Podcast Episodes

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 3 months, 1 week 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Julian Gough

Season 1 Episode 36

Shane talks with Julian Gough, philosopher turned cosmologist, about his stunning theory extending Smolin's Cosmic Natural Selection. If organisms and ecosystems can evolve, then perhaps entire unive…

Published on 4 months ago

Cimbri

Season 1 Episode 35

Shane and long time fan of the show Cimbri talk about reclaiming our ancestral human potential, the past and future of human evolution (both biological and cultural) and the challenges of being a you…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Samuel Lewis

Season 1 Episode 34

Shane chats with Samuel Lewis, a self described 21st century hoe farmer from Brittany, France, who has been growing his staple calorie crops with zero inputs along with many other rural ventures, plu…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Richard Bartlett

Season 1 Episode 33

Shane talks with Richard Bartlett about his remarkable passion for decentralised social organisations and the cultures and norms which make them thrive.

You can read the book Shane mentions in the ep…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Alex Tanke

Season 1 Episode 32

Shane talks to temperate tree crop breeder Alex Tanke about his work with persimmons and pecans/hickories, plus a whole bunch of other topics related to tree crops and the development of diverse and …

Published on 5 months ago

Justin Senryu Williams

Season 1 Episode 31

Shane talks to Justin Senryu-Williams about his extraordinary work to breed resilient, low input tomatoes for the soggy British climate through extensive outcrossing to wild tomato relatives.

You can…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Thomas Stoughton

Season 1 Episode 30

Shane talks with Thomas Stoughton about his extensive field work studying the spring beauties (Claytonia species) a diverse group of plants with enormous untapped domestication potential and a host o…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago