Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Alex Leff A Mapuche leader defends rivers not as resources, but as living beings. In this powerful conversation, Millaray Huichalaf shares how Indigenous wisdom, spirituality, and resistance are shaping a more balanced and life-sustaining future.
We travel to Uganda to speak with human rights defender, environmental activist, and community organizer, Gerald Barekye. Gerald works with communities in oil-affected regions to support those most impacted by environmental degradation and fight for both ecological and human rights.
It’s been fifty years since the collapse of civilization – why isn’t everything back up and running already? In the sci-fi novel “Earth Abides,” Ish tries to teach the next generation about the old ways but these dang kids would rather explore abandoned boulevards and overgrown shopping malls.
It’s really refreshing to hear from you, our listeners and fellow strugglers living in high-energy modernity (affectionately known as Crazy Townies). This mailbag episode offers the element of surprise, as it gives us a chance to respond with delight and spontaneity to your questions and comments.
We travel to Morocco to speak with storyteller and ecosystem weaver Hajar Tazi. Working across a wide network of organizations—from Shareable and Gaia Education and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance—Hajar helps connect people, ideas, and communities in service of a more resilient future.
Our journey begins in the Philippines with farmer, chef, entrepreneur, and environmentalist Louise Mabulo. From her early start on MasterChef Junior to founding The Culinary Lounge and The Cacao Project, Louise works to reconnect people with the land—and the food they grow and eat.
To find our way in our climate journey, we don’t need more information, we need orientation. Join us for a conversation with Katharine Wilkinson about Climate Wayfinding on May 28, 2026.
Join us for the free, online event “Chokepoint: The New Urgency of Ending Fossil Fuel Addiction” on May 6, 2026 with panelists Nate Hagens and Kumi Naidoo, and guest moderator, Gaya Herrington.
You ever go on a little trip, to just get away from it all — only to come home and find all of civilization collapsed while you were gone and you might be the last person left on earth? Well then you could totally relate to George R. Stewart’s 1949 science-fiction novel, “Earth Abides.”
Jason, Rob, and Asher explore the world of competitive birding, the relationship between those who love nature and the technology they use to connect to it, and how even the most gentle of shared passions can get corrupted by status-fueled competition.
Several commentators have remarked that the United States’ war on Iran carries echoes of 2008. A potential financial crash this year could actually be much worse.
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