Best RegenNarration Podcasts (2024)

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Stories of Transformation from Next Generation Leaders: The CREATE Program's Global Impact 1:10:10

4h ago1:10:10

1:10:10

Send us a Text Message. In episode 164 with Nicole Masters and Meagan Lannan (the infamous ‘armoured butts’ episode) we talked about the new ‘train the trainers’ program in agroecological systems thinking they’d created, called CREATE. This time, we visit them at home, as they gather for the first reunion of the program. Fifteen highly accomplished…

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One of the Best: With Nina Simons & Kenny Ausubel 24:43

1h ago24:43

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Send us a Text Message. A number of you have said last week’s episode was one of the best, with legendary Bioneers founders Nina Simons and Kenny Ausubel. So in honour of that, and in case you missed it, or haven’t heard through to the end, this week’s release is an excerpt of the last 20 minutes or so of a very rare public conversation with the tw…

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A Life's Wisdom, Transformation & Romance: With legendary Bioneers founders Nina Simons & Kenny Ausubel 1:16:31

2h ago1:16:31

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Send us a Text Message. This treasured and unique conversation is with the legendary founders of Bioneers, Nina Simons and Kenny Ausubel. Bioneers is a cultural phenomenon - an innovative nonprofit organization that has been highlighting breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet - for 34 years. What started as a somewhat reluctant conf…

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Visiting Wendell Berry & A Psychedelics Resurgence Back-Story: Off-record with Andrew Stone 15:36

2d ago15:36

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Send us a Text Message. Andrew Stone and I continued on for another 15 minutes off-record, but with the recorder still on. The conversation was so fascinating that I asked him if he was ok with it going out to you. So here’s a bonus 15 minutes with Andrew, where we went on to talk about his visit to Wendell Berry and their conversation on technolog…

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Tech Innovator to Mystic Farmer: Andrew Stone's Path 50:44

4d ago50:44

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Send us a Text Message. Andrew Stone has been dubbed the ‘solar mystic farmer’, as a pioneering solar passive designer/builder, former software developer of some of the commonplace apps today working alongside luminaries like Steve Jobs, regenerative farmer with treasured links to Wendell Berry and his family, key presence in the psychedelics resur…

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The Children's Hour Radio Show Becoming a Global Phenomenon, with Katie Stone & Amadeus Menendez 54:48

11d ago54:48

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Send us a Text Message. How does a local radio show run with and for children become a global phenomenon - with plenty of adult listeners too? All the more in an age of media disruption and decline, with the ongoing struggle of not only mainstream media models, but public and alternative ones too. In just six years, The Children’s Hour is approachi…

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Going Slow to Go Fast: Joining Jeff Goebel in Action 'Doing the Impossible' 1:14:32

22d ago1:14:32

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Send us a Text Message. Our final episode last year was titled Achieving Consensus and Commitment to do the ‘Impossible’. It featured Jeff Goebel, and drew an enormous response from listeners, a number of whom have continued to work with Jeff since. So when I knew we were heading to the States, I reached out to Jeff. And soon after, he got in touch…

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Spirit Farm: Listening to Navajo Diné land with James & Joyce Skeet 1:17:12

30d ago1:17:12

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Send us a Text Message. The Navajo Diné Nation is the biggest First Nation in the US, crossing Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. There we connected with Diné elder James Skeet, and his brilliant wife Joyce - descendant of award-winning Mennonite farmers in Pennsylvania. Together, they founded Spirit Farm, and the educational non-profit Covenant Pathway…

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Ultrawilding! Steve Mushin on blowing the lid off rewilding, joy & creativity 1:05:23

1M ago1:05:23

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Send us a Text Message. Steve Mushin is an award-winning industrial designer and inventor, and an old mate from when we both were part of the team at CERES – the legendary community environment park in inner Melbourne. He’s also now the author of children’s book ‘Ultrawild: An audacious plan to rewild every city on earth’ (Allen & Unwin). Eight yea…

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Bringing the Beaver Back in an Uninsurable State: With Brock Dolman, co-founder of the Occidental Arts & Ecology Centre 1:26:42

