Shows
Zero Input AgricultureNathanielShane talks with Nathaniel from the Ozark Mountains about his extensive work adapting Korean Natural Farming practices to his corner of the world, scaling sorghum as a zero input staple crop, and the thriving community networks which have grown stronger in response to economic stresses.Read more about Nathaniel's work in this essay: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TkJXkxtg3Xkukre3L4SqY7372jDsdB4K/viewContact him to find out about his native tree nursery- fourgsnursery@gmail.comLearn more about the Ozark Area Community Congress- https://www.r3-0.org/wp-content...2025-05-081h 15
Zero Input AgricultureMark W KiddShane talks to Mark W. Kidd about preserving the cushaw squash in Appalachia, growing crops with minimal inputs in remote rural areas, and revitalising communities in the wake of contraction.The Commonwealth Cushaw Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/commonwealthcushawJoin a cushaw squash workshop in May:https://cushawguide.handbarrow.org/Check out the Going to Seed forum where Mark regularly posts: https://goingtoseed.discourse.groupFind more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com...2025-05-061h 39
Zero Input AgricultureKahlil CorazoShane talks to Kahlil Corazo, a writer, thinker, entrepreneur and former agricultural researcher from the Phillipines about psychofauna, technocapital, the past and future of cacao and a whole bunch of other fascinating topics.You can read more of Kahlil's writing at his substack blog: https://www.explorations.phAnd his article on psychofauna: https://www.theseedsofscience.pub/p/psychofauna-studies-a-manifestoA few of Kahlil's books: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ideas-Into-Reality-Entrepreneurship-ebook/dp/B0BRF2568Y/https://www.amazon.com/Rajah-Versus-Conquistador-Gambit-Conquest-ebook/dp/B0F28XV6K7/Find more...2025-04-241h 21
Zero Input AgricultureMichael LongfieldShane talks to Michael Longfield about his extensive work developing syntropic agriculture systems in the central USA, tapping into an impressive range of local and introduced plant genetics.You can learn more about Michael's work at Interwoven Permaculture: https://interwovenpermaculture.comAnd get more regular updates and contact through: https://www.facebook.com/InterwovenPermacultureCheck out Michael's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interwovenpermaculture/Find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.am...2025-04-171h 39
Zero Input AgricultureNikomiko Shane interviews Nikomiko about his involvement in the creation of Viossa, a pidgin language that was constructed in online chat rooms through playful interaction in any language except English and which has since grown into a thriving community. We discuss the wild world of constructed and evolving languages, and play with ways that new languages could help build new cultures in this volatile time in history.Recommended resourcesConlangs Subreddit- https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/Viossa Subreddit- https://www.reddit.com/r/Viossa/The Conlangery Podcast - https://conlangery.com2025-04-1058 min
Zero Input AgricultureRichard GoerwitzShane talks to Richard Goerwitz about his remarkable role as head gardener for the East Wind Intentional Community. Richard's work occupies an unusual niche, somewhere between home gardener and market gardener in scale and that includes opportunities for crop breeding with an army of taste testers at his disposal. East Wind is one of the oldest intentional communities in the USA which also hosts a number of vibrant businesses.You can learn more about East Wind here - https://www.eastwind.orgYou can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Ag...2025-04-031h 26
Zero Input AgricultureEugene McCarthy ReturnsShane talks to Dr Eugene McCarthy once more, delving into his astonishing theory about the possible hybrid origin of humans (and not the recent discoveries about mixing of modern humans with neanderthals and their kin). Eugene has assembled a compelling body of evidence that our chimp like ancestors may have hybridised with the humble pig, accounting for a long list of unusual human traits that are lacking in our primate ancestors.You can read more detail about Eugene's theory here: https://www.macroevolution.net/human-origins.htmlYou can find more of Shane’s wo...2025-03-271h 24
The HYBRID AuthorShane Simonsen on Self-Publishing Books vs. Blogging on SubstackShane is a biochemist turned teacher turned experimental farmer who decided to add author to the list. He writes weekly non-fiction essays about his passion for transformative agriculture on Substack (at Zero Input Agriculture) and released a short non-fiction book, “Taming the Apocalypse” on the enormous potential for novel domestications.
Under the pen-name Haldane B. Doyle he has also released the world's first and only hard science fiction novel based purely on biological technology, called Our Vitreous Womb. He loved appearing on other people’s podcasts so much that he started two of his own- the Zero Input...2025-03-2647 min
Zero Input AgricultureGregg MullerShane talks to Gregg about his long journey through breeding a wide range of crops in his challenging Mediterranean climate in southern Australia. We also compare notes on the challenges of creating local crop breeding groups and discuss fresh approaches.Check out Gregg's incredible range of seeds for sale: https://www.usefulseeds.comJoin Gregg's local crop breeding group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18wjkbJUWh/You find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse eb...2025-03-201h 14
Zero Input AgricultureFedor SteemanShane talks to Fedor Steeman about the limits of evolving and engineering life itself.Check out more of Fedor's amazing videos on speculative biology at Phrenotopia-https://www.youtube.com/@PhrenotopiaThe origin of animal body plans - https://youtu.be/3Gql2iyY5Gw?si=lCEY3vtmibvfYaFGYou can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - ht...2025-03-131h 35
Zero Input AgricultureSalvatore CeccarelliShane talks to Salvatore Ceccarelli about his incredible contribution to the preservation and reinvigoration of ancient landrace crop genetics in the Middle East and Europe, putting diverse mixes of ancient grains back into the hands of farmers and bakers throughout the region.You can read more about Salvatore's work at- https://salvatorececcarelli.wordpress.com(translation into English might be helpful using translate.google.com for selected passages).You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - ht...2025-03-061h 41
Zero Input AgricultureBook Review- The One Straw RevolutionShane revisits an old substack post reviewing Fukuoka's "One Straw Revolution", comparing his experiences as an experimental farmer to those of one of the founders of this philosophy.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/...2025-02-2712 min
Zero Input AgricultureDr. Eugene McCarthyShane talks to Dr Eugene McCarthy about his lifetime studying the importance of hybridisation in the creation of new forms of life (usually called speciation). This is part of a three episode series with Dr McCarthy, Part 2 will investigate his thought provoking pig-chimp hypothesis, and part 3 will cover implications and applications of hybrid speciation theory.Read all about Dr. McCarthy's work at his extensive website detailing his theories in accessible language:https://www.macroevolution.netA recent research paper showing the differences between bonobo and human genomes correlate with pig sequences- https://www...2025-02-201h 24
Zero Input AgriculturePlant Profile- Shallots (Allium fistulosum)Shane reflects on his oldest vegetable landrace crop, the humble shallot or spring onion (Allium fistulosum), an indispensable fresh leafy vegetable that deserves a place in just about every warm climate garden. The general principles and steps in developing your own landraces are explored, plus the numerous long lasting benefits.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.co...2025-02-1310 min
Zero Input AgricultureJason HowardShane talks to Jason about his extraordinary passion for breeding diverse, aromatic and hardy basil that goes so far beyond the common leafy green type most people know.Check out more of Jason's work at the links belowThe Basically About Basil main page where you can buy diverse basil seed and select plantshttps://basicallyaboutbasil.comThe highly informative Basically About Basil Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@BasicallyaboutBasilEmail Jason directly at- info@basicallyaboutbasil.com2025-02-0652 min
Zero Input AgricultureDirect Sowing versus TransplantsShane argues for the advantages of direct sowed seed over transplants, and outlines the key ingredients to achieve success sowing your own seed where it will grow.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/2025-01-3008 min
Zero Input AgricultureUgo BardiShane talks to Professor Ugo Bardi about his recent book "Exterminations: Preparing for the Unthinkable" about the limits to growth and social, cultural and political responses to civilisational collapse.Check out more of Professor Bardi's work.Exterminations: Preparing for the UnthinkableThe Seneca Effect2025-01-231h 14
The Going to Seed PodcastJoseph Lofthouse at the Utah Farm and Food ConferenceGoing To Seed: Inspiring a shift in agriculture towards adaptation, community and diversity.This is my first solo podcast after Shane Simonson started his own podcast -- Zero Input Agriculture. We wish Shane joy and success in his new endeavor.In this episode, I'm posting the presentation that I did at the Utah Farm and Food Conference, January 11th 2024, in Cedar City Utah.Red Acre Center for Food and Agriculture hosts the conference. Red Acre Center advocated for the passage of Utah's Food Freedom law, which allows individuals to sell food to each...2025-01-1652 min
Zero Input AgricultureThe Minimum Human HabitatThis episode calculates the minimum area of land needed to provide water, calories, protein and vegetables to a perfectly efficient human being under industrial and preindustrial circumstances. What would such a society look like? Luckily we have a real life example to explore.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Wo...2025-01-1613 min
Zero Input AgricultureEvalisa McIllfaterickShane chats with Evalisa McIllfaterick about her collaborative watermelon breeding project in chilly Canada.Evalisa's Market Farm- Root Cellar Gardens: rootcellargardens.comSuperior Seed Producers (the local seed collective mentioned): https://superiorseedproducers.wordpress.com/Lakehead University Sustainable Food Lab/ Breeding Diversity, Community, and Health: Mobilizing Landrace Seeding Breeding in Northwestern Ontario (2024 – 2027) project: https://foodsystems.lakeheadu.ca/agroecology-in-canada/Robin Wall Kimmerer's essay about corn/maize: https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/corn-tastes-better/Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Farmer-Led Research: https://efao.ca/farmer-led-research/Seedlinked- a database of crop variety performance fo...2025-01-091h 24
Zero Input AgricultureBook Review- Agriculture of the HidatsaThis episode reviews the book "Agriculture of the Hidatsa" which can be read for free online. Rare first hand accounts of pre-industrial agriculture are a valuable resource for anyone contemplating the nitty gritty details that lie ahead for those forced to develop post-agricultural systems.2025-01-0213 min
Zero Input AgricultureProfessor PorcupineShane interviews Professor Porcupine about the ways that young people without access to their own land can nevertheless get involved in crop breeding and low input agriculture.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/2024-12-2659 min
Zero Input AgricultureThe Three Times Plants (Almost) Destroyed the PlanetThis is an audio version of a blog post from the Zero Input Agriculture substack.In it, Shane explores the deep history of life on Earth and the recurring imbalances in the biosphere that led to disasters that dwarf the current human impacts we worry so much about.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en...2024-12-1906 min
