Podcast Episodes

e228 rafael zen – artists as dreamers

Season 6 Episode 228

The role of artists is the role of dreaming. I've worked as a poet, as a multimedia artist, sound artist, storyteller. I think we hold the capacity to shape the narratives that build our present, our…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

e227 judith marcuse – spiritual strengthening

Season 6 Episode 227

In a time when it's easy to become defeated, when one can succumb to despair and negativity, a question I use when I reflect on the state of the world right now is what gives me energy, what animates…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

e226 roundtable - listening in relation

Season 6 Episode 226

This is a special edition of conscient roundtable featuring Lara Felsing, Adrian Avendaño, Hildegard Westerkamp, Toni-Leah C. Yake as part of the Listening in Relation gathering at Emily Carr Univers…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

saison 6 update (temporary)

Season 6

This is a conscient podcast update. It's June 28, 2025, and I'll erase this bonus episode message in about a week. 

I wanted to give listeners a heads up of what's happening with this sixth season of …

Published on 6 months ago

e225 hildegard westerkamp – when we were young

Season 6 Episode 225

The first thing that comes to mind is my young activist in me that says, of course, let's just fight. Let's just do what we can to speak out against, be revolutionary, be, you know, like we were when…

Published on 6 months ago

e224 sarah heynen – food as a solution that invites people in

Season 6 Episode 224

The approach of the Canadian Centre for Food & Ecology (CCFE) is what has been so attractive to me. It's a conviction around joyful, immersive experience and it starts with the conviction that until …

Published on 6 months ago

e223 anonymous - #downtowncritters

Season 6 Episode 223

I think there's a lot of roles for art generally, and one of my favorite ones is kind of imagining that art helps you imagine, even if it has nothing to do with it. It helps. You can be a springboard…

Published on 6 months ago

e222 wendalyn bartley – restoring our connection with nature

Season 6 Episode 222

How do we restore our connection with nature? Because I think that part of the crisis that we're in, especially with the climate, stems from the fact that we've been disconnected from our relationshi…

Published on 6 months ago

a calm presence - a sense of communion

Season 6

This bonus episode is a narration of my a calm presence posting called 'a sense of communion'. See the 'Transcript' tab of this episode for the original text. 

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Published on 6 months ago

e221 annais linares and ben finley – arts-based kin making

Season 6 Episode 221

People maybe are used to being bombarded at this point with the news of what's happening. And that's the reality. And we need to face that. I think alongside that, we need to make moments of groundin…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago