Rob Hopkins Podcast
1) Rob Hopkins and Immy Kaur in conversation. Civic Square, 16th July 2025
In the courtyard of Civic Square in Birmingham, Immy Kaur and Rob Hopkins discussed the core ideas in his book 'How to Fall in Love with the Future', the power of community-led development, and much m...Show More
2) Time Machine sound effect
Here is the sound created by Ben Addicott to use for online events to signal the transition between the present day and the near future. Feel free to use but please do credit where you got it from.
3) 2030 Field Recordings of Cornish beavers
2030 Field Recordings of Cornish beavers by Rob Hopkins
4) The Utrecht bicycle rush hour.
I was in Utrecht recently, to record, for 'Field Recordings from the Future', the rush hour of bicycles. Here is a taste of that.
5) A taste of the Vauban
What would a car-free, low carbon, delicious future sound like? I visited the Vauban in Freiburg to find out.
6) Introducing 'Field Recordings from the Future'
Here is a short piece to introduce a new project I'm doing with the amazing Mr Kit: https://kitmusic.bandcamp.com/ Watch this space!
7) From What If to What Next: Episode 44
Welcome to 2022. We start this year with a fantastic episode and a really important question. What if we were to implement every solution that we already know exists in order to tackle the climate cri...Show More
8) From What If to What Next: Episode 45
Here's Episode 45 for you, I hope you're going to love it. Meet Tim Gill and Alice Ferguson of Playing Out, brilliant guests for a vital discussion. Today we're talking about kids, and play and about ...Show More
9) From What If to What Next: Episode 43
Although not planned as some kind of 'Christmas Special', that's kind of what this episode is, so hopefully it will give you the opportunity to treat your imagination to something very special over th...Show More
10) From What If to What Next: Episode 41
Welcome to Episode 41 of 'From What If to What Next'. Powerful psychology is used to convince us, often subliminally, that we want and need things we previously never knew even existed. This is especi...Show More