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Eugene McCarthy Returns
Season 1 Episode 21
Shane talks to Dr Eugene McCarthy once more, delving into his astonishing theory about the possible hybrid origin of humans (and not the recent disco…
1 year ago
Gregg Muller
Season 1 Episode 20
Shane talks to Gregg about his long journey through breeding a wide range of crops in his challenging Mediterranean climate in southern Australia. We…
1 year ago
Fedor Steeman
Season 1 Episode 19
Shane talks to Fedor Steeman about the limits of evolving and engineering life itself.
Check out more of Fedor's amazing videos on speculative biology…
1 year, 1 month ago
Salvatore Ceccarelli
Season 1 Episode 18
Shane talks to Salvatore Ceccarelli about his incredible contribution to the preservation and reinvigoration of ancient landrace crop genetics in the…
1 year, 1 month ago
Book Review- The One Straw Revolution
Season 1 Episode 17
Shane revisits an old substack post reviewing Fukuoka's "One Straw Revolution", comparing his experiences as an experimental farmer to those of one o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dr. Eugene McCarthy
Season 1 Episode 16
Shane talks to Dr Eugene McCarthy about his lifetime studying the importance of hybridisation in the creation of new forms of life (usually called sp…
1 year, 1 month ago
Plant Profile- Shallots (Allium fistulosum)
Season 1 Episode 15
Shane reflects on his oldest vegetable landrace crop, the humble shallot or spring onion (Allium fistulosum), an indispensable fresh leafy vegetable …
1 year, 2 months ago
Jason Howard
Season 1 Episode 14
Shane talks to Jason about his extraordinary passion for breeding diverse, aromatic and hardy basil that goes so far beyond the common leafy green ty…
1 year, 2 months ago
Direct Sowing versus Transplants
Season 1 Episode 13
Shane argues for the advantages of direct sowed seed over transplants, and outlines the key ingredients to achieve success sowing your own seed where…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ugo Bardi
Season 1 Episode 12
Shane talks to Professor Ugo Bardi about his recent book "Exterminations: Preparing for the Unthinkable" about the limits to growth and social, cultu…
1 year, 2 months ago