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The MADLOVE Your Life ShowBeating Diabetes with Simple Systems, Soluble Fiber & Self-Forgiveness with Chris ReadeIn this episode of The MADLOVE Your Life Show, Mary Dee sits down with Chris Reade, longtime tech founder, community builder, and author of Beating Diabetes. Chris is the president and founder of Carrollton Enterprise Services and LookFar, two Gulf South technology firms behind major disaster recovery and government-scale projects. After a routine life insurance screening, Chris went from "totally fine" to a full-blown diabetes reading in under a year. His doctor called it a progressive, incurable disease and immediately reached for medications. Chris' programmer brain wasn't having it. Instead of accepting that future, he dug into...
2025-12-0345 min
Know Better | Do Better#135 Reversing Type 2 Diabetes | Chris Reade on How One Mistake Saved His LifeWhat if the biggest health crisis of your life became the turning point that saved it? Chris Reade joins me today with a story to share — including what he discovered that completely flipped the medical narrative that type 2 diabetes is not a lifelong sentence, but instead a reversible condition and he found the science to prove it. Chris Reade is an entrepreneur, technologist, author, and avid determined researcher who uncovered the truth about type 2 diabetes and metabolic health. I don't know about you, but I imagined this would be a complicated subject — and it absolutely blew...
2025-10-2938 min
Queens of Fantasy PodcastA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, Part Two : Chapter 7-10One book down, five more to go! In this episode, your fave Queens finish off A Wizard of Earthsea, the first installment in the Earthsea Cycle Series. Expect discussions on why a gull is not the ideal escape bird, the description neither Queen will forgive Le Guin for forcing us to read, and our continual wonder on how Ged becomes a proficient (let alone, remarkable?) wizard. Queen Tay bonds with Ged over his desire to see the whales and Queen Marissa talks about the hidden meaning behind herbs, flowers, trees, and other plants. Come aboard Lookfar, and join your Q...
2025-06-302h 05
2025-04-1206 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildBats, Fire, and Forests: A West African Conservation StoryDr. Iroro Tanshi and Dr. Benneth Obitte, co-founders and directors of the Small Mammal Conservation Organisation (SMACON), join Marlies Quirino and Lucia Guaita on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. Iroro and Benneth are notable for their contributions to bats conservation and ecological research in Nigeria. Their interdisciplinary approach combines ecological research, conservation efforts, improvement of local livelihoods, and local (and regional) capacity building to promote the long-term sustainability of the Guinean Forests of West Africa. Bats are nature’s unsung heroes—pollinators, pest controllers, and ecosystem stabilizers. Yet, they often have a bad reputation. We...
2025-03-3044 min
GUTTEREp 6: As Above So BelowWith nowhere else to go but down, our weary three descend deep into the belly of the notched pyramid, where they risk being swallowed by darkness itself.GUTTER is Mike Migdall, Gannon Reedy, Eleni Sauvageau, and Casey Toney. You can find GUTTER on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and at Gutter.show// GUTTER PLUGSGET MORE W/ THE GUTTER PATREON! Patrons get GUTTER TALK episodes with every main episode release and the entire 6-Part GUTTER prequel series, GUTTER CORE!GIVE US A CALL! Our voicemail inbox is open and ready for your thoughts, feedback, and questions! Dial 773 - 666...
2025-02-251h 15
GUTTEREp 6: As Above So BelowWith nowhere else to go but down, our weary three descend deep into the belly of the notched pyramid, where they risk being swallowed by darkness itself.GUTTER is Mike Migdall, Gannon Reedy, Eleni Sauvageau, and Casey Toney. You can find GUTTER on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and at Gutter.show// GUTTER PLUGSGET MORE W/ THE GUTTER PATREON! Patrons get GUTTER TALK episodes with every main episode release and the entire 6-Part GUTTER prequel series, GUTTER CORE!GIVE US A CALL! Our voicemail inbox is open and ready for your thoughts, feedback, and questions! Dial 773 - 666...
2025-02-251h 15
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildUplifting Smallholder Farmers through Regenerative AgricultureWain Collen, co-founder and executive director of Fundación Aliados in Ecuador, joins Scott Stone, Marlies Quirino, and Lucia Guaita on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. Aliados’s work is centered on four pillars – practicing regenerative agriculture, incubating bioeconomy initiatives, connecting to responsible markets, and creating new ecological value. Aliados just launched the Center for Bioeconomy with eleven indigenous and local community organizations, spearheading an innovative investment hub in the Ecuadorian Amazon to scale resilient community-led businesses. A fascinating discussion with Wain about Aliados' remarkable work. Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search Lookfar and you'll find i...
2024-04-0149 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildEmpowering Women To Protect the RainforestSara Lara and Isabella Cortes join us on the Lookfar Podcast to talk about how they are striving to break down barriers at grassroots levels in Colombia preventing rural and indigenous women from becoming conservationists through their work with Women for Conservation (W4C), founded by Sara and now run by her daughter Isabella, and Fundación ProAves, now run by Sara. In a wide ranging conversation, we talk about how helping women to become park rangers in remote protected areas and providing accessible reproductive healthcare to rural communities supports inclusive conservation and how this has been a life-changer for thousands of...
2023-12-0832 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildProtecting Isolated Indigenous PeoplesWe talk with Daniel Aristizabal of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) about his work protecting isolated indigenous peoples in Colombia. These are indigenous communities that, sometimes centuries ago, decided to withdraw and avoid contact with the outside world, which Daniel describes both as a defense strategy and an act of rebellion. Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples is never easy, and here ACT faces the exceptional challenge of having to do so without contacting the communities it seeks to protect. Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search Lookfar and you'll find it!
2023-01-0351 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildRestoring the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere ReserveThe intrepid team at the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) in the Western Cape in South Africa joins Marlies Quirino and Scott Stone of Lookfar Conservation for an in-person discussion about community-level conservation work done at a landscape scale. The 3.2 million hectares of the GCBR, declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2015, is a living laboratory for complex conservation and restoration initiatives in a region where three global biodiversity converge: the Fynbos, the Succulent Karoo, and the Maputoland-Tongoland-Albany. It's no substitute for an authentic South African braai, but a fascinating and inspiring discussion nonetheless!
2022-10-2042 min
The Team Engagement PodcastLeading with EmpathyIn today's Team Engagement Podcast we talk with Chris Reade CEO, LookFar Ventureswww.lookfar.comCheck our complimentary ebook for podcast listeners here: https://msgsndr.com/widget/form/aUJeYhw0IYTMUBdjBwBNInterested in being on the podcast? Apply here: https://blueskybizconsulting.com/guest-invitation/
2022-10-1320 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildSaving the Golden Lion TamarinLuís Paulo Ferraz and Carlos Ruiz of the Associação Mico-Leāo-Dourado (AMLD) join Marlies Quirino and Scott Stone of Lookfar Conservation to talk about protecting and restoring the habitat of the endangered Golden Lion Tamarin – a small monkey found only in surviving fragments of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Luís Paulo and Carlos talk about how AMLD’s work is driven by local communities, sparking social entrepreneurship throughout the region – such as the organic farm and bed and breakfast Fazenda dos Cordeiros and women-led tree nursery businesses that supply seedlings for hundreds of native tree species to AMLD and...
2022-07-3039 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildRestoring the Atlantic Forest of BrazilNicholas and Raquel Locke of the Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA), located in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, join us on the Lookfar Podcast for an in-person discussion with Scott Stone and Marlies Quirino of Lookfar Conservation. We talk about REGUA’s efforts to connect and protect the highly biodiverse forests of the Guapiaçu Valley, just a few hours drive from Rio de Janeiro, and the many ways in which restoring forests helps create sustainable economic opportunities for surrounding communities.
2022-05-1936 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildRegenerative Agriculture - Sustaining Livelihoods, Uplifting Communities, and Safeguarding HealthDavid LeZaks, a Senior Fellow at the Croatan Institute, and David Strelneck, founder of Nourish, join us on the Lookfar Podcast to discuss the opportunities for farmers and the benefits for the public of regenerative agriculture. LeZaks and Strelneck tell us about the different dimensions of regenerative agriculture, discussing ecological, economic, social, and cultural drivers and ways in which new technology platforms could revolutionize price discovery and market access, including through an initiative they’re working on called New Food Marketplace.
We then dive into the benefits of regenerative agriculture for nature, people, and the economy, and how the United St...
2022-03-3056 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildWetlands International - Engaging Communities and Inspiring ActionRafaela Nicola and Gaston Fulquet of Wetlands International join us this month on the Lookfar Podcast. We talk about the many threats facing the world’s great wetlands and how Wetlands International’s community-centric efforts seek to combat those threats, working collaboratively with regional and local governments, civil society, and the private sector. Rafaela also shares insights from partnering with the Kadiweu indigenous communities in the Pantanal in Brazil, and Gaston details his work in the Parana Basin in Argentina. A fascinating and hopeful discussion as we kick of "Season 2" of the Lookfar Podcast.
2022-03-0338 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildPaul Rice - Trading Fair for a Sustainable FuturePaul Rice joins us on the Lookfar Podcast this week. Back in 1998, Paul founded Fair Trade USA and serves as its president and CEO. Paul shares with us his first introduction to fair trade when working with farmers in the mountains of Nicaragua in the 1980s. We then delve into Fair Trade today, with nearly one million farmers and workers from 62 countries selling products into the United States under the Fair Trade Certified label, generating $846 million in premiums that’s helped to provide much needed housing, education, health care, and other benefits to local communities. And we look ahead at...
2022-01-2640 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildMartin Schaefer & Adriana Argoti - Expanding the Canandé ReserveThe Lookfar Podcast returns to the Canandé Reserve in Ecuador this week, where we find a mostly dry and somewhat quiet spot to sit and talk with Martin Schaefer and Adriana Argoti of Fundación Jocotoco, which manages Canandé and fifteen other protected reserves across much of Ecuador’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems. Martin and Adriana talk with us about the significant new land acquisitions that have added more than 4,000 hectares (nearly 10,000 acres) to Canandé and the construction of the Chocó Lab, where Jocotoco can expand the scientific research conducted throughout the reserve. With the late afternoon sounds of the...
2021-12-1622 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildRyan Lynch and Mike Ellis - Protecting the Pacific Forest of EcuadorThis week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild, we visit with Third Millennium Alliance (TMA) at the Jama-Coaque Reserve in the Manabí Province of Ecuador. Joining us is TMA CEO Ryan Lynch and TMA’s Director of Research Mike Ellis, plus a quick visit with TMA biologist Moisés Tenorio and TMA co-founder Jerry Toth, who shares TMA’s vision for the future of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador -- one of the world’s most endangered forest ecosystems.
But our focus is with Mike, an ornithologist, and Ryan, a herpetologist -- the first time both a “...
2021-12-0227 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildMaas Goote - Conserving and Restoring Forest and Wetland EcosystemsDOB Ecology CEO Maas Goote joins Scott and Lookfar COO Marlies Quirino on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. This is the first of three forthcoming episodes recorded last month in Ecuador -- this one in the Canandé Reserve while DOB Ecology and Lookfar visited with our partner Fundación Jocotoco. So enjoy the evening sounds of the rainforest accompanying our discussion! (We'll return in the coming weeks with more from Jocotoco.)
Maas talks about his background in international environmental law, where among other things he served as the Dutch government's lead climate negotiator, and his tr...
2021-11-1832 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildLuli Masera - Rewilding in ArgentinaLuli Masera is the Strategy and Partnerships Director for Rewilding Argentina, an Argentine nonprofit organization seeking to prevent species extinction and reverse environmental degradation, with the goal of restoring the functionality of ecosystems and the well-being of surrounding communities. Luli stops by the Lookfar Podcast to talk about the diverse array of landscapes in which Rewilding Argentina works -- the grasslands of Iberá, the forests of El Impenetrable in the Gran Chaco, and the steppes of Patagonia, among others -- and the remarkable multitude of locally extirpated species successfully reintroduced to Argentina, including the giant river otter, collared peccary, r...
2021-10-2544 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildLilian Pintea - Using Data to Connect Communities to ConservationDr. Lilian Pintea of the Jane Goodall Institute joins us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. From his upbringing in rural Moldova and Romania to his studies at Moscow State University and the University of Minnesota, Lilian has long been passionate about wild animals and their habitats. As Vice President for Conservation Science at the Jane Goodall Institute, Lilian has spent nearly twenty years applying satellite imagery and other remote sensing and data integration technologies to Dr. Goodall’s community-led conservation work in Gombe National Park, Tanzania and throughout the chimpanzee range in Africa.
2021-10-0845 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildAvi Garbow - Advocating for the EarthAvi Garbow joins us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. Avi serves as the environmental advocate for Patagonia, Inc., whose corporate ethos and activism center on protecting the climate and conserving public lands while building ambitious environmental standards into its supply chains and customer outreach. Before joining Patagonia, Avi served in the Obama Administration, as General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency. More recently, Avi took a temporary leave from his post at Patagonia to serve as an advisor to the Biden Administration and EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Avi talks with Scott about the differences...
2021-09-1549 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildMajka Burhardt - Making Connections for Thriving FuturesMajka Burhardt joins us this week on the Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. As a professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, author, mother of twins, and filmmaker, Majka has spent over two decades leading multi-stage international ventures focused on current issues of cultural and environmental significance spanning Africa, Europe, South and North America.
Majka talks with Lookfar CEO Scott Stone and guest host Barbara Merz of Pathfinder International about how she came to found Legado, an international organization working with local and indigenous communities in the world's “last mile” places to prioritize what their community and environment need to t...
2021-08-2651 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildShelton Johnson - Inspiring Courage in Our National ParksJoining us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild is Shelton Johnson, a park ranger with the U.S. National Park Service, stationed in Yosemite National Park. Shelton was featured on Ken Burns’ documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea in 2009 and is renowned for his eloquence in telling the story of the Buffalo Soldiers and his tireless efforts to champion diversity and inclusion in our parks. Shelton talks with Lookfar CEO Scott Stone about growing up both in Detroit and, thanks to his father’s military service, in Germany and the United Kingdom, and how th...
2021-07-251h 05
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildCharles Batte - Leading and Greening Ugandan YouthDr. Charles Batte is the founder and CEO of Tree Adoption Uganda (TAU), a youth-centric NGO powered by a vision of creating communities where people and nature flourish, building resilience for smallholder farmers against the changing climate, and empowering unemployed young people in Uganda’s rural communities. On this episode of the Lookfar Podcast, Charles talks with Lookfar CEO Scott Stone and guest co-host Barbara Merz of Pathfinder International about his upbringing in rural Uganda and his innovative approach to engaging young people and stimulating social entrepreneurship and collective tree planting initiatives. Also, for this podcast, Lookfar is partnering wi...
2021-07-081h 03
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildClara Rowe - Empowering Ecological RestorationClara Rowe is the first CEO of Restor, a pathbreaking data technology platform seeking to instill transparency, connectivity, and ecological insights in restoration efforts around the world. Clara brings a diverse range of conservation and sustainability experience to the tech-driven startup atmosphere of Restor, whose capabilities are rooted in cutting edge scientific research, including in particular work on the carbon sequestration potential of tree planting by the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich. In addition to her leadership of Restor, Clara talks with us on The Lookfar Podcast about growing up in Costa Rica, working in fishery management and youth...
2021-05-2741 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildNicholas Locke - Building the Reserva Ecológica De GuapiaçuTucked away in the Mata Atlântica, the once great forests on the Atlantic coast of Brazil, is a small but ever growing reserve in the Guapiaçu valley barely two hours’ drive from Rio de Janeiro. Reserva Ecológica De Guapiaçu, or REGUA, is one of the most successful ecological restoration projects Lookfar has encountered, and this week we’re thrilled to have Nicholas Locke, REGUA’s president and founder, join us on The Lookfar Podcast to talk about how he acquires old farmlands and fields teams to find seeds, grow seedlings, and plant trees on degraded landscapes...
2021-05-1456 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildMartin Schaefer - Defending Ecuador’s BiodiversityMartin Schaefer is the CEO of Fundación Jocotoco, an Ecuadorian nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the extraordinary biodiversity of Ecuador. Martin joins us on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild to talk about Jocotoco’s origins, the remarkable network of protected reserves it has built over the past two decades, and the close ties it fosters with local communities. Martin also provides an update on Jocotoco’s Chocó Campaign, launched last year in partnership with Lookfar Conservation, which seeks to establish a new, fully contiguous protected area in one of the most biodiverse and imperiled regions of the wo...
2021-04-2951 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildMark Plotkin - Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Conserving the AmazonMark Plotkin is an ethnobotanist, author, and activist. The founder and president of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), Mark joins us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild to talk about his life and work in the Amazon -- studying indigenous knowledge and empowering indigenous communities to preserve their heritage and protect their lands. Mark is the author of Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice and, this past year, The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know. He also has his own truly awesome podcast, The Plants of the Gods.
2021-04-151h 03
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildGrace Lee - Preserving National Parks Today and Creating Park Stewards for TomorrowOur national parks have been called America's best idea. The National Park Trust is one of America's best nonprofit organizations -- working tirelessly to preserve our national parks and connect kids across the country to nearby parks and other outdoor areas. This week, Grace Lee, Executive Director of the National Park Trust, joins us on The Lookfar Podcast to talk about the Park Trust's work acquiring privately-held lands inside and alongside national parks, educating millions of children nationwide through its Buddy Bison and Kids To Parks Day programs, and recognizing leadership in government and in the private sector in...
2021-04-0834 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildKris Tompkins - Rewilding Iberá and the WorldThe extraordinary Kris Tompkins joins us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. Kris talks with Lookfar founder Scott Stone about her time as CEO of Patagonia, Inc., and how coming from a business background shaped her approach to conservation. Kris also talks about the nearly 30 years she, along with her late husband Doug Tompkins, devoted to rewilding locally extirpated species, including the jaguar, giant anteater, and green-winged macaws, while protecting more than 14.5 million acres and creating 13 national parks in Chile and Argentina.
2021-03-3052 min
The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the WildJerry Toth - Creating the Jama-Coaque ReserveThis week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild, Scott Stone of Lookfar Conservation talks to Jerry Toth, Co-Founder of the Third Millennium Alliance, about his nonprofit organization’s remarkable origins in the Pacific Equatorial Forests of Western Ecuador and how he is creating a more sustainable future in one of the most imperiled and biodiverse regions of the world.
2021-03-1438 min
Dragon BabiesThe Farthest Shore, by Ursula K. Le GuinIn which we return to Earthsea only to witness it quickly unraveling! The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin has ego death, mutiny and some excellent dragons - but can you make it through the despair of Earthsea’s magical apocalypse? Grace and Madeleine compare their personal experiences with this book and discuss Le Guin’s motivation for destroying her own creation. We mourn the lack of female characters and tasty food, but still have plenty to explore as we accompany Lookfar out into the endless ocean. Join us!Other books/episodes mentioned in this discussion:
2020-07-1454 min
Dear Mr. Potter: A Harry Potter SeminarDear Mr. Potter 36: Lookfar
In this session, we conclude our discussion of A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin, and face down the shadow in the sunless land beyond the sea. For the slides associated with this session, click here; to see the Point North broadcast schedule, click here!
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2017-12-2000 min
Crosstown ConversationsTrust Your Crazy Ideas (March 24, 2016)Tim Williamson and Victoria Adams Phipps of Idea Village describe and talk about promoting the "entrepreneurial mindset" in New Orleans communities, and role of disruption in shaping in creative economies. Then, Chris Groh with Startup Weekend New Orleans discusses his organization's bootcamp for local entrepreneurs, and why it's important for them to share their ideas for startups instead of always keeping them secret. Finally, Lindsay Fox of LookFar talks about her software development studio's work with local entrepreneurs; and she teases the subject of next week's electrifying show.
2016-03-251h 00