The Futures Project Podcast
The Futures Project Podcast
Podcast Description
The future’s not what it used to be. Welcome to The Futures Project Podcast. Join educators, futurists, writers, researchers, mums and friends Cathy Walker and Chloe Combi as they invite guests to explore the world that awaits our young people. Between them, Cathy and Chloe have over 30 years’ of educational experience working with, and for the benefit of, young people. They've conducted 10,000 hours of interviews and surveys with over 30,000 young people and hundreds of teachers, listening actively, extracting learnings, identifying trends, validating experiences… and transforming this important information into programmes that enlighten, empower and enhance. On The Futures Project Podcast. they welcome guests from the worlds of politics, sustainability, business, academia, celebrity, media, education and more. Tune in to hear them cover everything from the climate crisis to culture, music to money, society to sex, always looking for the realistic but also the reassuring take on the brave new world in which our children are making their way. Because they are, after all, the ultimate Futures Project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This podcast focuses on topics such as the climate crisis, education trends, social issues, and personal development, with episodes that examine subjects like social entrepreneurship, the role of AI in education, and cultural shifts affecting younger generations. Illustrative episode examples include discussions on the impact of TikTok on creativity and insights drawn from academic leadership experiences.
The future’s not what it used to be.
Welcome to The Futures Project Podcast. Join educator, futurist, writer, researcher and mum Cathy Walker as she invites guests to explore the world that awaits our young people.
Cathy has over 25 years’ of educational experience working with, and for the benefit of, young people and their families, listening actively, extracting learnings, identifying trends, validating experiences… and transforming this important information into programmes that enlighten, empower and enhance.
in each episode she welcomes expert guests from the worlds of education, sustainability, business, celebrity, media, and more. She explores what the future really looks like—for the next generation and for the rest of us. Expect real talk, fresh insight, and a reassuring take on the fast-changing world our young people are making their way in.
Because they are, after all, the ultimate futures project.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A warm welcome to this fortnight’s guest: Dr Tara Porter is a highly respected clinical psychologist who has been working with young people and their families for over 25 years, both in the NHS and in private practice.
Tara is also a well-known voice on adolescent mental health, thanks to her widely shared writing, including her bestselling debut book You Don’t Understand Me, which we met to discuss back in 2022.
She’s back with another brilliant new book, Good Enough: A Framework for Modern Parenting, described by Gabby Logan ‘a really useful guide – one of those books everyone should have on their shelf’. It’s a refreshingly honest and compassionate guide for parents navigating the emotional ups and downs of raising children in an increasingly complex world.
This episode explores
- the myths of perfect parenting
- what ‘good enough parenting’ looks like in practice
- how to encourage and nurture healthy relationships with our children
- current trends in child and adolescent mental health
- how avoid the parent guilt
- why it’s good for our kids to see us as imperfect parents
- how to support our kids’ autonomy and emotional wellbeing — all while preserving our own
You can buy Dr Porter’s book Good Enough: A Framework for Modern Parenting here: https://lnk.to/GoodEnough
She’s on instagram here: @drtaraporterpsychologist
And you can visit her web page here: https://www.taraporterpsychologist.com/
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