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A fortnightly radio show in Melbourne delivering an eclectic mixture of new and old music direct to the ear pipes. Hosted by Benjamin Hammond and Oliver Palmer.
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The Coconut Thinking podcast brings educational provocateurs and practitioners in the regenerative space together to ask: what would it take to create the conditions for all life to thrive? Conversations are as diverse as the guests, but each one participates in the ecosystem, and each one questions the dominant narrative. This is a show for those who are curious about learning, systems, and contributing to the bio-collective—all life that has an interest in the healthfulness of the planet.
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The business podcast designed for entrepreneurs and small business owners to be inspired by, listen to, enjoy and take some action from.
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Tara Ingalls - Tingalls Graphic DesignOn the How to Focus On a Specific Target: "What area of your business do you want to see move forward? And be very specific about your goal."Businesses need to market to survive. They need to market well to thrive. But how is a business supposed to market online when there are so many channels and an audience t…
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Bronwen Main and Frank Burridge: Biomimicry Series III
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How might Biomimicry help us understand the context of a problem in order for us to respond locally, not with one-size-fits-all solutions? In this episode, I speak with Bronwen Main and Frank Burridge. Bronwen is a landscape architect and co-founder of Main Studio, where she focuses on sustainable, nature-inspired designs that transform urban space…
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Beth Skogen - Beth Skogen PhotographyOn the Having the Eye for Beauty: "I think everybody's beautiful. Everybody."There is no such thing as an entrepreneur with just one idea. Beth Skogen is a living embodiment of that fact. Beth has a compelling journey that began with an internship at the prestigious VII Photo Agency in New York. Since starting h…
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Hannah Hammond - The FirmOn the Power of Having a Solid Team: "I think if you are your authentic self and you are putting yourself out there, then people who align with you are are gonna reach out to you and be like, I wanna work for you."Real estate investing is one of the best ways to grow your wealth. But where do you start and how do you invest…
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Henry Dicks, Ph.D. : Biomimicry Series Episode II
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How might biomimicry be an ethical approach to a thriving planet rather than just another way to make cool products for money? In this episode, I speak with Henry Dicks. Henry is an environmental philosopher and philosopher of technology. He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and lectures in environmental philosophy and ethics at Unive…
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Leo Kanell - 7 Figures FundingOn the Power of Having a Solid Team: "If you're going to grow and scale something that is making money while you're on vacation and sleeping, then you got to have great leaders."Money makes the world go 'round. This is especially true in business. As your business grows, you may need to leverage money as a tool. How do…
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Jonathan Mclean - Mclean AestheticsOn the Power of Getting the Right People: "If you hire the best of the best people in your market that bring innovative ideas, are ready to hit the ground running, your business is gonna take off like no other."Hiring can be tough. As a business owner, especially a business owner in the medical spa treatment arena…
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Daniel Kinzer: Biomimicry Series Episode I
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How might we create participatory, community-based technologies inspired from Nature with the interests of life in mind? In this episode, I speak with Daniel Kinzer. Daniel is the founder of Pacific Blue Studios, a network of youth-powered exploration, design and innovation studios leveraging biomimicry, traditional ecological knowledge and conserv…
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Julie Cropp Gareleck - Dare to BecomeOn the Power of Drive: "If there was something we want, we built it. If there's something we needed, we would go get it."What could you become if only you trusted you could? What is the worst case and best case for you getting out and trying to be this higher you?Julie Cropp Gareleck asked those questions and ma…
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Tyson Yunkaporta: Right Story, Wrong Story
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How might knowledge be co-created as a process of relationships between humans, other-than-humans, and the land? In this episode, I speak with Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and most recently Right Story, Wrong Story. His wo…
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Michael Silva - Physical Therapy CoachOn Planning How to Market: "Different audiences react to different techniques."In this insightful episode of Authentic Business Adventures, host James Kademan sits down with Ross Jenkins, CEO of DigitalMe, to explore the intricacies of modern marketing. Ross shares invaluable tips and strategies on harnessing t…
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Peter Sutoris, Ph.D.: Education for the Anthropocene
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How might ethics world the futures our generation will leave behind? How might education respond within the climate context? In this episode, I speak with Peter Sutoris. Peter is an environmental anthropologist and assistant professor in climate and development at the University of Leeds’ Sustainability Research Institute. He is the author of the b…
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Michael Silva - Physical Therapy CoachOn Preparing For an Exit: "I pulled myself out. I was the least revenue generating team member out of my whole team at the time when I sold, so I wouldn't be handcuffed to the business."What if I told you a $195 physical therapy session might only be reimbursed at $59? In this episode, we sit down with business…
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Victoria Thayer - Novii CPAOn Preparing For the Future: "It's always about making sure that you have time as a business owner to keep thinking about, okay, where do I think the industry is moving to? Where is the next thing?"In this insightful episode, we sit down with Victoria Thayer, the dynamic founder of Novii CPA, who has rapidly grown her CPA…
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Pim Martens, Ph.D: Relationships for planetary health
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How might cultivating local relationships with humans and the more-than-human contribute to overall planetary health? In this episode, I speak with Pim Martens. Pim has a PhD in applied mathematics and biological sciences. He is a professor of Planetary Health and dean of Maastricht University College Venlo. Pim has been a professor of Sustainable …
