Seasons: Season 02 – THE EGG

Cracking life’s mysteries

Autumn–Winter 2022
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Interview

Revitalising bordersTen million ways Turkish chef Ebru Baybara Demir brings hope
Interview

The Wonderful Wizard of MinecraftDigital noodler Adam Clarke builds a better world – one block at a time
Interview

The citizen way of thinkingReformed ad man Jon Alexander creates a better future
Interview

Free your mind from gravityThe exciting future of art in space
Interview

How to design better using scienceMeet the creators of the world’s first autonomous plant
Interview

Season food with your mind!Recipes for the brain with a sensory food designer
Short Story

A Trip to Space in StyleMarvel comic writer Ryan North takes us to the cosmos
Guest Post

Avoiding hype and binary AI mindsetsAI is all the rage right now – and there’s an unspoken reason for that
Interview

To infinity and beyondUniversal Everything embraces technology to generate endless joy
Guest Post

Desire Is Our Superpower. Use It!First we fancy Brian Eno – then we save the world
Guest Post

The skin of our coastsCalculating the surprising value of a mangrove forest
Interview

Erik Harley does mind the bollocksSpain’s urban avenger exposes architectural dick-waving
Interview

Jock ZonfrilloThe MasterChef judge and chef – in his own words
Book Extract

The Caring HandSpanish field veterinarian and author María Sánchez honours rural women in the shadows
Feature

Meet the fairy people who worship natureThe Kalash is Pakistan’s last-remaining animist tribe
Interview

“Digital technologies can stimulate empathy”Queer Eye Brazil host Guto Requena on urban design – and love
Short Story

Kármán NomadsWhen living in outer space becomes a reality
Interview

The secret to being ZenAn interview with a modern-day samurai
Interview

“Books change you for the better”Meet Mexico’s most acclaimed author – Juan Villoro
Conversation

Restoring Eden – Iraq’s marshlandsAzzam Alwash in conversation with John Elkington
List

Weird fishesThese fish are cooler than you
Book Extract

Dougald Hine – At Work in the RuinsA deep, dark reflection on humanity’s destructive path
Guest Post

Defender of the ReefFreediving with Coral Gardener Titouan Bernicot
Feature

Deep troubleIs deep sea mining inevitable?
Feature

Empty SkiesStopping the vulture’s freefall
Feature

Can advertising be good?Brian Eno and Jon Alexander headline the world’s first Earth Day Advertising Summit
Feature

Ova before ya know itOcto-life – from egg to enigma to end
Interview

“Activism came from punk”Moby on veganism, scepticism and punk rock
Quick Read

A bond across centuriesVisit the last place of the extinct great auk
Interview

Cool ideas for a hot planetInside the nonprofit that turned festival activism into an art form
List

“All birds are gay!”Paris Nicholson’s top five hottest birds in the sky
Interview

Wing and a prayerTim Flach’s rare and endangered bird portraits are punk AF
Feature

Gulliver travels to San SebastiánThe cool culinary congress inspired by Gulliver’s Travels
Feature

The golden coral women of WasiniMeet the Kenyan fisherwomen breathing life back into a dying island
Feature

Let’s go fly a red kiteNature talks! A bird’s eye view from Argaty
Interview

Cape of good hopeHow Kiara Scott is changing the face of South African wine
Interview

The sustainable sea chefEnter Chef Ángel León’s marine pantry of the future
Photo Essay

Night MarketFood for thought in Taiwan
Interview

Hedonism with heartWake the Tiger at the world’s first ‘Amazement Park’
Photo Essay

Georgian wine, eggs and the miracle of lifeLooking for the spiritual meaning of the kvevri
Feature

The many faces of Eggs BenedictThe hedonistic history, the love and the renditions
Interview

Spawning a different planetJapanese photographer Tony Wu celebrates the ocean’s remarkable ‘alien’ creatures
Interview

Beneath the surfaceAn epic voyage with underwater photographer Cristina Mittermeier
Guest Post

Have we created an AI monster?The great AI debate
List

Top 10 Earth Day eventsHow to do Earth Day 2023
Feature

Let’s talk about death, babyMeet the people reducing the stigma around dying
Interview

A tapestry of Black historyGeorge McCalman’s vivid portraits highlight Black pioneers
Conversation

Rebel rousers and rooted memoriesDana Thompson and Jeremy Umansky go wild
Interview

Young, hip and brownWhy we need new platforms for South Asian stories
Quick Read

Dovemania!Meet the Spanish artist who really, really loves doves
Interview

“It started with the arrival of a boat”Safwat Saleem’s art balances sugar and pain
Interview

“Social anxiety pizza for one!”Illustrator Grace Miceli likes to draw it out
List

8 reasons to go to Sónar Festival 2023Get a glimpse of the future of AI in Barcelona
Interview

Dominique Crenn on art – and loveThe rebel chef with four Michelin stars paints her utopia
Book Extract

The Internet of Living ThingsMicrobes have their own version of the Internet
Long Read

The Writer’s BlockHow ten top writers cope with a fear of the blank page
Interview

The Sound of Temperature RisingChristine Sun Kim’s heated soundscape focuses on climate change
Interview

The future is neonElectrifying artist Alicia Eggert illuminates hope
Interview

“Will our legacy be pyramids of garbage?”Q&A with Lebanese-Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab
Interview

The art of serious playYana Buhrer Tavanier on the Fine Acts inspiring change
Interview

Everything Will ChangeCan this dystopian road movie from the future save us?
Feature

The sex robots are comingAnd so are we
Quick Read

The future is plastic freeYour new creative tool to design plastic out of existence
Guest Post

“I want a repairable toaster”Make it circular or don’t make it at all
Quick Read

Braille NeueA universal typeface for a more inclusive society
List

Where’s the omelette?The best places for tortilla de patatas in Barcelona
Feature

A look at Jerusarema MbendeThe sexually-suggestive UNESCO-protected dance based on a mole
Short Story

NutriOrbsSavour the flavour of the future
Feature

Generation NextWhat 7 culinary gamechangers predict for 2023
Video

‘The Real Ross’ – Steve BrusatteSimone Angel meets Jurassic Park’s dinosaur consultant
Interview

“There’s power in the Second Spring!”Lisa Snowdon wants to help us embrace positive thinking
Interview

Going circularUpcycling in Taiwan is changing the way we see trash
Feature

Junk KoutureThe competition inspiring young people to create rubbish fashion
Feature

Expanding queerness into 2023What a new wave of queer space means
Feature

See it, save it, sow itMeet the seed savers growing our future with every colour of the rainbow
Interview

The New Year starts with VeganuaryYou can make an omelette without breaking eggs
Quick Read

Welcome to the jungleA bestiary of birds who mean business
Quick Read

How do you take your coffee?This book spills the beans on global coffee culture
Editor’s Note

Gift it forward to spread love, actuallyTOPIA’s Jolly Good Gift Guide 2022
List

Raising the bar in 2023The women shaking up the World’s 50 Best Bars
Interview

“Well-behaved women rarely make history“Enter the punk mind and mosaic house of artist-provocateur Carrie Reichardt
Interview

Meet the intrudersExclusive joint interview with standup comic Atsuko Okatsuka and husband Ryan Harper Gray
Interview

Meet Afghanistan’s first female tour guideFatima Haidari’s Good City Guide to Herat
Long Read

An interview with Michael EnrightThe Hollywood actor who fought ISIS in Syria is finally going home
Feature

Is the pen mightier than the sword?The creatives crushing gender-based violence
Interview

The climate hero that doesn’t sleepMatt Davies on why the termite is the greatest superbug
Interview

“Being Fulani is my journey”Basque Culinary World Prize winner Chef Fatmata Binta lifts the lid on her heritage
Interview

She is fierceHow to become a self-made artist – with Charly Clements
Interview

How to cut and paste a better planetScratching below the surface with turntable legend DJ Yoda
Guest Post

When climate data goes viralViral activist Benjamin Von Wong explains climate equity in paper and charcoal
Feature

The growing pains of The Very Hungry CaterpillarWhy this children’s classic is actually the purest coming of age story
Book Extract

“You are already eating bugs!”Gaia Vince argues for meat alternatives to avoid climate upheaval
Quick Read

When nature singsEight new protest albums for the climate emergency
Interview

The stinger swindlerVicki Hird on why the hoverfly is the greatest superbug
Interview

The dragon with a jet engine bumJessica Ware on why the dragonfly is the greatest superbug
List

The worst album art in the world!12 dreadful record covers cracking life’s mystery to reenact at Christmas
Interview

Life, death and red eggsChewing on Chinese food and identity with Celestial Peach
Interview

Sourced JourneysThe online pantry taking it slow to go back to the source
Guest Post

A Recipe for EggsThe joy of cooking Chinese eggs and tomatoes
Guest Post

The Angelic TroublemakerInfluential HIV and LGBT activist Bisi Alimi explores stories of courageous everyday heroes
Interview

Lauren Martin gives us lifeNYC illustrator creates a joyful cosmos by animating the mundane
List

18 designers at the tableThe Climate Creative Collective bringing maverick creativity to COP27
Quick Read

Wonderland DreamsArtist Alexa Meade blurs the lines of art and reality in New York
Quick Read

Virgins are doing it for themselvesThe endangered bird thinking positive to give birth
Interview

“I’d have a cold beer every day!”Toast Ale co-founder Louisa Ziane brews a better future
Feature

Girls can’t surf?!Meet the badass women who fought sexism and homophobia in surfing
Interview

Eggs on the edgeSaving the world’s weirdest parrot and a newt the size of a man
Book Extract

“Cherish the soil as a living entity”Renowned eco-feminist Vandana Shiva reflects on 50 years of activism
Quick Read

Whatever you do, make it circularIt’s time to build a circular society – one great idea at a time
Quiz

Custard, clitorises and golden geeseIt’s the Wonderful World of Eggs Quiz!
Podcast

Eat me! A spider’s guide to foreplayTOPIA Season 02 podcast – The Futurenauts eat the patriarchy with Bitch author Lucy Cooke
Guest Post

Cracking life’s mysteryBobby Palmer on solving the mystery of the Egg
Interview

On the wings of scienceTracking the extraordinary journey of the cuckoo
Editor’s Note

Introducing TOPIA Season 02 – The EggCracking life’s mysteries with Lisa Goldapple
Conversation

“Butterfly knowledge is climate change knowledge”MTV icon Simone Angel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Diana Marcum chat butterflies in Belize
Conversation

“This compass doesn’t look right to me!”Philippe Rouja and Nelly Ben Hayoun dive into the Bermuda Triangle
Short Story

The Wibbly Wobbly BirdA heartwarming tale about a bird that can’t fly
Feature

Meet the bacalhau-prophetsOn the trail of Lisbon’s faithful friend – salted cod
Interview

The permanent pilgrimAn interview with Russian artist Olya Dubatova
Short Story

TuluminatiOr how Mia met The One in Mexico
Interview

Petra ErikssonMushrooms, tea, space and weird animal facts

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