Talking all things horticulture, ecology, and design.
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Ecological Design Podcasts
Welcome to The Strange Attractor, an experimental podcast hosted by CoLabs Australia. We invite you to join us as we delve deep into the world of bio-based and bio-inspired design, exploring how transformative innovation and living systems thinking could help us catalyse the transition towards a more resilient and regenerative future for people and the planet.
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Discussion, analysis and comment from the British Academy of Jewellery on the latest industry issues.
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Climate Champions leverages the public's adoration of sport to delve into conversations about climate change, zero waste, carbon neutrality, energy conservation, climate adaptation, disaster recovery, ocean plastics, and more. The first season was an 11-episode series launched in June 2019. It's followed by a Season 2 and Season 3 dual-release in Summer 2020.
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The Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature is an award-winning series featuring breakthrough solutions for people and planet. The greatest social and scientific innovators of our time celebrate the genius of nature and human ingenuity. The kaleidoscopic scope covers biomimicry, ecological design, social and racial justice, women’s leadership, ecological medicine, indigenous knowledge, spirituality and psychology. It’s leading-edge, hopeful, charismatic, provocative, timely and timeles ...
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This podcast is design to educate on all things real estate. It aims to demystify the buying and selling process of a home. Join host, Leanna Halldorf, President of Halldorf Homes, full-time Realtor, and Business Coach, as she interviews guests from every aspect of the real estate world.
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A podcast that explores innovative University at Buffalo research through candid conversations with the researchers about their inspirations and goals.
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Architecture Off-Centre highlights unconventional design practices and research projects, which reflect various emerging discourses within the design discipline and beyond. Hosted by architect Vaissnavi Shukl, the podcast features engaging conversations with exceptionally creative individuals, who, in their practice, have extrapolated the traditional fields of architecture, planning, landscape and urban design to unexplored frontiers.
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In each episode of Design Now—the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s quarterly podcast—faculty, researchers, alumni, and students engage in dialogue on a single topic of global significance. Episodes on the climate crisis, social justice, public health, housing, technology, urbanization, and transportation present new research on design thinking and practice, and illuminate the many, sometimes unexpected, ways in which design is engaged in questions of global politics, culture, and society.
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The CCA is an international research centre and museum founded on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. Based on its extensive collection, exhibitions, public programs, publications, and research opportunities, the CCA is advancing knowledge, promoting public understanding, and widening thought and debate on architecture, its history, theory, and practice, and its role in society today. Le CCA est un centre international de recherche et un musée fondé avec la conviction que l ...
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Conversations about River Mechanics, Sediment Transport, and Fluvial Geomorphology
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The One Humanity Lab Podcast: Into an Ecology of Wholeness explores the field of coaching from various angles through the lens of the e-Co Leadership Coaching program. The e-Co program is based on the perspective that we must first develop inner capacities in order to then expand outwards in our service to others. Inner capacities include a return to our dreaming, intuition, creativity, and grounded connectivity to people, communities, nature, and Source. Coaching is one of many containers f ...
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Big fun casual chats with friends about ecological garden design, native plants & gardens, biodiversity & the natural world,life, bullshit & everything inbetween Chatting with guests that have their eyes on the future & are pushing for change, making impact or building community in a positive manner Plus plant stuff, probably lots of plant stuff An overall environmental chin wag & therapy
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EMI (the ecological motoring initiative) creates and facilitates conversations towards a new notion of 'forever' motoring and urban movement, the kind that can be good for the planet but that still respects all the ways we have moved up till now. The future of motoring has to understand its past. Towards motoring within the means of the living planet. Hosted by Andrea Hiott.
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open-ended is a community of multidisciplinary creatives and technologists. We platform innovators from around the world, with a lens on positive impact. Join us as we create thoughtful connections and generate new ideas across tech, culture and creativity. Find out more at openended.design
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Creating community through the design of a living environment that accounts for human fulfillment, ecological well-being, and integrated city systems.
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Salling.co is your gateway to exceptional architectural design in Vermont. As Burlington VT architects, we specialize in custom eco-friendly home designs, seamlessly merging modern aesthetics and sustainability. Immerse yourself in our portfolio of farmhouse-inspired creations, each reflecting Vermont's unique allure. From Burlington to beyond, let us transform your vision into reality, creating living spaces that redefine contemporary elegance while honoring the ecological essence of Vermont.
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Sustainable World Radio brings you interviews with experts from around the globe; teachers, designers, environmentalists, and earth activists who learn from and work with Nature. Listen to episodes about Permaculture, organic gardening, herbal medicine, plants, fungi, earth repair, natural building, regenerative farming, sustainability, and ethnobotany. Tune in to discover positive solutions to environmental challenges; solutions that adhere to the Permaculture ethics of Earth Care, People C ...
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The Interaction Design Association is a 130,000+ strong member-led community of designers around the globe. IxDA Stories are stories told by the community, for the community. Join our hosts as they interview design luminaries, thought leaders, and experts. In the series, we showcase presenters and industry partners from Interaction 23. Learn at 23.ixda.org Learn more about IxDA at www.ixda.org.
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The 1st Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures of October 1981 emphasized the importance of vibrant regional economies at a time when the focus of the nation was on an expanding global economy. Much has happened since then. The promise of the global economy has faded in face of ever greater wealth disparity and environmental degradation. There is growing interest in building a new economy that is just and recognizes planetary limits. The speakers of the Schumacher Lecture Series continue to be at ...
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Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
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The Primal MMA podcast brings together coaches, athletes, and sports scientists to discuss training and practice design for Mixed Martial Arts. Exploring the science of skill acquisition, human motivation, and sports psychology, the podcast seeks answers to the question, can we get better quicker?
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Welcome to Growth Leap, a Stun and Awe podcast that looks into how business builders design and grow their companies for performance and impact.
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Masterminding Eden: Building the Regenerative Future Welcome to Masterminding Eden, the podcast where ancient wisdom meets revolutionary innovation to design a thriving, regenerative civilization. Hosted by Camara Cassin, Env. Sci. Tech, permaculture designer, systems thinker, and founder of the Masterminding Eden initiative, this series brings you into deep, inspiring conversations with visionary leaders, inventors, technologists, architects, healers, and futurists who are pioneering the sy ...
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Exploration of how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports and other high performance domains. Hosted by Rob Gray, professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University, the podcast will review basic concepts and discuss the latest research in these areas.
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The Daily Gardener is a podcast about Garden History and Literature. The podcast celebrates the garden in an "on this day" format and every episode features a Garden Book. Episodes are released M-F.
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e2 is an ongoing PBS documentary series that chronicles efforts to solve the world's most pressing ecological challenges. From energy consumption to design efficiency, policy to industry, the series documents the innovators whose work is reducing humans' impact on the environment. Interviews with experts, policymakers and pioneers across a variety of disciplines offer a firsthand account of the complex environmental challenges that we face, as well as the possibility that pragmatic solutions ...
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Dr. Neil Hillman and Jason Nicholas, two professionals working in film and television sound, discuss the many ways sound is used in moving picture productions to engage, entertain, educate and inform audiences. The podcast covers a range of topics through interviews with industry insiders as well as academics and professionals in other fields who talk about the human understanding and perception of sound.
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Book-a-Week is a weekly podcast in an author-interview format featuring new books on architecture and cities published in the last five years. Every week young scholars from the fields of architecture, urbanism and design research will interview authors of recent books on diverse topics from architectural history, design theory, and ecological thinking to urban studies and anthropology. Each episode is imagined as a reflective, genial conversation on the book, its context, significance and r ...
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Interviews with Scholars of East Asia about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies
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How can we design strategies for human and non-human interactions that would help us reshape our cities into a much more sustainable engine of survival, rather than the socially-constricting, energy-intensive, and life shortening beast that they are right now? Karachi—a complex city that is already being disproportionately affected by climate change—presents an ideal context to explore this question. During the artistic research residency, RePlay: Reveries of an Urban Dreamland, resident res ...
