The Parallel Effect Podcast is a space for imagination as a method of analysis — and for analysis that opens new possibilities.
This speculative interview series invites exciting thinkers to imagine worlds that could have emerged if history had taken a different turn.
From reimagining climate policy, economic systems, and global governance, to exploring justice, technology, health, and identity in radically different ways, the series blends imagination with critical reflection. Our goal is to show that the world we inhabit is not inevitable — our systems were imagined by humans, which means they can be dismantled, redesigned, and reimagined.
To continue each conversation beyond words, we commission an artist to develop an original response to each imagined world, offering another way of engaging with the ideas, inviting fresh perspectives, new collaborations, and different ways of imagining.
The Parallel Effect Podcast sits at the intersection of speculative storytelling, political imagination, and systems thinking. It’s a place to question inherited narratives, challenge power, and explore the structural shifts needed to build a more equitable world.
Whether you’re a fellow changemaker or a curious thinker, this series is your portal into worlds that might have been — and how they can inspire the world we want to build.
The Parallel Effect Podcast is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia its principal arts investment and advisory body.
