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conscient podcaste211 azul carolina duque - art as medicineI think there is a responsibility we have as artists to relate to our artistry responsibly. And that has to do with sensing into our artistic sensibility as a medicine or a gift that we were given to come into this embodiment, to become the people that we are and share this medicine with the people in our community around us. And I think it's about asking the question, what is a medicine that I can bring? Not from a place of heroism, not from a place of saviorism, but from a place of genuinely, honestly inquiring, asking what is...2025-04-0615 min
a calm presencewhen spirit becomes oneA reading by myself, Riel Schryer, Sabrina Mathews and Clara Schryer of my when spirit becomes one posting : a new year’s reflection on hope featuring writings and stories by Peter Schneider, John Crier (as told to Vanessa Andreotti), Richard Heinberg, Zia Gallina, Naomi Klein, Azul Carolina Duque, Jem Bendell, Robert R. Janes and Hildegard Westerkamp. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit acalmpresence.substack.com2025-01-0131 min
conscient podcasta calm presence - when spirit becomes oneA bonus episode in between seasons 5 and 6, featuring my new year’s 'a calm presence' reflection on hope with writings and stories by Peter Schneider, John Crier (as told to Vanessa Andreotti), Richard Heinberg, Zia Gallina, Naomi Klein, Azul Carolina Duque, Jem Bendell, Robert R. Janes and Hildegard Westerkamp. To read the original posting on Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com/p/when-spirit-becomes-one-5f5
*END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHey conscient listeners, I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 202...2025-01-0131 min
conscient podcasta calm presence - listen and co-createNote: this is the audio version of my 'listen and co-create' posting on 'a calm presence'. On September 23, 2024, while driving in Victoria BC to record a conversation with educator and musician Azul Carolina Duque for conscient season 6 (to be released in 2025), I was listening to Nate Hagens' The Great Simplification episode 139 : Bioregional Futures: Reconnecting to Place for Planetary Health with regenerative living activist Daniel Christian Wahl. As I listened to the 36th minute of this engaging podcast, I felt a wave of relief ripple through my body, as if a burden had been lifted…I...2024-11-0914 min
conscient podcaste142 consent - do keep listeningi asked a forest for permission to record it and got a response from a treeTRANSCRIPTION OF EPISODE (bell and breath) (Wind in forest soundscape) Today's episode is a fictional conversation between a tree and myself. It came to me while I was doing a consent and reciprocity exercise in a forest… like this one. (Recited slowly and thoughtfully) Me (M): Forest, are you ok if I record you today for my podcast? Female vo...2023-10-1505 min
conscient podcaste127 halfway - towards what are you midway?Note: the podcast recording was improvised based on this script and therefore has additional material.This 127th episode of the conscient podcast marks the halfway point of season 4, which, as you might recall, is called Sounding Modernity and explores what modernity might sound like, how it affects us and what we can do about it.. Maybe…A heads up that this episode is 57 minutes in duration because it is part of the ‘afield’ series of framework radio in Estonia. The season began on January 1 with e101 tension:(Beginning of e101)2023-07-0357 min
conscient podcaste108 2048 - what speculative fiction stories inhabit you?(Sound of fire)This is another fireside storytelling episode, this time by a wood stove at our cottage. Thanks for joining me. Pull up a chair… As I mentioned in episode 106, sometimes, when I get discouraged I like to build a fire, like this, to lift my spirits and to re-energize. (Sound of fire) Today’s story is an excerpt from Part 1, Warm Up : Into The Future from Vanessa Andreotti’s Hospicing Modernity book, written by the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures collective. I first heard this story, in audio form, while driving t...2023-02-1905 min
conscient podcaste103 heat - what does decarbonization sound like to you?(sound of bell and breath)On December 5th 2022 we had a heat pump installed in our house in order to reduce our carbon footprint. What is a heat pump, you ask? Well, basically, It heats and cools a space by transferring thermal energy from the outside using a refrigeration cycle powered by electricity. It’s a more environmentally friendly source of heating than say methane gas but it still generates carbon through manufacturing and in the production of electricity to run it. It also does not address the fact that the highest carbon poll...2023-01-1505 min