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ReskillienceLove in the Time of Collapse with Jordan + CatieIt's a Jordan + Catie double bill for the Season Four finale đ  Join us for a fireside D&M as two humans just tryna digest the microplastic casserole of modernity⊠and make something better. Youâll hear about my secret storytelling anxiety, Jordâs new award nominated film, my other boyfriends, law breaking, roadkill harvesting, why we took the Good Death-i-vore Pledge, sacred hunting, how to really give a shit about your ecosystem AAAAAND turning baboozlement into useful skills. â ïž A warning for sensitive ears, we swear a lot in this episode.LINKY POOS đ§ââïž...2025-07-201h 18
ReskillienceCabin in the Woods with Imogen IveI share a recipe for de-zombifying your life before chatting with Imogen Ive, Director at Mittagundi â a remote 520 acre farm and off grid education centre built by and for young folks in the high country. This convo is a reminder that sometimes hard is good, together is better and a pack horse, tent and sense of adventure beats air conditioned comfort any day.In the conversational cauldron:đŻ Setting up a working farm and outdoor ed centre in the middle of nowheređŻ Living without modern comforts, electric tools, phones or watchesđŻ Wilderness adventures...2025-07-061h 01
ReskillienceEnd of Life Matters with Pippa WhiteShrug off the cloak of secrecy and awkwardness around death with palliative care nurse Pippa White. Iâve been wanting to bring a death convo to the airwaves for ages, because thereâs a huge imbalance between light/dark, above/below, waxing/waning, growth/decay, possessing/relinquishing energies in our culture (and I'm the first person to perpetuate it). Shout out to everyone who sent frank and thoughtful questions for Pippa to answer â youâll hear them towards the end of the ep.Pippa White is a palliative care nurse and death care advocate and educator in the Anth...2025-06-231h 04
ReskillienceGrowing Against the Odds with Katie FinlayDo not listen to this unless you want to reawaken your dormant farming desires and throw yourself into a life on the land. I tell a story about being a grub, before having an animated chat with rural woman of the year Katie Finlay about staunching the loss of small farms in Australia and supporting emerging growers to step up â even and especially if they donât own land. (What even is land ownership?)Â đ AND ALSOKatie and Hugh Finlay are black belt orchardists whose online program Grow Great Fruit is just brilliant for anyone who want...2025-06-0858 min
ReskillienceFinding God in the Compost Pile with Gareth DevenishItâs colder than a penguinâs big toe here in Djaara Country, so weâre cosying up by the fire for a yarn with Gareth Devenish. I call Gareth the Snoop Dogg of permaculture, he calls himself a sovereign man walking in Country, subject to natural lore, seeking a connection with the cosmos. Call off your obligations for the next hour because Garethâs crackling mix of irreverence and truth telling is something really special.đ„ How to yarnđ„ Why land ownership is a furphyđ„ Native vs. exotic trees and colonial malaiseđ„ What is our r...2025-05-251h 14
ReskillienceQuit Your Job & Work in Reciprocity with Linda CockburnI tell a story about making bugger all money but feeling filthy rich, before being joined by the incredible Linda Cockburn (pronounced âCoâburnâ cos itâs Scottish) who explains why Capitalism is a death cult, and ways to crowd it out with reciprocity. Ample brain fodder and fiery inspiration here, folks! We cover:đȘ¶ Being unmade by successive tragedies.đȘ¶ Quitting employment to work in the home economy.đȘ¶ Going six months without spending a dollar.đȘ¶ How to grow your own toilet paper!đȘ¶ Will politicians ever âsolveâ climate change?đȘ¶ Why you canât questio...2025-05-111h 05
ReskillienceLoving What's Left with Tessa CampisiHello! I have been away in the bush for three days and three nights with just a tarp, sleeping bag and water to my name. No tent, no pillow, no torch, NO BREAKFAST. Off the back of this deeply moving ritual (which I'll tell you about soon), I wanted to release this equally as moving and foresty interview with Tessa Campisi.Tessa is a writer, poet, audio visual artist, activist and radio host who speaks with the timbre of an old growth tree and tells stories that will rustle your leaves. In this chat:2025-04-271h 00
ReskilliencePermaculture on the Spectrum with Anna MatildaMe ranting about Couple Power and the Urban Nanna being brilliant. May all the single, neurospicy permies find ample inspiration in todayâs interview with Anna Matilda! Teacher of traditional skills, crafts and non-judgey sustainability. Anna is a breath of fresh air in the stale bedchamber of the status quo, sharing openly about how she does permaculture solo, in the city, in a rental property, with limited energy and Captain Anxiety occasionally taking the wheel.Mistakes as teachersOut ya come, Captain AnxietyFeeling out of step with the whole worldTh...2025-04-131h 08
ReskillienceHow To Grow Crazy Resilient Vegetables with Gregg MuellerToday we're exploding the sanctity of heirloom seeds and exploring the world of adaptive gardening! Gregg Mueller is here to tell us how (and why) to breed wacky new varieties of veggies like red snow peas, rainbow carrots and miniature melons in the name of climate-proof food. We also talk about seed monopolies and sovereignty, open source seeds, permaculture pitfalls aaaaaand sad and depressed garlic with no sex drive.đ§ââïž LINKY POOSGreggâs seed shop ~ Useful SeedsGregg on InstagramGregg on FacebookThe Open Source Seed InitiativeThe Centr...2025-03-301h 10
ReskillienceWhat if It's Not Dystopia? With Permaculture Elder Linda WoodrowItâs Permaculture Week, friends and phascogales! And what better way to celebrate than  a big old heart to heart with permie elder Linda Woodrow. Linda is the author of 470, The Permaculture Home Garden, and the Witches Kitchen blog which is now in its 17th year. She is humble and extraordinary, and I think youâll dig what she has to say about finding our niches, neighbours, purpose and freedom in the throes of collapse.đ§ââïžLINKY POOSLinda Woodrowâs home on the webLinda Woodrowâs blog The Witches Kitchen470 ~ Linda Woodrow2025-03-2357 min
ReskillienceThe Health Episode // Sensitivity As Resilience with Anthia KoullourosA story about a free bottle of French perfume and whether sensitivity makes us more or less resilient. With esteemed and ever-so-lucid naturopath, herbalist & author Anthia Koullouros of ApothÄca Organic Teas & Apothecary.* Whatâs making us all so sick?* How to untangle complex & confounding health crises* Polyvagal theory & nervous system truths* Practitioner perspectives: holding space for uncertainty* What a regulated nervous system isnât* Resisting business growth & hustle cultureLINKY POOS đ§ââïžAnthiaâs home on the webAnthiaâs Autumn reset [Starts Marc...2025-03-091h 03
ReskillienceSlow Textile Revival with the makers of The Nettle DressOne of todayâs guests spent seven years spinning a dress from stinging nettles and the other spent five years documenting the process. The result was the incredibly moving documentary The Nettle Dress â which I have now seen twice â co-created by Dylan Howitt and Allan Brown. Itâs a love letter to old skills, hand crafts and everything that cannot be hurried; to fibersheds, foraged threads, gentle stories, and the magic of following your heart.Dylan Howitt is a BAFTA nominated filmmaker whose roll call includes BBC, Netflix and Discovery. Allan Brown is a textile artist an...2025-03-021h 05
ReskillienceAltered States, Imaginal Realms & Co-Becoming with Dr Maya WardTodayâs subject matter is so slippery and mysterious that even my guest, Dr Maya Ward, finds it hard to describe, though sheâs swimming in it. It concerns the aliveness of rivers and the rivers inside us; the nature of reality and realms invisible yet objectively real. Itâs about catching the whispers and shouts of the world with pen and paper. Itâs shamanic, ecstatic and emphatically esoteric. Itâs bloody wild â and I suggest bringing your passport because the places this convo will take you are far out. But also, deep within. If you love all things compl...2025-02-241h 12
Futuresteading171 Jason Fox - Casting Wizardry Spells On a Path For Humanity Its not every day you talk with a flaming locked, beard faced wizard. This one sees through the illusions of modernity & revels in an oscillating state of making progress through decay while genuinely attuning to the living systems in order to see our dire reality. He attempts to embody our meta crises & seeks insights outside of mere numbers by going into the woods to 'just be'...and perhaps along the way he will experience a physiological quickening that offers hope.He sees an undercurrent of people returning to ambiguity - warm provocations with ro...2025-02-171h 07
ReskillienceThe Pursuit of Discomfort & Pirate Bananas With Charlie McGeeReal good fun with this one! Join me and Formidable Vegetableâs kind and charismatic frontman Charlie McGee for a swashbuckling convo about pirate bananas, working the edges, growing up in Arnhem Land, dumpster diving to feed your art, staying in your integrity (while saying yes to flying), the deep discomfort of home ownership and remembering your interconnectedness.đ§ââïž LINKY POOSFormidable Vegetableâs home on the webGrow Do It (Charlie & Brenna's hub of ecological goodness) Find secret track Pirate Banana on Formidable Vegetableâs Micro Biome CD, only available in person at gigs!2025-02-161h 07
ReskillienceHome As Habitat, Garden As Wild with Tanya LoosI tell a story about how Jord and I narrowly avoided getting shot before introducing Tanya Loos â local treasure and legendary naturalist â for a deep and meaningful chat about wild life, and all life. We cover: How to be a nature positive pet owner Are cats evil? How to save a bunch of lives Gardens as habitat The housing crisis facing possums (and other critters) How to recklessly pursue your passion and make it your profession GETTING THE ANIMALS ON THE ARK How to avoid roadkill (even frogs) Bee feelings + monogamous lizards The intersection between conservation, permaculture & animal welf...2025-02-101h 06
ReskillienceJord & Catie interview each other in the back of a vanIt's the season three finale with me and my man Jordan Osmond!Weâre cranking the content couple cringe in this convo which covers our individual intentions for 2025, and chatting them through like a pair of old codgers.Jordan is one half of Happen Films, sharing stories for a more beautiful world, and precisely one year ago we recorded a Reskillience interview which was later to become our first date.Back with new eps in three weeks or less đ„Big love to all the legends supporting the show on Patreon 2025-01-131h 16
Cville Right Now LiveCatie Ratliff Shares Cville Weekly's LatestCatie Ratliff of Cville Weekly stops by to share what she and her cohorts have been working on! Also, WINA News Anchor Dori Zook speaks with City Councilor Michael Payne about the loss of Reid's Super Save Market.
