Podcast Episodes

Harriet Mella

Season 1 Episode 46

Shane talks with Harriet Mella, an independent soil scientist from Austria about the complexity and resilience of the life beneath our feet and its critical role in supporting crop health (in paralle…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Cimbri returns

Season 1 Episode 45

Shane and Cimbri resume their conversation, pivoting back to the all too common challenge of young people living in urban or suburban environments who want to escape to less crowded places, plus all …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Greg Willkeen from Bactelium

Season 1 Episode 44

Shane talks to Greg Willkeen about his Bactelium project, aiming to develop a suite of food safe microbial communities that can provide food security from the most basic feedstock resources. We also …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Brad Neil

Season 1 Episode 43

Shane talks with Brad Neil, an expert in the improved English writing system called Quikscript and all round conscript and conlang enthusiast. We delve into the history of spelling and writing reform…

Published on 4 months ago

Darren from Herbalistics

Season 1 Episode 42

Shane talks to his not too distant neighbour Darren, from Herbalistics nursery, about his amazing work crossing Australian crop relatives of citrus, sweet potatoes and a long list of medicinal plants…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Dr Eugene McCarthy again

Season 1 Episode 41

Shane talks to Dr Eugene McCarthy for a third time, delving into the implications and applications of hybridisation driven change in organisms.

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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Klaus Lotz

Season 1 Episode 40

Shane has a deep discussion with Klaus Lotz from PermaDynamics, a syntropic farmer from New Zealand whose origin story traces back to working with the originator of this fascinating method in Brazil.…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dr Philip Bell

Season 1 Episode 39

Shane talks to Dr Philip Bell about his ground breaking theory of viral eukaryogenesis. It is well established that important parts of our cells, the energy producing mitochondria, originated from a …

Published on 5 months ago

Steve Solomon

Season 1 Episode 38

Shane and Steve have a stimulating chat about his extraordinary life, the seed industry, soil nutrition and health and finding a new community on the bottom of the world. Steve's book "Gardening When…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Capello

Season 1 Episode 37

Shane talks with Capello about his experiences establishing diverse hazelnut groves in the Ozarks, integration of sheep grazing, and deeper thoughts about the potential role of animistic/shamanistic …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago