
Democracy is under strain around the world. Authoritarian and right-nationalist movements are gaining ground, the number of democracies is falling, and many people have lost faith in democratic institutions to handle...


We know we can’t stay on the current path. We roughly know what needs to change, but we don’t yet know how. This podcast takes that question as its starting point. We’ll talk with people from business, politics, academia, and activism who can help us see new ways forward, people whose experience, perspective, and courage might help us answer that question. With this podcast, we want to begin mapping out and inspire others to map out, strategies and action plans for greater speed and force in the transition toward sustainable development. We ask ourselves, and our guests, the same question: What is to be done? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe know we can’t stay on the current path. We roughly know what needs to change, but we don’t yet know how. This podcast takes that question as its starting point.
Recent episodes include "An Act of Freedom: Lisa Witter on Democracy as a Muscle." (29 October 2026, 50 minutes), "Catalytic Lasagna with Cilia Holmes Indahl" (17 September 2026, 54 minutes), and "Regenerative Economics with John B. Fullerton" (3 June 2026, 61 minutes).
What is to be done? publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 17 episodes.
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What is to be done? is a business podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Democracy is under strain around the world. Authoritarian and right-nationalist movements are gaining ground, the number of democracies is falling, and many people have lost faith in democratic institutions to handle...

Catalytic capital is like the first layer in a lasagna. Funders are increasingly stacking their financing in different layers, to collectively tolerate more risk, and help money reach places it never used to flow. That...

<p>We spoke with John Fullerton, author of Regenerative Economics and former top banker, about why the economic system isn't broken and working exactly as designed. And that's the problem.</p><p>His core argument: we...

<p>This week we sit down with Olly Lawder, a strategist and storyteller with extensive experience in sustainability communications. We trace the arc of sustainability communication from its origins in corporate...

Episode #13
<p>In our latest episode of What is to be Done, we sat down with Steve Rocco, co-founder of the Arketa Institute, to talk about one of the most fundamental challenges of our time: the gap between modern science and the...

<p>While the rest of the world debates whether to take sustainability seriously, Japan is quietly getting on with it. In this episode, your co-host Sasja takes centre stage. Based part-time in Tokyo, where he manages...

<p>In this episode, Joel and Carolina explore the green transition from a growth perspective. From China's record-breaking solar installations to India's emergence as a global scaling platform for climate technologies...

Episode #10
<p>In this session we explore the idea of Shared Value. It is easy to assume that corporations have always existed exclusively to maximize returns for shareholders. But historically that was not always the case. In the...

<p>In this third episode on labour rights, What Is To Be Done? meets two entrepreneurs attempting to address one of the most persistent challenges of globalization: how to ensure that human rights are actually respected...

<p>In our first session on labour rights, we focused on global supply chains. In the second session, we shift to a more European perspective. The right to organise and to engage in collective bargaining has been...

Episode #7
Davos Decompression Special. In this session we take a break from our deep dive into labour rights to get some fresh insights from World Economic Forum in Davos. Our very own Carolina Sachs attended the conference for...

<p>After dedicating four episodes to unpacking and turning the concept of growth inside out, we now move on to a much more specific dimension of sustainable development: labour rights. In the next three episodes, we...

What is to be done?
<p>After three conversations on growth, it’s time to pause, step back, and reflect. In this fourth episode, Sasja Beslik, Carolina Sachs, and Joel Lindefors come together to summarize and unpack the different...

In two episodes, we have explored the concept of growth, first from a distinctly techno-optimistic perspective together with venture capitalist Sam Tidswell, who was fully convinced that technology will enable infinite...

<p>In the first part of our growth trilogy, we explored what infinite growth on a finite planet might look like. In the second conversation, we depart from the opposite position and explore what system-level change...

<p>After our initial pilot episode, we’re diving straight into one of the many complex themes we plan to explore. First up is the concept of growth, which we’ll devote three episodes and three interviews to. At the end...

Episode #1
This is the first episode of the podcast “What is to be done?” with Sasja Beslik, Carolina Sachs and Joel Lindefors. In this podcast, we want to explore strategy and tactics for keeping up the highest possible pace in...
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