Best Archipelago Of Design Podcasts (2025)

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Tension Ep. 17: Navigating Future Uncertainty in Animal Health 50:23

2d ago50:23

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What happens when a global animal health institution starts thinking about the future? In this episode of the Tension Podcast, foresight advisor Tianna Brand shares how the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) used its 100th anniversary to leap forward — creating participatory future scenarios to explore collapse, innovation, and transformat…

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Tension Ep. 16: Is Canada Ready for the Next Climate-Driven Emergency? 27:18

15d ago27:18

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Is Canada ready for the next climate-driven emergency? Behind the scenes, a critical shift is happening in how we plan, respond, and collaborate — and you’re invited into the conversation. In this powerful episode of the Tension Podcast, Donna speaks with Simon Wells and Tiffany Leung from the Canadian Journal of Emergency Management (CJEM) about t…

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Tension Ep. 15: Climate Security: Impacts, Geopolitics & the Future 57:11

18d ago57:11

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What happens to global security when the climate itself becomes the battlefield? Spoiler: it’s not science fiction — it’s already happening. In this must-listen conversation, Professor Bruno Charbonneau at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Canada — unpacks why climate change is now one of the biggest wildcards for military readiness, internati…

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110. Revisiting The ‘Enola Gay Fiasco’ Today 21:26

18d ago21:26

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For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum planned to display the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The plane was restored to be part of a full exhibit, presented alongside context about the atomic bombing's mass civilian casualties. But that exhibit never o…

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Tension Ep. 14: Bridging Worlds: Civil-Military Interaction, Sustainability and the Future of Global Security 46:30

2M ago46:30

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"Winning Without Fighting": Rethinking Civil-Military Interaction for the Future of Conflict How do we navigate modern conflicts that are more hybrid, technological, and deeply intertwined with civilian populations than ever before? In a thought-provoking episode of the Tension Podcast, Vince DiDato explores how civil-military interaction (CMI) is …

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109. The Rise and Fall of Enterprise Square, USA 15:52

2M ago15:52

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For the last few decades of the 20th century, if you visited Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, you could have been serenaded by a barbershop quartet of audio-animatronic portraits of America's founders as framed on U.S. currency. This was one of the many exhibits at Enterprise Square, USA, a high-tech museum dedicated to teaching children about Free Market …

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Tension Ep. 13: Driving Innovation: Portugal's Military-Tech Hub and the Power of Experimentation 43:43

2M ago43:43

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What does it take to push the boundaries of maritime innovation? Captain António Mourinha, Innovation Advisor to the Chief of the Portuguese Navy, joined Donna Dupont on the Tension Podcast to break it down. From navigation officer to innovation leader, Mourinha shares how the REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation, and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned …

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Ep. 12: Through the Complexity - Wargaming as a Tool for Strategy and Collaboration 55:43

4M ago55:43

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In this episode, our host Donna Dupont interviews Wargaming expert Thomas Danger to explore the dynamic world of Wargaming as a tool for decision-making, strategy, and collaboration. Thomas shares his wealth of knowledge, diving into the art and science of designing effective Wargames, the importance of creating immersive environments, and the crit…

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108. The Museum of Utopia and Daily Life 19:09

5M ago19:09

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The tension is right there in the name of the Museum of Utopia and Daily Life. It sits inside a 1953 kindergarten building in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany, a city that was born from utopian socialist ideals. After World War II left Germany in ruins, the newly formed German Democratic Republic (GDR) saw an opportunity to build an ideal socialist societ…

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Ep. 11: Beyond Wargames - How Serious Games Drive Government Innovation 1:12:47

5M ago1:12:47

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In this episode, Donna Dupont interviews Madeline Johnson, a Senior Analyst with the Canada Revenue Agency’s Fraud Red Team and a seasoned expert in the field of serious games. Madeline’s unconventional career path—from international diplomacy to designing games that solve complex problems for the government—gives her a unique perspective on how se…

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Ep. 10: The Power of Serious Games in Defence and Security 1:13:50

6M ago1:13:50

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In this episode, host Donna Dupont interviews Dr. Ben Taylor, a Senior Operations Research Analyst at Defence Research and Development Canada, about the use of serious games in the defence and security context. Dr. Taylor shares his unique journey, from a childhood fascination with war games to transitioning into a career supporting the development…

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Ep. 9: Breakthrough - Shadows of Byzantium 14:51

