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inSUBSTANTIA is produced in Geneva, Switzerland, and invites leading thinkers, practitioners, and curious minds to explore ideas that shape our world. It offers something most experts crave but rarely get: the space to think out loud, to connect their knowledge to deeper philosophical and ethical issues, and to challenge assumptions beyond the headlines. Each episode invites reflection without requiring specialised background knowledge, making complex issues accessible and thought-provoking.
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Average audio length:
70 minutes
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English
United States
31 episodes
since Sept. 5, 2024
episodic
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WHEN JOURNALISTS CENSOR THEMSELVES
When we picture censorship, we imagine a heavy hand. A banned book, a redacted headline, a state official stamping out the truth. But what happens when the censor is a journalist's own hesitant hand over the keyboard?
🎙️ IN THIS EPISODEMedia scholar and former Haa…
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What happens when healthcare technology is not designed for people, but with them?
InSubstantia welcomes Anam Hijab, the founder of AtPulse, a health technology company tackling one of the largest and least understood diabetes crises in the world. Pakistan is home to 55 million people living with o…
What does mediation actually mean?
In this episode of Insubstantia, I speak with mediator and author Manon Schonewille about why mediation is not a single, uniform practice. Even within the same country, the mediator’s role, level of intervention, and ethical boundaries can differ significantly. On…
Economies, Power, and Systems That Make Harm Profitable
This is part 2 of my conversation with Guillaume.
If violence is not a distortion of economic life but one of its foundations, what does that mean for markets, governance, and political power? In the second part of the conversation with Guilla…
Part I: Memory Identity and What We Learn Not to See
We often think of violence as something visible: a war, a riot, a gun. Yet much of the violence shaping our world is quieter—folded into the ways we trade, govern, build institutions, and even convince ourselves we are doing good. My guest today,…
If Part 1 names the crisis, Part 2 confronts the consequences of continuing as we are.
This second part of my conversation with Arthur Keller moves from diagnosis to responsibility, and from observation to choice.
We explore what collapses first when systems fail, not just infrastructures, but tru…
🎙 The Future We Must Build - Part 1
The world is entering a period of deep instability and no society will be spared. In this first part of my conversation with Arthur Keller, we explore the forces already reshaping the conditions of life on this planet.
🌡 Climate overshoot
🌿 Biodiversity collaps…
Artificial intelligence now influences decisions in health, justice, and finance. In this episode of inSUBSTANTIA, Gabor Farkas speaks with Mariana de la Roche Wills, Co Chair of INATBA’s AI and Blockchain Convergences Task Force and leader at BlackVogel. They explore how blockchain can enhance tru…
Platforms, Power, and Purpose
In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, we shift our focus to Building Bridges as a platform: its role within Geneva’s global landscape, the challenges of multistakeholder governance, and the ethical tensions that arise when finance, diplomacy, and development interse…
A Life in Systems Thinking
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Karen Hitschke, CEO of Building Bridges, shares the personal and professional journey that shaped her leadership.
From childhood experiences during the Cold War and the Ethiopian famine, to a career in biology, consulting, venture…
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