we’re only trying to change the world
formate: audio-visual social media content (video podcast) | genre: social engagement, science, humanitarian aid, culture | time: 30 - 90 minutes per episode
similar sister projects: Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell (since 2013) | Diary of a CEO (since 2017)
How can indigenous rituals and psychoactive plant medicine alleviate the pains of modern society? From the mountains of Peru, healer Alice brings a message to Western society. (guest confirmed)
"How is pure information beginning to think about itself?” Physicist & philosopher Theodore Evans poses this fundamental question in machine learning and inspires people to see the sciences work their magic in the seemingly mundane. (guest confirmed)
Greywater in multi-family residential buildings can produce a yield of up to 80% of its residents’ fish demand & 60% of their vegetable demand through aquaponics. At the Technical University of Berlin Professor Anja Steglich researches integration-solutions for food production in metropolitan areas for a shorter, more sustainable supply chain. (guest to be confirmed)
If you have found (or have been given) the URL to this landing page, you, like us, believe that the world is an amazing place and that there is so much to be explored and done to create an ever-brighter future for all of us. We at the Andres Family believe in a future of solarpunk, rather than cyberpunk, so we want to provide our skills as storytellers to let brighter minds communicate their vision of how we can get there. Currently in pre-production of this new endeavor, we’re in the process of curating topics & guests for our show, some of which may be (amongst others):
When the Palestinian Hamas killed 1.147 Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, global unrest broke out over the Israeli retributional, strikes which claimed the lives of 18.200+ Palestinians in the following two months only. Amidst the heated discussions, where sentiments of anti-semitism and anti-islamic rhetoric are exchanged all too often, German-Israeli Shai Hofmann & Palestinian Jouanna Hassoun launched the “Trialogues”, a project for which they visit schools to raise awareness and discuss non-violent conflict resolutions with the students. (guests to be confirmed)
Are Bitcoin & the blockchain changing the world of politics & business, and should they change the lives of ordinary people as well? What is ecstatic dance? How does drug addiction work, and how do you combat it? Does systemic racism really exist, and if so, how does it look? How long until we are powered by nuclear fusion? How does quantum physics actually work?
These are just some of the questions the Andres Family wants to ask the carefully curated people of authority from each of the over 60 respective fields of expertise. With an approach of “no question too dumb”, the interview hosts of the Andres Family will explore what is happening in this world, who are the major players in bringing about actual positive change, and who can we, the normal people, follow and support to lead a better life for ourselves, as well as leave a better world for those to come after.
Podcasts are as popular as ever, since for producers they are a low-risk opportunity of producing content, while for consumers they present a means of entertainment and/or education with no other investment than the time they decide to listen. Video podcasts are an especially fruitful endeavor therein, for their multi-purpose multi-platform usability.
With no hidden agenda other than the communication of the Andres Family’s vision for a bright future for all of us to partake in, the “we’re only trying to change the world” podcast will offer its audience free high quality content by raising awareness on topics that matter. The project is currently in pre-production and presumed to premiere in early summer 2024 on 15 distribution channels such as Spotify, YouTube & TikTok.
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“we’re only trying to change the world” is an endeavor dedicated solely to spreading awareness of positive change in the world. Accordingly, there is no monetary incentive involved in its production for either the guests or us as the hosts. However, the Andres Family will naturally have production costs for each episode, and at this point, we cannot offer our guests a speaker’s fee either, which would be a nice-to-have in the long run.
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