Next Economy Now: For the Benefit of All Life
Next Economy Now highlights the leaders that are taking a regenerative, bio-regional, democratic, equitable, racially-just, and whole-systems approach to creating the new economy. Popular guests include Vincent Stanley (Patagonia), Winona LaDuke (White Earth Reservation), Frederic Laloux (Reinventing Organizations), Autumn Brown (AORTA), Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics), and Aaron Tanaka (Center for Economic Democracy). Learn more at www.lifteconomy.com
Episodes
375 episodes
Food Sovereignty and Collective Power (w/Ali Anderson)
Food sovereignty is concerned not only with access to food, but also with community power, economic self-determination, and efforts to address historical harms. Ali Anderson, Founder and Co-Executive Director of Feed Black Futures, joins Erin A...
Healing Harm Through Fierce Vulnerability (w/ Kazu Haga)
What if resisting injustice could also become a practice of collective healing? Kazu Haga, a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, joins Phoenix Soleil to explore restorative justice, nonviolence, and fierce vulnerabi...
Freeing Money Through Relationship and Trust (w/ Marian Moore)
What if transforming our relationship with money is just as important as redistributing it? Marian Moore joins Erin Axelrod to explore what it takes to build a more just economy through trust, community, and shared humanity.For full show...
The Transformative Power of Restorative Justice (w/ Malachi Scott)
Restorative justice is about creating the conditions for healing for everyone affected by harm. Few people understand that more personally than Malachi Scott, whose life was transformed by restorative justice while he was incarcerated. Today, t...
Building Stronger Communities Through Restorative Justice (w/ David Yusem)
How can we create communities where conflict becomes an opportunity for healing instead of punishment? Today, David Yusem joins us to explore the transformative potential of restorative justice.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lif...
Growing the Future of Regenerative Agriculture (w/ Wendy Johnson)
How do you bridge the worlds of regenerative and commodity agriculture? Wendy Johnson, land steward, farmer, and owner of Jóia Food and Fiber Farm, joins Erin Axelrod to share her experience farming in northern Iowa while working across both re...
Building Community Sufficiency at Melliodora (w/ Su Dennett)
What would change if we treated the household as a living economy, not just a place to rest between workdays? Su Dennett, permaculture elder and local food pioneer, joins Erin Axelrod to explore how daily life can foster resilience, care, and c...
One Precious Life, One Sustainable Economy (w/Dror Yaron)
What if there were a way you could make a difference in the world and be successful financially? Today on Next Economy Now, we welcome Dror Yaron, a purpose-driven life and leadership coach who helps overwhelmed business leaders by rebuilding a...
Celebrating World Localization Day (w/ Helena Norberg-Hodge)
One of the most important steps to improving our global economy is to work towards stronger systems of localization. Helena Norberg-Hodge, linguist, author, director, founder of Local Futures, and leader of the New Economy Movement, joins us to...
Creating Place-Based Systems Change (w/Matt Biggar)
How can communities reconnect with place while shifting away from extractive systems? Matt Biggar, researcher, consultant, and author of Connected to Place, joins Kevin Bayuk to explore how place-based systems change can help regenerat...
Can Next Economy Companies Become Incorruptible? (w/ Eric Ries)
Most companies don’t set out to abandon their mission, but they are often pulled off course by the systems they operate within. In this episode, Eric Ries, creator of The Lean Startup Method and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, joins Ry...
Building a Functional Society Through Restorative Justice (w/ Gerald Partridge)
Can you imagine the kind of healing and reconciliation that could be possible in society if Restorative Justice were used as an alternative to traditional criminal justice? Gerald Partridge joins us today to explore the power and value of Resto...
Building a More Sustainable Textile Industry (w/ Brianna Kilcullen)
Rethinking everyday products and how they’re made can open the door to transforming entire systems. In this conversation, Brianna Kilcullen, founder of Anact, a sustainable towel brand, joins host Erin Axelrod to explore how natural materials a...
Rebuilding Healthcare for the Benefit of All (w/ Dave Chase)
What if the real reason healthcare keeps getting more expensive isn’t doctors or patients, but a benefits system that is designed to reward overspending instead of better health outcomes? In this episode, healthcare entrepreneur Dave Chase, fou...
Rethinking Waste in a Circular Economy (w/Tom Szaky)
What if waste isn’t an inevitable byproduct of modern life, but a design flaw we can solve? In this conversation, Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, joins host Kevin Bayuk to explore how businesses can rethink waste and build systems tha...
Degrowth, Disaster Justice, and Building a Post-Growth Society with Feroz Khan
What if perpetual economic growth is part of the problem, not the solution? Feroz Khan explores how degrowth and disaster justice could guide a more sustainable and equitable future.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com...
Mission-Driven Banking and Systems Change (w/ Francis Janes)
What would it take for banks to move away from capital extraction and toward climate resilience, racial justice, and community wealth? Francis Janes, Senior Director of Industry Relations and Partnerships at Beneficial State Foundation, joins h...
Raising Collaborative Children in a Fragmented Economy (w/ Dr. Lucía Alcalá)
This conversation with Dr. Lucía Alcalá explores how cultural values shape children’s autonomy, motivation, emotional development, and contributions to family life. Drawing from her research with Indigenous communities in Yucatán, she reveals w...
Earth, War, and the Path Toward Regeneration (w/ Zainab Salbi)
Zainab Salbi joins Next Economy Now to share her remarkable journey from founding Women for Women International to launching Daughters for Earth, a movement uplifting women-led climate solutions across the globe. She discusses the moral crisis ...
Building a Liberation Economy (w/ Solana Rice & Jeremie Greer)
This episode challenges you to rethink the economy from the ground up. Solana Rice and Jeremie Greer of Liberation in a Generation break down why extraction and exclusion are not bugs but core features of our current system, and invite listener...
Choosing Home in a Time of Displacement (w/ Fabiola Santiago)
In this episode of Next Economy Now, Erin Axelrod speaks with Fabiola Santiago, founder and executive director of Mi Oaxaca, about what Indigenous worldviews can teach us about belonging, reciprocity, and everyday consumption. Drawing from her ...
Science, Spirit, and the Future of Healing (w/ Dr. Shamini Jain)
True health is about more than simply taking your medicine. It’s about healing the whole person, mind, body, and spirit. In this episode of Next Economy Now, Dr. Shamini Jain, a clinical psychologist, scientist, author, singer, and founder of t...
Restorative Justice and the Work of Repair (w/ Tatiana Chaterji)
What if accountability led to healing instead of more harm? In this conversation, restorative justice practitioner Tatiana Chaterji shares how her work in prisons, schools, and communities is helping people move beyond punishment toward real re...
Reclaiming Ancestral Medicine for a Regenerative Future (w/ Laura Ash)
This episode explores how ancestral plant wisdom can reshape the future of healthcare and the economy. Clinical herbalist and educator Laura Ash shares practical insights on ethical herbalism, biopiracy, whole-plant medicine, and why reconnecti...
Building Climate Resilience Through Lo-TEK (w/ Julia Watson)
Climate resilience is not only a matter of innovation but also of honoring what communities have practiced for centuries. In this episode, Julia Watson, designer, activist, and leading expert on Lo—TEK — a term that combines low-tech and Tradit...