
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
359 episodes
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

240. World’s Best Place for Active Transport, with Streets for People co-founder Shannon Leigh
Shannon Leigh is co-founder and Director of Streets for People, and previously an award-winning urban and transport planner at the Depar...
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Season 9
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Episode 240
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27:00

239. Bright Sparks in Our Energy Transition: Schools, solar & social enterprise, with ClimateClever co-founder Dr Vanessa Rauland
You might recognise Dr Vanessa Rauland from the renowned ABC TV series ...
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Season 9
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Episode 239
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27:28

238. Hidden Giants of Shark Bay: Seagrass Secrets, Blue Carbon & Cultural Connections with Professor Gary Kendrick
Professor Gary Kendrick’s great love is the WA coastline and its seagrasses. Gary and colleagues have been at the forefront of seagrass restoration and the blue carbon movement more b...
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Season 9
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Episode 238
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25:27

237 Extra. Renewables Double Edge, Repair Revolution & First Nations Radio Renaissance
A brief bonus featuring part of my conversation with Chantal Caruso that never saw the light of day, due to Clean State’s mandate for shorter episodes.A poignant moment occurred at the launch of The Clean State Plan, with a group of Fir...
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Season 9
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Episode 237
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7:14

237. Introducing the Clean State Stories, with former Director Chantal Caruso
As introduced last week, today launches a special festive season series of the Clean State Stories. This was a series of nine episodes I produced a few years ago for the Clean State podcast, dedicated to regenerative transitions in my home stat...
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Season 9
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Episode 237
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24:58

236. Returning to Fray: Reviving Memories & Stories of Regeneration
A brief new year's greeting from Guatemala, to herald a special festive season series of short episodes. Around four years ago, some of you might remember I produced a series of nine episodes for an organisation called Clean State ...
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Season 9
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Episode 236
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3:56

235. The 2024 RegenNarration Soundtrack: Highlights from our guests & their places
Welcome to the customary package of highlights from another brilliant array of guests throughout 2024, accompanied by some of the music and sounds of Country heard along the way – this time across two continents, 49 episodes and 78 guests, from...
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Season 8
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Episode 235
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1:04:18

234. 2025 Australians of the Year for WA: Dianne & Ian Haggerty, Natural Intelligence Farmers
A few weeks ago I released a podcast marking the premiere of an episode of Australian Story that featured the incredible story of regeneration at the hands of the Henggeler family at Kachana...
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Season 8
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Episode 234
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1:09:08

233. Honouring Carol Sanford: Quit talkin’ about what doesn’t work’
On the morning of Wednesday the 27th of November, I got the news that the legendary Carol Sanford had died. You might remember the conversation I was privil...
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Season 8
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Episode 233
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54:53

232. Dirtroad Debrief: Chloe Maxmin on the ‘Dirtroad candidate’ successes & what comes next?
This week we’re back with Chloe Maxmin, for a debrief that has been eagerly awaited – by me and many of you, I know – on how the Dirtroad candidates went at the recent US elections, and wh...
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Season 8
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Episode 232
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46:45

231. A Force for Mending? Reflections from the Regenerate conference & its election-week context
The Regenerate conference in Denver a couple of weeks ago was like no conference I’d experienced in the ‘regen ag’ / food systems space. Such a presence of next generations, women and varied cultu...
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Season 8
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Episode 231
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1:21:16

230. Chris Henggeler at Kachana Station: Marking a very special episode of Australian Story
One of the most remarkable stories of regeneration on this podcast – still the second most listened to episode -
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Season 8
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Episode 230
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1:18:44
