Dancing with Change
Dancing with change is a podcast that seeks to understand how we can create systemic change in society, on one hand exploring the current dominant system we are in and the ways in which we can accelerate its decline, and on the other hand exploring visions of the future and how we can find our role in bringing into being. We can't control systems, but we can try to understand them and do our best to influence them.
Episodes
12 episodes
Episode 11- Creating Commons with Mary Dellenbaugh-Losse
How should we distribute resources? Often, the market is considered to be the best system for distributing resources. However, the market distributes resources to those who can afford them, not necessarily those who need them. The state may a...
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Episode 11
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1:02:07
Stories and Structure of the Food System with Christophe Bene
Many people are now suggesting that the food system is broken, but what do they mean by broken? Is the problem the quantity of food? The quality? The inequality within the system, or its impact on the climate and environmental crisis?...
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Episode 10
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1:03:14
Episode 9- Liberating Local Politics with Peter MacFadyen
Most politics are currently dominated by political parties which are locked into conflict with each other. In this system, people don't turn up as individuals but as part of the party machine, in which they work together to wield power ov...
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Episode 9
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1:06:06
Episode 8 Anthea Roberts on The Six Faces of Globalisation
Economic globalisation is a complex process that affects everybody. There are many stories told about globalisation, that it benefits everybody, that some people benefit at the expense of others, or that everybody stands to lose from it. ...
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Episode 8
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Episode 7 Exploring Anarchism with Ruth Kinna
How we organise ourselves is central to the way our society functions. We often take for granted the power dynamics and values that are present in the modern-day nation-state, but who do these arrangements benefit and who does it disempower? Is...
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Episode 7
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1:09:32
Episode 6 Power, Prefiguring and the Margins with Fleur and Marco
In this episode, I talk with Fleur and Marco about power dynamics and pedagogies within social movements generally but is focused on our experience with Extinction Rebellion. One of the themes that lie at the heart of this discussion is about w...
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Episode 5 Unpacking Economics with Steve Keen
In this episode, I chat with renowned heterodox economist Steve Keen about Economics.We dive into the history of capitalism as a system of organisation, as well as the origins of the theories created to explain it and unearth the assumption...
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Episode 5
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1:07:06
Episode 4- Robin Roels on Degrowth
In the past, economic growth has been strongly correlated with improvements in human wellbeing, and so economic growth is generally considered to be a good proxy measure for human wellbeing. But is growth always good? Can it continue forever? H...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3- Terry Leahy on The Politics of Permaculture
On the surface permaculture can appear to just be a hip form of gardening, although permaculturists often suggest it is a revolution disguised as gardening. But what is permaculture? Is permaculture perennial agriculture? Intelligent ...
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Episode 3
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1:34:48
Episode 2- Richard Heinberg on Energy and Society
The amount of energy we have available to do valuable work is a parameter that continually shapes and reshapes how our societies are organised economically, politically, socially, and ethically. Therefore understanding our energy systems and th...
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Epsiode 1- Annie Raser Rowland on Frugal Hedonism
In this episode i chat with Annie Raser Rowland, co- author of the weed foragers handbook, and the art of frugal hedonism. We explore frugal hedonism, the idea that living with less can actually be a life of more, and a lot of fun!I pro...
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Episode 1
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