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ReskillienceLife, but Make It Herby with Caroline ParkerThe episode that nearly didnât happen for reasons almost too embarrassing to share⊠but what else is the intro for? đ€·ââïžToday weâre hanging out with CAROLINE PARKER ~ The Cottage Herbalist ~ bigtime girl crush and quite possibly the love child of a 1950s rock star and wiccan goddess.Caroline is an author, speaker, grower, educator, forager, herbalist and award-winning teasmith who is just TOO COOL.We bask in her garden eating elderflower cookies talking about treat-os, herbal speed dating, what to cook when you CBF cooking, the cuppa that Caroline would serve to power hungry...2024-12-2958 min
ReskillienceIt's the little things with Kat LaversAfter countless requests I present to you: Kat Lavers đââŹWicking buckets, magic bug buttons, interspecies adventures, listener questions and more!Kat and I recorded this convo at her kitchen table, surrounded by ferments and preserves and garlands of dried chilli.At just 1/14th of an acre, Kat's urban homestead The Plummery has been known to pump out 428kg of fresh produce in any given year, meeting almost all the fruit/veggie requirements for two people. I M P R E S S I V E  S T U F F.Kat is a bel...2024-12-221h 25
ReskillienceNatural Beekeeping Magic with Adrian IodiceAre bees a mammal in many bodies?Why do conventional beehives leave bees cold, stressed and defensive?How can beekeepers deal with varroa mite without any chemicals?Do European honeybees even belong in Australia?What is Australiaâs best honey and where to get it?All this and more in todayâs GLORIOUS conversation with leading natural beekeeper Adrian Iodice. Such a special one folks đđđLINKY POOS đ§ââïžThe Beekeeping Naturally websiteAdrian on InstaAdrianâs courses & workshopsAdrianâs Kenyan Top Bar hives...2024-12-151h 14
ReskillienceRelease Your Inner Bat Shit Crazy Bird Nerd with Andrew TurbillIf you prefer nature to people, birdsong to screeching tyres and secretly want to crash the economy via mass workplace dropout due to a bird language contagion, you will go absolutely crackers for this convo.Andrew Turbill aka. THE BIRD GUY is here to share his epic and somewhat perilous birding quests for 2025, from stalking Logrunners to sidestepping fascists and recording a full blown predator attack in the sky.F****** fabulous listening for anyone under the spell of birds. Andrewâs 2025 to-do list find out where our local superb lyrebirds (well, at lea...2024-12-111h 23
ReskillienceRewild Christmas Lunch! with Eva + Will of Wild BeingsIf you're sick of ham sandwiches and Love Actually, why not bring spear throwing and possum skinning to Chrissy lunch? Eva and Will of Wild Beings have some cracking ideas for rewilding family gatherings -- and every other facet of modern existence, for that matter.These two intrepid humans lead a radically connected life on/in/with the land, and inspire others to do the same. Tracking, hunting, foraging, tanning, weaving, bush medicine and bird language... this conversation harks back to the OG roots of Reskillience; re-membering that old, wise body of ecological knowledge and running with...2024-12-011h 11
ReskillienceLucy Richards' 10 Ways To Regenerate Self, Soul & Business StrategyThings to know about this episode:đȘ¶ It was recorded on Lucy's bedroom floor, smushy carpet under-butt and steaming cups of dandy tea in hand.đȘ¶ Itâs a day spa for your weary weary soul, the one who yearns for alignment between what you love and what you earn.đȘ¶ It includes a grounding practice & ways to attune to your evolutionary purpose.đȘ¶ Itâs kinda like a personal session with a business strategist, social entrepreneur, poet, writer and regenerator⊠in podcast form.đȘ¶ Itâs a brave and nuanced take on capitalism, less about poisoning it...2024-11-241h 01
ReskillienceBlake Boles' 10-or-11 Dirtbag Rich ResolutionsFOR ONCE IT'S NOT A PERMIE đ±Please enjoy this fun-as-fuck conversation with Blake Boles, who, in an unexpected deviation from regular Reskillience programming, is not a permaculture educator and is in fact a renegade unschooler, vagabonding wordsmith, teen travel leader, bikepacking blogger, tango maestro and passionate spokesperson for the Dirtbag Rich life.We romp through topics such as quitting school, defying relocalisation, AI playdates, post-app dating and failure resumes. đ§ââïž LINKY POOS The Dirtbag Rich podcast!Blakeâs home on the webDateblakeBlake on SubstackA bit more...2024-11-171h 08
ReskillienceArtist As Family's 10 Ways To Be Rich, Feral and FreeThis episode was recorded while sitting on Artist As Family's living room floor, glowing embers in the belly of the fire, cups of hawthorn and artichoke tea on the coffee table, and Megâs famous ferments watching over us from the shelves. Youâll hear us accidentally knocking the microphones, some quality heavy breathing and Zero the dog dreaming and yipping away on the couch. And it's our first audio quartet! Meg, Patrick and twelve-year-old Woody offer their list of ten permaculture neopeasant provocations as a whole family; a huge highlight was hearing Woody share wisdoms from his u...2024-11-101h 04
ReskillienceBrenna Quinlan's 10 Foundations of an F YEAH! ExistenceYou already know today's guest. Youâve admired her art, chortled at her pithy permaculture puns and perhaps even listened to her rhyme along with Formidable Vegetable, those eco-funk, full of beans, electro-radish rockers. It's the perennially brilliant Brenna Quinlan! Illustrator and educator who brandishes her watercolour brushes at the worldâs gnarliest problems, and paints beautiful alternatives.In this convo:đȘș All about Brenna & Charlieâs three year build.đȘș The stories in the walls of their strawbale home.đȘș Intentional community living.đȘș Teasing out the finer strands of what brings you joy...2024-11-031h 07
ReskillienceIt's the season three trailer!đȘ¶ MONDAYS FROM NOVEMBER 4 Weâve got a jazzy new format and just a couple of months till 2025, so letâs set some new years resolutions...Reskillience style!Over the next ten weeks, ten guests will share lists of ten things that are close to their hearts......things to try, or consider, or start...âŠthat will spark all kinds of inspiration.Come and hang out with permie legends, renegade unschoolers and regenerative leaders as they talk us through 100 magical prompts for reskillient living.What'll you take into 2025?The groo...2024-10-2701 min
ReskillienceFarming, Self Care & Ceremony with Charlie ShowersDonât you love it when science geeks get spiritual? I do, because when highly rational folks admit that the world is far more mysterious than it is predictable, itâs intensely validating for us intuitive hippies whoâve believed in magic all along.This is one of those beautiful and surprising conversations with one of my farming idols Charlie Showers from Black Barn Farm thatâll have you rethinking everything. And/or thinking you want to get into apple growing. DO IT.Charlie is a geological engineer, agricultural researcher, bushfire and natural disaster expert, fruit tr...2024-10-051h 17
ReskillienceOne Billion Ways To Make Life Better with Brett Cooper*Recorded outdoors under a passionfruit vine with wind in the banana leaves*This is one of those conversations thatâll shake you up, rattle your cage and light a fire under your butt to make change â because todayâs guest reckons we need to upskill, now! It might just be the greatest pep talk in Reskillience history, from one of the most passionate permies in the movement. Itâs Brett Cooper from Limestone Permaculture.Brett, his wife Nici and fam live on Worimi Country, mid-coast NSW. Not too long ago their one acre block was just gra...2024-09-261h 31
ReskillienceBig Bug Energy with Amelie VanderstockđŒ A spring equinox special đŒMeet Amelie Vanderstock â science communicator, artist, musician, native bee pHD and total ray of sunshine.Amelie has a passion for pollinator-friendly cities, and raises awareness through workshops, collaborative art and obscenely catchy songs that celebrate weeds, bees and bin chickens.This ainât just an interview about invertebrates â though, thereâs plenty of insectivorous inspiration to be had â nay, it has a solid backbone of advice and solidarity for all those trying to merge their strange passions and professional skills, who are yearning for greater alignment and intentionality in everything, from...2024-09-191h 11
ReskillienceModest Income, Major Freedom with Anisa RogersThe first time I saw Anisa Rogers (who was basking on the grass reading a book) I thought: this person looks hekkin relaxed, has a tan consistent with living in reality, and the brightest blue eyes Iâve ever seen.We got talking and I learned that Anisa is involved in all kinds of system-disrupting mischief in Naarm, Melbourne, as part of the Degrowth Network â and so many social justice, environmental, guerrilla gardening and new economy groups.The reason Anisa can lead a rich life in community is that theyâve whittled their living costs down t...2024-09-111h 07
ReskillienceGreen Tech Fact Check with Joel MeadowsMy guest today is Joel Meadows, a phenomenal human who happens to be a permaculture teacher, rocket oven engineer, energy geek, green tech sceptic, sculptor, illustrator, musician and composting ninja.This is one epic episode that encompasses:đAre renewables really all that?đWhy weâre using more fossil fuels than ever *cry*.đSmart phone free life.đBeing deliberately abnormal.đROCKET OVENS.đWhy everyone is practical + can learn shit.đThree steps to household energy resilience.We recorded this convo at Joelâs kitchen table, in his maj...2024-09-021h 41
ReskillienceWriting, Ice + Arctic Foxes with Robyn MundyAn interview with the intrepid author of my favourite book in recent years, Robyn Mundy!(Word nerds, snow bunnies, penguin enthusiasts and fans of the freezing cold, this oneâs for you.)Robyn is a Tasmanian author and adventurer, Arctic guide, Antarctic research assistant, and lifelong lover of snow and ice.I picked up her book Cold Coast in the library on a whim, because it had a cute Arctic fox on the cover and came recommended by library staff.It tells the true story of Vanny Voldstad, the first female tr...2024-08-131h 01
ReskillienceRetire by 35 with Dylan GravesSit down and whip out your preferred pen* because Dylan Graves is doing back-of-the-envelope calculations to show you how to access land within three to five years.I know, sounds weirdly left-brained for our whimsical podcast, but fear not, this conversation with an inspiring and intensely honest permaculture teacher will have you dreaming and doing in tandem.In the deep south of Aotearoa New Zealand, Dylan and his partner Evita are living and breathing Reskillience. Dylan is a permaculture teacher, biochar educator, farmer and frank-as-anything about financial pathways that lead to both personal freedom and...2024-07-311h 31
ReskillienceBirthing Rites with Eleanor YoungWhat's the story with free birthing, wild birthing, orgasmic births and births that don't go to plan?Here to deliver answers to all our laborious questions is the wise and erudite Eleanor Young, researcher, permaculturalist, writer and midwife.Even if you're not some born-again birthing evangelist, you'll find lots to love in this gentle and soulful exploration of human propagation. Because there is so much overlap between how we treat birth and how we treat the earth; between reclaiming our mammalian birthing blueprint and remembering how to live within natureâs lore and loamy bosom. 2024-07-171h 07
ReskillienceVoluntary Extinction with Annie Raser-RowlandWould you pick up a schoolkidâs half eaten apple and eat it?Annie Raser-Rowland would, while shining a lopsided smile to passersby.Annie is the radical wordsmith behind the bestselling The Art Of Frugal Hedonism and The Weed Foragerâs Handbook, co-authored with the equally-and-proudly-as-stingy Adam Grubb.This is one helluva conversation that covers:đWhy to be even weirderđRubbing frugality pheromones on your significant otherđStarting work at 3amđEngaging teenage goth mode to deal with chronic health challengesđEmbracing voluntary extinctionđL...2024-06-261h 09
ReskillienceWork/Rest Balance with Koren HelbigMany of you have requested interviews with folks who are making beautiful nests in less-than-perfect contexts, like the city. Who havenât flown off to Planet Permaculture but are sticking with modern civilisation. Youâve asked to explore the personal terrain of chronic pain, limited energy and neurodivergence; highlighting radical self compassion as the necessary first step in the radical reimagining of everything.And so I reached out to Koren Helbig, a restful role model for our times.If you donât know Koren, sheâs a digital marketing strategist and journalist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide...2024-06-101h 13
ReskillienceVinyl For Climate with Lauren + Oberon CarterDid you know that women represent less than one third of artists in the music industry? And just 12.6% of songwriters? Iâm quoting my guests here, Lauren and Oberon Carter of Spiral Garden and, lately, Suffragette Records in Hobart, Lutruwita.Suffragette Records stocks music made by women only, not for the sake of exclusion but to rebalance the scales. Because who and what we listen to patterns our thinking, beliefs, communities and civilization. When women arenât part of our cultural soundscape, we miss out on stories and messages and melodic teachings from a whole portion of the...2024-05-271h 09
ReskillienceHere Come the Zombies, I Eat Weeds with Diego BonettoScarcity mindsets + scrofulous zombies are no match for natureâs weedy abundance! So says Diego Bonetto, wild food advocate and forager with a heart of greenish-gold. Diego calls Wiradjuri Country, NSW, home and leads foraging workshops, seasonal edible adventures, community art projects, wild storytelling events, makes more weedy media appearances than I can list here and is the author of the excellent Eat Weeds: A Field Guide to Foraging. Iâm utterly enamoured of Diegoâs teachings and this conversation, filled with the language of plants, the wisdom of place, forest communions, not-quite-closed loops, ecological hypocris...2024-05-121h 18
ReskillienceNever Totally Lost with Tristan GooleyCouldn't find your way out of a cardigan? Get into natural navigation with Tristan Gooley, award winning and bestselling author, expedition leader, and nicknamed âThe Sherlock Holmes of Natureâ by the BBC.What I love about Tristan is that he is first and foremost a practitioner of fun, about how great it feels to notice natureâs signs and clues, about the fizzy thrill of uncorking our ancestral problem solving skills. If you, like me, long to read the landscape and find your way through nature, Tristanâs books and courses will be your faithful guides.2024-05-0643 min
ReskillienceJoy Over Meaning with Elisa RathjeElisa Rathje lives on a small farm, on a small island, telling microscopic stories of resilience. She's an artist, writer, filmmaker, podcaster, unschooler, grower, permaculturalist,  goatherd and goose mistress whose work has fed me, and so many others, for years.From Appleturnover Farm on Salt Spring Island (in the Strait of Georgia between mainland British Columbia, Vancouver Island and Canada), Elisa documents slow, simple approaches to skilling up and rooting down, normalising the pursuit of tiny joys.This conversation roams between life as art, the illusion of security, community sufficiency, how to call on...2024-04-291h 17
ReskillienceToday I Go Slowly with Jade MilesJade Miles is a very special mate of mine. I turned up on her doorstep as a WWOOFer in 2018 and we got on like asparagus and eggs, which is what we had for dinner that night if I recall correctly. You probs know Jade as the host of the Futuresteading podcast, keeper of Black Barn Farm and writer of the most personal and compelling instagram captions in all the land. I love that Jade is consciously bridging the personal/professional schism, exploring ways to bring her whole, complex self to her roles as CEO, farmer, sp...2024-04-221h 14
ReskillienceVillage Dreaming with Mara RipaniI just polished off my last jar of blackberry jam and itâs only April, which is why I need todayâs guest to assist me in the finer arts of sustainable homesteading. Itâs Mara Ripani of Village Dreaming and Orto cooking school, a force of and for nature with a passion for greening cities, growing food, permaculture, preserving food, baking bread and sowing seeds. Mara is about as earthed as its possible to be while still having a social media presence, propagating skills of from-scratch cooking, foraging, fermenting, soap making and seasonal attunement from her...2024-03-311h 14ReskillienceThe Parenting Episode with Devon HarrisAre you keen to join the dots between parenting and activism? Want to grow a beautiful parallel paradigm in and through and with the yoof? Iâm not a parent, but I am someone who believes that our âimpactâ starts at home; that the work of our times begins with ourselves and the beings in our orbit. So I reached out to one of the greatest women I know who also happens to be a parenthood black belt. Her name is Devon Harris and sheâs here to school us in Aware Parenting, which is a thrillin...2024-03-241h 00ReskillienceThe Church of Mother Country with Patrick JonesLeaves and loam, feather and bone, itâs Patrick Jones from Artist as Family! Patrick is Meg Magpie Ulmanâs partner in permaculture neopeasantry, father of Blackwood and Zephyr, creature of Tree Elbow, songsmith, wordsmith, goatherd, grower, speaker, radical homemaker and reverential rubbish collector, most often seen on two wheels towing a load of scrap wood as one might bear a royal being, carried in a scared procession. In this conversation Patrick shares a really special story about how he came to be Blue Wren as well as tales of anger, renewal, goddesses and content creati...2024-03-171h 25ReskillienceWild + Child with Claire DunnIt's all very well to forage weeds and track wombats, weave baskets from willow and walk barefoot cross country... but how do you stay wild in the city? With kids? With a face-sucking phone in your pocket?Claire Dunn is a good person to ask about these things, being a key figure in Australia's rewilding movement and uncommonly balanced advocate for undomestication. If you donât know Claire, sheâs a writer, speaker, barefoot explorer, rewilding facilitator and founder of Natureâs Apprentice -- and, as hands down one of my favourite people, it was a joy t...2024-03-101h 05ReskillienceOh, Miserable Modernity! with Yin ParadiesDr. Yin Paradies is a loving tearer downerer of teetering assumptions, a recalibrator of compasses, an Aboriginal-Asian-Anglo Australian conducting deep research on racism, anti-racism, Indigenous knowledges and decolonisation. Despite inhabiting a comfortable burrow in academia as the Chair of Race Relations at Deakin University, heâs also an anarchist, an animist, a trickster, a disruptor and a sage voice on so many topics that Reskillience is interested in. This is one of those convos that creeps up on you, that builds in energy and quietly blows shit apart. We discuss the aliveness of everything, the poss...2024-02-251h 12ReskillienceAttachment Planeting with Josh McLeanHave you considered the backstory of your leather shoes? Are you curious about the process that transforms raw hides into luxurious handbags? Do you wonder how tanning relates to personal and collective resilience? Ever thought about nature connection through the lens of Attachment Theory? If so, my guest today is sure to massage your mind. Itâs Josh McLean, a social worker and Bush Adventure Therapy Facilitator who also happens to be an expert in the lost art of hide tanning. You might know him as the guy from The Bush Tannery, but heâs increa...2024-02-181h 06ReskillienceCycles of Renewal with David HolmgrenDavid Holmgren is the co-originator of Permaculture, self-aware contrarian and contemplator of everything. Iâm lucky enough to be part of his extended household, so rather than shooting the breeze about the state of the world while sowing parsnips I figured I better bloody well get him on the podcast. We dig into Davidâs own internal landscape as well as the contours of his life at Melliodora, and I was especially eager to quiz him about land sharing and housing alternatives; prime listening for those in the debt-avoidant club. Listen out for our new...2024-02-111h 46ReskillienceGut Lore with Su DennettToday's yakkity yak is with one of the most radical women in permaculture -- and you know how wild those permies can be. It's Su Dennett! Life partner of David Holmgren and unspoken ruler of the roost at Melliodora. Su is a seventy seven year old inspiration, a permaculture matriarch and precious repository of ye old skillz. I sat down with her in the teahouse, a few moons ago now, and record this conversation. (This was actually the first interview I ever recorded for Reskillience, so donât be alarmed by the references to winter, the bushfire season ahead an...2024-02-051h 05ReskillienceSensual Herbalism with Taj SciclunaIâm not a doctor â though I wish I was because who wouldnât want to take their petrified child to see Dr Payne? However, I did study herbal medicine and practice as a naturopath, which could be why so many folks still get in touch with me about plant medicine. So! To all those green appreciators out there â wannabe witches, budding shamans, dandelion disciples, mullein maestros, burdock rockers, sage mages⊠this episode with Taj Scicluna is for you.  You might know Taj as The Perma Pixie, but sheâs currently in a rebranding chrysalis and will be em...2024-01-281h 27ReskillienceTOUGHEN UP with Beck LoweThrow a chicken bone in the cogs of the never-say-die machine with this weekâs convo about DEATHHHHH. Not going to coat this one in plum sauce and call it âspare ribsâ â today Beck Lowe and I go the whole hog on keeping animals, killing animals, and why to hone that skill if you LOVE animals. Get around it.Beck Loweâs home on the webBook ~ Our Street by Beck Lowe + David HolmgrenPodcast ~ Poetry UnboundPodcast ~ Big Things. Little Things.Podcast ~ OlogiesBook ~ RetroSuburb...2024-01-211h 03ReskillienceThe Big Picture with Jordan OsmondOh happy day, itâs Jordan Osmond from Happen Films! Happen Films is one of the most powerful portals of inspiration in the sustainability space; not just trotting out the same old green living tropes but laying new turf, sharing fringe ideas about how to care for land, be in community, and live the change. I was stoked to sit down with Jordan now that heâs back in Australia and quiz him about filmmaking, changemaking and finances â and like good little optimists, we only mentioned civilisational collapse once.Visit Happen Films on the web2024-01-141h 25ReskillienceDeer Medicine with Suzy MuirCan rocks be your besties? Are the shadows safer? How does Deer Medicine help women avoid becoming prey? Get into this conversation with adventurer, wilderness guide and creature of place Suzy Muir â who, alongside her intrepid husband Jon Muir â live a radically simple off grid existence in the Grampians. I was lucky enough to meet Suzy in her natural habitat, purely by chance, and have considered her a friend and mentor ever since. Her stories and wisdom and wildness may just have the same effect on you; something to hear with your bones as well as you...2024-01-071h 02ReskillienceMagpie Tears with Meg UlmanCan we tempt you sell your car, compost your shit and embrace a life of joyful frugality? You don't have to answer right away. Listen to this conversation with Meg Ulman of Artist as Family to hear what a radically connected lifeway is all about. We cover a lot of ground in this episode from growing up Jewish and getting intentional about time, to forest names, bush kids, menopause and grief. GOOD LINKSMeg + Artist as Familyâs home on the webArtist as Familyâs YouTubeArtist...2024-01-021h 00
ReskillienceApocalypse Now-ish with Dave PollardA convo about the collapse of civilization may not be everyoneâs cuppa tea, but a spoonful of Dave Pollard makes the medicine go down! And today Dave is bringing the sweetness to episode one of Reskillience for a Big Hairy Chat about the End Times â that ainât so scary after all. We discuss what âcollapseâ means, skills that can help us cope and adapt, why communitarianism is where itâs at, and how to catch each other when The Shit Hits The Fan. Dave is a writer and longtime student of culture, systems theory, comple...2023-12-261h 14
Futuresteading128 Catie Payne - Bookending 8 seasons of Futuresteading w her trademark wit, charm & oddball intellectRemember this beautiful human? She spent some time in your ears way back in series one & two before heading off for a life of adventure & learning in the intellectual home of permaculture. Catie Payne is a courageous one-of-a-kind character full of love and laughter who challenges 'normal' and beats to her own drum.Join us for this joyful, 'been-too-long-catchup between Jade & Catie & delve into the last two years of Catie's artistic, rewilding, permaculture filled days. Show notesCatie now lives at Melliodora permaculture working in exchange for food and accommodation...2023-05-081h 13
The Mom HourFamily Travel Mishaps & Why We Go Anyway: Voices 76If you travel with kids, itâs just a matter of time before a trip goes off the rails in spectacular fashion. Maybe itâs a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, or an expensive vacation spent sick in a pricey hotel room. Today Sarah is joined by Catie, Stacy, Emily and Lisa â regular contributors to the show and seasoned travelers with a combined 13 kids â who share their most memorable travel mishap stories. (Full disclaimer: there will be puke-talk.) In sharing these stories, we hope to normalize that travel with kids doesnât have to go perfectly to be âworth...2022-06-1748 min
From The Pulpit of DUMC#213. This Thing Called Church - Episode 20, March 23Kevin and Karen are joined with two delightful guests - Davidson College student Catie Holshouser and Cindy Turner (yes, Kevin's wife!). Catie is the Campus Ministry Intern and Cindy is the Lay Leader for Campus Ministry. The four have conversations about being a Davidson College student, faith, and Davidson Wesley Group updates. And they tell us who else has been involved in Davidson Wesley and where they are today.2022-03-2434 min
Humans, On RightsMike Payne: How the Team at Nine Circles Provide Knowledge, Resources and Expertise to Reduce HIV TransmissionThe best way to protect yourself and others from HIV transmission is to be informed about prevention methods. For most people, taking PrEP (Â PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis)Â is the best way to reduce the risk of HIV contraction. On this episode Mike Payne (he/him) the Executive Director of Nine Circles Community Health Centre talks about HIV, the stigma attached to those in our community with HIV, and why education continues to be one of the biggest challenges in advancing the true understanding of people living with HIV. Mike is both an educator and an activist, and through hi...2021-12-0948 min
