Episodios

  • Can Profit Help Save the Rainforest?

    Can Profit Help Save the Rainforest?
    Jul 3 2025
    Can profit and planet go hand in hand? As public climate financing falls short, attention turns to the private sector. But can businesses do good for the environment while still making a return? Tânia Trindade of SODEFOR, a forestry company managing a million hectares in the Congo River Basin, believes they can. She shares how the company balances sustainability and profit in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems—and why private capital may be essential to the climate fight.
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    25 m
  • Mutually Assured Madness?

    Mutually Assured Madness?
    Jun 5 2025
    We’re living through a moment of global upheaval—where the old order is crumbling, and the future feels dangerously uncertain. At the heart of this instability is the evolving, uneasy relationship between the U.S. and China: two powers with the ambition and capacity to shape whatever comes next, yet with fundamentally different worldviews. In this episode of New Thinking for a New World, we hear from Chandran Nair, founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow, a Pan-Asian think tank. Speaking from an Asian perspective, Nair argues that China may be more clear-eyed than the West about how the world should work. Is he right? Listen and decide for yourself.
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    42 m
  • Voodoo Economics: Tariffing Our Way to Prosperity or Doom?

    Voodoo Economics: Tariffing Our Way to Prosperity or Doom?
    May 30 2025
    President Trump’s trade war, regulatory overhaul, and fiscal shake-up aim to rewire the U.S. and global economies. Can it work—or backfire? Economist Marco Annunziata, former Chief Economist at GE, joins host Alan Stoga to explore the promises and pitfalls of Trumponomics—and what it might mean for your job, savings, and future.
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    55 m
  • Ancient Words, Modern Wounds

    Ancient Words, Modern Wounds
    May 22 2025
    Great art is timeless—it reveals how we think and why we act. What if classics like Greek tragedy or Shakespeare were used to explore today’s challenges—racism, war, corruption? That’s what Bryan Doerries and Theater of War have done for nearly 20 years. The results are healing, raw, and real. Listen as Bryan shares how personal loss led him to reimagine an ancient art form for modern times.
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    44 m
  • Has the Amazon Run Out of Chances?

    Has the Amazon Run Out of Chances?
    May 8 2025
    In 2019, Brazilian scientist Carlos Nobre warned of an approaching Amazon tipping point. Five years later, record droughts and fires suggest that moment may have arrived. Yet Francisco “Pacho” von Hildebrand, who grew up in the Amazon and now leads Gaia Amazonas, still believes the rainforest can be saved—if Indigenous communities are empowered to protect what remains. Listen as Pacho shares why he hasn’t given up hope. What do you think?
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    33 m
  • In the Struggle With Trump, Does the Congress Matter?

    In the Struggle With Trump, Does the Congress Matter?
    May 1 2025
    Does Congress still matter in the Trump era? With presidential power expanding and checks and balances under pressure, this question is more urgent than ever. Tom O'Donnell—veteran congressional insider and longtime aide to Democratic leader Dick Gephardt—joins host Alan Stoga to explore the growing clash between Congress and the White House. Who will come out on top?
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    54 m
  • Best New Thinking: Doctor, Doctor Give Me the News

    Best New Thinking: Doctor, Doctor Give Me the News
    Apr 10 2025
    Healthcare is personal. Whether it’s a baby in Uganda struggling to breathe or a father in New York contracting MERS after surgery, individual experiences matter more than national statistics. Can innovative technology solve what ails us? Dr. Kristian Olson, a Harvard internist, pediatrician, and global health designer, thinks so. As founder of the Center for Affordable Medical Technology (CAMTech) and a 2024 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize winner, he’s transforming healthcare in low-income countries through human-centered design. Can smart tech make us healthier? Tune in to explore. This episode was originally published on November 27, 2024.
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    34 m
  • Helping Refugees Help Themselves: The Play Really is the Thing!

    Helping Refugees Help Themselves: The Play Really is the Thing!
    Apr 3 2025
    Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, “The play’s the thing, wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king,” highlighting drama’s power. That same force drives The Trojan Women Project, created by Charlotte Eagar and William Stirling. The project uses Euripides’ ancient play to help refugees from the Middle East and Ukraine cope with trauma, combining classical text with lived experience for both therapy and insight. Charlotte and William have worked on this project for over a decade. The Tällberg Foundation first met them in 2014 when they brought Syrian refugee cast members to a workshop. The performance of The Trojan Women was powerful, raw, and deeply personal. In this episode, the filmmakers discuss how theater can heal and transform both refugees and audiences.
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    40 m