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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.
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Guest interviews
English
United States
25 episodes
since Sept. 8, 2024
episodic
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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…
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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-pranksteri…
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 v…
To celebrate spring, Matt visits Toronto's brand new billion dollar park. Biidaasige Park is beautiful, it's got birds, but it also solves a lot of long-standing problems.
Diverting flooding? Providing housing? Surfacing Indigenous histories? We'll be talking about all those thin…
Matt speaks to Dan Chapman-Smith from Project Humanity.
Project Humanity's work is complex and their elevator pitch doesn't easily fit into our 10-second 2026 attention spans. They do Verbatim Theatre – I didn’t know what that was a few weeks ago – and they work in youth shelters, and the…
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This episode combines some thoughts on the current moment (including Mark Carney's recent speech in Davos) with a quick look back on Season 1 and the Future Mending Project so far.
Mark Carney is right that the old world order is crumbling. 'Middle Powers' must build…
Do grown-ups also need a 90s kid summer?
Matt delves into nostalgia for a world before the internet, a world that felt more uncertain and open, but also more full and resonant.
The internet isn't all bad of course -- that's how I share these episodes -- but turning off the wifi for 24 hou…
Find out how and why hundreds of people are cycling around Toronto on mystery routes with big, booming beats.
Matt attends Bike Party Toronto and interviews one of the co-founders and they discuss the difference between attending an event and being the event, something we have nearly forgotten how …
How much food is wasted in Canada? Where does food waste happen and why? What are some potential solutions?
This episode takes a quick look at two for-profit solutions to food waste – the Odd Bunch produce delivery box and Sobey’s Food Hero app -- and concludes with an inspiring interview with Mi…
Matt interviews Yara El Murr, the Managing Editor of the Green Line, an innovative Toronto news outlet that is making community-driven, hyper-local news.
Our information ecosystem is full of misinformation and news fatigue and Yara shares insights on how journalists can produce useful and compellin…
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