Podcast Episodes

e220 tina pearson – what is art anyway?

Season 6 Episode 220

What is art? What is art anyway? It's a new term, really. I think we need to go a little bit beyond that. I think of myself as a sound practitioner, so what can I offer? If someone has a visual acuit…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

a calm presence - a painfully small window

Season 6

Here is a narration of my latest ‘a calm presence’, inspired by this quote from Indy Johar’s May 12th, 2025 Substack posting, The Stickiness of Want  - And the Systemic Amnesia Behind It :

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

e219 adam kahane – radical engagement

Season 6 Episode 219

Radical engagement with the system doesn't mean participating in that system, distractedly resigned, knowing it all hierarchically at arm's length, with arms crossed, superficially, impatiently. Sayi…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

a calm presence - climate amnesia

Season 6

This posting was written and recorded while on a trip to northern India. It explores the inter-relations of culture and climate. The audio version is fun because of the soundscapes of Delhi in the ba…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

e218 roundtable - surviving the future

Season 6 Episode 218

Hey there faithful, brave and patient conscient podcast listeners, 

Welcome to the 3rd conscient roundtable. Live radio style again. First take, only take, kind of thing so please bear with me. This i…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

e217 devora neumark - sitting with emotions

Season 6 Episode 217

What can I do to support the grieving? There's so much to grieve. Whether we think about the crisis of climate, whether we think about the political crises, the issue of displacement, which is around…

Published on 8 months ago

a calm presence - this moment in canadian culture

Season 6

this moment in canadian culture

reflections on conscient e214 roundtable – this moment in canadian culture 

Note: you can read the original posting on my a calm presence Substack here.

Also see the Tran…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

e216 roundtable – in memoriam tracey friesen

Season 6 Episode 216

Hey there faithful and brave conscient listeners, 

Welcome to the second conscient roundtable conversation. This one was recorded on Sunday, March 16, 2025 in Vancouver. In a minute you’ll hear an ack…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

e215 chris creighton-kelly – optimism of the will

Season 6 Episode 215

I would say that while there's absolutely no question that we're in a crisis, there's no question about multi crisis. I'm not sure we're in the state of collapse. And I think that methodology, that v…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

e214 roundtable – this moment in canadian culture

Season 6 Episode 214

I think, as has already been mentioned by a number of you, that we need to slow down, not speed up. This is a moment for really slow thinking and to be listening and to be doing deep listening. I lik…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago