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In this episode, we’ll be talking about history, temporality, and what the movie Groundhog Day can teach us about escaping capitalism. Our guest is Onur Acaroğlu, a lecturer in sociology at the University of Northampton in the UK, and author of the recent book chapter “The Challenge of Postcapitalism: Non-Capitalist Temporalities and Social Pathology”. We'll discuss time loops, utopianism, and self-preservation as an act of political warfare.

In this episode, we'll look at the possible strategic development of the degrowth movement, nowtopias and the concept of the pluriverse. Our guests are Matthias Schmelzer, Nina Treu and Tonny Nowshin. They are the authors of a chapter examining what degrowth can learn from other progressive movements for a new book entitled, "Degrowth and strategy: How to bring about social–ecological transformation."

In this episode, our guest is Robin Hahnel, who, in partnership, with Michael Albert developed a model called the “participatory economy”.  His latest book, "Democratic Economic Planning", was published in 2021, and forms the basis for our conversation. Among the subjects we discuss are democratic economic planning, generational justice and building moral economies.

In this episode, we’ll be talking about buen vivir, or the idea of living well, as well as rethinking development, and indigenous cultural traditions that can lead us to new ways of moving beyond capitalism. Our guest is Kepa Artaraz, a former lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Brighton in the UK. We'll discuss universal basic income and Kepa's escape from academic life and plans to grow a food forest in the Basque country in Spain.

In this episode, we talk about subjects including meaningless jobs, precarity, the anxiety that results from self-branding, and how to overcome futility. Our guest is Neil Vallelly, a political and social theorist, and author of the recently-published book, Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness.

In this episode, we’ll be talking about universal basic income, wellbeing, and monetism. Our guest is Marco Dondi, author of the recently-published book Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose. Marco also has more than ten years of experience as a strategy consultant working across disciplines including economic development, education and banking.