 2025 - Doris Viljoen
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
This year’s World Conference for the World Futures Studies Federation is coming up in Cape Town, South Africa on 29-31 October 2025 and Peter is discussing it with Doris Viljoen from the Stellenbosch Business School who are hosting it.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
EP 229: Remembering Johan Galtung - Sohail Inayatullah & Otto Scharmer
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
A conversation with Sohail Inayatullah and Otto Scharmer remembering Johan Galtung, a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies exploring who he was and what he meant to them on their work.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Saturday Aug 23, 2025
EP 228: Imagining After Capitalism - Andy Hines
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
A return conversation with Andy Hines about his book, Imagining After Capitalism
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Monday Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
Riel Miller returns for a conversation about where education systems need to go and he brings with him some friends who have conducted research on this very question, Stephen Murgatroyd and JC Couture - the authors of Education Futures for School Leadership
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward
