Through the Deakin University Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, we have unlikely, borderline seditious and kind of inappropriate yarns with surprising people about how an Indigenous complexity science lens can be applied to solving the world's most wicked problems. There's gold at the margins, but almost no trigger warnings, so enter at your peril. Intro music by The Murri Ghibli Fangirls, a really long intro because we're too afraid to tell black women to stop singing. Rant episodes intro b ...
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A podcast to challenge your assumptions and inspire you with ideas from the periphery, the margins. We live in times of unprecedented change. The systems - financial, social, ecological, environmental - on which we depend are stretched to breaking point. Professional, personal and organisational ‘norms’ increasingly less normal. We are in transition. The ideas to shape tomorrow exist today at the margins. What might we learn from ancient wisdom, eastern philosophy or indigenous thinking? Or ...
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To reforming economics as an interpretation of reality, rather than a diversion play for monopolists.
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Explore developments in the world and what they could mean for our future with Sam Barton.
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Food is connection and sustenance, it is cultural, social, ethical, political and a fundamental human right. In the Anthropocene*, food is also complex and problematic. So, grab your knife, fork and spoon and join me as we digest the Australian foodscape, one bite at a time. onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across the socials *Anthropocene: the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age.
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RadicalxChange Replayed presents audio replays of talks from conferences and events hosted by RadicalxChange every other week. The talks feature innovative and thought-provoking ideas from scholars, artists, activists, and innovators from around the world who utilize RadicalxChange (RxC) concepts such as Common Partial Ownership, Quadratic Funding and Voting, and Data Dignity to tackle divisive social issues, improve democracy, and create markets, institutions, and technology that better ref ...
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Oak: A Journal Against Civilization
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Music artist and social impact storyteller TImo Peach asks: What story do you think you are in – and can you change it? Because another world IS possible. As the bloke from Momo:tempo and the voice of Unsee The Future, Mr Peach playfully explores how to encourage the more hopeful human tomorrow – meeting artists, solarpunks and changemakers re-imagining the stories we think we're in. In a time of crisis, we need the NEW songs and stories of us. Join Momo at the intersection of art, planet an ...
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Rishikes Siva takes biomimicry to the next level with Lunar Punk rhizomatic riffs, and we weave through arboretal IK at the margins of regenerative sexiness, while the brains of Elders are uploaded to the clouds and we wait to see what that rain will look like (while a tiny part of me dies inside). If more than half of that didn't make sense to you…
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Wanted to yarn with Roma, Scots, Native American, Aboriginal, queer, neuro-divergent, unhoused and trans folks about fluid border work facilitating norms of access, and about finding identity in ancestral paths rather than homelands, since global populations are becoming increasingly itinerant. But that panel would be complicated and boring, as mos…
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Have spears. Will travel.
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Emily McAvan queers up our ongoing narratives of embassy and quarantine as kin making rather than exclusion, as we dig deep into the foundational spiritual narratives of Purity, Toxicity, Pollution and Contagion that dominate all policy and practice around the most explosive issues of our time - immigration, medicine and wellness, environmental iss…
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Relational Economy Thought Experiment
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They say leap and the net appears, but Jack Manning Bancroft at the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab is riffing on some emergent para-financial systems that offer something better to splash into, a soft landing for everyone. It's so crazy it just might work. While there may be no Apple sweat-shop safety nets here, we can all return to identities an…
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Discussing Right Story, Wrong Story, by Tyson Yunkaporta
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Embracing different perspectives and understanding the long-term impacts of our actions, particularly in terms of cultural shifts and societal evolution, can give us valuable insights to navigate our present and future more effectively. Author Dougald Hine rejoins Ben to discuss a new book by Tyson Yunkaporta, who suggested that the best thing to d…
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Thought experiment: what would it take to naturalise money in the biosphere, in the same way that invasive plants and animals can come into harmony with ecosystems over time and with good custodianship of land? Indigenous folks and allies of The Indigenous Commons, from around the globe: Parul Punjabi Jagdish, Nawi Flores, Abdul Semakula, Suzanna B…
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Where do new ideas come from? Your mind regenerates from the outside in, teased to life by artists, innovators, agitators playing on the margins. Their work inspires yours. This is the spark, the stuff of new ideas. As with your mind, so too an old city. Berlin in 1992 was a tired place, run dry by 50 years of division, devoid of life, energy and n…
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The Heroine’s Journey – a universal path towards wholeness
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There’s a way of seeing personal growth and transformation as a cycle of rupture, descent, emergence, and return – an inward journey that challenges us to confront our own demons, integrate different aspects of ourselves, and ultimately find a way to contribute to the collective good. Christine Raine is a speaker, facilitator, and podcaster. She de…
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Unsee The Future: The Hopeychattybits – meeting Penelope Norman
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In this special 13th episode, Momo meets Penelope Norman, head of MA Fashion Technology at Arts University Bournemouth and talks about her involvement with the AUB Innovation Studio.Commissioned by Pier Journal, this is the informal recording of the interview for issue #7 of the magazine, which you can find out more about at pierjournal.co.uk.…
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Love eggs to you my siblings
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Sorry siblings, it's been a while, but I been falling in love again, with my woman. Dougald Hine from the Dark Mountain on how love and ritual are not soft skills in the business of growing seeds of right story from the ruins of empire.
