The RegenNarration Podcast

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 have followed Richard’s work right through to his most recent book (and excellent parallel podcast series), Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival – and what praise that one drew, from people like Bill McKibben, Joanna Macy, Wes Jackson, Maude Barlow, Peter Buffet, Dahr Jamail, Douglas Rushkoff and Dennis Meadows. Richard also features in countless film and other productions, along with the online course developed with the Post Carbon Institute, where Richard is a founder and Senior Fellow. And seven years ago, Richard was kind enough to be a special guest on a panel event I brought together on energy transition, which attracted a couple of hundred people and later became episode 23 on this podcast. Richard is also an outstanding musician, with an extensive tour and back catalogue extending from the ‘60s. All the more reason that after the event we did in 2017, we resolved to catch up if I ever made it to Santa Rosa. That’s where this sweeping conversation took place, on transformations in energy and food systems, us humans, and his own fascinating life. Culminating in Richard’s crystalised framing of the unprecedented challenge facing us, and how we might pull it off. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded by a restored Santa Rosa Creek on 30 April 2024. Title slide: Richard & AJ in Santa Rosa (pic: Olivia Cheng). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, music chosen by guests (thanks to Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 notable sounds from around the garden and surrounding redwoods. 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded at Paul's place in northern California on 27 April 2024. Title slide: The nearby Muir Woods National Monument (pic: Anthony James). Hear the full episode, and see more photos, on the episode web page. And to see and hear more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, music chosen by guests (thanks to Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 people from all walks, all around the world. Paul’s next book is a more personal volume – perhaps his most personal. It’s called Carbon: The book of life. And ahead of its release, it was my privilege to join him at his place just outside San Francisco, to talk about the book, and so much else, in what might be his most personal podcast too. You might say the upcoming book puts carbon back into perspective, as no less than the centerpiece of life itself. If you’re anything like me, be prepared to have your mind blown. You won’t see, or perhaps more pointedly hear, the world the same way again. In some ways, this book feels like a legacy piece. And so too this podcast. Not that they’re the last we’ll hear from Paul (the next book is already in mind). But this feels like a very special moment in time with this extraordinary writer, journo, entrepreneur, consultant to world leaders, and so much more. And it culminates in a world premiere reading, of the rousing finale to the book – accompanied uncannily by some notable sounds from around the garden. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded 27 April 2024. Title slide: Paul & AJ in conversation (pic: Olivia Cheng). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from Regenerating Australia. Cascade Falls in Mill Valley. The RegenNarration playlist, music chosen by guests (thanks to Josie Symons). Find more: Hear the most popular episode ever on this podcast, my conversation with Paul on the release of Regeneration, for episode 96. And my previous conversation with Paul, in late 2022 from the Kimberley, is on episode 145, Regeneration: A Year On. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 happening before. Perhaps it happened back when the major political parties first got going, when they had some membership to speak of? Today, less than 0.5% of Australians are members of a major party – not even the 1%! In contrast, democracy is on the rise via this community independents movement. And here in Curtin, it’s resulted in multiple deliberative democratic processes, consistently brilliant outcomes, and some recent ground-breaking developments – from wellbeing economies, to climate, to transparent elections. But Kate’s expressed great fear too, based on what she’s seeing in parliament. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations.) Recorded 19 April 2024. Title slide: Kate & AJ in conversation (pic: Angie Hewitt). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, music chosen by guests (thanks to Josie Symons). Find more: Curtin’s Pathway to Net Zero: Making our community healthier, fairer and more liveable as we address climate change. Upcoming events. Kate’s article on the Fair & Transparent Elections Bill. My articles: We Can’t Keep Adding Cars to Our Roads – Is It Time to Say Goodbye?, on the World Economic Forum website Cutting Back on Electricity is the Cleanest Power Source of All – As Our Household Shows Enough’s Enough: Buying More Stuff Isn’t Always the Answer to Happiness. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded at San Francisco Airport on 22 April 2024. Title slide: In the redwoods just outside San Francisco, where a woman passed us on the trail and wished us happy Earth Day. (The local radio station also played nature sounds all day.) To see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 earlier this year, that converged with his role in Melbourne-based afro-beat band, the Afrobiotics, when he was joined by his five bandmates back in Senegal on a landmark tour. And one of those five blokes is an old mate I played in a rock band with in the ‘90s. Simon Edwards is an incredible guitarist, teacher, and soulful traveller. I’ve been wanting to speak with these guys for years, and when they happened to return from the tour while I was in Melbourne, it finally happened. Connected to the band's journey, in 2018 Lamine embarked on a search for a deeper understanding of how ancient musical traditions are embodied by the Guéwel elders of Dakar, Senegal. The project, called 13:12, has culminated so far in a film, guided by Lamine’s mother, and a live theatre production that previewed at The National Theatre Sorano in Dakar on this tour. It was said to be ‘an unforgettable blend of joy, emotion, and ancestral presence’. And when the band converged on Dakar at the same time, there was profound revelation, connection and healing for visitors and locals alike. The word Guewel means 'to bring people together in a circle', and that’s what we did a few weeks ago at Simon’s place. In the still of a late evening, a certain stillness enveloped this conversation too, through to a very special live rendition at the end. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and a transcript. (The transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access for those who need or like to read.) Recorded 14 March 2024. Dedicated to Lamine's mother, Guewel elder Oumy Sene. Title slide: Lamine & Simon on stage with the Afrobiotics. See more photos on the website, and for more behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Disco Dakar, by the Afrobiotics. Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 cropping and livestock farming, which continued to devastate the land, his bank account, his family’s health, and increasingly, his conscience. The second half, he ditched the cropping and started to run livestock regeneratively, letting the land do more of what it wanted to do. Now he sees birdlife akin to RAMSAR listed wetlands, 1500 new trees that seeded themselves, and myriad other extraordinary changes. And powering this enormous legacy, a family tragedy that continues to shape their lives in profound ways. A long-held hope, my family visited David and his wife Mary near Boorowa in NSW a few weeks ago. I only half-jokingly wanted to call this episode ‘the do-nothing farmer’ – and even the ‘do-nothing and pay-nothing farmer’ - with reference to the deft, laid-back, ‘hands off’ approach David applies to the land, its self-organising regeneration so evident. But he thought that sounded a bit less than glorious, and insisted it’s more complex than that. I’ll let David explain, in a treasured exchange, in suitably golden twilight. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded at Allendale Farm on 10 March 2024. Title slide: David & AJ ahead of this conversation (pic: Olivia Cheng). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 meeting for years. Professor Nicole Curato is with the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. She’s also a prominent journalist, particularly in her former home country of the Philippines. She’s written op-eds for the New York Times, The Guardian & Al Jazeera. And she regularly collaborates with CNN Philippines, occasionally serving as a television presenter, and has hosted documentaries and produced podcasts. Nicole explores how democratic innovations unfold in the aftermath of tragedies, including disasters, armed conflict, and urban crime. To that we might add increasing stresses like climate change, housing and political polarisation. Nicole is the author of Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedy to Deliberative Action. Which might just as well have been sub-titled, from spectacular tragedy to spectacular deliberative action, such is the nature of some of the stories she has to share - in terms of their outcomes in the world, and their life-changing effects on those involved. And in a context right now where democracy itself is on the line, and with it the possibility of coming together to produce more of the extraordinary outcomes we know we can, Nicole was the person I needed to speak with. I suggested to Nicole that we meet in her favourite part of Canberra. She took us to Tilley’s. And what a place. No surprises then, that we wind up talking about how all this relates to social media, karaoke and Taylor Swift. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded in Canberra on 7 March 2024. Title slide: Nicole Curato at Tilley’s, just before this conversation (pic: Olivia Cheng). To see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thank Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 to help out, and unexpectedly found himself thinking differently about the farm, and his old man. Sam now runs Gollion Farm, with a suite of thriving enterprises, profound new connections with First Nations, and ongoing regeneration of country. And when he wrote a book about it all, called ‘My Father and Other Animals: How I took on the family farm’, it won the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. The book is billed as a ‘memoir about belonging, humility and regeneration – of land, family and culture’. Charles Massy calls it a delightful ‘must-read’, Anna Krien calls it ‘one of the most hopeful stories today’, and Billy Griffiths calls it a ‘rollicking comic memoir’. A few weeks ago, we visited Sam at the family farm, just outside Canberra in the Yass Valley of NSW to chat about it. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded on 4 March 2024. Title slide: Sam Vincent, under the crab apple tree (pic: Olivia Cheng). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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-term legends in regen ag are still expected to be saddled with enormous debt and rates of return (to say nothing of squeezed prices), while they also regenerate the majority of the national and global estate on our behalf. Clearly all untenable. So I began to wonder out loud, what if there’s something fundamentally misplaced with the current approach to attracting investment in regeneration? When thinking this aloud, I got some nodding heads and an introduction to Jim Phillipson, former pro-cycling champ, businessman, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Rendere Trust and Biodiversity Legacy. Join us as at Jim’s place as we delve into the transformative concept of stewardship over traditional land ownership. Jim's been helping people transition land and capital into stewardship models of ownership for a while now, having started with his own. And yep, he was advised this would never work. Here he shares his story and insights on how reshaping land titles to reflect stewardship can align investments with regenerative agriculture, potentially tapping all sorts of potential quickly, and how a related ethos is manifesting across media, politics, and reconciliation with First Nations. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded at Jim’s place, on regenerating land in Gippsland, Victoria (as a dust storm blew up from surrounding vegetable farms), 3 March 2024. Title slide: Jim & Heather Phillipson with AJ. See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 diseases – we need to regenerate the source of our health and vitality. And he’s been startled by our regenerative capacity since embarking on a film project called Farmer’s Footprint back in 2018. It became a global phenomenon, prompting the creation of Farmer’s Footprint USA, Australia, UK, South Africa and New Zealand, so far, alongside a broader project called Project Biome. Amongst all this, the transformations have continued for Zach. So this time, ahead of the Farmer’s Footprint Festival in NSW, I hoped to get to know more of the person behind the star. The feeling behind the public accolades and judgements. Along with what this doctor does when he tends intrinsic health, why farmers continue to be at the heart of his life calling, Zach’s intentions to run for President, his vision of a regenerative economy, his response to a charge of talking psychobabble, new films and courses, all culminating in the spiritual roots of it all, and a world first - Zach’s first live musical performance on a podcast. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers and 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 conversations for those who need or like to read.) Recorded in the northern rivers of NSW on 10 November 2023. In case you're noting the bird sounds in my intro and outro, they were recorded on the Mornington Peninsula back in Victoria (visiting my brother's family). Title slide: AJ and Zach on stage at the Farmer’s Footprint Australia Festival (pic: Olivia Katz). To see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Find more: Nutrisoil’s WormFest on this week, 21-22 March. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 20 years ago, and ‘sustainability’ for ten years before that. Her focus is on real projects, on the ground, in place. And today, we visit one of them. In her place. Newport Lakes. What was a quarry, is now an extraordinary landscape right in the inner-west of Melbourne. And all on the back of the community here. This is now the subject of Dominique’s next book. Which is just as well, as nobody I’ve spoken with in Melbourne even knows it exists. So join us for a walk through Newport Lakes, as Dominique shares this incredible story with us, along with the story of her life - its transformations, hopes, struggles, breakthroughs, and regeneration reflected in this place. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). Recorded on 26 February 2024. Title slide: Dominique at Newport Lakes as we pressed record (pic: Anthony James). See a selection of 'before and after' photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Sacrosanct, by Duel Native aka Stephen Choi. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 experience, grace and salience in his own right. So, returning to Melbourne to see family for the first time in years, it seemed a good time to visit this extended family of sorts, and press record on a long-awaited chat about his fascinating life, dice with death, and vital work. Tim has run publications across media platforms, government agencies and non-profits. He’s edited and written for the ABC, SBS, The Age, Broadsheet, Smith Journal, Surfing World, Surfer, Triple J, White Horses, Patagonia and more. As a board member of Psychology for a Safe Climate and a member of Surfers for Climate, he devotes much of his time to storytelling and communication around climate change. Especially on the bigger and often unseen picture of energy transition – including the opportunities and needs beyond electrifying everything. To that end, he’s currently Head of Communications at the Energy Efficiency Council, with the ear of the federal government, and a major conference in May featuring international keynote Amory Lovins. We talk about all this – life, death, growing up with Frank, surf, media and energy transitions – and emerge with some consistent threads of success, and possibilities to go on with. You’ll hear some listener mail at the end too. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). Recorded on 24 February 2024. Title slide: Anthony & Tim. See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 premiere in Europe. The film shifts away from the narrative that burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of the climate crisis – seeing that as just one symptom, significant as it is, of humankind’s relentless destruction of nature as a whole. This is because it’s the vast biodiversity on this planet that regulates and balances the climate. And the key take home? We can and are reversing this destructive process by Regenerating Life. The film is also a kind of tribute to a much-loved Aussie scientist, Walter Jehne. And John talks here about his own transformation with varied projects and other legends in systemic thinking over the decades. Some feature in this film, like Vandana Shiva, Wes Jackson, Didi Pershouse, Satish Kumar and Naima Penniman. At the close, a special feature, with music made for the film by John’s wife, renowned composer Sheila Silver. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). Recorded 16 February 2024. Title slide: John Feldman (supplied). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Music from the film by Sheila Silver, with piano by Sheila and violin by Emmanuel Vukovich. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Find more: Regenerating Life website with trailer, more on John, and how you can see and screen the film. The composition Shooting Ruminants (partly inspired by the Kachana Station story), part of Resilient Earth by Sheila Silver. My conversation with Tony Rinaudo for episode 64. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 ‘cancer alley’ of the Mississippi River that transformed the life of our international guest, Zach Bush MD. Zach went on to found US not-for-profit Farmer’s Footprint, and has now shepherded it to five countries so far, including Farmer’s Footprint Australia. Australia’s MND alley is just part of what Kate McBride is reporting on, and living, as a researcher with The Australia Institute and 5th generation farmer, born and bred on the half-million-acre Tolarno Station on the Darling Barka River. She came to national prominence unintentionally as the river ran dry and ongoing fish kills have followed. Dr Pran Yoganathan, a Gastroenterologist and renowned voice of the 'regenerative medical movement', and also now a farmer, shares his experiences within the medical system in this context. Our guests bring to light the urgency of revisiting our approach to medicine and agriculture, and everything else, and how we can do it. We hear profound stories of embracing our cultural roots, generating greater community advocacy, and collaborating across diverse viewpoints, right into the halls of power. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). Recorded in the northern rivers of NSW on 11 November 2023. Title slide: AJ, Zach, Pran & Kate (pic: Olivia Katz). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Find more: You can hear more of Zach in conversation with Tanya Massy, Ella Noah Bancroft and myself the year prior for episode 152. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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! First up then, a huge opportunity in the wheatbelt of WA. The Haggerty family have put their original ‘home’ property up for sale. This is where they developed the foundation of their globally renowned ‘natural intelligence farming’ model over a few decades. Here they share with us some of the what, why and how of the sale, along with a sense of the enormous possibilities on offer. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). This was recorded on 8 February 2024. Title slide: the view Ian talks about (pic: Anthony James). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Find more: Flyer with contact for the sale, viewable on the episode webpage. The real estate agent’s page for the property. Di’s LinkedIn page (with email). The new Natural Intelligence Farming page on LinkedIn. The amazing Miller and Baker in North Perth, mentioned in this conversation and featured on episode 69. You can hear more of Di and Ian in conversation with Anthony most recently for episode 142. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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: Feather and BoneFat Pig FarmRegrarians The general trajectory of the conversation was ‘what’s hot, what’s not, what’s working and what’s next?’ It broaches some of the tough stuff regarding how we navigate the complexities of the global food system to foster a healthier society and planet? This includes challenges related to meat debates, food production health crises, and economic barriers. We also delve into the treasure trove of stuff that’s working well. Which sums to a call to further reconnect with the journey of our food from farm to fork (and far beyond), even amidst financial hurdles and a world in flux. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). This was recorded live at the Green Room stage of the BluesFest venue in the northern rivers of NSW on 11 November 2023. Title slide L-R: Anthony, Darren, Matthew and Laura (pic: Olivia Katz). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Find more: Farmer’s Footprint Australia. You can hear more of Matthew Evans with Anthony for episode 60, on his book On Eating Meat, and episode 138 on his following book Soil (by a very active Swan River / Derbal Yerrigan in Perth / Boorloo). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 laid a foundation for everything that followed. Two of our panellists are previous podcast guests: Dr Amanda Cahill, CEO and founder of The Next Economy, and Jade Miles, CEO of Sustainable Table and farmer and author at Black Barn Farm. They were joined here by Indigenous elder Isira, known as Aunty Jinta. This was one of my favourite conversations last year, and in many ways lays a foundation for this year too. There are profound insights shared here into the cultural bedrock necessary for nurturing life on Earth. Our guests faced some wrenching dilemmas at the time too, providing a powerful launching point for exploring what might actually offer ways through our most trenchant impasses, to beneficial transformations. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). This was recorded live in the northern rivers of NSW on 11 November 2023. Title slide L-R: Anthony, Amanda, Jade & Isira (pic: Olivia Katz). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Find more: Amanda Cahill also features in conversation with Anthony at her home on episode 134. Jade Miles chats with Anthony at her farm on episode 128 (and with Rachel Ward live in Margaret River in episode 180). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 EarlRowan ReidKristy Stewartepisode 132Grant Sims Our guests are not just talking about change; they're living it, transforming the very soil we stand on, food we eat, water we drink, clothes we wear, air we breathe, livelihoods we make, and communities we belong to. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read). This was recorded on 7 September 2023. Title slide L-R: Kristy, Rowan, Grant & Judi (pic: Daniela Tommasi). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Wadandi Boodja, by The Nomadics, off their latest album. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to podcast member Josie Symons). Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!

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 Regenerative Agriculture Conference ignited a beacon of hope and inspiration with a turnout of passionate souls exceeding 300. This episode is your exclusive pass to the heart of a movement, with regenerative systems pioneers forming an all-star panel that pulled no punches and had plenty of laughs along the way: This episode isn't just a recount of a conference; it's an immersion into an era that redefines our relationship with nature, a blueprint for a future where regeneration is not just a concept but a living, breathing reality. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers (also available on Apple and some other apps, and the embedded player on the episode web page), and a transcript of this conversation (please note the transcript is AI generated and imperfect). Recorded on 6 September 2023. Title slide L-R: Heidi, Terry, Rod, Ian & Di (pic: Daniela Tommasi). See more photos on the episode web page, and to see more from behind the scenes, become a member via the Patreon page. Music: Green Shoots, by The Nomadics, off their latest album. Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from the film Regenerating Australia. The RegenNarration playlist, featuring music chosen by guests (with thanks to subscribing member Josie Symons). Find more: Hear more from Terry McCosker (and wife Pam) in ep136, Heidi Mippy in ep178, and Di & Ian Haggerty in ep142. And hear Jade Miles & Rachel Ward the night before the conference in ep180. Support the Show. The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free & freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by clicking the link above or heading to our website. Become a member to connect with your host, other listeners & benefits, via our Patreon page. Visit The RegenNarration shop to wave the flag. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast. It all helps. Thanks for your support!