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Mar 2025
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Can Change Happen in Our Lifetime? | Sea...

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All episodes of Season 3 are now available! Two of our hosts, Joycelyn Longdon and Carl Schylter, reflect on what they’ve learned from our guests this season and how to move forward.


And the answer is yes. “This is something that can happen in our lifetime and will happen if we all resist and if we continue to educate ourselves and engage in movements for alternative economic systems” - as Joycelyn points out in one of the episodes.


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