• Dan Lee's Congressional Campaign
• YURA Health
• Run For Something
• The Arena PAC

Key Concepts & Themes:

• Pre-Copernican Economics: The central metaphor for the outdated, pre-Copernican economic models that insist on globalization and scale above all else, despite evidence that localized systems are often more resilient and competitive.
• The "Scale" Fallacy: The conversation challenges the common wisdom that to "scale" a business means to make it as big as possible. Instead, Moose argues for finding the right scale for the right mission.
• Investment Crowdfunding: A revolutionary shift in securities law that now allows everyday people to invest small amounts of money in the local businesses they love, historically a prohibitively expensive process. In just eight years, it has directed $2 billion to 7,000 companies.
• The Service Economy: The observation that modern economies have flipped from being goods-dominant to service-dominant (70% of expenditures). This inherently favors local, relationship-based businesses over distant corporations.
• Comparative Advantage Re-examined: The hosts and Shuman break down David Ricardo's foundational economic theory, pointing out its critical flaws in a world where capital, but not labor, is mobile.
• BIMBY ("Begin In My Backyard"): A positive reframing of the NIMBY concept, suggesting that global change and innovation are most powerful when they start with local action and problem-solving.

• Put Your Money Where Your Life Is – Michael H. Shuman
• The Local Economy Solution – Michael H. Shuman
• The Main Street Journal
• Community Economics at Post Carbon Institute
• Michael Shuman’s Blog

Our guest, Robert Osborne, principal of The Osborne Group, brings 25 years of experience working with nonprofits and funders. Together, we explore:

• Why most philanthropic money never reaches grassroots, community-led organizations
• How donor-advised funds and endowments lock away billions while urgent needs go unmet
• The limits of “charity” and the need to center justice instead
• Whether measuring impact helps or distracts from real change
• And yes… how toile curtains and a fictional band called The Goody Two-Shoes Subversives tie it all together

From critique to creativity, we imagine what a more democratic, community-centered, and accountable philanthropic system could look like — and what would need to shift to make it real.


Editorial Producer: Kyriaki (Claire) Lampidou

Producer: Srijan Banik

Guests:

Tomás Mora Selva, Cofounder, Youth BCN and Youth HUB; Head of Experiential Learning, RebelBase; Cofounder, Democratizing Innovation Institute; and Board Member, I.D.E.A

Huang Wei-Jou, Student, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

Hosts:

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

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Miriam Plavin-Masterman

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Tomás Mora Selva and Huang Wei-Jou share their insights on how non-formal education fosters creativity, collaboration, and personal growth. Tomás and Wei-Jou’s discussion explores the dynamics of experiential learning, mentorship, and the impact of cultural differences in education.The guests highlight the importance of enabling students to take ownership of their learning and the transformative power of project-based experiences.

Join us and learn more about the challenges and rewards of working in diverse teams and the potential for scaling these educational approaches globally.

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Resources

Greenies: https://app.rebelbase.co/project/3611

Repurpose (BRACU): https://app.rebelbase.co/project/4371

Youth BCN: https://youthbcn.com/, https://www.instagram.com/youthbcn_official/?hl=es

Youth HUB: https://youthhubnet.com/

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Guests:

Ari Luis Halos, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Open University

On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-luis-halos-897b2113/

Charnylle T. Antiporda, Founder of Juan Lift

Hosts:

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

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Miriam Plavin-Masterman

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Episode Introduction

In this new What if Instead? conversation, Professor Ari Luis Halos is joined by his former student Charnylle T. Antiporda, now founder of Juan Lift. Ari and Nylle explore the transformative power of connecting diverse talents to create meaningful opportunities for people with disabilities (PWDs). They highlight Juan Lift’s mission to empower PWDs by offering remote work opportunities, emphasizing the importance of bridging the gap between those with valuable skillsets and those in need of their expertise.

Join us for an insightful conversation on how we can foster more connections and unlock hidden potential for individuals with often-overlooked abilities.

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Resources

Juan Lift - Rebel Base: https://app.rebelbase.co/project/3993

Hope Across Borders: https://hopeacrossborders.org/

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Guests:

Evelina Van Mensel

On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/evavanmensel

Martin Nedev, CEO of Enthela

On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/enthela

Hosts:

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

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Miriam Plavin-Masterman

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Episode Introduction

In this episode of What If Instead?, Professor Evelina Van Mensel is joined by her former student Martin Nedev, now CEO of Enthela. What kind of collaboration, they ask, enables people to create solutions that address pressing problems around them? When asked about Enthela’s award-winning endeavor to keep more nitrogen in the soil using bacteria, Nedev argues that he’s doing this now only because of a window Van Mensel helped open for him. The two explain how this window opened up possibilities not only for him, but also for innovators around the world taking on the toughest problems human beings face. Strikingly, they focus less on their own endeavors than on what it takes to open that window for more of us. What starts as an inquiry into how to collaborate with people from other professional backgrounds, quickly opens up into a vital conversation relevant to people anywhere who want to tackle the crises around them.

Tune in to discover how intentional collaboration can lead to unexpected yet transformative outcomes, and shift

who

gets to shape the future.

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Resources

Effectuation: https://effectuation.org/

Melodies for Palestine - RebelBase: https://app.rebelbase.co/project/3614

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Guest: Edward Shenderovich,

Hosts:

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

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Miriam Plavin-Masterman

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Episode Introduction

In this episode of What if Instead?, Edward Shenderovich, CEO of Synonym, reveals how his approach to entrepreneurship centers on one key factor: execution. Edward shares many transformative ideas, from the fascinating potential of AI-designed organisms to creating a bio-manufacturing ecosystem.

Tune in to discover how his innovative approach sets the stage for a sustainable future.

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Resources

Synonym: http://www.synonym.bio

Scaler: http://www.scaler.bio

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Guest: Tom Christenson, CEO of TBAuctions

Hosts:

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

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Miriam Plavin-Masterman

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Episode Introduction

In this episode of What If Instead?, Tom Christenson, CEO of TBAuctions, starts with a stark image: "Imagine a world drowning in discarded machines—a nightmare for the planet!"

Tom presents a thought-provoking ‘what if instead….’ “What if,” he asks, “we found customers that could actually use [machinery and equipment] for another five or seven years and they put it back onto their books as new?”

Tune in to discover how we can stop throwing away useful equipment and focus on giving it a second or third life.

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Resources

Klaravik Sustainability Report: http://bit.ly/40fNpyn

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