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The missing link between mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing
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Bringing movement into our daily routines is beneficial not only for our physical health, but our mental and emotional wellbeing too. Consciously integrating activity into our lifestyles helps us counteract the sedentary nature of modern life, especially for leaders and entrepreneurs sat in front of a laptop all day. Sal Jefferies is an embodiment …
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Living a dimmer-free life, with Cecily Mak
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Embracing discomfort and experiencing emotions to the fullest can give us the guidance needed to navigate positive life changes, even in difficult circumstances. But sometimes those emotions are too difficult or too stark, and so we use things like alcohol to turn down the volume. But by doing so, we dim ourselves. Today, Ben is in conversation wit…
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Film review of Wish and Napoleon. Conclusion: revolutions suck.
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De-pioneering: From Offsets to Resets
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Paul Kearney from the Kearney group and Jack Manning Bancroft from AIME and IKSLab, who for 3 years have funded and worked on research for a mega-project to resolve multiple catastrophic risks, yarn here to unveil an ambitious plan.
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Korean Monk, wise mind and best selling author, Haemin Sunim
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Our willingness to embrace and make space for all aspects of ourselves, both the good and the bad, can lead to greater peace and contentment in our lives. By practicing gratitude and mindfulness, we can shift our mindset and find joy in the present moment. And the way we perceive the universe, whether as benevolent or something to fear, shapes our …
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IKSLab setting circle for Wanjau (collective sense-making yarn) around the possibility for global serpent Lores from every continent to inform common agreements on reality and embassy protocols in a post-truth world, sidelining bad faith discourse and holding creation together, together. Hat man snake painted by JMB.…
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Need an outlet for rage, so I can avoid freaking out and finishing up in handcuffs. So new short segment, angry words and not much thinking.
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Sujith Ravindran: are we accidentally raising lost boys?
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Society is facing a crisis of masculinity, which is leading to harmful behaviour and violence towards women. Many cultures understand the need to initiate boys to men. We, in the west, have lost that understanding, that opportunity. As a consequence, are we inadvertently raising lost boys? Is it time to rediscover initiation? This is some of Sujith…
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This one by Quan Yeomans has to get past three hurdles. 1 Spotify AI. 2 You. 3 The blak women who sing the current intro.
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Laresa Koslof, an artist with one foot in the Arctic and the other in the Antarctic, and only elusive migratory sandpipers to tell her what is real, makes sense of multipolar unrealities, as truth becomes real and real becomes truth in our new abnormal, forging two video works soon to be exhibited in Benalla Arts in rural Victoria.…
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What a 1,000km trek can teach us about the workplace
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Exchanging ideas too early and too often hinders innovation, but promoting absurdity in the workplace can lead to new and creative solutions. The workplace shouldn’t simply be a task-focused environment, but a place to nurture our human traits, like our capacity for absurdity. Agustin Chevez is a workplace architect and researcher who focuses on st…
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Life can take unexpected turns, inviting us to reevaluate our priorities and make difficult decisions. When that happens, it’s up to us to listen to our inner voice, and take up the challenge of living a life in alignment with our true selves. Ray Martin is an author and former management consultant. He embarked on a journey of self-discovery after…
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Embracing creativity and storytelling can help us navigate through uncertain times and find hope and connection. Through writing and sharing our thoughts and experiences, we can unlock new perspectives, gain a better understanding of ourselves and the world, and contribute to a more positive future. This is the second of a two-part conversation wit…
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Disinformation webinar hosted by the Grata Fund 29 November 2023, with Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, Victoria Fielding, Jackie Turner, and the prick amongst the roses, Tyson Yunkaporta. https://www.gratafund.org.au/misinformation_webinar
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A Samurai, a Viking and an Aboriginal fella walk into a bar... and talk about Conan the Barbarian and the West's longing for a homeland mythology.
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In the wake of the Australian referendum on a Voice to parliament, Ken from the Anthopocene Transitions Network yarns about the rise of ultra-right disinformation and the potential silver linings of the new abnormal, and the 9 million people who might make a difference if they were half as active as the enemies of the biosphere.…
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Crafting a story for a world worth leaving to our children
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Humans have the opportunity to imagine a better future and weave new stories into our culture. By embracing the uncertainty and ambiguity inherent in life, we can start the journey towards a world we’re proud to leave for future generations. Through poetry and storytelling, we can create a narrative arc that inspires hope and encourages action in t…
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A peek into our wanjau process of collective sense making, applying the Ko-design methodology we've been working on for a couple of years to a textual analysis of medical disinformation.
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I've recorded more on this topic (medical disinformation) this month, but the platform AI keeps taking it down - probably because of keywords and the incapacity of machines to know the difference between bunk and debunk. Anyway, my recent research has led me to believe that those radicalised online may be experiencing a similar ontological and psyc…
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Meet these three wise angels – a conversation with teacher, Martin Aylward
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Leaders who embody the qualities of availability, presence, and wisdom can create a culture of trust and empowerment within their organisations. When we prioritise personal responsibility and community, we foster a sense of safety and contentment among our team, ultimately leading to greater happiness. Martin Aylward helps create a culture of trust…
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Sara Kian Judge, Yuin woman and artist, discusses how autism helps her work with bats and sharks and see things as the Upside Down People do. We decide it's no longer 'too soon' to take the piss out of Steve Irwin, and reflect on taking responsibility for our more destructive batshit behaviours, while allowing Country to nurture our gifts.…
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Kings of Extraction, Queens of Accumulation, and Emperors of Generosity
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If we’re going to imagine an alternative to capitalism, we need to create spaces for ideation, thinking, and researching. We must cultivate reciprocity with people we trust, and experiment with different models of regenerative and healing systems. We need to align with the poetic patterns of meaning that may be heard beneath the noise of everyday l…
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Brother Arpad Maksay catches up to reflect on our yarn in my new book, and see where we've grown to since then when in comes to violence, public violence, and what it means to train for violence in service of a community, and whether it is possible to do this without ableism and a little bit of soft eugenics. Brother Arlo Davis drops by at the end …
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(Double Interrupted) So my friend Tammi Jonas from the Food Sovereignty mob has helped me start reading again and to work on my interrupting problem. I did okay here, and managed to record a whole episode without stepping all over another person's tongue. We talk about peasants and Naomi Klein's book Doppelganger, because she might be coming on our…
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Economic growth can be responsible and in service of giving, rather than pure extraction and consumption. In this final part of Ben’s conversation with James William Harrup, they explore the idea of “decent work”, what the Buddha has to say about earning well, how growth can be in the service of giving, and the importance of having a personal metap…
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Kisani Upward, Gamilaroi woman, is doing some research on Indigenous responses to natural disasters, specifically bushfires, while I work on my bad habit of interrupting (mostly by excusing it as a 'cultural thing')... Kisani convinces me that the feeling of being homesick while you're at home is not a first world problem, but a 'coping with ontolo…
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Guy Ritani (Permaqueer activist, Maori science communicator) asks me, "Any whale stuff coming up for you lately?" Hell yes! A hard yarn about radioactive whales, skepticism vs cultural knowledge, what is real vs what is true, trauma, making sense, and discerning between spirit and bullshit. There are conflicts, maintaining both identity and intelle…
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There is more to the disinformation being deployed in Australia's referendum (for an Indigenous voice to parliament) than meets the eye. This episode is something of a diatribe. I'm tying together all our true stories of resistance and putting a firewall between them and the fantasies of white supremacists and disgruntled settlers who are co-opting…
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Thought experiment as data collection for a research project conducted by expert on digital writing and AI, Lucinda McKnight. I said I'd only give her my qualitative data in yarn form, on a podcast, and she was keen. It was a good idea, but as usual I ruin everything for everybody with my relentless blakpilling...…
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The sacred feminine in landscapes rendered profane by moral prudery - we walk these storied paths fearlessly with Manchan Magan in a mythical relation across hemispheres, a vibrant embassy between Ireland and Aboriginal Australia, grieving the loss of Sinead together and celebrating what is emergent in our deadly relation. https://www.instagram.com…
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Big mixed up yarn with Steph Beck and Ben Knight, Indigenous views on relational economics and logical fallacies, and where the two meet in cults and guru-generated content. How can we tell the difference between good faith and bad faith claims, and who has the right to be heard in this world? (Spoiler: we arrive at the idea that maybe bad faith di…
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Pre-made mashed potato and out-of-season avocados won’t last forever. In this second part of Ben’s conversation with James William Harrup, we explore how a drive for perpetual growth and boundless consumption could be linked to an underlying trauma. It looks a lot like addiction, so if we can address that need to consume – and say a fond farewell t…
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Pete McCurley, Gumbayngiir wood carver and reluctant blacksmith, makes sense of the cautionary tales we need to find in the Dreaming of metals.
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Groovy de-colonial yarn with exo-ethno-botanist Cobi Calyx. Everything from Terra Nullius to Matt Damon.
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You're in a proper yarn here, involving you, me, Beckett Carmody, a giant frog, wild cats and a robot. Beckett is finding adaptive Lore to bring cats and weeds into proper relation with place. There may even be room for AI fetuses like language model bots if somebody can tinker with the decision trees a bit. Best yarn ever if you want to learn abou…
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Yolande Brown and me are doing voice-work and writing for an animated film, and decided to yarn for a vocal warm-up before studio time. Recorded it just in case we said anything worth sharing. For me it's back-catalogue content, so skip my bits, but Yo says some calming and measured things that are a soothing balm in the world of thinkers and chang…
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Carol Sanford drops some pearls for me, you and the world, and offers teasers for her upcoming book, No More Gold Stars. Warning: Suicide and libertarianism themes.
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