Museums in a Climate of Change

This limited series of episodes from Chatter Marks (a podcast of the Anchorage Museum) features interviews with museum professionals from around the world.

During these conversations, host Cody Liska and special guest co-host Dr. Sandro Debono, a museum thinker based on the Mediterranean island of Malta, explore the latest thinking around climate and change and institutional guidance from the leaders in the museum field.

Lath Carlson is currently Executive Director of the National Nordic Museum. At the time of this conversation, he was Executive Director of the Museum of the Future, a museum dedicated to exploring how humans might adapt to global challenges and imagining possible futures through science, technology, and design.
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Miranda Massie is the Director and founder of the Climate Museum in New York City, using the power of arts and cultural programming to create an ongoing conversation surrounding the climate crisis.
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Anne May Olii is the Director of the largest Sámi museum in Norway, RiddoDuottarMuseat. The museum manages photographs, art and information on Sámi cultural heritage.
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Lizzy Bakker is the former senior exhibition maker at NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. NEMO is all about interacting with science and technologyo better understand the world around us.
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Kristin Alford is a futurist and founder of the Ubuntu Lab Project. At the time of this conversation, she was Director of MOD., a museum that engages young adults with cutting-edge research and ideas shaping the future.
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Stefan Brandt is the Director of Futurium in Berlin, a hybrid museum experience and public platform dedicated to exploring the future.
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Mike Radke is the co-founder and executive director of The Ubuntu Lab, a global education nonprofit that teaches people how to navigate cultural differences with curiosity, humility and empathy.
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Annesofie Norn is the Head of Communications and Lead Curator at the Museum for the United Nations, or UN Live, what she calls a “borderless museum” — designed to meet people where they already are.
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Julie Decker is the director and CEO of the Anchorage Museum. She envisions the museum less as a keeper of artifacts and more as a collaborative partner, amplifying the voices of Alaskans and connecting local narratives to global conversations.
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Elizabeth Merritt is the founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums at the American Alliance of Museums. She approaches her work like a classic futurist and draws inspiration from science fiction, usually the ones that highlight problems and pathways forward.
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