What a year! It’s time to wrap it up for 2025 and highlight the eclectic mix of diverse perspectives, divergent topics and expert thinking that appeared on the show this year. From the best performing episodes and most popular themes, to the most prominent guest go-to's for fresh perspectives, today we’re going back to the episodes that resonated most.
Top episodes of 2025:
- Venture capitalist and futurist Roger Spitz: new playbooks for volatile business environments
- Political demographer Jennifer Sciubba: the narrative around our population ‘crisis’
- Fashion designer Justine Leconte: the manipulative systems that fuel fast fashion
- Forecaster Paul Saffo: pressure testing assumptions about what we know to ‘certain’ in uncertain times
- Experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats: asking better questions in existential times
Honorable mentions & favorites:
- CPG strategist Peter McDonald – the lost muscle of innovation in consumer markets
- Political scientist Verlan Lewis: flawed political ideologies and the need for less divisive conversations
- Neuroaesthetics expert Susan Magsamen: the psychology behind our physical senses
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Looking Outside is a podcast exploring fresh perspectives of familiar topics. Hosted by its creator, futurist and strategist, Jo Lepore. New episodes every 2 weeks. Never the same topic.
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