Podcast Episodes

The Sacred Depths of Nature: exploring the interface of science, spirituality and religion with Ursula Goodenough

Season 14 Episode 14

Sometimes the synchronicity of this podcast leaves me very happy. About six months ago, I was thinking that I wanted to talk to someone who really lived at the interface between science and spiritual…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Reality Check: Less Quantity, More Quality in a Future that will Work, Part 4 of our series w Simon Michaux

Season 14 Episode 13

This is the fourth of our ongoing series with Dr Simon Michaux.  As ever, we ranged far and wide, but this time within the remit of 'what does the world look like in 2050 if we make good choices now?…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Lifeboats and Volcanoes: part 3 of our series with Simon Michaux

Season 14 Episode 12

This week's guest is fast becoming a friend of the Podcast. In the first part of what is now an ongoing series, Dr Simon Michaux outlined for us the nature of the materials crisis - the fact that the…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Primary Strategy: Growing a new voting paradigm in the South Devon Primary

Season 14 Episode 11

As you'll know by now, one of our core motivators in creating this podcast was the realisation that the 'democratic' systems of the world are largely broken and are not a useful way to affect change.…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

No More Fairy Stories: Writing the way through, one tale at a time - with Denise Baden

Season 14 Episode 10

If you've listened to this podcast at all recently, you'll know that I'm in the editing phase of the new book - the phase where we 'carve it into tiny pieces, throw significant chunks of it in the re…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Meeting the Ocean: Rekindling our deepest connections through art and science with Markus Reymann

Season 14 Episode 9

How do we really create systemic change? How do we shift narratives towards a generative future? How do we bring artists, scientists, policy makers, educators, conservationists, journalists, and all …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Proudly Mad: exploring mental health and the climate emergency with Charlie Hertzog Young

Season 14 Episode 8

How did one man make the shift from Not wanting to live in this world, to refusing to live in this world?

If you've listened to this podcast for any length of time, you'll know that I did the Masters …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Building Tomorrow: Bonus addition: Painting 2050 if we get things right

Season 14 Episode 7

Paddy and I recorded a brief 15 minute bonus of how the world could look if we actually employed all the strategies in 'Building Tomorrow' - so sit back, soak it in - and then let's make it happen...…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Building Tomorrow: Practical steps to a new economic system with Paddy Le Flufy

Season 14 Episode 7

As you will know by now, this podcast searches long and hard for answers to the over-riding question of 'what do we need to do, to get us from where we are, to where we need to be to set the stage fo…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Building Bridges to the Future with Cat Tully of the School of International Futures

Season 14 Episode 6

If you've listened to the podcast at all over the past few years, you'll know that the search for routes to total systemic change has always been the driver of what we're doing and why we're doing it…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago