Progress Reimagined explores innovative ideas, technologies, and emerging economic models that put humanity and our planet first. The show challenges assumptions to reshape how we think about progress and prosperity, through conversations with people making a real impact. New episodes every other week.
Your Empathy Is Not a Weakness, It's Where the Future Begins
Anxious about the state of the world? You're not alone. Host Kathleen Chu makes the case that empathy isn't a weakness but a starting point. Drawing on Octavia Butler, adrienne maree brown, and Eckhart Tolle to explore how to stay hopeful and imagine a better future. Three practices that help: quieting the input, turning inward, and turning outward. Books (affiliate links) A New Earth — Eckhart Tolle Emergent Strategy — adrienne maree brown Parable of the Sower — Octavia ...
9 Jun 2026
Blind Faith in Tech Is Over. What Comes Next?
We trusted the people in the spotlight to have all the answers. We handed them our data, our attention, our cities, our public squares — and assumed the market would sort out whatever followed. It didn't. This episode asks what blind faith in technology actually cost us — and what it would take to build something better. From a WeWork launch party in Tokyo to the Rohingya crisis. From an Uber driver in Istanbul with no seat at the table, to the Vatican calling for AI to be disarmed. From Sili...
13 May 2026
A Dystopia Trap That Feels Like a Delicious Meal | Huxley vs Orwell
Progress Reimagined What does real progress actually look like? Progress Reimagined explores innovative ideas, technologies and economic models that put humanity and our planet first. Each episode asks the questions that move us forward — not just can we, but should we. Through solo reflections and conversations with thinkers, innovators and changemakers, we examine the ideas shaping our world and the ones that could reshape it for the better. Because the most dangerous kind of progress is th...
13 May 2026
Progress Reimagined Is Back | Season 2 Trailer
Season 2 of Progress Reimagined is here. This season features conversations with thinkers reimagining our economy, technology, and planet, plus solo episodes where I sit with a book and an idea worth exploring. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and find me on Substack for written reflections and book recommendations. https://substack.com/@progressreimagined/posts Progress Reimagined explores innovative ideas, technologies, and emerging economic models that put humanity and our planet ...
20 May 2025
Breaking Free From Social Media Silos With The Fediverse
Discover a refreshing digital experience that is free from attention manipulation and platform lock-in while helping you connect with others. In a digital landscape dominated by profit-driven tech giants that monetize attention and exploit user data, Mastodon's Andy Piper presents a liberating alternative. This episode explores how the Fediverse, with Mastodon at its center, is creating a more open, user-controlled social media ecosystem. Discover how decentralized networks let you own your d...
28 Apr 2025
Why Think Small Is The Future of AI: Mozilla.ai Engineer on Building Your Own Timeline
In a digital world dominated by algorithms designed to maximize engagement rather than serve users, Davide Eynard presents a refreshing alternative. This episode explores how "thinking small" with purpose-built AI can transform our social media experience. Discover BYOTA (Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm), a project that lets you create personalized social media timelines without sharing your data. Join Davide, machine learning engineer and researcher at Mozilla.ai, as he explains why smalle...
7 Apr 2025
Social Movements in Dangerous Times: How This App Helps Activists Stay One Step Ahead
For activists and organizers worldwide, digital tools have become vital infrastructure for creating change. Yet most rely on platforms designed for other purposes, with business models that don't prioritize movement needs. Emil Vincentz, Executive Director at Acter, discusses how their encrypted organizing app is building technology that truly serves social movements rather than extracting value from user data and attention. This conversation explores the challenges of digital organizing in a...
10 Mar 2025
Turning Trash into Treasure: How One Network Is Creating Environmental Gold
From organic waste to fast fashion, tune in to this episode to discover how we can collectively transform trash into resources, curb wasteful production, and decarbonize our planet. Discover how our linear "take-make-dispose" system wastes limited resources and how the circular economy transforms waste to resource opportunities. Join Ian McKee, founder of the Carrot Network, as he reveals how environmental economics and sustainable business models revolutionize resource management. Learn why...
24 Feb 2025
How to Protect Your Online Privacy in 2025: A Guide to Tor Browser and Digital Freedom
Learn how to take control of your online privacy - even if you're not tech-savvy. Discover essential digital privacy tips and practical cybersecurity strategies with Pavel Zoneff from The Tor Project. Learn how to protect your online privacy and secure your digital footprint without being a tech expert. From understanding internet security basics to implementing privacy tools, this episode guides you through the fundamentals of staying safe online. --- Key Insights: -Why your on...
10 Feb 2025
Building Sustainable Humanitarian Solutions From AI to Self-Funding Future
Discover how Equitech Collective contributes to healthcare equity through innovative technology and social impact. In this inspiring conversation, Chi Ling shares her journey from public service to founding Equitech, a social enterprise dedicated to making healthcare more accessible through digital innovation and AI solutions. Learn how Equitech's initiatives, from AI-powered healthcare tools to coding boot camps for refugees, make a meaningful difference in communities. Chi Ling discusses h...
27 Jan 2025
Can't Afford a Home? Sustainable Solutions Are on the Horizon
As housing becomes increasingly unaffordable worldwide, architect Clara G reveals how communities are creating sustainable solutions through collective ownership and innovative technology. Drawing on examples from Vienna to Barcelona, she shares practical approaches to make housing both affordable and environmentally conscious in this perspective-shifting episode.Watch to discover:-Why housing shouldn't be treated as a commodity-How cooperative housing makes homes 20-30% more affordable-The r...
13 Jan 2025
Making Sense of Global Chaos: A New Civilization is Emerging (And Why It Matters)
Renowned commons researcher Michel Bauwens maps out the emergence of a new civilization, revealing how societal chaos is birthing a new world order through peer-to-peer systems and decentralized networks.
16 Dec 2024
Discover why age is just the beginning of your greatest adventures
Katerina Stroponiati and Kathleen Chu, founder of Brilliant Minds and industry expert respectively, demonstrate how AI is democratizing entrepreneurship for experienced professionals, proving age is just the beginning of success.
10 Dec 2024
The GDP Paradox: Rethinking How We Measure Global Prosperity
Economic policy expert Amanda Janoo explains how the outdated GDP metric is leading us astray in our pursuit of global prosperity, and proposes a more holistic approach to measuring economic success.
27 Nov 2024
Show Intro
Progress Reimagined is a podcast that dives into new ideas, economic models, and technologies that promote social equity, environmental sustainability, and our well-being. We feature innovators and changemakers and showcase everything from economic designs that help communities thrive to technologies that protect our privacy and digital rights. Together, we challenge assumptions about progress and work towards building a more inclusive and regenerative future that puts people and the planet first.
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