Tomorrow is yours for the making

We’ll explore the tools and techniques to get people involved in the shape of things to come.   Host Tiernan Douieb brings together Kazakhstan-based futurologist John Sweeney with Nesta’s Kathy Peach and Laurie Smith. They talk about why we should all participate in designing our future - and how to go about it. We also hear from Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones from Newcastle University. Mark reflects on the Newcastle City Futures project and the ways in which it engaged the wider community to steer the course of the city.   Report: Our Futures: By the people, for the people Newcastle City Futures   Nesta’s new ‘Participatory Futures’ game - coming early 2020! Check back in the New Year.   Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta’s communication team. Recorded by Sonia Foday and edited at Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.   Get in touch with Future Curious: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk    Or via Twitter @Nesta_UK / #futurecurious

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If you’re curious about what the future holds, the new Future Curious podcast from Nesta is right up your street. In this thought-provoking but chatty podcast, we bring together leading experts and radical thinkers to discuss the big issues that will affect our future, and what we can all do about them. Each week, Future Curious will bring new insights, challenge existing wisdom and explore new thinking into some of the most challenging issues of our time.