7M ago14:51

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Our host Donna Dupont interviews Dr. Oliver Jones to discuss Breakthrough: Shadows of Byzantium - AOD’s new turn-based mystery investigation wargame. Breakthrough puts players in situations that enable them to seamlessly develop complex strategy-making capabilities. The Shadows of Byzantium scenario takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, at the crossroad…

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107. Crypto and Museums Part 1 18:35

7M ago18:35

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In November 2021, an extremely rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution was put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York, attracting a unique bidder: ConstitutionDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization. This group had formed just weeks earlier with the sole purpose of acquiring the Constitution – and would not have been possible without cry…

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Ep. 8: Project Inner Alliance - Designing a Social Impact Game Focusing on Cultural Evolution, Inclusivity and Team Cohesion 21:20

9M ago21:20

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Our host Donna Dupont interviews Kassie Miedema to discuss the power of social impact games to support learning goals, behaviour change and positive social messaging. Kassie Miedema is a Senior Foresight and Design Researcher at Archipelago of Design. Kassie is passionate about resilience and transformative culture change and continues to contribut…

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106. Last Call on 'The Streets of Old Milwaukee' 18:43

9M ago18:43

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I remember visiting – and loving – The Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) as a child. Opened in 1965, it’s an immersive space with cobblestone streets and perfect lighting that evokes a fall evening in turn-of-the-20th-century Milwaukee. The visitor experience isn’t peering into a diorama, it’s moving through a di…

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Ep. 7: The Bold and Messy Roller-coaster Ride of Design Education for Military Officers 1:18:47

10M ago1:18:47

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Our host Donna Dupont interviews an international military design panel - Dr. Florian Andresen, Dr. Robert Rosa and Anders Theis Bollmann to discuss design education, and why it's an important mindset to cultivate for military officers, strategists and future generals. Florian is a Post-Doc at the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management at He…

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105. Building a Better Visitor Experience with Open Source Software 14:58

1y ago14:58

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While working at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History during the pandemic, Dr. Morgan Rehnberg recognized the institution's limited capacity to develop new digitals exhibits with the proprietary solutions that are common in big museums. This challenge led Rehnberg to start work on Exhibitera, a free, open-source suite of software tools tail…

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104. What Large Institutions Can Learn From Small Museums 14:52

1y ago14:52

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The Murney Tower Museum in Kingston, Ontario, Canada is a small museum. Open for only four months of the year and featuring only one full-time staff member, the museum is representative of the many small institutions that make up the majority of museums. With only a fraction of the resources of large institutions, this long tail distribution of sma…

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Ep. 6: Should We Play or Should We Learn? Reflections on the Tension Behind Serious Games in Defence and Security 33:51

1+ y ago33:51

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Our host Donna Dupont interviews Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard and Scott DeJong to discuss the world of serious games. Philippe is a professor at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, a designer, and is the Co-founder of the Archipelago of Design. Scott is a PhD researcher at Concordia University in Montreal, game designer, educator and public schol…

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103. How Computers Transformed Museums and Created A New Type of Professional 14:59

1+ y ago14:59

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Computing work keeps museums running, but it’s largely invisible. That is, unless something goes wrong. For Dr. Paul Marty, Professor in the School of Information at Florida State University and his colleague Kathy Jones, Program Director of the Museum Studies Program at the Harvard Extension School, shining a light on the behind-the-scenes activit…

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Ep. 5: Forecasting vs. Foresight 38:30

1+ y ago38:30

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Host Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard in conversation with guests Balkan Devlen and Donna Dupont, engaging the tensions between Forecasting vs. Foresight. Tension is a podcast produced by the Archipelago of Design, hosted by Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard, engaging tensions in the theory and practice of design for security and defence purposes across NATO me…

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102. Copies in Museums 14:55

2y ago14:55

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On Berlin’s Museum Island, four stone lion statues perch in the Pergamon Museum. Three of these lions are originals — that is to say, lions carved from dolerite rock between the 10th and 8th centuries BCE in Samʼal (Zincirli) in southern Turkey. And one is a plaster copy made a little over 100 years ago. Pergamon Museum curator Pinar Durgun has hea…

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Ep. 4: Understanding the Military Design Movement 36:01

2y ago36:01

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Host Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard in conversation with guest Ben Zweibelson engaging the tensions in his new book, Understanding the Military Design Movement.By Archipelago of Design

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101. Buzludzha Always Centered Visitor Experience. Dora Ivanova is Using Its Structure to Create a New One. 19:48

