New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast

Aiming to provoke people to think — and therefore act — differently about the global issues that are shaping their future, the Tällberg Foundation is sharing some of its conversations in podcast form. The podcast invites you to hear from leaders from different sectors and geographies as they explore issues that are challenging and changing our societies.

Leadership Society & Culture News Politics Earth Sciences Innovation Science

Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 33 minutes
Episodes: 244
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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Ask ChatGPT: How worried should we be?

Our guests help us understand not only what's technically called generative AI, but to think on how we live or could live in the not so distant future

It’s still early in 2023, but we already know th…

00:38:23 | Thu 26 Jan 2023

Looking for Justice, One Person at a Time

Sam Muller is building “people-centered justice” that works for everyone.

2023 looks likely to be a year of recession, inflation, social and labor unrest, war, the ravages of climate, food insecurity…

00:35:33 | Thu 19 Jan 2023

Worth Repeating: From the Lab to Your Kitchen: Growing Tomorrow’s Dinner

David Kaplan believes that the food he and other scientists are growing in their labs can eventually feed a hungry world.

At least one in nine of the almost eight billion people who live on earth are…

00:33:40 | Thu 12 Jan 2023

Worth Repeating: Asia for the Asians—but which Asians?

Listen as C Raja Mohan explains how India can cope with a dangerous world and a dangerous neighbor.

We live in a complicated, conflicted world. Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine. US and European eff…

00:34:27 | Thu 05 Jan 2023

Worth Repeating: Who is Vladimir Putin?

Listen to Philip Short discuss how Putin looks at the world, what turned him away from a partnership with the West, and the risk that his war could go nuclear.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine ebbs…

00:38:49 | Thu 29 Dec 2022

Dialogue of the deaf: Europe and China

Andrew Small explain how and why he thinks that the Chinese challenge is dramatically and dangerously changing.

As recently as September 2021, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel described econo…

00:33:43 | Wed 21 Dec 2022

Navigating the World, One Charity at a Time

Listen to Michael Thatcher, Charity Navigator’s President and CEO, whose purpose is to bring transparency to philanthropy.

For many, the holiday season is a time of giving, when people think a bit mo…

00:28:40 | Thu 08 Dec 2022

Worth Repeating: Can Tech Save Us?

Can innovations be transformed into practical realities at the necessary speed and scale, and in ways that allow mankind to flourish?

Our world has become a weird combination of dangerous, existentia…

00:35:32 | Thu 01 Dec 2022

America Votes; Democracy Wins (Maybe)

Richard Gephardt and Scott Miller sift through the evidence and speculate on the future of democracy in America.

The US mid-term elections are (almost) over. We know the headlines: Democratic Senate,…

00:48:27 | Thu 24 Nov 2022

Worth Repeating: Live and Let Live

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, a winner of the 2022 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prizes, believes that zoonotic disease is controllable by simultaneously working to improve the health of huma…

00:25:34 | Thu 17 Nov 2022

What Does a Franco-German Split Mean for Europe?

Laure Mandeville and Friedbert Pflüger discuss how Europe can recover if the French and Germans can't figure out how to work together?

Europe is in a bad place: the war in Ukraine, energy crisis, inf…

00:52:17 | Thu 10 Nov 2022

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: Europe Looks at a Complicated Future

Jakob Hallgren and Ana Palacio discuss how Europe might get from where it is to where its citizens need it to be.

Europe is under considerable stress from the Ukraine war, a deep energy crisis, infla…

00:52:37 | Thu 03 Nov 2022

Can a Broken Democracy Fix Itself?

Isabel Aninat is fundamentally optimistic that Chilean democracy is headed in a good direction. What do you think?

After the tragedy of the Pinochet years, Chile had evolved into one of the most succ…

00:37:07 | Thu 27 Oct 2022

Worth Repeating: Can We Unearth Solutions to the Climate Challenge?

Listen to last year's prize winner, Tero Mustonen, share his insights on how to promote positive change to a damaged planet.

Rapidly accelerating climate change is uniquely modern — but climate chang…

00:36:15 | Thu 20 Oct 2022

No Normal is the New Normal

Diane and Tom, are in the business of thinking about converging crises and trying to help corporate executives cope with them.

We live in a world of converging crises. War in Europe, food and energy …

00:38:43 | Thu 13 Oct 2022

Who is Vladimir Putin?

Listen to Philip Short discuss how Putin looks at the world, what turned him away from a partnership with the West, and the risk that his war could go nuclear.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine ebbs…

00:38:49 | Thu 06 Oct 2022

Worth Repeating: Don’t Fool with Mother Nature!

We live in an era of accelerating, disruptive climate change, with catastrophic consequences that every credible forecast says will worsen.

We live in an era of accelerating, disruptive climate chang…

00:40:47 | Thu 29 Sep 2022

Unwrapping the Riddle That Is Mexico

Jorge Castañeda thinks Mexico is in trouble, but almost half of all Mexicans say their country is on the right path. Mexicans, not known for being optimists, apparently are optimistic. Why?

Winston C…

00:37:00 | Thu 22 Sep 2022

Asia for the Asians—but which Asians?