2M ago1:26:42

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Send us a Text Message. A couple of weeks ago, I received some big news. The California State Assembly unanimously passed what’s been dubbed the ‘Beaver Bill’. Yes, California is bringing the beaver back. For those who might not be fully across how big this news is, the beaver is a keystone species that assists in restoring watershed and ecosystem …

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David Bronner: A Journey of Purpose with Dr. Bronner's Cosmic Engagement Officer 48:21

2M ago48:21

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Send us a Text Message. I had the pleasure of sitting down with David Bronner, the Cosmic Engagement Officer of the famed Dr Bronner’s, whose life story is as rich and foamy as the company's iconic soap. Since David became CEO of the top-selling brand of natural soaps, body care and food products in 1998, the company has grown from $4 million in re…

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A Paradigm Change in Regenerative Finance: With Esther Park, CEO of Cienaga Capital 1:15:18

2M ago1:15:18

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Send us a Text Message. For all the great regenerative work bubbling up everywhere right now, it seems fair to say that finance and investment in it is lagging a little. As my guest today puts it, we often hear about how farmers and land managers need to change, for example, but we hear less often about how finance and investment needs to change. I…

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Living Well As Society Transforms: With legendary writer Richard Heinberg 1:05:47

3M ago1:05:47

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Send us a Text Message. Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost advocates on the urgent need, and inviting prospects, of a transition away from fossil fuels. He’s the author of 14 books including some of the seminal works on our current energy and environmental crises. I remember reading The Party’s Over 20 years ago, and…

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World Premiere Reading from Carbon: The Book Of Life, by Paul Hawken 8:56

3M ago8:56

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Send us a Text Message. This special extra to episode 204 features the last handful of minutes with the legendary best-selling author Paul Hawken. This is where the episode culminated in Paul offering a world premiere reading of the rousing finale to his upcoming book, Carbon: The Book Of Life. The reading happened to be accompanied, too, by some n…

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Carbon, The Book of Life: With legendary best-seller Paul Hawken 1:42:11

3M ago1:42:11

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Send us a Text Message. Paul Hawken is the legendary author behind myriad best-sellers, including most recently Regeneration: Ending the climate crisis in one generation, and before it, Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Both books were accompanied by comprehensive online portals that continue to engage p…

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Democracy On The Rise, with Kate Chaney MP 1:01:42

3M ago1:01:42

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Send us a Text Message. The community in the Australian federal seat of Curtin elected the 7th new independent MP to parliament 2 years ago now, and the first and only (to date) in WA. In those two years, that community independent, Kate Chaney, has continued to drive a level of engagement and outcomes that no one I speak to has any memory of happe…

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Some Big News: An Earth Day Launch 14:17

3M ago14:17

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Send us a Text Message. I’ve been promising some big news for a little while now. Well, earlier this week, on Earth Day, a special and unexpected launch took place. Head here for a transcript, also available on Apple and some other apps. (Note the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conv…

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Echoes of Africa – A Journey to Our Human Heartbeat: With Lamine Sonko & Simon Edwards 1:03:51

3M ago1:03:51

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Send us a Text Message. Lamine Sonko is an acclaimed composer, artistic director, performer and multi-instrumentalist continuing his family line of Guéwels. That’s a role inherited by certain members of traditional communities in Senegal who are tasked with communicating ancient storytelling and ‘songlines’ through dance, rhythms and song. And earl…

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David Marsh: The Land Does It For You 1:40:20

4M ago1:40:20

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the bicentennial episode. And who better to mark the occasion than this legend of regenerative agriculture, David Marsh. To visit Allendale Farm is like stepping into an incredible rewilding of country – as a livestock farm! David’s been here for nearly 60 years, the first half of which he ran industrialised cropp…

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Nicole Curato: How to transcend political impasses on climate & everything else 1:03:01

4M ago1:03:01

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Send us a Text Message. This podcast has been increasingly hearing about the extraordinary outcomes that can stem from deliberative democratic processes. I still hear from listeners about past episodes with people like Jeff Goebel and Amanda Cahill. So this week, we head to the nation’s capital to speak with someone I’ve been looking forward to mee…

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Sam Vincent: Where the Reed Warbler Called 1:06:08

4M ago1:06:08

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Send us a Text Message. Sam Vincent grew up on the farm where Charles Massy famously heard the call of the reed warbler for the first time in 150 years or so. But, like most millennials in his position, he wasn’t going to stay there. Until his old man now famously put his hand in a woodchipper. That’s when Sam left his inner-city life as a writer t…

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Jim Phillipson: From Ownership to Stewardship 1:14:29

4M ago1:14:29

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Send us a Text Message. Late last year, I arrived at a quandary. I’d been hearing about how inaccessible land ownership is for younger folk, and how investment capital is still relatively slow to come on board the incredible broad scale potential of regenerative agriculture (notwithstanding often great intent). And I’d been hearing how even long-te…

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Zach Bush MD: Back to the Garden 2:19:35

5M ago2:19:35

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Send us a Text Message. Zach Bush MD has become an internationally recognised educator on the microbiome, as it relates to human health, soil health, food systems, water systems, and regenerative living as a whole. The touchstone insight of Zach’s initial transformation was that we don’t need to solve each of our many increasingly prevalent disease…

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From Quarry to Oasis: Dominique Hes on the incredible story of Newport Lakes, circular economies & beyond 1:05:54

5M ago1:05:54

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Send us a Text Message. Dr Dominique Hes is deeply embedded in the regenerative movement. A renowned educator, author of Designing for Hope, advisor on the Federal Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group, Chair of Greenfleet, and featured presence in some of Damon Gameau’s wonderful films, Dominique started working in regenerative development 2…

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The Vital Transitions in Energy Beyond Electrifying Everything: Tim Fisher on sun, surf & sympathy 1:03:12

5M ago1:03:12

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Send us a Text Message. Tim Fisher is the eldest son of the late Professor Frank Fisher. You’ve heard Frank’s name a bit on this podcast, legendary systems thinking educator in Australia – and good mate over the last dozen or so years of his life. Twice my good fortune was meeting Tim, and keeping in touch over the years. Tim is a wealth of experie…

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Regenerating Life, the Movie: How to cool the planet, feed the world & live happily ever after, with John Feldman 1:00:55

5M ago1:00:55

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Send us a Text Message. Regenerating Life is a new feature-length documentary that takes a fresh look at solving the climate crisis - and everything else. Internationally acclaimed New York filmmaker John Feldman recently premiered it in the US (where recent podcast guest Judith Schwartz featured on the panel). He’s now about to accompany its premi…

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The River Is Our Blood: Kate McBride, Zach Bush MD & Dr Pran Yoganathan at the Reconnection Festival 59:23

5M ago59:23

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Send us a Text Message. We’re back at the Reconnection Festival for the last of three inter-related panel conversations, each building on the other. This one's on health, and features explosive revelations about a ‘Motor Neuron Disease alley’ linked to pollution and river degeneration in Australia’s Riverina agricultural district. Akin to the ‘canc…

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Huge Opportunity: Original Haggerty farm for sale 22:10

6M ago22:10

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first of our mid-week specials. This is one of the experiments I want to try this year. Short grab releases featuring particular opportunities, stories or updates. There are just so many coming on, I hope this helps you to access them, and all of us to build on them. As ever, you’ll let me know what you think!…

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A Feast of Transformation: Laura Dalrymple, Matthew Evans & Darren Doherty at the Reconnection Festival 58:21

6M ago58:21

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Send us a Text Message. Feast on our next conversation at the Reconnection Festival, the largest gathering of the regenerative movement in this country to date. This time, we’re talking food, for which the 800 people present were joined by a few more visionaries: Laura Dalrymple, founder of the extraordinary Feather and Bone in Sydney Matthew Evans…

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Cultural Reconnection: Live with Dr Amanda Cahill, Jade Miles & Isira Aunty Jinta at the Reconnection Festival 53:30

6M ago53:30

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Send us a Text Message. We head over to the eastern-most point of Australia this week, for the largest gathering of the regenerative movement in this country to date. Join us at the Reconnection Festival, staged by Farmer’s Footprint Australia in November last year. We sit with a panel of three visionary women, for a conversation on culture that la…

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The Regeneration Rhapsody: Success Stories of Soil & Spirit from the Margaret River Conference (Day 2) 49:42

6M ago49:42

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Send us a Text Message. Join us at the grand finale of the 2023 Regenerative Agriculture Conference in Margaret River WA. Following on from last week, today we’re with another all-star panel. And again, we’ve no predetermined agenda, but to reflect on what had gone before, and what might come next. Dr Judi Earl is a national treasure, having conduc…

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The Regenerative Era Ignites: Tales from the 2023 Margaret River Conference (Day 1) 1:20:26

6M ago1:20:26

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the new year. And welcome to a new world, where soil renews and pastures flourish, where every bite of food embodies a philosophy of renewal. The Regenerative Era blooms, and with it, a transformative approach to our landscapes and the very sustenance of life. Join us on a journey to Margaret River, where the 2023…

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186. 2023 RegenNarration Soundtrack: Highlights from our guests this year 45:38

7M ago45:38

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the customary package of highlights from another brilliant array of guests throughout 2023, accompanied by some of the music and sounds of Country heard along the way. Our guests were farmers, artists, First Nations, entrepreneurs, investors, former miners, migrants, health professionals, writers, journalists, fac…

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185. Achieving Consensus & Commitment to do the ‘Impossible’, with Jeff Goebel 1:29:04

8M ago1:29:04

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a very special final episode for 2023. After seven years of this podcast, covering many inspiring stories, there’s clearly no mystery as to how we go about regeneration. So why is the macro story, if you like, the big picture - extinctions, emissions, inequality, health - still going the wrong way? Is there someth…

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184. After Former Ambassador’s Climate Hunger Strike: Gregory Andrews on its extraordinary & complex outcomes 1:10:50

8M ago1:10:50

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Send us a Text Message. D’harawal man Gregory Andrews is the Former Ambassador and first Threatened Species Commissioner of Australia who went on Climate Hunger Strike outside Australia’s federal parliament for, as he put it, my kids and country. On the 16th day, he was hospitalised. And while Gregory began his recovery, a community vigil of sorts …

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183. Alessandro Pelizzon: On the EU adopting ecocide laws, & media to believe in 45:10

8M ago45:10

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Send us a Text Message. Earlier this year, Associate Professor in Law, Alessandro Pelizzon, was on the podcast talking about some of the latest global paradigm shifting developments in our legal systems. A couple of weeks ago, there was another such development. The EU is going to criminalise severe environmental harms ‘comparable to ecocide’. And …

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182. My Eulogy for a Friend & Systems Thinking Legend: Celebrating the 80th birthday of Professor Frank Fisher 12:55

8M ago12:55

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Send us a Text Message. Today is a special release ahead of this week’s scheduled episode. It was recorded with a full house of over 400 people in the main theatre at Federation Square in Melbourne, for the memorial service of my late great mate and mentor, and legend in systems thinking – and practice – in this country, Professor Frank Fisher. Min…

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181. Revolutionising Perceptions, Repurposing Donkeys & Restoring Country: With Brooke Purvis, co-founder of the Last Stop Donkey Program 45:29

8M ago45:29

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Send us a Text Message. Brooke Purvis is a podcast listener who reached out after hearing the most recent episode with Chris Henggeler from Kachana Station last month. She wondered if she could help with the ‘donkey situation’ there. It turns out she’s co-founded something called the Last Stop Donkey Program, out of Singleton in the Hunter Valley o…

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161 Excerpt. We Can Create a New Normal: Live panel launch for Regenerating Investment in Food & Farming 43:15

9M ago43:15

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Send us a Text Message. This is an excerpt of one of the most pivotal conversations on the podcast this year. So many conversations since, and attempts to navigate the paradigm change talked about here, have come back to this launch event, and the stories expressed in it. Having just returned from the Re:Connection Festival in the northern rivers, …

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180. We're Very Close to a Tipping Point: Rachel Ward & Jade Miles, live in Margaret River 48:31

9M ago48:31

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Send us a Text Message. Rachel Ward is a famed actress, film-maker and now farmer. Jade Miles is the CEO of Sustainable Table, author of Futuresteading, and steward of the incredible Black Barn Farm. We shared this conversation with a live audience after a screening of Rachel’s brilliant documentary, Rachel’s Farm. It was a curtain raiser to the Re…

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170 Excerpt. Don’t Ask People to Pick a Side, with Tim Hollo 29:35

