Building Power in a Failing System | Better Future 002 with Raymond Wei

Welcome back to the Better Future podcast — bringing you the people, projects and ideas helping steer the world toward a better future.

My guest today is Raymond Wei. He’s a filmmaker, community organizer, and co-founder of The Conscious Citizens, a newsletter and online directory helping build collective consciousness and community power. I think Ray is the perfect guest to talk about not just where we’re at right now, but what we can do about it – and how we can improve our communities’ resilience for the years ahead.

Ray creates sharp, accessible videos (on Instagram and TikTok) about everything from geopolitics to community organizing, and his work is rooted in on-the-ground experience. In this episode, we talk about building community power, the rise of the authoritarian police state, and how to lay the bricks for a better future – even when it feels like things are going in the wrong direction.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. You can support my work by sharing this episode with a friend, and by subscribing on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and here on Substack.

Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for episode 003! It’ll be a good one :)