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Description
The project aims to making podcasts about the world after the coronavirus, about how the world will continue, which direction we will choose to not to continue in destroying the environment, extending the social gaps, lowering the social engagement. The goal is to increase the successful podcast called Black Swan which deals with topics such as the environment, education, society, spirituality. In addition to the usual contributions, the implementers plan to prepare a special series for their followers, in which there will be interviews with experts on what the world could look like after Covid-19 if the crisis were seized as an opportunity for change. The contributions will be divided into categories: the future of the planet, the future of society, the future of education and the future of work, which will answer questions such as: How to rebuild the economy so that we do not cause another crisis?, How to change food cultivation in Slovakia so that we do not stay hungry?, How does hygiene curtail civil liberties?, What do we really need for life?, Do we have to meet in the office when we work at a computer? How will flexible working hours change lives? and much more. The project will have an impact on the whole country and can have a range on many people. It is a good way to open the mentioned questions, to which we need answers, and also evoke a feeling that everybody can do something, even little, to change the world and make it a better and safer place. The podcasts can also teach people, how to handle with the actual situation, show them practical information. The World of the Future will be beneficiary for all the listeners, all the Slovak people and mostly for those who are really interested in helping the planet and people but they did not yet.
Summary of project results
A year ago, the world was hit by an epidemic of the Covid 19 virus, which caused a certain slowdown in people''s lives. People switched to work from home, children learned independently with the help of online lessons or assignments, the possibilities to travel or consume were fundamentally curtailed. This caused a 6.4% reduction in CO2 emissions and an acceleration of some of the changes that were gradually coming. Through in-depth interviews with experts, the project implementers decided to point out what lessons this unexpected slowdown could have brought us in order to take the crisis as a challenge and learn from it.
The World of the Future podcast series consisted of a series of 8 podcast interviews, which were published via the Rádia_FM platform and in rewritten form as articles on the Black Swan portal. In these interviews, the organization explored what the post-pandemic world can look like and function so that we do no harm.They talked about the future of the economy, food supply, construction, housing, working from home, post-consumer society, climate education or low-income jobs, without which, however, our society cannot function. All parts of the series have been read or heard together by almost 10,000 people. More than 400 people have started subscribing to the podcast channel. The organization brought new personalities and topics to the Slovak media space and gave them the space to present the issue in depth, which readers appreciated in the feedback. The organization will continue the debate on the lessons of the crisis based on the success of this series.