Eight billion lives. No two human stories the same.
8 Billion Lives is Matt Riemann’s global conversation series with people carrying knowledge, courage and questions that matter to the human future.
From scientists and founders to elders, artists, community leaders and people transformed by lived experience, every conversation begins with listening.
The premise
Statistics can tell us what is happening at scale. A human story can show us what it means.
8 Billion Lives travels across disciplines and places to ask:
- What has life taught you that no institution could?
- What does humanity most need to understand now?
- Which system is ready to be reimagined?
- What gives you credible hope?
- What is one action a listener can carry into their own life?
Conversation themes
- human health and prevention;
- AI, intelligence and human agency;
- education and the lives of young people;
- consciousness, meaning and culture;
- leadership, enterprise and social impact;
- community, belonging and peace;
- the wisdom held in place, ancestry and lived experience.
Featured conversations
Across Matt’s public work are conversations and collaborations involving voices such as Dr Bruce Lipton, Maria Shriver, Marci Shimoff and Dr Kien Vuu. Featured releases will link to the original, permissioned recording and publication channel.
The series values the quality of each conversation over inflated reach claims. Audience and distribution milestones will be shared only when supported by reliable analytics or a public source.
Suggest a voice
The most important guest may not be famous. Invite nominations for researchers, culture-bearers, practitioners, young leaders, community builders and people with a story that can change how others see an issue.
When nominating a voice, tell us who they are, where they are, what perspective they carry, why the conversation matters and how we may respectfully make contact.
A more human future begins when we become interested in lives beyond our own.
