Hosted by Matt Lie - Paehlke · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 24 episodes
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Things could be better. Future Mending Radio profiles the people, organizations and businesses that are already building a better future. Clothing swaps, farmers’ markets, pay-it-forward restaurants, independent authors, repair cafes, DIY bike shops, sustainable chocolate shops and more. Future Mending happens when we meet our daily needs in a way that saves money, improves our wellbeing and also strengthens healthy social systems -- instead of padding the profits margins of giant corporations. In short, relaxing episodes, we'll seek out alternatives and explore them together.
Matt Lie - Paehlke hosts Future Mending Radio, a society show with 24 episodes published.
You may have heard about the FIFA referees out in traffic in Toronto giving red and yellow cards to badly behaved drivers who are blocking the box or the bike lane. But what you probably don't know is that one of these r
Matt sits down with Cole Anthony Capilongo, from Hypha Coop, to talk about what it's like to work at a worker coop that does tech consultancy. We talk about how Hypha makes decisions with a flat management structure and
To celebrate spring, Matt visits Toronto's brand new billion dollar park. Biidaasige Park is beautiful, it's got birds, but it also solves a lot of long-standing problems. Diverting flooding? Providing housing? Surfacing
Matt speaks to Dan Chapman-Smith from Project Humanity. Project Humanity's work is complex and their elevator pitch doesn't easily fit into our 10-second 2026 attention spans. They do Verbatim Theatre – I didn’t know wha
We're back! This episode combines some thoughts on the current moment (including Mark Carney's recent speech in Davos) with a quick look back on Season 1 and the Future Mending Project so far. Mark Carney is right that t
Do grown-ups also need a 90s kid summer? Matt delves into nostalgia for a world before the internet, a world that felt more uncertain and open, but also more full and resonant. The internet isn't all bad of course -- tha
Find out how and why hundreds of people are cycling around Toronto on mystery routes with big, booming beats. Matt attends Bike Party Toronto and interviews one of the co-founders and they discuss the difference between
How much food is wasted in Canada? Where does food waste happen and why? What are some potential solutions? This episode takes a quick look at two for-profit solutions to food waste – the Odd Bunch produce delivery box a
Matt interviews Yara El Murr, the Managing Editor of the Green Line, an innovative Toronto news outlet that is making community-driven, hyper-local news. Our information ecosystem is full of misinformation and news fatig
Matt goes treasure hunting in Scarborough (a suburb of Toronto), using the amazing maps produced by the Scarborough Environmental Association . After visiting a restaurant, a second-hand clothing shop and a repair cafe a
Karma Coop has been selling ethical, organic food in Toronto for more than 50 years. Matt visits the store and interviews its General Manager, Zach Weingarten. Zach explains how they source products and why having a wide
Mending the future will require system change and personal change. And we can start with nudges in the right direction, because much of what we need already exists. The 4 reminders for individuals can help us live better
Spring is here and the birds are returning. You can hear them if you slow down and listen. In this episode, Matt and his old friend Alex play and discuss the calls of a dozen common birds that you can see and hear even i
Matt visits Chocosol Traders on St. Clair, gets a hot chocolate and learns about their deep commitment to ethical and sustainable chocolate from Mathieu McFadden, Chocosol's 'Chief Chocolate Pedaller.' Chocosol takes rea
When I pick an organization for the podcast or the map at Futuremending.com , I’m not just picking businesses out of a hat – I have a system for evaluating orgs which I call the Four Factors for Organizations. The Four F
Matt visits a Silent Book Club at Danu Social House on Queen Street West. Afterwards, he sits down with both Harresh Sivamohan the organizer of Toronto's Silent Book Club chapter and Josh Zachariah the owner and operator
If we want a better future, we need to stop imagining the apocalypse and start imagining winning. Solarpunk is an emergent science fiction genre and social movement that asks us to do just that. Matt sits down with podca
This episode looks back on 2024 and ahead to 2025 and also shares how to make a 'Good Things Jar' where you can capture all the good things that happen to you in 2025 so you can spend New Year's Day 2026 practicing a lit
Matt visits Free Geek Toronto , a non-profit that refurbishes donated electronics and sells them to charities, non-profits and the general public. He also chats with Free Geek’s Executive Director Ryan Fukunaga about all
In this episode, Matt visits a pay-it-forward café and community hub called the 541 Eatery & Exchange in Hamilton, Ontario where people who are short on cash can pay for food with buttons. After his visit, he sits down w
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