Future Mending Radio

About Future Mending Radio

There are better ways of doing things, but they don't get the publicity they deserve. Future Mending Radio profiles the people and organizations that are already building a better future. Clothing swaps, pay-it-forward restaurants, experimental theatre, tech coops, repair cafes, DIY bike hubs, sustainable chocolate shops and more. In short, relaxing episodes, we'll seek out alternatives and explore them together.

Publisher

Matt Lie - Paehlke

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Sept 2024

Latest episode

19 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Aug 2026

   How to Toggle Your Brain

   Wouldn't it be cool if you could understand how your brilliant, stupid and traitorous brain actually worked? And maybe nudge it towards being slightly less self-destructive? Matt sits down with his long-time friend Dr. Norman Farb to talk about 'sense foraging' and how we can use it to toggle between different mental systems and sometimes even disrupt unhealthy mind states before they get locked in. Norman is the co-author of Better in Every Sense: How the New Science of Sensation Can ...

2. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Playing in Traffic

   You may have heard about the FIFA referees out in traffic in Toronto giving red and yellow cards to badly behaved drivers who are blocking the box or the bike lane. But what you probably don't know is that one of these referees, Martin Reis, is up to his elbows in all sorts of merry-pranksterism, including the lego tower on Harbourd Street. Matt and Martin sit down for a fascinating (and funny!) discussion about pranks, protests and how to make a better city for everyone. Links: Mr. Peanut: ...

3. 

   27 May 2026

   Digital Trust in the Age of AI

   Matt sits down with Cole Anthony Capilongo, from Hypha Coop, to talk about what it's like to work at a worker coop that does tech consultancy. We talk about how Hypha makes decisions with a flat management structure and some of the projects they're working on -- including technology to verify photos from conflicts and war zones! We also get a bit philosophical and discuss the relationships between trust, technology and social structures. If you want to hear Cole's background cameo, it h...

Who has been a guest on Future Mending Radio

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bike Party Toronto co-founder
• Mike Layton
• Susan Kaye Quinn
• T.K. Rex
• Myrtle Millares

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

456

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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