The Oracle

Produced by: Sandra Charléz

Oskar Kihlborg is an adventurer who’s involved in several different organizations dedicated to raising awareness about climate change and helping ordinary people to be a part of the solution moving forward. As one of the first Swedes ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Oskar is no stranger to mountain tops and sea floors, and has seen first hand how nature has been affected by humanity's way of living.

In this episode of The Oracle, Oskar tells us about some of his journeys and the lessons he’s learned from them, and about the power people can have when it comes to making a change in the world. Because ultimately we’re in this together, and never alone.

Written by: Oskar Kihlborg and Navid Bavey

Produced by: Navid Bavey

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl

Executive producer: Sandra Charléz

Neel Tamhane is very passionate about energy. And especially, the distribution of it. He works as the solar strategy lead at Space10, a project working on improving and simplifying everyday life for people all around the world. Ever since a young age, he’s been interested in sustainable solutions and in this episode he’ll share his thoughts on how we can fundamentally redesign our power distribution systems, and why the answers to our common problems aren’t always in the places you’d expect. He’s vision includes creating something that might fundamentally change how we, at least in the global north, look at energy and it’s distribution.

Written by: Mårten Andersson and Neel Tamhane

Produced by: Mårten Andersson

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl

Executive producer: Sandra Charléz

Soundbites from: SimCity 4 and The Sims 4

Ida Hallgren is a Philosophical Practitioner, researcher and Psychologist who works with philosophy for individuals and organizations.

In this episode of the Oracle she talks about how negative thinking can lead the way to a more sustainable future.

Written by: Ida Hallgren and Agneta Karlsson

Produced by: Agneta Karlsson

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl

Executive producer: Sandra Charléz

Zeynep Erdal is a person that aspires to be the change she wants to see in the world. During the pandemic she created a WhatsApp-group with women from all over the world and gave them a platform to talk about their experiences during and beyond COVID-19. This quickly grew and soon created an empowering and supportive space where women could share their stories, called WoVid Diaries. Apart from this she also works as student city planner and coordinator in Malmö where she strives to make the city the best it can be for young people seeking education and higher studies. That’s what she’s going to talk about in this episode of The Oracle.

Written by: Zeynep Erdal, Agneta Karlsson and Mårten Andersson

Produced by: Agneta Karlsson and Mårten Andersson

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl

Executive producer: Sandra Charléz

Gitanjali Rao is a very special inventor. At just 15 years of age, she’s already come up with several groundbreaking ideas, including a cheap and easy way for people to check their drinking water for lead. Last year she was named Time Magazines first ever “Kid of the year”. But in this episode of the Oracle she’s going to talk about something else - the importance of changing our education system. And according to her that change has to be both radical, and happen fast.

Written by: Gitanjali Rao, Mårten Andersson

Produced by: Mårten Andersson

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl

Executive producer: Sandra Charléz 

News clips from: ABC News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS This Morning

Josephine Forsman is a well known drummer and songwriter who achieved great success with her band Sahara Hotnights.

In this episode of the Oracle we learn how she went from world tours to be the founder of a non-profit music program for children, convinced that the opportunity to be in a band can create sustainable values on both individual and community level.

Written by: Josephine Forsman and Agneta Karlsson

Produced by: Agneta Karlsson

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl

Executive producer: Sandra Charléz

Melissa Wijngaarden is one of the co-founders of Project Cece - a platform started out of a necessity to find fashion that matched both her style, and her values of sustainability and equality. Her way to try and make a positive change in the world in both the way people consume clothes and the way the fashion industry produces them.

In this episode of the oracle, Melissa talks about the impact the fast fashion industry has had on the world, but also on herself. Here she tells us of the journey that led her to want to create that positive change.

Written by: Melissa Wijngarden and Navid Bavey

Produced by: Navid Bavey

Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl