After This: A Unification Podcast

After This: A Unification Podcast

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After This: A Unification Podcast episodes

  • Methods of Establishing a World Federation
    In this episode Daniel talks to Andreas Bummel, Sovaida Maani and Chris Hamer about a few methods of getting to a world federation. Each is an expert and champion of their respective method.
    This is how some foresee the world actually going from where it is to where we want it to be, and many lessons are taken from the establishment of the EU as you will hear.
    1 hr
  • Interview with Sovaida Maani
    In this episode Daniel interviews Sovaida Maani, an international lawyer with 20 years of experience and founding director of the The Center for Peace and Global Governance. We then move onto how she got involved with World Federalism and her experience with the UN. We go over a variety of topics and Daniel asks her the usual interesting battery of questions for all guests, including what would she do if she was the master of the movement for a day. We also cover the fallacy of talking about something, and equating it to action, a major watch out for all movements.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Interview with CGS - Box Flax and Donna Park
    In this episode, Daniel speaks to Bob and Donna of the Citizens for Global Solutions organisation in the USA. CGS is the main World Federalist Organisation in the United States. During this they speak about campaigns, plans, ideas and dreams for the wider movement. They also touch on some ideas they'd like us to discuss in the future.
    1 hr 6 min
  • The Kardashev Scale and the Fermi Paradox
    In this episode Carla, Daniel and Shannon look at the Kardashev scale of civilizations, and try to alter the way we look at the term. We're often preoccupied with a very earth based view of the universe, but we're really a tiny speck.
    We then look at the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter, as we wonder why we can't see other species and the issues that might imply.
    59 min
  • Carbon Tax and Dividend
    Lead along by Carla, Shannon and Daniel explore the ideas around Carbon Tax and Dividend structures, and how they would function in Australia. This is in response to an article written in the Conversation.
    We were all very tired and/or hungover during this episode.
    52 min
  • Interview with the WFM Japan Youth Team
    In this episode, Daniel talks to Elizabeth, Taketo and Miu of the WFM Japan's Youth Wing. Much more heavily connected to the government than most organisations, they're doing amazing work in Japan and want to be more involved with the global movement. We see how that might be possible moving forward.
    1 hr 5 min
  • One World Digest and Peter Orvetti
    In this episode, Shannon and Daniel chat to Peter Orvetti about his past, his ideas and how he came to working on the One World Digest - a daily source of news for the World Federalist Movement.
    44 min
  • Trying to talk to people about World Federalism
    In this episode, we start trying to tackle the idea of how to talk about World Federalism. We kind of go all over the place, admittedly, but we agree on some future episodes that we would like to follow up this one with.
    We speak about the inability of nation states to regulate the modern world, as well as handle it's challenges adequately. We also speak about misconceptions and conspiracy theories that hold us back.
    53 min
  • World Federalism in Asia
    In this episode, Anna in Japan, Jose in the Philipines and Imogen and Daniel in Australia talk about World Federalism and it's potential in Asia. We often talk about the EU and the US and want to start the conversation in the rest of the world. We touch on all kinds of organisations as well as the situation in both countries, discussing what we see as possible.
    1 hr 3 min
  • The WFM Conference and Working in Africa
    In this episode, Carla, Nick, Martin and Daniel talk about the WFM conference that happened this weekend and the YWF's presentation there. Martin also speaks to us about the situation in Africa, and the importance of approaching the youth there due to their unique demographic situation.
    43 min

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This podcast is dedicated to exploring and conceptualising the unification of humanity. What is it, how do we imagine it, and how might we move ourselves toward it?