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Shaken Not Burned
Shaken Not Burned is the podcast that helps you make sense of sustainability. We unpack the big debates shaping climate, business, food, and society: debunking myths, clarifying trade-offs, and sharing ideas you can actually use to think, decide, and act in a changing world.
Episodes
120 episodes
Fashion, efficiency and the problem of too much
Welcome to the final episode in our arc on the fashion industry, where we ask an uncomfortable question: are we trying to make fashion more sustainable, or are we mostly trying to manage the side effects of a system that produces more clothing ...
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The realities of circular fashion with Rifò, Empire Apparel
Fashion is often described as one of the world's most polluting industries. The scale can be difficult to grasp as it feels so personal, but every year, billions of garments are produced, sold, worn briefly and discarded, with consequences that...
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Fashion’s fragile supply chains with the Business and Human Rights Centre
The clothes you're wearing have travelled a remarkable distance before reaching your wardrobe.A typical garment may spend months moving through a global network of farms, mills, factories, suppliers, logistics providers and retailers. Ra...
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When climate risk hits fashion’s bottom line with Apparel Impact Institute
For years, sustainability in fashion has often been discussed almost as a parallel conversation to the business itself. Some brands publish reports, set targets and talk about responsibility, while others turn their sustainability credentials i...
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The AI conversation we should be having
AI is no longer just a technology issue, it’s starting to reshape how whole systems operate. Yet we’re not paying enough attention to that yet: most of the focus on AI is on what it can do, with individuals and organisations alike ...
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The trust layer: AI and the future of identity with alongID
As AI systems become more autonomous, the conversation is shifting from capability toward something much bigger: trust, legitimacy, identity and participation in digital systems.In this episode of <...
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If AI can build your business, who's in control? With DeepWisdom
Generative AI promised to transform how we work, while Agentic AI is beginning to transform how businesses themselves are built. In this week’s episode of Shaken Not Burned,
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AI is powerful, but why is transformation so hard? With University of Exeter
AI is becoming one of those topics where the scale of the claims can make it surprisingly difficult to work out what is actually happening.We are told it will transform business, unlock extraordinary productivity gains, reshape jobs, an...
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The mining paradox: a clean future built on a dirty industry
This is the final episode in our mining arc. Rather than revisiting what we’ve already covered, we step back to ask a different question: what does mining actually teach us about how change happens in complex systems?Across the series, o...
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How modern mining must start with trust, with Mokwateh
Welcome to the latest episode in our mining arc! In the previous two episodes, we covered the geopolitics of criti...
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Do we need deep sea mining? With Seas At Risk
Welcome to the second instalment of our mining arc. After covering the geopolitics of critical minerals (check out the episode
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The geopolitics of critical minerals with Minefield Consulting
Once a somewhat niche industry, critical minerals are now dominating headlines, influencing geopolitical trends and driving international trade. These materials are core components of technologies crucial to the energy transition an...
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Why the world feels unpredictable – and what's really going on
The world is starting to feel unpredictable in ways that are difficult to pin down.Not just because of individual events, but because of how many different pressures are building at the same time. Climate impacts are becomi...
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Season 6: sustainability and resilience, one sector at a time
Two years on, we have reached season 6!We have explored a wide range of topics, from the just transition to the planetary boundaries, through the circular economy and climate risk. Now, it's time to delve even deeper into our quest to h...
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What happens when agriculture stops guessing? With Agzen
The food system underpins our entire society. Its stability is crucial: when it starts to wobble, prices rise, availability becomes uncertain, and stress travels quickly from farms to household. Yet, much of modern agriculture still...
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Climate decisions hidden in plain sight with Verdical Group
Buildings shape much of our daily lives, but their environmental impact often goes unnoticed. Yet the built environment accounts for nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions, from the energy used to heat and power buildings to the m...
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Why we don't need billionaires with Patriotic Millionaires UK
There are talks of endless economic crises, yet the rich are getting richer. Even though many countries promise a welfare system, healthy job markets, and in general decent quality of life for the masses, the numbers suggest that inequality is ...
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Rethinking climate leadership with Sweep
Climate action is facing political backlash, from watered-down EU regulation to the overturning of the EPA’s endangerment finding in the United States. Yet beneath the headlines, systemic climate risk is becoming harder for central banks, insur...
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Why trust is the real currency of nature finance with Native Squared
In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia Jackson speaks with Rob Cobbold, founder of Native Squared, about...
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Climate finance isn’t broken, our assumptions are with Climate Bonds Initiative
What happens when the world is on fire – and someone tells you the solution is a financial instrument?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felici...
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Developing corporate strategy in an unstable world with CDP
At last week's 2026 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, the language of cooperation and resilience may have been everywhere, but the world seems to feel more fragmented, more uncertain and more politically charged than e...
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Food, climate, and the risks we don’t see coming with Helios AI
In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia talks with
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Unlocking the power of Quiet Capital with Sallyann Della Casa of GLEAC
In a world obsessed with financial capital, what if the assets that matter most for resilience don’t show up on a balance sheet at all?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia...
Sustainability: are we f***ed?
2025 hasn’t been the easiest year. Amid ongoing genocides, Trump becoming US president again, and the EU backtracking on some of its most innovative policies, it feels like progress on sustainability matters has been slow, even non-exist...
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Rethinking water use starts in the shower with Showerkap
Water scarcity is already one of the world’s biggest risks — so why do we treat long showers as inconsequential?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia talks to Carly Hunt, head of strategic partnerships at Showerka...
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