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Welcome to Wild Geese! Think of this as your little plot in the woods where you can lay down a picnic blanket, gather with your friends, and gab! I’m your host, Anna Corinne - a NYC based podcast strategist and actress. Every Thursday, I’m sitting down with community organizers, creative entrepreneurs, writers, and generally fascinating people. I want listening to Wild Geese to feel like night in a fluffy chair, cat purring at your feet, warm light creating a glow, and all of your friends in ...
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We REconnect Man & Earth through food by providing media content that unifies principles of holistic nutrition, sustainable food design and yogic living. Sparking a REgeneration, our teaching helps catalyze your own unique expression of health, well-being and grace, for yourself and the Earth. By actively growing our nutrition, together we can transform personal & planetary health.
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Activists, researchers, influencers, permaculturists and entrepreneurs are coming together to participate in The People's Reset Activation (formerly The Greater Reset), an initiative of The Freedom Cell Network. The People's Reset is a direct counter to the World Economic Forum's The Great Reset initiative held every January since 2021. Learn more: https://www.thegreaterreset.org
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On this podcast, we tell the stories of people in a wide variety of career paths, who pursued all kinds of college majors and minors, often with bumps and detours along the way, to get to where they are today. We talk specifically about what you can do in college to work toward your career goals, and what other factors can impact your choices throughout your education and career. Life happens, plans change, and YOU change! It will be ok, and you will find your path. We hope these stories are ...
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In a new season of our entrepreneurship podcast series, we hear from six of fashion’s most dynamic sustainable entrepreneurs — including Allbirds’ Tim Brown, Eileen Fisher, Everlane’s Michael Preysman, Ganni’s CEO and the ex-design director of Supreme — to hear what it really takes to make a successful business sustainable.
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Your insider scoop on all things cool, green and wild in metropolitan South Australia. UPDATE: The Green Adelaide Podcast is taking a little seasonal snooze — consider it our Adelaide Rosella moment, nesting down for autumn and winter. We’ll be back chirpier than ever... just as soon as we’ve fluffed our feathers! Do you want or have a career in South Australia’s environmental sector? Then this podcast is for you! We are your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan ...
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Join us for wide-ranging interviews with water monitoring professionals, who share everything from nitty-gritty project details to big-picture perspective. These conversations between guests and our own groundwater and surface water experts offer fascinating insight into the world of water science and the incredible work being done to protect our precious water resources. Presented to you by In-Situ. We specialize in the manufacture and design of equipment and software used to solve water mo ...
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In conversation with garden people -- designers, florists, growers, naturalists, chefs, artists and more -- about how gardens have shaped their lives and inform their work today. Seasonal tips, expert recommendations, and lots and lots of plants. https://www.violetearstudio.com/episodes
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This podcast delivers in-depth, educational content across a broad range of topics. Each episode runs between 30 and 120 minutes and is intentionally designed to go beyond casual listening. The research behind every episode is conducted with the support of advanced artificial intelligence and presented by two AI-generated hosts. If you’re uncomfortable with the use of cutting-edge AI as both researcher and presenter, this podcast may not be for you. Its mission is to provide access to expert ...
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Future Cities · Sustainability, Energy, Innovation, Climate Change, Transport, Housing, Work, Circular Economy, Education & Environmental Solutions
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What will the city of tomorrow look like? We are living in the Century of the City. Cities are the main drivers of creativity and innovation. Yet, a great number of people have little or no conception of what their future will look like when it comes to creating resilient, sustainable, and liveable cities. Even though a significant majority are intent on learning more about climate disruption, energy, transport, water, air, waste, education, and jobs. In a decade of transformative change, Fu ...
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S4:E158 – Sacred Ecology: The Fusion of Permaculture & Ancient Temple Design - Dr. Lydia Gian. de Leon & Arturo Ponce de Leon (The People's Reset: MX 2025)
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On January 30th, 2025 Dr. Lydia Gian. de Leon & Arturo Ponce de Leon spoke at The People's Reset: Mexico on the theme Permaculture & Food Independence. How does the design of Ancient Temples connect to food abundance and sustainability? What was the Sacred Science embedded in their architecture that could activate seeds and promote healing in human…
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None of Your Business: Claiming Our Digital Privacy Rights, Reclaiming Democracy
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We plug into the real world Matrix – the digital Wild West of surveillance capitalism that dominates this Age of Information. Behind it is the unholy alliance between Big Tech and Big Brother. Privacy is the first casualty and democracy dies with it. Our guide is Cindy Cohn, director of Electronic Frontier Foundation, with her decades of experience…
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The American Mosaic: Pre-Columbian Peoples and Civilizations (no processing)
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The provided text offers a comprehensive overview of pre-Columbian Americas, exploring the peopling of the continents, the rise of major civilizations, and the complexities of their societies. It discusses the revised understanding of the Beringian migration and the ascendant coastal route hypothesis, challenging older assumptions. The sources then…
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The American Mosaic: Pre-Columbian Peoples and Civilizations
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The provided text offers a comprehensive overview of pre-Columbian Americas, exploring the peopling of the continents, the rise of major civilizations, and the complexities of their societies. It discusses the revised understanding of the Beringian migration and the ascendant coastal route hypothesis, challenging older assumptions. The sources then…
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Scott Pearce, "Northern Wei (386-534): A New Form of Empire in East Asia" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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Emerging from collapse of the Han empire, the founders of Northern Wei had come south from the grasslands of Inner Asia to conquer the rich farmlands of the Yellow River plains. Northern Wei was, in fact, the first of the so-called "conquest dynasties" complex states seen repeatedly in East Asian history in which Inner Asian peoples ruled parts of …
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Earth and Mars: Divergent Planetary Fates
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The provided text explores the fundamental differences between Earth and Mars, illustrating why Earth will not undergo a "Marsification" process. It highlights how Mars's smaller mass led to its rapid cooling, the loss of its magnetic field, and the subsequent stripping of its atmosphere by the solar wind, resulting in its current cold, desolate st…
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Music's Unfolding Evolution: A Historical Report
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July 29, 2025, 8:15 pm: If not already done, redownload this episode. This extensive report provides a comprehensive overview of music's historical evolution, tracing its development from prehistoric sound-making to the 21st-century digital landscape. It highlights how music, a universal human behavior, has been continually shaped by the interplay …
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The Dreaming Brain: Why Humans and Animals Dream
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The provided text, "Why Humans and Animals Dream," explores the complex phenomenon of dreaming across different species. It begins by discussing the neurobiological basis of dreaming, detailing the distinct stages of sleep, particularly NREM and REM sleep, and the specific brain regions and neurochemical changes that facilitate dream generation. Th…
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The Hypersonic Supremacy Race: Offense, Defense, and Global Instability
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The provided text offers a comprehensive analysis of the global hypersonic arms race as of mid-2025, highlighting a significant "hypersonic gap" where Russia and China hold a clear lead in operational offensive systems compared to the United States. It explains how these weapons redefine strategic stability by combining extreme speed with maneuvera…
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Benoit Berthelier and Immanuel Kim, "Hidden Heros: Anthology of North Korean FIction" (Anthem, 2025)
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Hidden Heroes (Anthem Press, 2025) offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the lives of ordinary North Koreans through a collection of short stories by renowned DPRK authors. Spanning from the 1980s to the present, these works explore the theme of the “hidden hero,” a popular moniker in the DPRK to describe the average citizen who navigates the com…
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The provided sources offer a comprehensive look at Palantir Technologies, detailing its origins in the aftermath of 9/11 and its evolution into a significant AI powerhouse. They illuminate Palantir's core technological advantage, specifically its Ontology and battle-hardened software ecosystem (Gotham, Foundry, Apollo, and AIP), which enable deep d…
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The Hum: Unraveling a Global Acoustic Enigma
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The provided text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of "The Hum," a persistent, low-frequency sound reported by a small percentage of the global population. It defines The Hum as distinct from the geophysical "Earth's Hum," which is imperceptible to humans, and explores its acoustic characteristics, typically ranging from 30 Hz to 80 Hz. The sou…
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The Human Algorithm: Podcasting's Resistance to AI
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The provided text explores the profound opposition to artificial intelligence (AI) in podcasting, asserting that this resistance is not merely technological apprehension but stems from the medium's inherent reliance on human connection and authenticity. It argues that listeners form parasocial relationships with hosts, valuing their imperfections, …
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545 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 13 and 14 (JC52)
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On another edition of the Perception-Action journal club, I am joined by Andrew Wilson and Marianne Davies to discuss chapters 13 and 14 from Michael Turvey’s book “Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective” Links:https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Perception-Perspective-Michael-Turvey/dp/1138335266 http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gat…
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#017 Dr. Iain McGregor: Why hearing means feeling–designing sound for the real world
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Dr Iain McGregor is an Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, specialising in interactive media design and auditory perception research. His PhD in soundscape mapping examined how sound designers’ expectations compare with listeners’ experiences. With over 30 years of experience, he has worked across film, video games, theatre, radio, …
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Frank Jacob, "Japanese War Crimes during World War II: Atrocity and the Psychology of Collective Violence" (Praeger, 2018)
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When you mention Japanese War crimes in World War Two, you’ll often get different responses from different generations. The oldest among us will talk about the Bataan Death March. Younger people, coming of age in the 1990s, will mention the Rape of Nanking or the comfort women forced into service by the Japanese army. Occasionally, someone will men…
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S4:E159 – Balancing Sacred Feminine & Masculine Energy for Thriving Permaculture Systems - Yoshi & Pola Pantera (The People's Reset: MX 2025)
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As Regenerative Culture advocates, Yoshi & Pola Pantera from Ecuador, will share key points to designing truly, coherent and thriving permaculture systems, which lie in understanding the sacred feminine and masculine energies present in all of life. Balancing these energies is crucial for creating regenerative abundance. Yoshi Pantera is a MC & Pod…
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S4:E157 – Permaculture in Mexico Panel - The People's Reset: MX 2025
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Join us for an exciting discussion highlighting the beautiful expressions of permaculture happening in Mexico!
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S4:E156 – Sowing the Future: The Power of Seed Saving for Future Generations - Kitzia Kokopelmana (The People's Reset: MX 2025)
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On January 30th, 2025 Kitzia Kokopelmana spoke at The People's Reset: Mexico on the theme Permaculture & Food Independence. Join Kitzia Kokopelmana, a renowned seed steward, edible landscape designer, and co-founder of Buena Fortuna Gardens, as she shares her 25+ years of expertise in preserving biodiversity and empowering communities. Through her …
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S4:E155 – Applying Permaculture to Everything - Jorge Catalán (The People's Reset: MX 2025)
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On January 30th, 2025 Jorge Catalan spoke at The People's Reset: Mexico on the theme Permaculture & Food Independence. For 25 years, Jorge Catalan has worked in the organic food trade. For 21 years he has studied and taught Permaculture. A natural traveler who is always looking for alternative projects that are changing the world as we know it. For…
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S4:E154 – Ancestral Practices to Transcend the Great Oblivion - Galia Kleiman (The People's Reset: MX 2025)
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On January 30th, 2025 Galia Kleiman spoke at The People's Reset: Mexico on the theme Permaculture & Food Independence. Galia spoke about how to break the domestication of humanity and reconnect to the planet. Galia Kleiman is a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York. She is currently the Mexico City chapter leader of the Wes…
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S4:E153 – Garbage, its Catastrophic Effects and a Solution - Héctor Adame (The People's Reset: MX 2025)
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On January 30th, 2025 Héctor Adame spoke at The People's Reset: Mexico on the theme Permaculture & Food Independence. There is a serious problem with garbage almost everywhere in the world, on average a person generates 1 kilo of garbage daily and at least half is organic, today only 10% is recycled, we will talk about a solution to move to Zero Wa…
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David Topping on the Grand Canyon Prototype Experiments, Disequilibrium Transport, and Hysteresis
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Dr. David Topping is a Research Hydrologist with the US Geological Survey. He did his undergrad at MIT, a masters and Phd at the University of Washington and has published >100 well cited peer review publications. Dr Topping has worked with the USGS for >30 years but for the last 18 or so have been with the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Cent…
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Inmarsat's Role in Global Military Satellite Communications
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The provided text offers a comprehensive analysis of Inmarsat's evolution and its pivotal role in military satellite communications, detailing its transformation from an intergovernmental organization to a major commercial provider, now part of Viasat. It outlines Inmarsat's satellite constellations across L-band (ELERA) and Ka-band (Global Xpress)…
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Saab Barracuda: The Art of Multi-Spectral Deception
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The provided text examines Saab Barracuda's multi-spectral camouflage systems, the Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) and Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Screen (ULCAS), emphasizing their role in modern, sensor-rich battlefields. It describes how these passive systems conceal military assets from visual, infrared, thermal, and radar detection, with ULCAS-…
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Tree Communication: Networks, Ecology, and Debates
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The provided text explores the multifaceted ways trees communicate and interact within forest ecosystems, challenging the traditional view of solitary competition. It describes how trees utilize underground mycorrhizal networks—symbiotic relationships with fungi that act as a "Wood-Wide Web"—to share resources like carbon, nutrients, and water, and…
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Chiara Formichi, "Islam and Asia: A History" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
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Challenging the geographical narrative of the history of Islam, Chiara Formichi’s new book Islam and Asia: A History (Cambridge University Press, 2020), helps us to rethink how we tell the story of Islam and the lived expressions of Muslims without privileging certain linguistic, cultural, and geographic realities. Focusing on themes of reform, pol…
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Sarah Teasley, "Designing Modern Japan" (Reaktion Books, 2022)
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Sarah Teasley's Designing Modern Japan (Reaktion, 2022) unpicks the history of Japanese design from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, focusing on continuities and disruptions within communities and practices of design. Designing Modern Japan explores design in the unfolding contexts of modernization, empire and war, defeat and…
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Cults: Dissonance and Belief Reinforcement
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The provided text, "Cults: Dissonance and Belief Reinforcement," explores how high-control groups manipulate fundamental psychological principles to foster unwavering belief and compliance. It details Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory, explaining how psychological discomfort arises from inconsistent beliefs and behaviors, compelling indi…
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Proactive Wireless Eavesdropping: Techniques, Challenges, and Implications
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The provided text explores the evolving landscape of wireless surveillance, shifting from passive observation to proactive eavesdropping and cognitive interference. It details how legitimate monitors, like government agencies, can actively manipulate wireless environments using technologies such as cognitive jamming and spoofing relays to intercept…
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The Spy's Mind: Psychology, Ethics, and Betrayal
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The provided text explores the complex psychology and ethical considerations surrounding espionage, examining both the individuals who become spies and the moral justifications employed by intelligence agencies. It contrasts the ideal qualities sought in recruits with the vulnerabilities often found in actual traitors, particularly highlighting the…
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The provided text explores the profound challenges facing human intelligence (HUMINT) in an era of pervasive digital surveillance, where anonymity is nearly impossible to maintain due to ubiquitous cameras, biometric databases, and inescapable digital footprints. It details how traditional spycraft, such as dead drops and compartmentalized networks…
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Ian Johnson, "The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao" (Pantheon, 2017)
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Ian Johnson’s new book, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao (Pantheon, 2017), was called "a masterpiece of observation and empathy" by The New York Review of Books, and The Economist, who included the book on its Best of 2017 list, said the book, "Shows how a resurgence of faith is quietly changing the country." The Guardian said t…
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Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao, "Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise" (Yale UP, 2022)
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Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise (Yale University Press, 2022) by Dr. Christopher Marquis & Dr. Kunyuan Qiao presents a thoroughly researched assessment of how China’s economic success continues to be shaped by the communist ideology of Chairman Mao It was long assumed that as China embraced open markets and private enterp…
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Geoengineering: A New Battlefield for Climate Warfare
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The provided text offers a comprehensive strategic assessment of geoengineering's military and geopolitical implications, identifying it as a significant national security challenge. It distinguishes between Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) methods, which pose fewer direct weaponization risks, and Solar Radiation Management (SRM) techniques, particular…
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Pivoting North: A Strategic Framework for Resilient Logistics and Sustainment in 21st Century Arctic Operations
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The provided text, "Pivoting North: A Strategic Framework for Resilient Logistics and Sustainment in 21st Century Arctic Operations," outlines a comprehensive strategy for military logistics and sustainment in the Arctic. It addresses the region's increasing geopolitical importance due to climate change and renewed great-power competition, specific…
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Gardenbite: Wasps, the unsung heroes of our gardens | #GoodGrowing
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Wasps often get a bad reputation for being aggressive and painful pests. However, they play important roles in our gardens. From pollination to pest control, wasps are more helpful than many people realize. Check out this week’s Good Growing Podcast to learn more about the benefits of wasps and how to safely manage them in your landscape. Watch us …
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Arctic Dominance: Sustainment, Robotics, and Maintenance in the High North
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The provided text outlines the critical importance of logistics and sustainment for military operations in the rapidly evolving Arctic, an arena of increasing great-power competition due to climate change opening new routes and exposing resources. It argues that successful operations in this harsh environment, characterized by extreme cold, vast di…
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Drone Pilot Trauma: The Unseen Battlefield and Its Cost
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The provided text examines the significant psychological challenges faced by U.S. Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) operators, distinguishing their trauma from that of traditional combatants. It explains that these challenges stem from unique stressors like the "distance paradox" of being physically safe yet intimately involved in violence, the jarri…
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Post-Scarcity Economics: Societal Reorganization
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The provided text examines the concept of post-scarcity economics, a theoretical future where technology enables the abundant production of most goods and services with minimal human labor. It defines this paradigm, distinguishing it from utopian fantasies by acknowledging the persistence of inherent scarcities like time and unique physical assets.…
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Androids, Labor, and Society: A Five-Year Horizon
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The provided text offers an in-depth analysis of the feasibility and impact of humanoid robots as a workforce over a five-year horizon, from 2025 to 2030. It examines the current state of humanoid robot technology, comparing various models and highlighting hardware and software challenges that limit mass adoption in the near term. The report also e…
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The Captive Brain: Cult Susceptibility and Resilience
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The provided text explores cult susceptibility from a neurobiological perspective, moving beyond traditional psychological and sociological explanations. It first establishes a baseline understanding of brain networks involved in critical thinking, emotional processing, motivation, and social connection, highlighting the roles of the prefrontal cor…
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The Rising Anti-Monopoly Movement: Overcoming Economic Tyranny
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Today, three to five giant corporations control up to 80% of almost every industry and marketplace. These monopolies depress wages, exploit workers, and decimate small businesses. Stacy Mitchell from the Institute for Local Self Reliance has been a leader in a growing anti-monopoly movement with a broad political base. Can this emerging movement – …
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The MAGA Movement: History, Ideology, and Disengagement Pathways
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The provided text offers an extensive examination of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, analyzing its historical roots in American reactionary politics and its evolution into a dominant force. It explores the movement's ideological underpinnings, including its focus on "America First" and a perceived "war on Cultural Marxism," while also…
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Europe's Energy Lifelines: Securing Corridors
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The provided sources analyze Europe's evolving energy security strategies in response to recent geopolitical shifts, particularly the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. They highlight Europe's accelerated pivot away from Russian fossil fuels towards diversified global energy supplies, primarily through Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and new pipeli…
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