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Design Observer makes podcasts for curious, open-minded people on a mission to design a better world.

Our shows feature interdisciplinary conversations with innovators who challenge existing systems—professional, political, cultural, and institutional—through hopeful and empathetic perspectives. Our guests are beacons, illuminating creative, courageous ways to inspire change without prescribing rigid solutions.

Whether you need fresh insights for work, want to reimagine how we live and work, or seek a community to navigate an uncertain world, there’s a Design Observer podcast for you.

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Susan Morris

‘The conscience of this country’: How filmmakers are documenting resistance in the age of censorship

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Audio

Ellen McGirt

Redesigning the Spice Trade: Talking Turmeric and Tariffs with Diaspora Co.’s Sana Javeri Kadri

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Essays

Nila Rezaei

“Dear mother, I made us a seat”: a Mother’s Day tribute to the women of Iran

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Cinema

Alexis Haut

It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green: ‘Wicked’ spells for struggle and solidarity