The Antidote for Overwhelm: Matt Golding

What are the hopeful headlines?

In an age of constant crisis and doom scrolling, what if the stories we told made us feel more powerful-not more paralysed? In this session, Matt Golding from Rubber Republic’s Antitode project invites us to explore the radical power of hope-driven storytelling.

Antitode is an experiment in flipping the script: spotlighting people and places already building better futures-quiet revolutions happening just outside the frame of mainstream news. These aren’t utopias, they’re real, tangible proof of what becomes possible when communities take charge, organise, and dream with action.

This session will explore how media can be a tool for imagination, how we can shift attention away from fear-based narratives, and why hopeful storytelling isn't naive-it's necessary. Together, we’ll ask: how can we amplify the futures we want to grow?

Speakers: Matt Golding