The economy we have isn't the only one possible.
So what do we build instead?
Michael Mezz has built Better Future Media powered by his podcast.
The Better Future podcast presents meaningful, future-driven conversations hosted by economist-turned-creator Michael Mezz - carried far beyond each episode through Better Future Media’s cross-platform reach.
Rather than doom-cycle climate content, every conversation is oriented toward what comes next to challenge extractive systems and steer society toward a more regenerative future.
The focus of Better Future is exploring:
1) New Economic Systems
2) Power & Movements
3) Planetary Wellbeing
Better Future with Michael Mezz starts from a simple premise: the systems shaping our lives were built... which means they can be rebuilt.
The show explores climate and sustainability, economics, culture, systems change, activism and ethics, finance, and social wellbeing.
Every conversation is oriented toward what comes next. That is what resonates with an audience of socially conscious, values-driven, curious and long-form-oriented professionals, activists and cultural leaders engaged with long-term social movements. The podcast pairs rigorous systems thinking with clear, compelling storytelling for a new generation.
Better Future Media explores the transformative movements, ideas and alternatives that often go ignored in traditional media.
New Economic Systems: Ideas and policies that support life within planetary limits including economic democracy, public investment, post-growth thinking and a more just economy.
Power & Movements: The organizers, campaigns and constituencies changing the systems beneath inequality and unmet needs, from grassroots movements to political power-building.
Planetary Wellbeing: Stories grounded in the idea that ecological and human wellbeing are inseparable, and that both humanity and nature can thrive.
Through interviews and articles featuring leading organizers, academics, politicians and thinkers, alongside communities already building the future themselves, Better Future covers the transformative work traditional media too often overlooks.
In its first year:
All contributing to hopeful options and paths towards a better future.
