STORIES.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Sustainability Paradox of Ai
With Rene Fehrmann and Austin Wallace
Available NOW on Spotify and GLOBAL.

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A policy debate that is already shaping daily life. We look at how AI is increasingly built into the systems people use every day, from travel and transport to public services, workplaces, and the information we rely on. As these tools expand faster than the rules around them, governments, companies, and communities are all trying to define what responsible use should look like. Then we return to the core question at the center of the discussion: when AI is woven into how we move, work, and live, who sets the rules and who makes sure they serve the public good?

Whose Sea is it anyway? Power and the Future of the South China Sea.

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Designing the Future: Sustainability, Power, and the Politics of How We Build

Designing the Future is not just a conversation about aesthetics or innovation. It is a contest over power, governance, and whose priorities become built reality. In this episode, Vittorio Di Girolamo and Austin Wallace examine how sustainability is shaped long before a building rises or a product reaches the market through standards, procurement rules, reporting systems, and political choices made in cities, capitals, and international institutions. From resource scarcity and global supply chains to UN norm-setting and local implementation, we explore how design becomes policy and policy becomes material life. As climate pressure intensifies and public systems are forced to adapt, the stakes are no longer theoretical. The question is not simply how we build, but who sets the terms and who bears the cost when the future is designed.

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Coming up next month, we turn to a bigger question facing the world today: can multilateralism still solve the problems we face on Earth? We look at how governments, international institutions, and communities are working together—or failing to work together—on challenges that cross borders, from climate change and conflict to public health, inequality, and emerging technologies. As global problems become more complex and trust in international cooperation is tested, the debate is no longer just about what needs to be fixed, but whether the systems built to solve these problems are still strong enough to respond. At the center of the discussion is a core question: can multilateralism deliver real solutions for people and the planet, or does it need to be reimagined for a new era?

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STORIES. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Sustainability Paradox of Ai With Rene Fehrmann and Austin Wallace Available NOW on Spotify and GLOBAL.