School of Radical Imagination Podcast

What is the purpose of education? In this founding conversation, historian, educator, and activist Dr. Butch Ware argues that education is not simply about acquiring knowledge—it's about becoming more fully human. Recorded at the School of Radical Imagination's inaugural summit, Education in Times of Revolution , this conversation explores how systems of education have been used to uphold empire,...

How do we move from imagining a more just world to actually building it? In this conversation, designer and educator Hanieh Khosroshahi explores design as a practice of collective liberation—one rooted in co-creation, relationships, and shared responsibility. Together, we discuss grief, solidarity across movements, and why creating space for these conversations is essential if we want to imagine n...

What if the greatest barrier to creating a better future isn't a lack of ideas, but the invisible social norms that shape what we believe is possible? In this conversation, Dr. Sheila Pontis explores why imagination is a skill we can cultivate, how judgment and conformity limit our thinking, and why imagining radically different futures is work we were never meant to do alone. As we venture into u...