Our guests in this episode are Pat Kane and Indra Adnan, the co-convenors of The Alternative Global. That project was launched in 2017 with the question, “If politics is broken, what’s the alternative?” Pat and Indra will be speaking at the London Futurists and IEET event in London on 19-20 September, “The Technoprogressive Opportunity,” where they’ll giving an update on progress with their project. Our episode today provides a chance to dive into what they have experienced and learned.

Pat is a writer, musician, curator, consultant, activist and futurist. He is the author of the book “The Play Ethic”, and has written for the Independent, the Sunday Times, the Guardian/Observer and Scotland’s Sunday Herald, of which he was a founding editor in 1999. He is currently a columnist with The National, and is researching a new book on politics, creativity and the science of emotions.

Indra is a psycho-social therapist, founder of the Soft Power Network, and a writer and events producer. She has consulted to the World Economic Forum, Indian, Finnish and Danish governments, NATO, the Scottish Executive and the Institute of Contemporary Arts amongst others. She is the author of the book “The Politics of Waking Up: Power & Possibility In The Fractal Age”.

Selected follow-ups:

• "The Alternative"
• "The Daily Alternative" (newsletter)
• "Who Is Pat Kane?"
• "About Indra Adnan"
• "The Politics of Waking Up: Power and Possibility in the Fractal Age" - book by Indra
• "The Play Ethic: A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living" - book by Pat
• "Fourth Generation Civilization" - Substack by Michel Bauwens
• "Cosmolocalism: A Framework for Building Sustainable Network State Economies" - by Sterlin
• "Ecocivilisation through the CAN of CANs [Community Agency Networks]"
• "Alternative Editorial: All For Devolution"
• "Scottish Community Coalition on Energy release a Manifesto for Community Renewables"
• "Alternative Editorial: Facing The Chasm" (covers Three Horizons)
• "Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE" - Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson
• "Disruptive Climate Futures, with Dr Tom Harris" - London Futurists
• "Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" by John Maynard Keynes (1930)
• "Spring: a social and political invitation"
• "Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms" - New Thinking Allowed, with Leanne Whitney
• "Mo Gawdat"
• The Technoprogressive Opportunity: Event in London, Sept 19-20

Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration