
The RegenNarration Podcast
The RegenNarration podcast features the stories of a generation that is changing the story, enabling the regeneration of life on this planet. It’s ad-free, freely available and entirely listener-supported. You'll hear from high profile and grass-roots leaders from around Australia and the world, on how they're changing the stories we live by, and the systems we create in their mold. Along with often very personal tales of how they themselves are changing, in the places they call home. With award-winning host, Anthony James.
Episodes
373 episodes
Terry McCosker: On a legendary life, quantum agriculture & vows forged by tragedy
Today we continue the new series Vignettes from the Source, featuring some of the unforgettable, transformative and often inexplicable moments my guests have shared over the years. This one is from almost five years ago, with regene...
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Season 9
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Episode 258
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42:18

Springhouse: How a voice saved my life & inspired a school, with founder Jenny Finn
Springhouse Community School has been called ‘the most dynamic and promising experiment in education and community building’. It’s a K12 bilingual school, with adult programs, community networks, and even ...
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Season 9
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Episode 257
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1:26:47

Ancient Oaks & New Beginnings: When the right people show up
Last week’s episode on-location with a ‘community juggernaut’ restoration project in South Carolina drew some wonderful responses – like ‘I felt like I was right there’, ‘Giving me goose bumps’, ‘The future retrospective documentary idea is bri...
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Season 9
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Episode 256
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4:50

The Marsh Appreciation and Restoration Society for Happiness: On The MARSH with its founders
What to do when your prominent low-lying coastal city starts to go underwater, nigh on weekly on average, already? Charleston, South Carolina, is served by The Post and Courier. It runs a series called the Rising Waters Lab. And a couple of mon...
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Season 9
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Episode 256
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57:46

‘I did feel like vomiting in that first two weeks’, with Independent MP Kate Chaney
Today we continue the new series Vignettes from the Source, featuring some of the unforgettable, transformative moments my guests have shared over the years. This one is from a little over three years ago. It’s the first and last six minutes or...
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Season 9
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Episode 255
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16:39

The Growth & Challenge to Australia’s Community Independents Movement this Election, with Cathy McGowan
In the landscape of Australian politics, something remarkable is brewing from the ground up. The community independents movement has evolved from a rural experiment to a nationwide phenomenon, reinvigorating democracy in my home country. At its...
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Season 9
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Episode 254
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59:53

Staying in the Infinite Game: With award-winning filmmaker, Nicol Ragland
A couple of episodes ago, I launched a new series on the podcast, Vignettes from the Source, to feature some of the unforgettable moments my guests have shared over the years. Continuing the series today then, is a passage of 7 or 8 minutes fro...
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Season 9
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Episode 253
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10:05

The Land Whisperer, Part 4: Patrick MacManaway's most impactful stories & next venture
Welcome to the fourth and final part of this special on-location recording with the 'land whisperer', Patrick MacManaway, in Burlington, Vermont.ICYMI, the full epi...
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Season 9
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Episode 252
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43:28

The Land Whisperer, Part 3: From the woodland labryrinth to the Farmhouse that replaced McDonald's
Welcome to part 3 of this special on-location recording with the 'land whisperer', Patrick MacManaway, in Burlington, Vermont.ICYMI, the full episode was played...
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Season 9
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Episode 252
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32:52

The Land Whisperer, Part 2: At the stone circle in Burlington
We've forgotten the earth is alive, and it's killing us. That was one of the title prospects my podcast host served up for today's release. Another was 'reimagining our connection to land'. They're fair hints at part 2 of this special on-locati...
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Season 9
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Episode 252
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41:59

The Land Whisperer, Part 1: From the garden to the stone circle
Last week's episode featured a special on-location recording with the land whisperer, Patrick MacManaway. It has been played more than most in its first week, but given it was a little over two and a half hours in length, I also wanted to offer...
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Season 9
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Episode 252
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41:18

