The Long Time Academy

In our final episode we dive into the role art and culture play in cultivating long-termism at scale. Far from being window dressing, art and culture forms the operating systems of our world; it has the power to shift our collective identity. Culture doesn’t just reflect societal norms, it has the power to change, iterate and manifest new ones. We’ll meet the artists, creators and curators who are using time as both their medium and their message, and explore the role of creativity in shifting us to a long-term society. Special thanks to the contributors to this episode, Brian Eno, Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Katie Paterson, Jeremy Lent, Anab Jain and Sherri Mitchell. Discover more about Brian Eno here. Find out more about the work of Bridgit Antoinette Evans and the Pop Culture Collaborative here. Discover Katie Paterson’s work here and delve into the Future Library. Find out about Jeremy Lent’s work including The Patterning Instinct here. Experience the work of Anab Jain and Superflux here. Find out about Sherri Mitchell’s projects and writing here. If you want to delve deeper into Long Time ideas, here is a suggested reading list! NON-FICTION Deep Time Reckoning - Vincent Ialenti FutureGen - Jane Davidson Timefulness - Marcia Bjornerud The Precipice - Toby Ord Pip Pip - Jay Griffiths The Clock of the Long Now - Steward Brand The Good Ancestor - Roman Krznaric Doughnut Economics - Kate Raworth Sandtalk - Tyson Yunkaporta The Patterning Instinct - Jeremy Lent The War for Kindness - Jamil Zaki Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall-Kimmerer Underland - Robert Macfarlane The Oldest Living Things in the World - Rachel Sussman Sacred Instructions - Sherri Mitchell FICTION Kindred- Octavia Butler The Parable Series - Octavia Butler The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson The OverStory - Richard Powers Man V. Nature - Diane Cook Love & Other Thought Experiments - Sophie Ward Barkskins - Annie Proulx Light Perpetual - Francis Spufford CREDITS The Long Time Academy comes to you from Headspace Studios and The Long Time Project, and is produced by Scenery Studios. The series was created and produced by Lina Prestwood and Ella Saltmarshe Produced by Ivor Manley and Madeleine Finlay. This episode was also produced by Eli Block. Executive producers at Headspace Studios are Ash Jones, Leah Sutherland & Morgan Selzer Original artwork by Mavi Morais Design by Loz Ives & Lewis Kay-Thatcher Original music, sound design and mixing by Tristan Cassel-Delavois, Scott Sorenson & Chris Murguia with additional music this episode from Eli Block and Jamie Patterson. It’s a Sin clips courtesy of Channel 4/ HBO Max/ Red Production Company Glee clip courtesy of Fox/ 20th Century Fox Television/ Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision/ Ryan Murphy Productions Clips from Mitigation of Shock courtesy of Superflux Future Library archive courtesy of Katie Paterson Studios Additional archive clips from xinaesthete, Astounded/Christopher J Astbury, Switzerland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whose imagination are we living in, and how does that feel? The last few years have highlighted the raw urgency of the struggle to ensure the future is not dominated by white-supremecy. But what do visions of an alternative future look like? This episode explores how historically, inequalities in the present have been projected into the future, both in terms of how the future has been portrayed, and how it comes to be realised. We look at the impacts of colonialism in the past, present and future, meeting the people changing this on the ground - from activists, to artists, to sci-fi fans. Whatever the future holds, it is in our hands. Paying attention to the patterns of our time reveals the importance of embracing and cultivating diversity now, and for the long time. Special thanks to the contributors to this episode, Alisha B Wormsley, adrienne maree brown, Safiya Noble, Jay Griffiths, Joshua Virasami, Annauk Olin, Lonny Avi Brooks & Ahmed Best Find out more about Alisha B Wormsley’s work here Find adrienne maree brown’s most recent book, Grievers here, and listen to her Octavia’s Parables podcast here Get Joshua Virasami’s book, How to Change it: Make a Difference, here and in all good local bookshops. Find Safiya Noble’s book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism here and in all good local bookshops Jay Griffiths’s latest book How To Rebel, her book Pip Pip: A Sideways Look At Time and all her other brilliant works are available HERE and in all good local bookshops Here more about Annauk Olin’s work here Listen to Lonny Brooks’ & Ahmed Best’s The Afrofuturist Podcast here and find out more about the Afro-rithms from the Future game here CREDITS The Long Time Academy comes to you from Headspace Studios and The Long Time Project, and is produced by Scenery Studios. The series was created and produced by Lina Prestwood and Ella Saltmarshe Produced by Ivor Manley and Madeleine Finlay Executive producers at Headspace Studios are Ash Jones, Leah Sutherland & Morgan Selzer Original artwork by Mavi Morais Design by Loz Ives & Lewis Kay-Thatcher Original music, sound design and mixing by Tristan Cassel-Delavois, Scott Sorenson & Chris Murguia East Liberty news report clip courtesy of KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can we do politics with a Long Time lens? So often it feels like our leaders are firmly stuck in the short-term, motivated by getting re-elected every four or five years and the sway of vested interests. In this episode we meet the people changing this both from within government and outside it, with their imaginative