9M ago29:35

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Send us a Text Message. It’s all go here now for the upcoming RE:CONNECTION Festival. But there are other reasons for this excerpt today. So many of my conversations these days, including after the Voice Referendum here in Australia, for example, come back to this part of episode 170 with Tim Hollo, author of ‘Living Democracy: An ecological manife…

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179. Coming to a Head in the Kimberley (Part 2): Chris Henggeler on the donkey situation, wildlife management & microbiome mysteries 49:51

9M ago49:51

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to part two of Coming to a Head in the Kimberley, featuring one of the great stories of regeneration, and one of the most spectacular regions in the world, at a time when both are acutely on the line. Join us back at Kachana Station in the East Kimberley, with award-winning regenerative pastoralist Chris Henggeler. W…

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179. Coming to a Head in the Kimberley: Chris Henggeler on regenerating consciousness, community & Country 1:06:35

10M ago1:06:35

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Send us a Text Message. Chris Henggeler and his family manage Kachana Station in the East Kimberley, only accessible by foot or air. They took responsibility for this desertified and abandoned country, and have achieved some incredible regeneration, culminating last year in a State Soil Health Champion award. Yet with still vast lands desertifying …

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178. Navigating the Emotional Echoes of the Referendum: Heidi Mippy, on the Voice to Parliament & beyond 56:01

10M ago56:01

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Send us a Text Message. Heidi Mippy is a Noongar and Thiin-Mah Warriyangka woman, and a pioneer in Aboriginal education support and community development. For over 25 years, Heidi’s been leading and sharing in many brilliant success stories, with renowned integrity, smarts and spirit. Here, Heidi joins Anthony in the lead up to Australia’s national…

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177. Bunuba Elder Jimmy Dillon Andrews, on Jandamarra, spiritual power & building cultural enterprise 56:05

10M ago56:05

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to Fitzroy Crossing. Jimmy Dillon Andrews is a highly respected Bunuba elder and founder of Bungoolee Tours, nationally renowned for the cultural experiences it guides people through. These include journeys deep beneath the limestone of the Napier Range into Tunnel Creek, and through the heart of the incredible …

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176. The Water has Passed but the Earth has Shifted: Natalie Davey on listening to Country 1:24:54

10M ago1:24:54

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a very special episode, months in the making. Natalie Davey was last on the podcast nearly 2 years ago. It’s still the sixth most popular episode. Natalie is a community leader from Fitzroy Crossing, with Bunuba-Walmajarri, English and Scottish heritage. She’s a Traditional Custodian of the magnificent Martuwarra …

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156 Excerpt. Daniel Christian Wahl: ‘It’s the change of being that ultimately makes a difference’ 30:11

11M ago30:11

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Send us a Text Message. A very special episode from flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing, with Traditional Custodian of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River, Natalie Davey, has been weeks in the making and is almost finished. Stay tuned for that next week! Today is an excerpt of episode 156 featuring the last 25 minutes or so with globally renowned writer, educa…

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150 Excerpt. Carol Sanford, as No More Gold Stars comes out (& brief update) 23:59

11M ago23:59

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Send us a Text Message. What a week at the regenerative agriculture conference in Margaret River. Fair to say we’re still buzzing, and recovering. More on that later. Normal podcasting will resume next week, but this week has actually been lined up for a while – in anticipation of that recovery, and the release of a very special book. Carol Sanford…

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169 Excerpt. Matilda Brown & Scott Gooding on the Power of Food in Healing, Business & Regeneration 28:47

11M ago28:47

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Send us a Text Message. We’ve landed in Margaret River, ahead of its major regenerative agriculture conference, with a live Q&A screening of Rachel’s Farm raising the curtain tonight. Anthony will be hosting director Rachel Ward, in conversation with another previous guest on the podcast, Jade Miles. In the film, Rachel raises the rest of the pictu…

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167 Excerpt. Next Generation Farming: North Arm Farms' Seven-Way Cooperative, Community Ties & Organic Decertification 28:47

11M ago28:47

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Send us a Text Message. We’re now heading south from the Kimberley towards Margaret River for the regenerative agriculture conference next week. One brilliant couple who’ll be there, and who appear in the film Rachel’s Farm being shown on the eve of the conference, is Kaycee Simuong and Tom Macindoe. This is an excerpt of episode 167 featuring the …

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