The Land Whisperer, Patrick MacManaway: The spiritualist doctor behind a global wave of regeneration
Welcome to a very special and unique episode. Previous guest on this podcast, Terry McCosker, co-founded RCS Australia 35 years ago. Fellow Australian legend and podcast guest,
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Season 9
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Episode 252
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2:37:43

Paul Hawken: New book out & on tour now
The world isn't broken, it's trying to save you. That's where this one starts. But first, a couple of announcements. One, the launch of a new series on the podcast called Vignettes from the Source. And two, 5x New York Times best-selling author...
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Season 9
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Episode 251
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42:46

Dan Kittredge: On the Cusp of a Nutrition-Led Revolution?
Welcome to a special 250th episode of the podcast! Are we on the cusp of a revolution in the nutritional content of our food? One that could change everything? Dan Kittredge thinks so. And he’s about to launch his
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Season 9
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Episode 250
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1:28:04

249. Journey to a Future Council: Damon Gameau (‘world’s best movie director’) on his new film
‘School of Rock’ meets ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Damon Gameau, director of award-winning, chart-topping documentary films 2040, and That Suga...
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Season 9
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Episode 249
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54:21

248. Turning Problems into Solutions Across Australia & the Americas: With Mike DiGirolamo for Mongabay
Last month I had the honour of being a guest on the podcast of the legendary ...
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Season 9
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Episode 248
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46:35

247. Celebrating GROUNDED Festival: Behind the scenes with Matthew Evans & Sadie Chrestman
Welcome to a new year and new series of The RegenNarration! You might remember me talking last year with prominent author, documentary maker and farmer at
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Season 9
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Episode 247
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1:01:58

246. Launching a Substack: The stories behind & between the podcasts
Time to take a punt this year! I've just launched a Substack. Essentially, after 25 years in international and community development, and nearly a decade creating TheRegenNarration podcast, I began...
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Season 9
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Episode 246
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10:30

245. Cultural Economies at the Greatest Rock Art Gallery in the World, with Clinton Walker (in full)
Clinton Walker is a Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi man and Traditional Custodian of Murujuga (or Burrup Peninsula), on the north-west coast of Australia. You might recall my conversations with archaeolog...
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Season 9
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Episode 245
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1:10:03

244. The First State to End Native Forest Logging, with Jess Beckerling (in full)
Jess Beckerling was Campaign Director of the WA Forest Alliance (WAFA) when we had this conversation (she’s currently put all aside
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Season 9
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Episode 244
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42:14

243. The AgZero 2030 Journey: Simon Wallwork & Cindy Stevens on a growing agriculture-led movement
Simon Wallwork and Cindy Stevens live with their three kids on a farm in Corrigin, in WA’s wheatbelt. In...
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Season 9
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Episode 243
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30:03

242 Extra. Transforming Lives One Home at a Time
A brief but profoundly beautiful bonus episode of previously unreleased material with Maria Novac. Maria was a single mum with a family who had unexpectedly found herself in need of social housing, and landed in a neglected hot box. A chance en...
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Season 9
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Episode 242
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4:56

242. The Insulation Revolution: Stephen King on the ‘simple’ social enterprise model that inspired a state
Stephen King is the founder, CEO and Head Installer of the Australian Insulation Foundation of WA (AIFWA). While working in his insulation business, Stephen ...
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Season 9
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Episode 242
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25:06

241. The Huge Untapped Potential of Aboriginal Tourism, with Dale Tilbrook at Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery
Dale Tilbrook is a much-loved native food specialist, educator, and passionate Aboriginal tourism advocate. Like a lot of Australia at the time of this recording, Dale was immers...
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Season 9
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Episode 241
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48:34

240 Extra. Rethinking Roads: Induced Demand, Urban ‘Lounges’ & Utopia
Today, a brief bonus featuring material from my conversation with Shannon Leigh that never saw the light of day, partly due to the wind that blew in, and partly due to Clean State’s mandate for shorter episodes. But it’s worth the listen, with ...
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Season 9
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Episode 240
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3:52
