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Nov 2021
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Part Four: Future Tense Politics

HEADSPACE STUDIOS, THE LONG TIME PROJECT, SCENERY STUDIOS
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How can we do politics with a Long Time lens? So often it feels like our leaders are firmly stuck in the short-term, motivated by getting re-elected every four or five years and the sway of vested interests.  In this episode we meet the people changing this both from within government and outside it, with their imaginative and innovative - yet highly realist ... Show More
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