2+ y ago19:48

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Since it opened in 1981 to celebrate the ruling Bulgarian Communist Party, Buzludzha has centered the visitor experience. Every detail and sightline of the enormous disk of concrete perched on a mountaintop in the middle of Bulgaria was designed to impress, to show how Bulgarian communism was the way of the future – a kind of alternate Tomorrowland…

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100. The Archipelago Museum 11:23

2+ y ago11:23

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In the early days of this podcast, every time I searched for Museum Archipelago on the internet, the top result would be a small museum in rural Finland called the Archipelago Museum. As my podcast continued to grow and my search rankings improved, I didn’t forget about the Archipelago Museum. Instead, I wondered what they were up to. What were the…

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99. Museums in Video Games 14:20

2+ y ago14:20

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The Computer Games Museum in Berlin knows that its visitors want to play games, so it lets them. The artifacts are fully-playable video games, from early arcade classics like PacMac to modern console and PC games, all with original hardware and controllers. By putting video games in a museum space, the Computer Games Museum invites visitors to beco…

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98. At the Panama Canal Museum, Ana Elizabeth González Creates a Global Connection Point 13:03

3y ago13:03

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When Ana Elizabeth González was growing up in Panama, the history she learned about the Panama Canal in school told a narrow story about the engineering feat of the Canal’s construction by the United States. This public history reflected the politics of Panama and control over the Canal. Today, González is executive Director of the Panama Canal Mus…

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97. Richard Nixon Hoped to Never Say These Words about Apollo 11. In A New Exhibit, He Does. 14:58

3+ y ago14:58

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As the Apollo 11 astronauts hurtled towards the moon on July 18th, 1969, members of the Nixon administration realized they should probably make a contingency plan. If the astronauts didn’t make it – or, even more horrible, if they made it to the moon and crashed and had no way to get back to earth – Richard Nixon would have to address the nation. T…

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Ayurveda in the Modern World with Dr Shreejit 10:14

3+ y ago10:14

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Welcome to Sangu Stories! In this episode, we explore Ayurveda and its relevance in the modern world. Ayurveda first originated over 3000 years ago – a medicinal system best described as a way of life through nature. Dr Shreejit is staying from 18th December to 15th January 2022, offering treatments including cupping, consultation and many more hea…

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Drone technology in conservation with Dr Sol 19:30

3+ y ago19:30

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Welcome to Sangu Stories! We are delighted to have a conservation about drone technology with Dr Sol, our Naturalist at Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Environment programme. In this episode, Dr Sol shares extensive information about research findings, preservation and sustainability. For any further information or assistance, please cont…

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A voyage through time with Jean-Michel Cousteau 26:29

3+ y ago26:29

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Welcome to Sangu Stories! We are honoured to invite Jean-Michel Cousteau to Sangu Stories today. A French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer and advocate. He has been exploring the vast ocean for 75 years. This episode brings memories of the 60s and 70s on the Calypso with Captain Cousteau to life. For any further inf…

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96. Tegan Kehoe Explores American Healthcare Through 50 Museum Artifacts 14:57

3+ y ago14:57

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Public historian and writer Tegan Kehoe knows that museum visitors act differently around the same object presented in different contexts—like how the same visitor excited by a bayonet that causes a triangular wound in an exhibit of 18th-century weapons could be disgusted by that same artifact when it’s presented in an exhibit of 18th-century medic…

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Stay of a Lifetime - Kevin Pietersen 12:43

3+ y ago12:43

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Welcome to Sangu Stories! We invited a very special guest, Kevin Pietersen - a name celebrated in the sports world, former international player for England, a cricket commentator and a passionate conservationist, to Sangu Stories. Kevin shares his experience on the island, from exploring the seas with Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Envir…

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Insight into our Culinary scene with Chef Leonardo and Chef Aminath 13:39

3+ y ago13:39

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Welcome to a new episode of Sangu Stories! As we are celebrating International Chefs Day, we are delighted to share insights into our culinary scene with Chef Leonardo, a Chilean born with over 14 years in the brand and Chef Aminath, a trailblazing young Maldivian chef. Together, they add extraordinary creativity to the culinary scene of The Ritz-C…

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Mental Health at Workplace with Deanne Garling, Director of Human Resources 10:56

3+ y ago10:56

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Welcome to a new episode of Sangu Stories! As we are celebrating World Mental Health Day today, we have the pleasure of discussing mental health at the workplace with Deanne Garling, our Director of Human Resources, an expert in employee relations with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Various topics, from the evolution of this topic in …

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