and innovative - yet highly realistic - Long Time approaches to politics and law. We travel to ancient Greece, hear from teenagers suing their governments, ministers creating new laws to care for future generations, academics in Japan who are using theatrical methods to enable policymakers to feel into the future, and indigenous wisdom-keepers whose oldest living democracy on the planet shows us what a political system that cares for all future earth-dwellers looks like. Special thanks to the contributors to this episode, Roman Krznaric, Michelle Schenandoah, Mama Bear, Tatsuyoshi Saijo, Jane Davidson, Julia Olson and Levi Draheim. Leave us a voice note here telling us how listening to this series is making you feel about the present and the future - we listen to all your messages and would love to include some in future episodes. Irish referendum clips courtesy of Courtesy of The Citizens Assembly - Youtube Channel and ITV News Julia Olson in court audio courtesy the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Official YouTube Channel, December 11th 2017 Welsh devolution referendum results Courtesy of BBC News, 1997 Kurt Vonnegut clip from NOW October 2005 courtesy of PBS Sophie Howe, Welsh Future Generations Commissioner clip courtesy of Senedd Cymru/ Welsh Parliament, September, Youtube, September 2019 CREDITS The Long Time Academy comes to you from Headspace Studios and The Long Time Project, and is produced by Scenery Studios. The series was created and produced by Lina Prestwood and Ella Saltmarshe Produced by Ivor Manley and Madeleine Finlay Executive producers at Headspace Studios are Ash Jones, Leah Sutherland & Morgan Selzer Original artwork by Mavi Morais Design by Loz Ives & Lewis Kay-Thatcher Original music, sound design and mixing by Tristan Cassel-Delavois, Scott Sorenson & Chris Murguia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greta Thunberg famously chided world leaders for pursuing “fairytales of eternal economic growth”. In this episode we learn how short-termism is baked into our current economic story, and why we need to change this narrative. Ella meets poet, podcaster, and economics student, GEORGE THE POET and together they visit “the belly of the beast” - The Bank Of England - and begin to reimagine a new economic storyline. We then meet people all over the world, creating the new economic systems that work for the long-term future of all inhabitants of the planet. This is economics for people who feel like economics isn’t for them! Special thanks to the contributors to this episode, George The Poet, Jason Hickel, Kate Raworth, Andy Haldane, Temuera Hall and Sandy Darity, as well as Immy Kaur, Eduard Müller, Jared Bybee and Fanny Brøholm. George the Poet’s latest project Common Ground encourages interaction with his Peabody Award-winning podcast Have You Heard George’s Podcast? Jason Hickel’s fascinating work can be found HERE Find out more about Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics in action HERE More about Temuera Hall’s work can be found HERE More about William Sandy Darity’s book From Here to Equality HERE Watch Greta Thunberg's full speech at the September 2019 UN Climate Action Summit HERE CREDITS The Long Time Academy comes to you from Headspace Studios and The Long Time Project, and is produced by Scenery Studios. The series was created and produced by Lina Prestwood and Ella Saltmarshe Produced by Ivor Manley and Madeleine Finlay with research by Momoe Ikeda-Chelminska Executive producers at Headspace Studios are Ash Jones, Leah Sutherland & Morgan Selzer Original artwork by Mavi Morais Design by Loz Ives and Lewis Kay-Thatcher Original music, sound design and mixing by Tristan Cassel-Delavois, Scott Sorenson & Chris Murguia Clip of Greta Thunberg at the September 2019 UN Climate Action Summit courtesy of the United Nations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written and read by end-of-life specialist, Alua Arthur, this meditation asks us to imagine what it is like to die, in order to bring about a deeper appreciation of being alive. It’s a life-affirming practice that’s best done in its entirety, in a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. And it’s important to say, that practice isn’t recommended for those experiencing depression or having suicidal thoughts. If this is you, we gently advise not to do this meditation today. Here’s a link to a collection of mental health resources around the world for those feeling, depressed, suicidal or needing emotional support: https://www.headspace.com/mental-health-resources More about Alua Arthur’s end of life work HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This practice has been created by Ella Saltmarshe & Hannah Smith. It is inspired by the work of deep ecologist, Joanna Macy. It enables us to walk across the generations, developing an emotional connection to the lives of past and future ancestors, read by host Ella Saltmarshe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Right now so many of us are burnt out and overwhelmed: by the pandemic; by the uncertainty of the future; and by huge challenges like climate change, systemic racism, and inequality. The Long Time Academy is an immersive and entertaining new podcast that steps into this space with one clear message: changing the way we choose to engage with time can be life-changing, both when it comes to the problems we’re facing day to day, and to the huge threats we’re facing as a species. Celeste Headlee, Brian Eno, George The Poet and adrienne maree brown are among the 30 strong faculty who have come together to teach one of the most important classes of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices