Podcast Episodes

In between worlds – on creating cultures of care after birth // OPOKUA BRITTON CAVACO

The arrival of a new baby entails an opening between the worlds. It’s a liminal in–between space, where life is vulnerable until the baby has fully a…

8 hours ago

40. LIVE: Is a river alive? On enlivenment, animism and nature's rights // ROBERT MACFARLANE & PELLA THIEL

What does it mean to say that a river is alive? And if a river is alive, could it have legal rights that protect it from abuse and exploitation? What…

3 weeks ago

39. Birth as a rite of passage // KRISTINA TURNER

Birth can be difficult to talk about, because it's so complex and paradoxical. It can be beautiful and traumatic, often at the same time; it’s intens…

1 month, 1 week ago

38. How we honor our nervous systems and cultivate pleasure as a pathway towards health // KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON

What healing could be made possible if we began to work in ways that honoured our nervous systems? How could pleasure be a pathway to health? How can…

2 months ago

37. Embracing our cyclical nature // JENNY KOOS [Blood Mysteries pt. 1]

From menarche until menopause, women have a rhythmical companion, whose presence or absence tells us something about our bodies. The menstrual cycle …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

REPRISE: Imaginations of Control // ANDY STIRLING

A favorite conversation from the archives, with particular relevance for upcoming episodes! When our societies are faced with challenges we often cal…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

36. Thinking with plants – on Hildegard of Bingen’s ecological theology // MICHAEL MARDER

What can we learn from plants? 

In Western thinking, plants have usually been seen as the most lowly beings, fixed in one place and without capacity f…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

35. Walking for peace and learning with head, heart & hands // SATISH KUMAR

If you’d prefer to watch the episode, it is available here on Youtube. 

In 1962 , a young man named Satish Kumar set out with his friend Prabakhar Men…

5 months, 1 week ago

34. The subtle art of listening // KERI FACER

As we are faced with multiplying crises, we often rush into trying to fix the world through words and busy action. What if an adequate response is to…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

33. “Our crisis is an aesthetic crisis” – on art, education and ecology // JAN VAN BOECKEL

What could art making and aesthetics mean to us in these difficult times? Can we justify going off to paint or to spend time in nature when there is …

6 months, 1 week ago