Big things. Little things.Episode 4 - Catie PayneI sit down with Catie Payne of the Futuresteading Podcast to discuss: armpits and podcasting adventures; Catie's "tree-change" - moving to Permaculture hub, Melliodora; living intuitively; Catie's love story with luscious partner, George; and volunteering on farms through HelpX. Show links: Catie's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/catieofthesouthernwild/ Catie's webpage - http://www.catie.com.au/ Futuresteading Podcast - https://www.futuresteading.com.au/ Melliodora webpage (where Catie is moving) - https://melliodora.com/ HelpX - volunteering on farms (give it a go!) - https://www.helpx.net/2021-10-041h 05Big things. Little things.Episode 4 - Catie PayneI sit down with Catie Payne of the Futuresteading Podcast to discuss:  armpits and podcasting adventures; Catie's "tree-change" - moving to Permaculture hub, Melliodora; living intuitively; Catie's love story with luscious partner, George; and volunteering on farms through HelpX. Show links: Catie's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/catieofthesouthernwild/ Catie's webpage - http://www.catie.com.au/ Futuresteading Podcast - https://www.futuresteading.com.au/ Melliodora webpage (where Catie is moving) - https://melliodora.com/ HelpX - volunteering on farms (give it a go!) - https://www.helpx.ne...2021-10-041h 06
Be The Girl PodcastEpisode 42 - Your must-do self care ritual, their business journey so far & Tik Tok marketing with My Glow 2 Co-Founders Olivia & CatieHello and welcome back to Be The Girl Podcast. Today I am very excited to welcome Melbourne based co-founders of My Glow 2, best friends Olivia Burrows and Catie O'Neill. Liv and Catie started My Glow 2 after a visit to Turkey and chance encounter at a market in Istanbul where they discover a silk mitt used by therapists to exfoliate the skin during a Turkish bathing ritual. Fast forward to just 15 month in operation and achieving 7 figure results despite shipping delays and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In today's episode I chat to the girls all about their business journey...2021-09-0823 min
Hello StasisFuturesteading with Jade Miles and Catie PayneI chat with Futuresteading podcast hosts and all round stellar humans Catie Payne and Jade Miles from Black Barn Farm about all things futuresteading, regenerative living and the challenge of living within systems as we try and disrupt and rebuild them.
For more info on the Futuresteading podcast - https://www.futuresteading.com.au
To enrol in Small is Beautiful - https://regenerativeways.thinkific.com/courses/small-is-beautiful
2021-07-2952 min
Dragon Sports LiveDragon Sports Live 7/28/21Welcome to #Dragonsportslive. Join Briana Marrae and Donte Jamal Payne-Sharkey as we talk #sports and listen to #music. We talking about the #Chicagoteams #NFL #Nba #MLB. Check Us Out on our social mediaâs at Dragon Jump Productions and B.Rae Media & Marketing also follow and subscribe to our YouTube at www.YouTube.com/donpe1
And other social mediaâs @Dragonjumppro
Dragon Sports 7/28/21
MLB
Cleveland will change the name to the Guardians. Claim LF Alex Young off waviers from D-Backs.
LAD Trevor Bauer rest. Hearing PPD to Aug 2. Placed Mook...2021-07-291h 12
Nourishing Matters to Chew OnNOURISHING BOOKS & BITES - âFuturesteading â living like tomorrow mattersâINTRODUCING NOURISHING BOOKS & BITES a series of fun mini-episodes that explores the inspiring projects, events, books and media that other people are involved with, to help shape a better tomorrow, today. People who are having conversations and taking action within their communities to create change and share hope and joy along the way. In this first episode of Nourishing Books & Bites, part of Foodswellâs Nourishing Matters series, I speak with Jade about Futuresteading â the ideas, the podcast and her forthcoming new book âFuturesteading - living like tomorrow mattersâ. How do you live your life, like tomorrow ma...2021-03-1132 min
SoulsortsThe Soulsorts Sunday Soul Collection on Starpoint RadioThe Soulsorts Sunday Soul Collection on Starpoint RadioSunday 15th November 2020The class and quality of 2020 continuesJarrod Lawson â Love Isn't Always Enough (Album: Be The Change)Will Downing â Close To You (Album: Romantique Pt. 2)Ledisi â WKND (Album: The Wild Card)True Music Group feat. DaQuela Payne â Just a Little Touch (Album: True Soul Vol. 1)Cory Henry â Happy Days (Album: Something to Say)Tammy Harris â O-o-h Child (Album: Chicology)Melvin Lee Davis feat. Audrey Wheeler-Downing â Close the Door (Album: Passion)Vivian Green â Lov...2020-11-162h 00
That Paleo ShowTPS 108: Wwoofing with Catie PayneThis week on That Paleo show Brett has the show all to himself⊠well almost. Brett is joined by his good friend, Naturopath, WWOOFer and real food enthusiast Catie Payne. Catie is a ball of energy and passion and is definitely someone who walks the walk, not just talks the talk. She shares with Brett where her passion came from and why she decided to give up 6 months of her life WWOOFing (volunteering on organic farms all around Tasmania. Tune in to find out what she learnt, what she loved, what she struggled with and just how this has had...2015-03-1230 min