Zero Input AgricultureSam BonneyShane interviews Sam Bonney about his journey into low input agroforestry and the challenges of breeding slower growing crop species.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/2024-12-121h 05
Zero Input AgricultureThe Staple Crop to Vegetable PipelineIn this audio version of a blog post from the Zero Input Agriculture substack Shane explores the recurring pattern of robust staple crops being transformed into weak and inbred vegetable varieties.You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9...2024-12-0505 min
Becoming A Household NameAnalytics At the Deepest Level - A Digital WonderlandIn this episode, I’m talking to Dr. Shane Simonsen, author of Taming of Apocalypse.I encourage you to read his work. He’s a stellar writer.If you got excited about the Luke In Time Mysteries Audiobook Omnibus, you can join the project here. Contribute what you want, and you’ll get three audiobooks right now. Get full access to Becoming A Household Name at jodyjsperling.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-041h 25
Zero Input AgricultureEpisode 4 - David HolmgrenShane interviews David Holmgren, cofounder of permaculture and all-round inspiration, about the potential synergies between modern permaculture practice and the breeding of plants and livestock. Check out David’s recent articles mentioned in the show:A Table of Many Stories – an exploration of the true age of the largest Australian trees : https://holmgren.com.au/writing/a-table-of-many-stories/Saving Warners Track- a riveting account of firefighting efforts in remote Tasmania: https://holmgren.com.au/writing/saving-warners-track-jackeys-marsh-forest-festival-aftermath-1983/ You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input...2024-11-281h 01
Zero Input AgricultureEpisode 3 - Book Review : Seeing Like a StateThis is an audio version of a blog post from Zero Input Agriculture on January 3 2024.This episode explores the book by James C. Scott and applies its key findings to navigating the decline of industrial civilisation. You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog - https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2Our Vitreous Womb - ht...2024-11-2114 min
Zero Input AgricultureEpisode 2 - Brian ReederShane interviews Brian Reeder, life-long breeder of the beautiful and delicious daylilies (Hemerocallis) among many other obsessions. Check out Brian’s links mentioned in the show: Sun Dragon Daylilies- http://www.sundragondaylilies.com/Sun Dragon Daylilies Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/SunDragonDayliliesDetailed Article on Daylily Breeding Program - https://daylilybreeder.blogspot.com/p/the-daylily-as-permaculture-subject.htmlA recent interview article in two parts- http://47daylilies.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-visit-with-our-friend-brian-reeder.htmlhttps://47daylilies.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-visit-with-our-friend-brian-reeder.html Yo...2024-11-141h 28
Zero Input AgricultureEpisode 1 - A Solitary SeasonEpisode 1 – A Solitary Season This is an audio version of a blog post from Zero Input Agriculture on October 3 2024. This episode explores the thorny issue of managing events that happen only once in the life span of our planet. You can find more of Shane’s work at:Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.comTaming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audi...2024-11-0711 min
Zero Input AgricultureIntroduction to Zero Input AgricultureShane Simonsen, host of the Zero Input Agriculture podcast, introduces the structure of the show, his background, places you can read more of his work and his sincere hopes to inspire listeners to pursue crop and livestock breeding for low input agriculture to build a functional alternative to industrial civilisation.Read more and support Shane's work at his substack blog, Zero Input Agriculture, or buy a copy of his ebook Taming the Apocalypse.Intro song- Rameau "Les Sauvages" (1735)Outro song- Rameau "La Poule" (1741) 2024-10-3002 min
FuturesteadingE156 Shane Simonsen - Taming the apocalypse, exploring a post industrial world & maize making people madSummaryThe age of short termism now dominates - Todays guest however takes long termism the way we all take breakfast (those not on a fasting regime anyway) Apparently he was born this way. In his recently released book Taming the Apocalypse he states that the only remaining sustainable resources after industrialisation runs its course will be biology & culture. To prepare for this time, Shane Simonsen has an exceptionally original approach to zero input, large scale farming & has committed his life's plan of living long enough to connect varieties of crops that have been s...2024-10-271h 11
The Going to Seed PodcastFarewell from Shane SimonsenIn his final episode, Shane interviews himself to help launch his new solo podcast: Zero Input Agriculture. Shane outlines his breeding work, successes with shifting to a zero input agricultural mindset, and efforts and experiences in building networks of local growers to start the long process of reviving agriculture that can stand the test of time.To keep listening to the new podcast, and read about Shane's never ending stream of results on his experimental farm, sign up for free at www.zeroinputagriculture.substack.com for weekly updates in your inbox.You can also read...2024-09-2549 min
Accidental GodsThe Manic Fire Monkeys Do It Again (and Again): Exploring the wonder of human evolution with Dr Shane SimonsenThe climate emergency is impacting our entire eco-sphere. Plants are at the core of every food chain but we have no idea how fast they can adapt to changes that are taking place in decades where once they took Millenia. Which is where human ingenuity and intervention could be game-changing. If we put our minds to it, could we help plants to evolve in ways that serve the entire web of life? In this regard, Dr Shane Simonsen is someone who has oriented his entire life to making sure that we have the right seeds to grow the...2024-09-041h 43
The Going to Seed PodcastPaul WardShane talks with Paul Ward as he reflects on a lifetime of experience breeding maize, tepary beans, landrace wheat in temperate Australia and a whole bunch of other side topics.2024-08-101h 07
Fight Like An AnimalTaming the Apocalypse with Dr. Shane SimonsenDr. Shane Simonsen returns to talk about his new book Taming the Apocalypse, a vision of humanity's potential as “the universal symbiont,” facilitating new pathways for evolution. Ranging from the immediately viable to the highly speculative, the projects described in Taming all eschew the industrial science model in favor of a more participatory, low-tech, and reverential paradigm. Could novel microorganisms someday convert cellulose to starch, allowing humans to eat trees? Ant colonies form a symbiotic association with us to ferment tempeh? Elephants partner with us to create new forms of dispersed agroforestry? Cockroaches someday be involved in constructing shelters? Dr...2024-08-021h 44
Post-Growth Australia PodcastMini Episode: Shane Simonsen on Farming, Podcasts, Books and PopulationIn this mini episode, Post-Growth Australia Podcast reunites with Dr. Shane Simonson.
Last time we spoke with Shane in PGAP season 3, he gave us a tour of his 'Zero Input Agriculture' farm in Queensland.
We caught up with Shane to get an update of the farm - including the addition of some new four legged residents - only to discover that Shane has branched out accross many projects including:
Cohosting the Going To Seed Podcast.. This podcast is of special interest to anyone wanting to explore deeply into alternative and revolutionary crop breeders...2024-07-2615 min
The Going to Seed PodcastReville SawShane Simonsen talks to Reville Saw about his work rehabilitating degraded land in West Papua using syntropic principles, the indigenous agriculture surviving in Papua, and his own extensive efforts breeding bananas from original species, lima beans, restoring fertility to ginger, breeding better biomass plants, and a bunch of other topics.2024-07-131h 04
The Going to Seed PodcastRichard Paul WatsonRichard Paul Watson talks to Shane about his efforts growing and breeding a wide range of vegetable crops in windy New Zealand, and his successes in building a network of seed growers to create a collective seed sales organisation, the Sentinels Group.Check out more of Richard's work at https://www.sentinelsgroup.co.nz2024-06-081h 04
The Going to Seed PodcastWilliam DeMille talks to Joseph and HollyFarmer and educator William DeMille talks to Joseph and Holly about permaculture, biodynamics, silvopasture, holistic management and georgics and how they apply to his farm in northern Nevada.Check out more of Williams work belowhttps://www.thegeorgicrevolution.com/https://www.amazon.com/Worry-Free-Eating-William-John-DeMille/dp/B0BW2Y4GLZhttps://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Rider-William-DeMille/dp/154509053X/https://www.instagram.com/gardening_with_william_demille/https://www.facebook.com/william.demille.502024-05-2959 min
The Going to Seed PodcastAustin VaughnShane chats to Austin Vaughn about his experiments developing landrace carrots and a range of other crops in his difficult Texas clay. Check out more of Austin's work at the Going to Seed discourse forum https://goingtoseed.discourse.group2024-05-1142 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureTaming the Apocalypse by Shane SimonsenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/780862to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Taming the Apocalypse
Author: Shane Simonsen
Narrator: Shane Simonsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
Release date: May 5, 2024
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
After the resources that enabled industrial civilisation are depleted, only culture and biology will remain to sustain us. The might of Babylon was built upon a handful of domesticated crops and livestock, brought into symbiosis with humans through the actions of long forgotten peasants. Today, at the peak of the industrial era, people have a priceless opportunity to forge relationships with a whole new range of...2024-05-053h 18
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureTaming the Apocalypse by Shane SimonsenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/780862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taming the Apocalypse Author: Shane Simonsen Narrator: Shane Simonsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2024 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: After the resources that enabled industrial civilisation are depleted, only culture and biology will remain to sustain us. The might of Babylon was built upon a handful of domesticated crops and livestock, brought into symbiosis with humans through the actions of long forgotten peasants. Today, at the peak of the industrial era, people have a priceless opportunity to forge relationships with a whole new range...2024-05-0505 min
Regenerative SkillsTaming the apocalypse by partnering with new species, with Shane SimonsenSo much of what inspires me and that I hope to highlight on this show comes from an ever growing awareness of the incredible superpowers that humans have that emerge from our relationship with the natural world around us. Our senses coupled with adaptability, the skill of collaboration and the inventiveness of our creativity have allowed humans to find a niche in almost every major biome on this planet. Whether it’s forming a symbiotic relationship with the semi-wild reindeer of the arctic circle, or coastal people of the tropics evolving superior vision underwater, or our ability to communicate wi...2024-04-251h 13
The Going to Seed PodcastTaylor ChanceTaylor Chance talks to Shane about his many crop breeding projects, including Chinese yams (Dioscorea polystachya), ancestral cucurbits and interspecies goji berry hybrids.2024-04-1347 min
The Grimerica Show 2.0#650 – Dr. Shane Simonsen – Taming the Apocalypse – Zero Input AgricultureInterview starts at 35:45 Dr. Shane Simonsen joins us for a great chat about cycles of agriculture, hybridization, zero input agriculture, assembling a range of future […]2024-04-1100 minThe Grimerica Show 2.0#650 – Dr. Shane Simonsen – Taming the Apocalypse – Zero Input AgricultureInterview starts at 35:45 Dr. Shane Simonsen joins us for a great chat about cycles of agriculture, hybridization, zero input agriculture, assembling a range of future […]2024-04-1100 min
The Grimerica ShowDr. Shane Simonsen - Taming the Apocalypse - Zero Input AgricultureInterview starts at 35:45 Dr. Shane Simonsen joins us for a great chat about cycles of agriculture, hybridization, zero input agriculture, assembling a range of future proof crops, his upcoming book and where would he want to be during a collapse, and explosion of new domestications and adoption of low-tech biotechnology We get into what's happening in Darwin's back yard, plant and animal hybrids, the inevitable simplification of industry, Co2, human catalysts, Canadian oil, the good parasitic class, resources, intervention, pre industrial ag, ag requirements per person, phosphorus, fertilizer, and dairy goats. Check out his fiction books below and keep an ey...2024-04-112h 11
Geopolitics & EmpireShane Simonsen: The End of Cheap Energy, is Mad Max Our Future?Shane Simonsen discusses the energy crisis and how industrialization was built on the resource base of cheap coal and oil whose quality and quantity is depleting which will affect the complexity of modern society and exacerbate economic and political issues. The elites are dealing with a changing resource base they're struggling to manage and they have a lot less power than we imagine. The real power lays with global multinational corporations who have co-opted nations and political parties. The loss of modern conveniences should see us move back to a more community-oriented setting. We're headed into an era of techno-authoritarianism...2024-04-101h 16
The Going to Seed PodcastPadraic FloodShane Simonsen talks to Padraic Flood about his work to domesticate the lost tuberous pea crop of Europe, Aardaker, also known as Lathyrus tuberosus.2024-03-0843 min
The Going to Seed PodcastEpisode 16- Darren AbbeyShane talks to Dr. Darren Abbey about breeding blue beans, white tomatoes, storage tomatillos and so much more.Read more about Darren's work - https://the-biologist-is-in.blogspot.com/ Find him on Twitter (@thebiologistisn), Mastodon (@thebiologistisn@redwombat.social), Bluesky (@thebiologistisn), Threads: (@thebiologistisn), Instagram (@thebiologistisn) and Tiktok (@thebiologistisn).2024-02-0948 min
Becoming A Household NameRewind - A Direct Book Sales Talk with Dr. Shane SimonsenIs AMMO Write For You?If you’re an author with a handful of books published (or you’ve published nonfiction and have one book with a great program to help clients), AMMO is unlike any other program on the market. You’re going to have to work the program to find success, and bestseller status likely won’t hit in weeks of joining the program, but for many authors, AMMO is the beginning of a lucrative career that puts books first. Learn more here.THIS IS THE LINK TO MY SUBSTACK if you’re l...2024-01-3047 min
The Going to Seed PodcastEpisode 15- Holly HansenJoseph and Holly reminisce and discuss plans for the year ahead.2024-01-2855 min
The Going to Seed PodcastYevgenii Berben-ZyckiThis episode features traditional farmer Yevgenii Berben-Zycki, managing his farm with his family in the middle of an active war zone in Ukraine. He outlines his family's work selectively breeding hazelnuts over the last four generations, and how they are reconnecting with historic farming techniques.2024-01-1819 min
The Going to Seed PodcastRaphael MaierShane and Joseph talk to Raphael Maier about breeding cold hardy passionfruit and other fascinating projects. Check out Raphael's book- https://www.amazon.com/Breeding-Hardy-Passion-Fruit-Developing/dp/B0C12P63RK And Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/imperatorplantae/?hl=en2024-01-0453 min
The Going to Seed PodcastGoing to Seed- Bruce PascoeShane Simonsen talks to Bruce Pascoe about revitalising Australian Indigenous foods (including kangaroo grass and vanilla lily among many other species). Check out Bruces work at the following links: Black Duck Foods https://www.blackduckfoods.com.au Trailer for the Dark Emu Story https://youtu.be/Z1Vq7rrTsY0?si=pw6AQBtWDwRA3o0W Full Documentary- The Dark Emu Story https://iview.abc.net.au/show/dark-emu-story2023-12-1550 min
The Going to Seed PodcastGoing to Seed- Mark ShepardShane Simonsen and Joseph Lofthouse talk to Mark Shepard about restoration agriculture and breeding staple tree crops with mass selection. Check out Mark's work at the following links: restorationag.com www.forestag.com Mark is speaking at the Restoration Agriculture Conference very soon! https://events.acresusa.com/e/2023-eco-ag-conference-trade-show/tickets2023-11-3057 min
The Going to Seed PodcastJoseph Lofthouse talks to Evan SofroJoseph Lofthouse chats to nomadic farmer Evan Sofro about heritage grains, biophilia and land artistry. See more of Evan's work at- www.instagram.com/regenerative_earth_art/ Contact Evan at- evansofro@earthincorporated.net/2023-11-1756 min
The Going to Seed PodcastShane Simonsen talks to Damien Beaumont about intergeneric berry hybridsGoing to Seed Podcast- Shane Simonsen talks to Damien Beaumont about raspberry-strawberry hybrids and other fascinating topics. Check out Damien's work at his blog - http://living-mudflower.blogspot.com Contact Shane with guest suggestions at shane.simonsen@icloud.com2023-11-0420 min
The Going to Seed PodcastJoseph Lofthouse talks Tomatoes with William Clark SchlegelJoseph Lofthouse Interviews William Schlegel about promiscuous tomato breeding and other projects. https://osseeds.org/ossi-breeders/wil...2023-10-2452 min
The Going to Seed PodcastShane Simonsen talks about primitive permaculture with David LauterwasserShane Simonsen talks to primitive permaculturalist David Lauterwasser. Find out about the diverse agricultural systems in tropical Thailand, and hear discussions about breeding jackfruit, tropical mustard greens and aquatic tomatoes. Read more of David's work at his substack- https://animistsramblings.substack.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/feunfoo.permaculture.rewilding/2023-10-231h 05
The Going to Seed PodcastJoseph Lofthouse interviews Mark ReedJoseph Lofthouse Interviews Mark Reed about Sweet Potato Breeding, broccolish and a bunch of other fascinating projects. Check out Mark's broccolish project in more detail here- https://youtu.be/7tgfpo28fhc?si=blPDSVnQT-uOrp8u2023-10-2353 min
The Going to Seed PodcastShane Simonsen talks to Thulahn about domesticating SilverweedShane Simonsen talks to experimental crop breeder Thulahn about his exciting new project to domesticate silverweed (Argentina anserina). Read more about Thulahn's work at his substack: https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com https://linktr.ee/foodforestadventurer2023-10-2335 min
The Going to Seed PodcastZero Input Agriculture with Joseph Lofthouse and Shane SimonsenJoseph Lofthouse talks to experimental farmer Shane Simonsen. Learn how to grow food with no irrigation, no imported fertiliser and no pest protection, the zero input agriculture way. Shane also talks about his experimental crop breeding work with Canna tubers and Bunya nut trees. Check out Shane's weekly blog - https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com And his biological science fiction novellas- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Haldane-B-Doyle/author/B0BRN1ZN8Z2023-10-2352 min
The Going to Seed PodcastBringing Potato Onions Back from the Brink with Joseph Lofthouse and Kelly WintertonJoseph Lofthouse talks to world potato onion expert Kelly Winterton. Learn how you too could become a crop expert with a little care and attention.2023-10-2355 min
The Going to Seed PodcastJoseph Lofthouse interviews David the GoodEpisode 2- Pioneer vegetable breeder Joseph Lofthouse interviews David the Good about gardening on Florida sand, subtropical food forests, survival gardening, and learning to grow food to build community. Check out David the Good’s writing at https://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/ and his videos at https://www.youtube.com/@davidthegood2023-10-2356 min
The Going to Seed PodcastJoseph Lofthouse interviews William Whitson of CultivariableJoseph Lofthouse talks to William Whitson about breeding potatoes from true seed and his many other crop breeding projects. Check out Will's work at https://www.cultivariable.com2023-10-2051 minFight Like An AnimalSocial Complexity after the Machines: Interview with Dr. Shane SimonsenRejecting both the empty promise of a future of magically sustainable resource extraction and a return to what has already been, Dr. Shane Simonsen examines possibilities for social and ecological complexity based only on biology and the human imagination. In his Zero Input Agriculture blog, Going to Seed podcast, and Our Vitreous Womb fiction series, Dr. Simonsen explores a set of themes strongly overlapping with those of Fight Like An Animal. He imagines futures in which the human evolutionary trend toward diminished reactive aggression has resulted in a nearly complete loss of the fear of death, hybridizes plants on...2023-10-031h 46
The Skeptic ZoneThe Skeptic Zone #778 - 3.September.2023 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:10 You Can Count On Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill This week Adrienne chats to Kat McLeod from Edmonton, Canada, about the strange practice of mouth taping. Can placing tape over your mouth, improve your health and sleep? Adrienne and Kat look at some of the claims and reality of this medical trend. 0:23:18 The Skeptical Box of Tricks Clips from "Nerd Night" in the city of Bend in Oregon. Richard Saunders' workshop with spoon bending, body balance tricks and more. Upcoming event at Skeptoid Media https://skeptoid.com/events 0:34:08 The...2023-09-021h 07
The DemystifySci PodcastPost-industrial Biopunks - Dr. Shane Simonsen, Zero Input AgricultureDr. Shane Simonsen is a an experimental farmer and speculative biologist who breeds crops that can thrive under zero-input conditions in a post-industrial future. We talk about his vision for the lumbering collapse of the petroleum-fueled present, the rise of the biopunks, and the limitations of our imagination when it comes to military tech, psychological weapons, and the dark art of crowd control.
Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB
Check out Shane's novellas about the biological technology driven future: https://amzn.to/3NxLK0w
Tell us what you think in the comments or...2023-06-222h 54
Doomer OptimismDO 133 - Landrace Plant Breeding and the Future of FoodJoseph Lofthouse and Julia Dakin joins returning guests/co-hosts Shane Simonsen and Simon Gooder. The gang talk plant breeding, landrace style. They dig into hybrids, genetic crosses, wild analogues and fun things like grexes. Joseph and Shane tell everyone how to get started with home-scale plant breeding, and how optimistic they are about the future of food.
Joseph Lofthouse is a sixth-generation farmer, working on the land and with plant varieties is great grandparents made. He started his professional career as a chemist, but due to ethical dilemmas decided to go in search of...2023-04-131h 06
Post-Growth Australia PodcastEarthCare Permaculture GhanaFor this episode of PGAP, we travel (virtually) to equatorial western Africa to speak with Innocent Kelvin Coffie, youth leader and founder of EarthCare Permaculture Ghana. Kelvin takes us on a verbal tour of the property, the successes the property has had in up skilling new generations in food self-sufficiency, and some recent challenges that the property has endured through. Kelvin also gives some insight into how the permaculture movement is taking root in Ghana, some of the unique environmental and social challenges experienced in his country and how permaculture is one solution to solving these problems.
2023-03-2839 minRegenerative SkillsPost pandemic zero input gardening and a vision of a biointegrated human future, with Shane SimonsenI’ve got a treat for you all today. After almost 3 years, I’ve got Shane Simonsen back on the show. For those of you who are not familiar with Shane, I’ll give a quick intro and then point you to the links to the two previous shows I recorded with him because they’re really worth while.
Shane is a biologist who has a fascinating project on 40 acres in Queensland, AU centered around the concept of zero input farming, which also happens to be the name of the popular blog he’s written about it, which is one of the most...2023-03-031h 20Doomer OptimismDO 117 - Experimental farming with Shane Simonsen, Simon Gooder, and Tres CrowOn this episode of Doomer Optimism, Simon Gooder and Tres Crow interview experimental farmer and science fiction author Shane Simonsen. Shane talks about his farming experiments in his difficult Australian ecosystem, and then dives into the impetus behind his science fiction novella series set in the distant future.
About Shane Simonsen
About Shane Simonsen Shane is a scientist, documenting his experiments through trialling and breeding crops and livestock that can produce without irrigation, fertiliser and imported nutrients on http://zeroinputagrilculture.com. A writer of biological sci-fi, working from his farm in Australia.
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The DemystifySci PodcastAfter Civilization's Collapse - Dr. Shane Simonsen, Zero Input AgricultureDr. Shane Simonsen is an author, plant breeder, bet-hedger, who left the academic world to start a zero-input agriculture farm that he writes about for his blog, zeroinputagriculture.wordpress.com. We talk peak oil, signs of impending collapse, the systems that will replace of globalism, breeding crops, how not everyone’s gonna be a farmer, and what it means to prepare for an uncertain future without falling prey to (too much) doomerism.
Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB
Shane's blog: https://www.zeroinputagriculture.wordpress.com
#collapse #civilization #demyst...2023-01-302h 32
Post-Growth Australia PodcastOrganic, Regenerative & Carbon Negative: Oranje Tractor Winery with Murray GommFor season 4 of Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), we will be highlighting some extraordinary work being done by extraordinary Western Australians, who are bucking the dominant narrative of exploitation on scale on an ecologically unique yet fragile part of the world. In this episode, we speak to Murray Gomm from Oranje Tractor, award winning organic, regenerative and carbon negative winery/small farm holding near Albany.
Oranje Tractor certainly punches above its weight. It was the winner of the Gourmet Traveller Wine, Australia's Best Cellar Door Awards 2019. Oranje Tractor Farm was the winner of ACCI's Great Southern...2022-12-011h 08
PopoholicsWU 03/27/22: The Adam ProjectPop-O-Holics Weekly Upload (03/28/2022) Intro: WelcomeBrian’s Wacky News Corner:News: Live-action Voltron movie in the works with Rawson Marshall Thurber Directing (https://variety.com/2022/film/news/voltron-live-action-rawson-marshall-thurber-1235212842/)Twitter wins and Rachel Zegler is invited to present at the Oscars (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rachel-zegler-oscars-presenter-ticket-exclusive-1235116461/)Marvel Developing ‘Nova’ Project With ‘Moon Knight’ Scribe Sabir Pirzada (https://deadline.com/2022/03/marvel-nova-moon-knight-sabir-pirzada-1234985015/)Movies:Moonshot (HBO Max) 3/31The Bubble (Netflix) 4/1*Morbius (Theaters) 4/1*The Contractor (Theaters) 4/1TV:Moon Knight (Disney+) 3/30Julia (HBO Max) 3/31What We’ve Be...2022-03-281h 13
Post-Growth Australia PodcastZero Input Agriculture with Shane SimonsenWith the twin horsemen of climate change and diminishing fossil fuels impacting food security (did you know that 10 calories of fossil fuel are required per calorie of food?) it is evident that the future of industrial agriculture looks more than a little grim. Given that food is critical for survival, PGAP continues to explore the essential answers to the question: how do we radically change our approach to growing food in the years to come?
Dr. Shane Simonsen operates a ‘Zero Input Agriculture’ farm in the highlands of South-East Queensland. What does zero input mean and does it w...2022-03-201h 02
American PodcastJoel Janikowski - Singer Songwriter, Designer, Paraeducator in Small Town North DakotaIn this episode we take a look at being a creative in small town North Dakota. Joel Janikowski is a singer songwriter, designer & paraeducator from Hettinger, North Dakota. Joel appreciates the small town lifestyle and making music on his own terms.
Joel talks about paraeducation, his design work and why he's chosen not to pursue a record contract. He talks about North Dakota, the weather, the industry and what its like to live in one of the least populated states in the the United States.
2022-03-1653 minAmerican PodcastJeremy & Chandler Quarles – Founders of Peach & Pine Interiors and The Love Where You Live Podcast, Music Industry and NashvilleJeremy and Chandler Quarles are the founders of Peach and Pine Interiors out of Nashville Tennessee. In this episode we talk about their approach to interior design. their roots in the music industry and their “Love Where you Live Podcast.” We talk about Nashville architecture, what it's like to live there and where to get good cup of coffee or bite to eat.
2022-02-0357 minRegenerative SkillsShane Simonsen is back to outline the refinement of his “Zero-Input” agriculture experimentsToday’s session is an interview that I’d been looking forward to doing for a while. Since last year in fact, when I found Shane Simonsen’s blog and began corresponding with him online. That correspondence turned into one of the most popular and talked about episodes from that season due to the ingenious way that Shane approaches farming his land in Northeastern Australia.
In that first interview Shane gave an overview of the experiments in biological succession and food production on his homestead. His blog follows these experiments and speaks from a deep understanding of plants and how they li...2021-08-071h 14
IronWill54: Co-owner Of Fit Club Salem London SimonsenWe sit down with London Simonsen on this episode of the IronWill podcast and talk to him about him about playing basketball for Snow College, his LDS mission to Japan and buying and running the gym FITCLUB. It was a great conversation and we learned a lot from London about accountability and so much more. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.2021-03-171h 17
Staseos: The No Apologies Podcast with Carmen SchoberCritical Race Theory ExplainedA few weeks ago Tim Dukeman gave listeners an overview of Marxism, and that conversation became our most popular episode ever! Today, Tim and I dug into a specific kind of Marxism known as Critical Race Theory that explains most of the confusion and hostility surrounding our culture's ideas about race, oppression, and power.
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Intro Song "Commies are Coming" by Shane Simonsen2020-08-031h 05Regenerative SkillsWhat would agriculture look like with zero inputs? with Shane Simonsen, author of zero-input agricultureThough I’ve been inspired by all the amazing examples of regenerative farming through the people that I’ve interviewed through this series, there’s one glaring commonality between all of them and that’s the fact that the success of their enterprises all rely heavily on the destructive infrastructure that we currently have in place to get the organic and feed inputs for their enterprises, the seeds or young animals that they then raise, and the fossil fuel system that then transports their food products to market. I’m not at all criticizing these people of their work. It would be n...2020-07-101h 11American PodcastRam Denison - Filmmaker, Director of "What Happened in Vegas" and "Money Machine" discusses Police Brutality, Corruption, 1 October and the Killing of George FloydRam Denison is the director of the award winning film “What Happened in Vegas”. He is set to release his latest film “Money Machine” to the festival circuit in the summer of 2020.
Both are feature length documentaries that analyze corruption in the Las Vegas Metropolitian police department.
“What Happened in Vegas,” was sparked by Ram’s own experience with police brutality, which led to his investigation into reports of corruption in the LVMPD.
“Money Machine” takes a hard look at Las Vegas and how it responded to the October 1 Mass Shooting in 2017, in light of Ram’s disc...2020-06-1800 min
Holding Up The LadderLucy BrightOne of my rituals when I go to the cinema (remember the cinema? The place with the big screen where you sit in the dark next to lots of people and have a collective experience?) Well, when I go I like to sit through all the credits at the end because I’m always amazed at how many people it takes to make something that’s 90 minutes long. It’s such a vast network of vital, interconnecting people. And one of those vital people is a music supervisor. I like to think of them as a DJ or selector for a...2020-06-1254 minAmerican PodcastJim Cornelius - Author, Editor, Founder of Frontier Partisans, Running Iron Report
Writer Jim Cornelius talks about his work with Frontier Partisans, Running Iron Report, what it's like to edit a small town newspaper, and how he helped start the Sisters Folk Festival which has become internationally known.
Jim's research has culminated in the book Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans -- click to purchase Jims Book from Paulina Springs Book Store in Sisters, OR.
Our conversation ranges from exploring the mixed cultures that exist on the edges of civilization to exploring his own observations of the frailty of modern society, and...2020-05-281h 12American PodcastCollin Henderson - Mindset Coach, Speaker, Author, Founder of Master Your MindsetCollin Henderson coaches businesses and athletic teams on how to deal with stress. Collin shares how his own personal journey with anxiety, panic attacks and stuttering led to a career in public speaking and mental skills coaching.
This episode is stacked with stories and advice from how parents can be better parents to their student athletes, to why businesses should be investing in the mental health of their employees.
Collin shares some of the skills he teaches to major companies across the US, and illustrates the context of how relevant these teachings are to major...2020-05-1445 minAmerican PodcastEli Pyke - Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Producer and Director of “The Far Green Country"Eli Pyke, his wife Kelly and their two young children have built a life around filmmaking and being a family while living on the road off and on. In the process they’ve produced two autobiographical documentaries about how they’ve processed life while living on the road.
This interview was recorded in February of 2020. Eli is joining us from inside a Winnebago Adventurer, in the southern desert of Arizona.
In this episode we discuss the ups and downs of living full time in an RV, on the road, and what its like to be a tr...2020-05-0532 minAmerican PodcastCasey Casseday - Documentary Filmmaker, Producer and Director of "Sushi Size Me"Casey Casseday produced and directed the award winning film “Sushi Size Me,” which documents a high school teacher and basketball coach, who accepted the challenge to eat $1500 worth of sushi over the course of a month, and document the experience.
Casey has a strong background in what has become known as Reality TV. We discuss his experiences on these types of shows which include hidden camera, and hoax shows like Scare Tactics a Punk’d.
We talk about Caseys work as a director of photography on the documentary “The Green Rush.” which told the story of illicit...2020-01-211h 12American PodcastCory LaFranchi of Street Eats Mobile Eatery - Chef and Food Truck Owner Gives Free Food to The Homeless and Those in NeedWhen faced with having too much food after an event, Chef Cory LaFranchi drove into the neighborhood he grew up in to pass out the extra hamburgers for free -- to feed those in need. Inspired by the experience Cory is finding ways to keep giving away free food as he grows his business, which is coincidentally, named Street Eats Mobile Eatery.
We talk about how Cory first got into the restaurant life, How he left a lucrative Union job to start a small independent business, and what the future might have in store for him and hi...2019-11-1438 minAmerican PodcastLance Roberts - Part 2 of 2 - Thoughts of an American Missionary in UkrainePart 1 takes a look at Lance’s personal story, what led him to be a YWAM base leader in Ukraine and what his day to day life looks like.
Part 2 goes into Lance’s observations and thoughts on Ukraine , Russia and the United States. What it’s like to live as an American in a former communist nation and what’s it like to experience the Culture of the United Sates after living abroad for extended periods of time.
2019-10-2351 minAmerican PodcastLance Roberts - Part 1 of 2 - YWAM Base Leader in Ternopil Ukraine, Raising a Family in the Mission Field, Valuing the Creative Arts in MinistryShane Simonsen hosts missionary Lance Roberts in 2 separate podcasts. Part 1 gives us a look at who lance is and what is work is about. Part 2 is a deeper look into Lance's thoughts and observations of the United States and Ukraine.
Lance and his wife currently lead a YWAM base in Ternopil, Ukraine. Lance shares his thoughts on raising children in the mission field, exploring castle ruins, how Ukraine is similar and different from the US and how the creative arts can be used in ministry.
Lance describes his vision and hope for Ukraine as nation...2019-09-1351 minAmerican PodcastErin Cole Baker - Singer Songwriter from New Zealand lives the RV Life while touring the United StatesSinger Songwriter Erin Cole Baker, tours the USA in a 26 foot RV with her family, playing music along the way. Erin has dual citizenship in the United States and New Zealand. She shares thoughts on how the two nations are different, the creative process, playing in various musical groups, and why she chooses to pursue music in the US rather than New Zealand.
Erin discusses how she stepped away from music for a time to be a parent, and what prompted her return to recording and performing.
2019-08-2838 minAmerican PodcastBryan Reynolds of Anthem Coffee - Entrepreneur, Business Coach, and SpeakerOur guest on this episode is Entrepreneur and Business Coach Bryan Reynolds. Bryan, and his family have worked to build a small coffee empire in the Tacoma / Puyallup area, South of Seattle Washington.Their success with Anthem Coffee can be attributed to certain core principles such as “heroic hospitality” and “live your anthem,” which all stem from a strong desire to build and serve the community they live in.
2019-08-0558 minAmerican PodcastNick Balera - Photographer, Owner and Creative Director at The Harbor StudioPhotographer Nick Balera is Owner & Creative Director at The Harbor Studio in Gig Harbor, WA.
Nick shares how being in the right place at the right time led to a career in photography. He talks about his time at Hillsong College and how traveling the United States to write a book led to a job at the Filson Flagship Store, in Seattle, WA.
Today Nick is balancing a love for travel with his passion for community and relationship, by building a creative space in his hometown.
2019-07-301h 06American PodcastBrett Hollis - Comedian, Speaker, StorytellerIn this episode Comedian Brett Hollis talks about his current and future projects. He tells us which famous comedians have impacted his life, and why he keeps a casket In his living room. We discuss the state of culture in America, why Brett prefers clean comedy, and how he balances being a former pastor with his comedy.
2019-07-221h 00American PodcastLisa Mitts - Multi Genre Singer Songwriter, Survivor, ActivistLisa Mitts is currently nominated for a number of independent music awards. We discuss her early years in music, transitioning from being a worship leader in Israel to a celebrated independent singer-songwriter. We talk about the recording process and why she appreciates being referred to as being a multi-genre artist. We learn how Lisa's experience with trauma contributed to an award winning music video, and how her ministry is working to help the victims of sex trafficking.
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