Recombination Nation
tekijä: Shane Simonsen
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Uncovering Berried Treasure with Stewart Waine
Uncovering Berried Treasure with Stewart Waine
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Explore the intersection of evolution, ecology and civilisation with crop and livestock breeders, low input farmers, social engineers and a dazzling array of deep thinkers.
Read more of Shane Simonsen's work at the Recombination Nation substack.
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- Uncovering Berried Treasure with Stewart Waine · 1 h 1 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 51Stewart Waine is a passionate berry breeder from England who is doing incredible work with bramble berries, strawberries and gooseberries, extending his expertise as a chef into…
- How Evolution Evolves Itself with Professor James Shapiro · 53 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 50James Shapiro has spent a life time studying the evolvability of life and its capacity to change itself and the mechanisms by which it changes on multiple different levels with…
- The Recent Evolution of Human Consciousness with Andrew Cutler · 1 h 13 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 49Andrew Cutler started out researching LLMs and the analysis of the fundamental elements of human personality but has since branched out into explorations of the evolutionary…
- Regenerative Meat with Jacob Wolki · 1 h 29 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 48Jacob Wolki is an innovator and advocate for regenerative farming, running a direct to consumer mixed livestock farm in rural Australia. We talk about the impact of animal…
- Doomer Optimism with Ashley Fitzgerald · 1 h 16 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 47Ashley Fitzgerald took the path less travelled, through a PhD on subsistence agriculture in the USA, to a stint of idyllic rural life in Uruguay, then back into the bubbling…
- The Race to Save Crop Diversity with Stefan Schmitz from Crop Trust · 36 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 46Stefan Schmitz is the executive director of Crop Trust, an international non-profit working to preserve crop genetic diversity and support food security across the globe. The…
- Spinning Silk from Shells with Emily Robison · 49 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 45Emily Robison turned her lifelong passion for textile arts into a journey across the planet learning about diverse spinning and weaving traditions from Micronesia to the remote…
- A Lifetime of Potato and Tomato Breeding with Tom Wagner · 1 h 6 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 44Tom Wagner is a legendary tomato and potato breeder who is eager to pass on his knowledge and material to other folks keen to carry on the tradition. If you have some crop…
- Architecture and Agriculture in Burma and Nepal with Damien Zumbroegel · 1 h 57 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 43Damon Zumbroegel left behind a successful career in architecture in the USA to find the living roots of civilisation in rural Burma and the mountains of Nepal. We discuss how he…
- Three Floating Staple Crops · 24 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 42In my second solo episode I explore the potential for floating aquatic plants to produce staple carbohydrates, fat and protein in a way that could create a new kind of integrated…
- Experimental Farming for the Win with Tanja Eskildsen · 1 h 22 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 41Tanja Eskildsen fell in love with plants in chilly Denmark but unleashed their potential through low-input experimental farming on the sunny island of Majorca. We retrace her…
- Evolving Beyond Hope with Sci-Fi Author Peter Watts · 1 h 59 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 40Peter Watts is a notorious science fiction author with a fascination of the outer edges of biology, fractured minds and a taste for the dark and confronting. We dive into the…
- Applying Ethnobotany to Regen Ag with Ryan Huish · 1 h 17 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 39Associate Professor Ryan Huish is an experienced ethnobotanist with experience in both North America and the South Pacific, who also runs his own experimental low input farm in…
- New Zealand, Energy Limits and Resilience with Nathan Surendran · 1 h 36 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 38Nathan Surendran is an Engineer who moved from the UK to New Zealand in response to the terrible creaking sound coming from the heart of the world's industrial systems. There he…
- A Route to Beaver Domestication · 24 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 37In Shane's first solo episode, we explore the possible route to the domestication of the beaver and the potential benefits of developing a close relationship with this powerful…
- Agricultural Magic with the Cunning Farmer Todd Elliott · 1 h 19 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 36Todd Elliott is an experience market farmer who followed his passion for agricultural spiritual traditions deep into history, applied those lessons to his own surroundings, then…
- The Russian Outlook on Industrial Decline with Dmitry Orlov · 1 h 14 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 35Dmitry Orlov was a prominent voice in the early 2000s peak oil movement in response to his book "The Five Stages of Collapse", comparing the recent collapse of the USSR with the…
- Zach Elfers- Tree Crops and the Organisations That Love Them · 2 h 23 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 34Zach Elfers is a superstar in the agroforestry community, helping multiple innovative organisations develop both the crops and their uses. We talk about his work with hickory…
- Buddhism, Monasteries and Existential Threats with Soryu Forall. · 1 h 51 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 33Soryu Forall is a meditation teacher and spiritual leader dedicated to bringing all beings to enlightenment. He teaches that ethical behavior is the beginning of the path, and…
- Avocado, Carob and Golden Chinquapin with Nicholas Mallonee · 1 h 12 min · Kausi 2 Jakso 32Nicholas is a passionate rare tree grower in the blessed lands of California where just about everything seems to grow. He has tapped into the growing diversity in avocado, and…
