(un)common ground with Marta Foresti

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Hosted by Marta Foresti, LAGO Collective's founder and CEO, (un)common ground is a podcast series on movement, borders and everything in between. Each episode is a conversation with friends and fellow travellers — artists, designers, policymakers and cultural leaders — unpacking what borders mean today and how we might reimagine them. This series takes on new, unusual and sometimes controversial angles with one aim: to reduce the weight of borders and build common ground where none exists.

Episodes

  1. Bonus Ep: Borders and AI

    12/16/2025 · BONUS

    Bonus Ep: Borders and AI

    In this bitesize 20-minute bonus episode, host Marta Foresti curates thought-provoking clips from across un(common) ground Season One, featuring leading voices from the creative, biotech, legal, finance and policy worlds. Their insights explore how AI and digital technologies are reshaping how we move, live, create and consume. Whether you're an AI skeptic, enthusiast, or just curious, this episode offers fresh perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that AI may bring.

    18 min
  2. Episode 4: Borders and Sound

    12/01/2025

    Episode 4: Borders and Sound

    In this episode of (un)common ground, we dive into the power of sound to tell stories, move people and break down borders. Host Marta Foresti is joined by award-winning data storyteller Tiziana Alocci and acclaimed audio producer Talia Augustidis for a conversation on data, listening, performance and more. You don't want to miss it!

    38 min
  3. Episode 3: Borders and Money

    11/24/2025

    Episode 3: Borders and Money

    In this episode of un(common) ground, Marta Foresti is joined by Adama Sanneh of the Moleskine Foundation and Fran Sanderson of Figurative to explore the uneasy relationship between money, creativity and systems change. They unpack how funding ecosystems are shifting or resisting change at the intersection of culture, policy, and innovation. From pragmatic tensions to radical reimaginings, this episode is about power, access, and the borders of investment.

    40 min
  4. Episode 2: Borders and Infrastructure

    11/17/2025

    Episode 2: Borders and Infrastructure

    This episode features Emilia Terragni and Lwando Xaso. The topic of this one is infrastructure and borders.  Inspired in part by conversations at Prada Frames earlier this year - specifically exploring the idea of borders as physical infrastructure like walls and fences, the role of design and architecture, but  also other forms of infrastructure such as norms and institutions, including the law, rules, regulations and the constitution.

    45 min

  5. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    (un)common ground Season Trailer

    (un)common ground is a brand new podcast presented by LAGO Collective with LAGO’s Founder and CEO Marta Foresti.  We’re exploring borders in a whole new way, with unexpected stories at the edge of policy, ecology, infrastructure, money, sound and AI. This first season features incredible friends and colleagues: Emilia Terragni, Natsai Audrey Chieza, Adama Sanneh, Lwando Xaso, Francesa Sanderson, Tiziana Alocci and Talia Augustidis.   Smart. Unexpected. Necessary.  Tune in.

    1 min
  6. Trailer: Borders and Ecology

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    Trailer: Borders and Ecology

    In this episode, Founder and CEO of LAGO Collective Marta Foresti speaks to Natsai Audrey Chieza,  a visionary designer and thought leader, celebrated for her pioneering contributions to design and biotechnology. They talk about mycelium, design and how ecological systems help us rethink borders. It’s not just about nature, it’s about systems, power and who gets to imagine the future. If you're interested in how borders, between nature and technology, between systems and imagination shape our ecological futures...this one's for you.

    1 min
  7. Episode 1: Borders and Ecology

    11/10/2025

    Episode 1: Borders and Ecology

    In this episode, Founder and CEO of LAGO Collective Marta Foresti speaks to Natsai Audrey Chieza,  a visionary designer and thought leader, celebrated for her pioneering contributions to design and biotechnology. They talk about mycelium, design and how ecological systems help us rethink borders. It’s not just about nature, it’s about systems, power and who gets to imagine the future. If you're interested in how borders, between nature and technology, between systems and imagination shape our ecological futures...this one's for you.

    39 min

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Hosted by Marta Foresti, LAGO Collective's founder and CEO, (un)common ground is a podcast series on movement, borders and everything in between. Each episode is a conversation with friends and fellow travellers — artists, designers, policymakers and cultural leaders — unpacking what borders mean today and how we might reimagine them. This series takes on new, unusual and sometimes controversial angles with one aim: to reduce the weight of borders and build common ground where none exists.

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