What If Instead? Podcast

What If Instead? Podcast

Alejandro Juárez Crawford, Miriam Plavin-Masterman, ITSPmagazine, Srijan Banik

Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 5.0 (6)
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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About This Podcast

A podcast co-hosted by Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Mim Plavin-Masterman. A show about everyday people reimagining the way things work—and tackling the obstacles they face. We explore adventures in democratizing innovation—how the chance to try one’s hand at something new affects people and even organizations, what “powers” they discover and what challenges they face along the way. We dig into access: what determines who gets the chance to try and disrupt the way things work? We examine obstacles in specific industries and communities, and go deep with people working to break through them. We look closely at the role of tech—how it can equip or disempower people to build experiments of their own—and society: what leads us to accept a role as consumers of the way things work, and what it means to discover our powers to ask in practice, “What if instead?” Producer of the What If Instead? Podcast: Srijan Banik

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The Invisible Bridge Between Two Worlds | Antonio Castillo

Mar 16, 2026 58m

What if Instead? is produced with generous support from: The Democratizing Innovation Institute Ever look around you and ask what if instead things worked differently? The institute takes what we…

A System for Unexpected Connections | David Garrison

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Who Am I to Do This? (And Why I Did Anyway) | Dan Lee

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Diseconomies of Scale | Michael Shuman

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Key Concepts & Themes:Pre-Copernican Economics: The central metaphor for the outdated, pre-Copernican economic models that insist on globalization and scale above all else, despite evidence that…

What If Philanthropy Got It Right? Robert Osborne on What if Instead?

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Our guest, Robert Osborne, principal of The Osborne Group, brings 25 years of experience working with nonprofits and funders. Together, we explore:Why most philanthropic money never reaches…

Unlocking Potential Through Experiential Learning | A Conversation with Tomás Mora Selva & Huang Wei-Jou | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Mar 27, 2025 1h 15m

Guests: Tomás Mora Selva, Cofounder, Youth BCN and Youth HUB; Head of Experiential Learning, RebelBase; Cofounder, Democratizing Innovation Institute; and Board Member, I.D.E.AHuang Wei-Jou, Student,…

We Have The Skills, We Need The Connection | A Conversation with Ari Luis Halos & Charnylle T. Antiporda | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Mar 13, 2025 56m

Guests: Ari Luis Halos, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Open UniversityOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-luis-halos-897b2113/Charnylle T. Antiporda, Founder of Juan…

Mentorship & Collaboration: The Alignment That Changes The World | A Conversation with Evelina Van Mensel and Martin Nedev | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Feb 27, 2025 49m

Guests: Evelina Van MenselOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/evavanmenselMartin Nedev, CEO of EnthelaOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/enthelaHosts: Alejandro Juárez CrawfordOn…

Bio-manufacturing: How It Can Reshape Industries and Our Planet | A Conversation with Edward Shenderovich | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Feb 13, 2025 44m

Guest: Edward Shenderovich, Hosts: Alejandro Juárez CrawfordOn ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/alejandro-juarez-crawfordMiriam Plavin-MastermanOn…

The Future Life of Heavy Equipment | A Conversation with Tom Christenson | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Jan 30, 2025 48m

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When There’s a Wildfire, It’s Pass or Fail | A Conversation with Alister Watt | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Dec 12, 2024 56m

Guest: Alister Watt, Chief Product Officer, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS)On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alister-watt-32a60b4/recent-activity/all/Hosts: Alejandro…

Changing My Understanding Of The World By Just Doing It | A Conversation With Lucas Rockett Gutterman | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Nov 14, 2024 1h 1m

Guest: Lucas Rockett Gutterman, Designed to Last campaign director, PIRGAt PIRG: https://pirg.org/people/lucas-gutterman/Hosts: Alejandro Juárez CrawfordOn ITSPmagazine  👉…

Who Pays Me? How Do I Feel About That? Is it in Service of Life? | A Conversation with B. Lorraine Smith | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Oct 31, 2024 59m

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Using Clean Energy to Level the Economic Playing Field | A conversation with David Cash | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Oct 17, 2024 50m

Guest: David Cash, Regional Administrator, EPA New EnglandOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-w-cashHosts: Alejandro Juárez CrawfordOn ITSPmagazine  👉…

The Muscles We Build by Bridging | A conversation with Kate O'Neill | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Sep 26, 2024 59m

Guest: Kate O'Neill, Dean, College of Business, American University of Iraq-BaghdadOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/k-kathleen-oneill-phd-strategicleadership/Hosts: Alejandro Juárez…

It's a broken system | A conversation with David Benzaquen | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Sep 09, 2024 1h 3m

Guest: David Benzaquen, Founder and CEO, Mission: Plant LLCOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbenzaquen/Hosts: Alejandro Juárez CrawfordOn ITSPmagazine  👉…

A System Where Local Is the Norm – and We Pay What It Really Costs To Drive Something Hundreds of Miles | A conversation with Trevor Vaughn and Hunter Buffington | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Aug 22, 2024 40m

Guests: Trevor VaughnOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-vaughn-2165a661/Hunter BuffingtonOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunter-buffington-co/Hosts: Alejandro Juárez…

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Aug 22, 2024 48m

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What If Instead? Podcast has published 29 episodes since April 2024, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.

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