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Benjamin Morone - ZabotaOn Preparing New Recruits: "So the biggest thing is making sure that that onboarding is really good with a company contextual onboarding. So what are the values, this is who we are, this is the org chart, this is our philosophies around payment, those types of things."Join us as Benjamin shares invaluable insights into the a…
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Virgel Hammonds: Nurturing radical relationships
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How do we nurture radical human relationships through authentic stories of learning? In this episode, I speak with Virgel Hammonds. Virgel is a nationally recognized leader in education innovation. He became CEO of the Aurora Institute in 2024, bringing over two decades of experience in learner-centered education. Formerly Chief Learning Officer at…
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Special Episode: Charlotte, Benjamin, and the city
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How is place an emergent, relational experience, rather than a fixed location? In this special episode, Charlotte and Benjamin speak alongside the sounds of Paris to create a conversation that includes the city. We come to Europe every couple of years to visit family, and this year we will also drop my son off to university. We recorded this episod…
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Kyle Wagner: The 12 Shifts for Student-Centered Environments
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How might we commit to change in order to create conditions for deeper learning and put students first? In this episode, I speak with Kyle Wagner. Kyle is an education consultant and founder of Transform Educational Consulting (TEC). He specializes in empowering schools to create socially, emotionally, and globally aware citizens through project-ba…
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David Leventhal and Ximena Rodriguez: Travel is education for living
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How might regenerative travel teach us about reciprocity, contributing to a different approach to education? In this episode I speak with David Leventhal and Ximena Rodrigues of Playa Viva. Playa Viva is a B-Corp certified brand that leverages hospitality to bring capital to work to improve ecosystems, for people and planet, to create vibrant, resi…
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Clover Hogan: Climate breakdown is the symptom, not the illness
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What if we decided to do things differently? I speak with Clover Hogan. Clover is a 24-year-old climate activist and the founding Executive Director of Force of Nature - the youth non-profit turning climate anxiety into action. She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 50 …
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How might our stories be as unique as the place from which they unfold? In this episode, I speak with Jenny Andersson. Jenny is the founder of The Really Regenerative Centre. She works as a strategist, facilitator and educator, supporting organizations and communities to create visions for the future they want – together – and to find the energy, w…
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Ronald Barnett, Ph.D: Higher education is found in criticality, not university
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How might we re-think higher education to be about our ability to discern the world and take action, not the diplomas we receive? I speak with Ronald Barnett. Ron has spent a lifetime in higher education as a scholar, institutional leader and manager, researcher, and writer. He is recognized as having introduced and developed the philosophy of high…
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Jennifer D. Klein and Jill Ackers-Clayton: Re-Wilding learning, teaching, and spaces
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How might we create the conditions and spaces for learning to be wild? Or maybe we need to un-create them for wildness? I speak to Jennifer D. Klein and Jill Ackers-Clayton. Jennifer has a broad background in global education and global partnership development, student-centered curricular strategies, diversity and inclusivity work, authentic assess…
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Kevin Bartlett: It is the Why that matters
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How might we come together around a WHY rather than a HOW? Might the HOW sort itself out if we share purpose? In this episode, I speak with Kevin Bartlett. Kevin is the Founder of the Common Ground Collaborative. He has held leadership positions in the UK, Tanzania, Namibia, Austria, and Belgium, where he was most recently Director of the Internati…
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Darren Coxon: AI and the possibile futures
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How might AI create both utopian and dystopian futures all at the same time? What does this mean for education and for learning? In this episode, I speak with Darren Coxon. Darren is Founder of CoxonAI, a worldwide strategic advisory specialising in K-12 AI implementation. An educator for 25 years, Darren has most recently managed the operation of …
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David Penberg, Ph.D.: Telling different stories of learning
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How might we free ourselves from the bondage of data to tell different stories of learning? In this episode, I speak with David Penberg, Ph.D. David is an urban and international educator, teacher and writer with 40 years of experience. His work is place-based and intergenerational. He supports communities seeking to become more vital, joyous and i…
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Michael Bunce: The landscape and weather of learning
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How might learning be flow between structure and emergence? How might we measure impact quantitatively and qualitatively? In this episode, I speak with Michael Bunce. Michael is an educator, researcher, and interdisciplinary sound artist, with wide-ranging international experience across education and the arts. As an educational researcher, he spec…
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Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley, Ph.D.: Flourishing is a dynamic process
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What might flourishing look like as collective and individual experiences entangled in environment? Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley is a Senior lecturer in education policy at Bath Spa University and is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research is philosophical in nature and helps us to better understand social problems and social resear…
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Cindy Forde: Storytelling to inspire the possible
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How might we tell new stories open up our imagination to what is possible? In this episode, I speak with Cindy Forde. Cindy’s career has been dedicated to transforming how we understand and act as human beings towards Earth. She works globally with leaders across sectors in education, communication and sustainability including University of Cambrid…
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