Radio Utopistan

About Radio Utopistan

Radio Utopistan brings you stories, people and ideas on how to build a just and joyful future. For yourself and the collective Utopian ideas drive us as humans, they drive humankind and humanity. And Radio Utopistan wants to find out what drives those visionary people. It was the belief that we could fly, conquer disease or live in permanent peace that gave women and men the courage to take risks, to step out, to try things and also to fail. Many things that we take for granted today, were mere utopias in their day - and the people who fought for them were ridiculed, shamed, harassed and also killed. 200 years ago the end of slavery was still utopia. The fall of the Berlin Wall just 40 years ago. And then the end of Apartheid 30 years ago. Where does that leave us today? What are the utopias of our time? What about gender equality? Basic income? Nature rights? Peace in the Middle East? Today we need Utopian ideas more than ever. To rebuild and reframe our global society in the aftermaths of Corona. Now we are being forced to see how everything is connected: China and Europe. Nature and humankind. We are all in this together. It’s a global net. We are also shown on the one hand how huge political decisions like closing down airports all around the world are possible. And then how on the other hand small daily actions from each and every one of us like leaving the house or washing your hands have a huge impact on the world. So Radio Utopistan collects the stories of global and local visionaries, people that work on the outside or on the inside of humanity. The politician in Ecuador for example who sees nature as a person. He has written her as a legal person in his country’s constitution. The engineer with high heels and headscarf in Gaza who brings solar energy into houses under occupation. Or the friend in a wheelchair who can only move his brain and his tongue after an accident but who hasn’t lost his humor and keeps fighting for equality. Elisabeth Weydt meets people who are striving towards and fighting for their Utopias, people who want to change the system or build some space outside the system. Elisabeth is an award-winning multimedia journalist based somewhere between Hamburg and Haifa. She mostly covers topics which revolve around radicalism and resources. She loves cooking and will meet her guests preferably at home, in bars or in the jungle. The interviews on Radio Utopistan will mainly be in English. If not, there will be a summary about the guests and their Utopias in English. Let’s go treasure hunting together. radioutopistan.substack.com (https://radioutopistan.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Radio Utopistan

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Apr 2020

Latest episode

26 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 36 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Roots 2: Von Würde und Gerechtigkeit. Die Rechte der Natur vor Gericht

   Host Miriam von "Radio Utopistan" explores the groundbreaking concept of nature's rights in law, examining how recognizing ecosystems as living beings offers a path toward justice and regeneration.

2. 

   30 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Roots 1: The Power of Imagination. Resisting the old world and building new futures

   Economist and climate activist Tonny Nowshin and futurist Ouassima Laabich explore the power of imagination in building new futures, interviewing voices from Ecuador's cloud forest.

3. 

   22 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Hör zu, Deutschland! Ein Archiv an Stimmen für Palästina

   Radio Utopistan's Tatkraft Redaktion curates diverse voices from Palestine, Germany, and Israel, offering a powerful archive for understanding the Palestinian cause.

Inside a recent episode

Roots 2: Von Würde und Gerechtigkeit. Die Rechte der Natur vor Gericht

Published 26 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Nein zum Extractivismus und Sarayaku ist in dem Sinne safe, aber klar, ihr seht den ganzen Amazonas. Du kannst Nein sagen in einem Territorium, das braucht Organisation, braucht Ressourcen, aber wenn das Territorium daneben Ja sagt, dann der Fluss kennt nicht diese Grenzen oder der Wald und auf jeden Fall braucht da Organisation, Kollektiv und Zusammenkommen. I saw today that there was a new study that not only in Ecuador, but also in Ecuador, that the illegal Bergbau and the drug cartels are responsible for a large part of the environmental destruction. International Crisis Group, da hat er eine neue Untersuchung herausgebracht und gerade Ecuador leidet ja extremst unter den Drogenkartellen und ist auch deswegen ja so ein spannendes Beispiel, was, also traurig natürlich vor allem, aber für unser Thema, was Rechtsstaatlichkeit und dann the civil society can also be able to work. […]

Who has been a guest on Radio Utopistan

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

• Tonny Nowshin
• Ouassima Laabich
• Pingo

Reach and audience

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

Spotify

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

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

Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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