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Federico Savini on Degrowth and Its Future
Episode 72
Federico Savini, a professor in environmental planning at the University of Amsterdam, talks about the state of the degrowth movement today -- its pr…
1 day ago
Stéphanie Leyronas on France's Bold Experiment in Commons-based Development
Episode 71
For the past five years, Stéphanie Leyronas has been part of an internal team at the French Development Agency (AFD) exploring how it might pioneer n…
1 month ago
Lewis Hyde on Gift Economies & Cultural Commons
Episode 70
Lewis Hyde, a celebrated scholar, essayist, literary critic and poet, wrote two classic books on aspects of the commons -- 'The Gift,' in 1979, about…
2 months ago
Stephanie Rearick on Building Social Wealth through Mutual Aid
Episode 69
As the capitalist economy grows more expensive and predatory, Stephanie Rearick and her colleagues are building an alternative social economy that me…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Future Requires a Politics of Relationality
Episode 68
At a time when the superstructures of modern civilization seem terminally messed up, the authors of 'Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyo…
4 months ago
Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Collapse Eco-Localism that Works
Episode 67
What might the world look like if capitalist growth and carbon emissions continue, and modern civilization collapses? Chris Smaje, a small farmer and…
5 months ago
Isabel Carlisle, Bioregioning as a Response to 'Gaia on the Move'
Episode 66
As climate change and other crises makes the economy and everyday life more precarious, innovative forms of bioregional action are needed to respond …
6 months ago
Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath: How Network Protocols Enable Digital Commons & Open Marrkets
Episode 65
Evan Henshaw-Plath, better known as Rabble, is a pioneering programmer for social media platforms and decentralized technologies. Here, Rabble explai…
7 months ago
Gustavo Salas of Cecosesola: Prioritizing Commoning in a World of Capitalist Markets
Episode 64
Gustavo Salas describes the remarkable culture of commoning at Cecosesola, a federation of 30 rural and urban cooperatives in Venezuela that serves h…
8 months ago
Jack Kloppenburg on Sharing Seeds in a World of Proprietary Agriculture
Episode 63
Jack Kloppenburg has been a leading figure in the fight to protect seed-sharing commons over the past forty years. It's a struggle that began in the …
9 months ago