🎙️ Hosted By Lea Jovy, Founder of Mission Equality CIC
The Equal Futures Podcast
This isn’t a typical podcast; our goal with this podcast is to facilitate the conversations that need to happen to pave a path to equality and a very different way of living for us all. The more we learn to design together, the greater chance we have of bringing these designs into being…there is no one right answer or ‘expert’ on any of these topics!
So join us – listen, share, discuss and let’s start designing and building an equal future for us all. We will be recording episodes on an ongoing basis…
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How Would You Answer These Questions?
Why Capitalism Is Failing & What Comes Next
Understanding capitalism’s failures and how we can lay the groundwork for transformation and to something different – but to what?
Key Questions
- What are the core features of capitalism that make it unsustainable and harmful to the majority of us?
- Is capitalism inherently exploitative, or could it be reformed?
- What alternative systems have existed and what can we learn from them?
- What would a world without capitalism look like in practice?
- What are your thoughts on Equalism, as an alternative system?
- How do we even begin to get ‘there’?
Episodes:
Reimagining Education: For An Equal Future
Moving beyond capitalist schooling to create education systems that equip people to thrive, not just survive.
Key Questions:
- How has capitalism shaped education systems worldwide?
- What would an education system free from current constraints look like?
- How can we design education that fosters creativity, critical thinking and cooperation over competition?
- How do we create an education system that serves as a foundation for an equitable society?
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Radical Democracy: Power To The People
How participatory democracy, municipalism and new governance models can replace capitalist control and power.
Key Questions:
- Let’s discuss power…
- How can we make democracy truly participatory?
- What is the role of municipalism in shifting power back to communities?
- How can direct democracy work at scale without inefficiencies?
- How do we transition from capitalist-controlled governments to people-powered governance?
- What are some real-world examples of radical democracy in action?
Designing Different Economies: Models For Equality
Exploring cooperative, democratic, regenerative and other economic systems.
Key Questions:
- Let’s talk about value and what role it plays in economic models of equality?
- What are the most promising alternative economic models today?
- How can we ensure economic democracy in a post-capitalist world?
- How do we dismantle corporate power while maintaining progress?
- How can we begin implementing these models at a local or national level?
- What does economic decolonisation look like in practice?
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Imagining Everyday Life In An Equal World
What does life beyond capitalism look like? How do we even begin to get ‘there’?
Key Questions:
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What would daily life look like for each of us in a post-capitalist world?
- How can we transition smoothly to something different without social and economic collapse?
- What psychological and cultural shifts are needed to embrace a new system?
- How do we counter capitalist propaganda that insists “there is no alternative”?
- What are the first concrete steps individuals and communities can take today?
Universal Basic Services & Economic Security For All
Ensuring housing, healthcare, food, and energy as rights, not commodities.
Key Questions:
- Should we focus on Universal Basic Income (UBI) or Universal Basic Services (UBS)?
- How can society fund guaranteed economic security for everyone, without reliance on capital accumulation?
- What impact would universal services have on wealth inequality?
- How do we transition from private-sector-dominated services to publicly provided essentials?
- What are the biggest misconceptions about economic security for all?
Beyond Dis-ease: Wellness For Everyone
How can we create equitable, accessible and community-driven healthcare systems that prioritise people over profit and wellness over dis-ease?
Key Questions:
- How has capitalism turned healthcare into a commodity and what are the consequences?
- What does a preventative, holistic and people-centered healthcare model look like?
- How can we integrate indigenous, traditional and community-based healing practices into wellness for everyone?
- How can we make universal, high-quality healthcare accessible to all?
- How can we dismantle pharmaceutical monopolies and transition from profit-driven healthcare without disrupting essential services?
Redesigning Justice – Building An Equal Legal System
How do we dismantle punitive, carceral systems and create justice rooted in equity and healing?
Key Questions:
- How has capitalism shaped legal systems to perpetuate inequality and protect wealth?
- What does a justice system designed for accountability and healing, rather than punishment, look like?
- How can we integrate restorative and transformative justice models on a large scale?
- What role do community autonomy and indigenous legal systems play in creating just legal structures?
- What are the biggest barriers to dismantling the prison-industrial complex and how do we overcome them?
Wealth Redistribution: Ending Extreme Inequality
Examining the impact of extreme wealth and how to redistribute it equally.
Key Questions:
- Why is extreme wealth concentration a fundamental barrier to equality?
- What historical examples of wealth redistribution have worked and what can we learn from them?
- Should redistribution come through taxation, reparations, public ownership or a combination?
- How do we overcome resistance from the ultra-wealthy?
- How do we ensure wealth redistribution benefits communities rather than just shifting power to governments?
- What role do grassroots movements and collective action play in wealth redistribution?
Technology, AI & Digital Cooperativism
Harnessing technology for equity and equality, not power and corporate control.
Key Questions:
- How can we prevent AI and automation from deepening economic inequality?
- What are the risks of our current approach to technology and AI? How can we mitigate these risks?
- What alternative models exist for data ownership and digital rights?
- What policies can ensure AI and other progressive technologies benefit society rather than corporations?
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Beyond Ownership: Cooperatives & The Commons
Building wealth through shared ownership, from worker co-ops to public banking.
Key Questions:
- Let’s discuss the concept of ownership.
- How do cooperatives challenge capitalist structures?
- What are the biggest barriers to scaling cooperatives and commons-based economies?
- How does public banking create economic resilience?
- How do we shift cultural perceptions away from individualism toward collective ownership? Or away from the concept of ownership entirely?
- Are there successful examples of commons-based systems we can learn from?
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Reclaiming Media, Leisure And A Joyful Life
How do we create media, leisure and social spaces that cultivate community, joy and liberation instead of profit and control?
Key Questions:
- What does a post-capitalist media landscape look like and how do we achieve community ‘control’ over narratives?
- How can we support independent, cooperative media that challenges dominant power structures?
- What role does leisure play in dismantling capitalism and how can we ensure everyone has time for rest and creativity?
- How do we reimagine social spaces that foster collective joy and belonging?
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