2025 Highlights: The best from our guests, their places & tunes

The RegenNarration

Chapters
0:00
AJ at the top of the year from Guatemala (ep 236)
0:14
Chantal Caruso (ep 237), with Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra (start of a Summer series featuring spin-off podcast Clean State WA)
0:53
Dr Gary Kendrick (ep 238)
1:04
Dr Vanessa Rauland (ep 239)
1:24
Shannon Leigh (ep 240) - Bike Cities And Access First
1:42
Dale Tilbrook (ep 241) - Aboriginal Culture As Unique Offer
1:57
Stephen King (ep 242) - Social Housing Through One-Dollar Model
2:21
Cindy Stevens (with husband Simon Wallwork) (ep 243) - Kids Call For Real Leadership
2:50
A little Station ID (ep 244), with A Forests Dream, by Cloudjumper (from Free Music Archive)
3:09
Clinton Walker in language (ep 245), of Murujuga in WA (awarded World Heritage status this year)
3:40
Clinton Walker in English (ep 245), with Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp
4:13
Introducing the new year of episodes (ep 247) from Antigua, Guatemala
4:31
Matthew Evans (ep 247), with My Mother, The Mountain, by Claire Anne Taylor
6:44
Sadie Chrestman (ep 247)
7:12
AJ on the Mongabay Newscast podcast (ep 248)
7:47
Damon Gameau (ep 249), with We are the Kids, by Bunny Racket
9:09
Dan Kittredge (ep 250), then he sings, in Michigan
10:46
Patrick MacManaway (ep 252), in Burlington, Vermont
11:27
Hours, by Patrick Sebag (from Artlist)
12:05
Patrick MacManaway plays the penny whistle
13:02
Cathy McGowan (ep 254), with Sal Kimber doing a famous cover
13:35
Dr Blake Scott (ep 256), Charleston, South Carolina
14:09
Galaxy Groove, by Yarin Primak (from Artlist)
14:18
Joel Caldwell (ep 256)
14:50
Jenny Finn (ep 257), Floyd, Virginia
15:15
Jenny sings an old Irish hymn
16:00
Lorenzo Washington (ep 259), Nashville, Tennessee, with Jefferson St tribute by Nashville’s Queen of the Blues, Marion James.
17:15
Christopher Brown (ep 260), East Austin, Texas
17:44
Nicol Ragland (ep 261), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (starting the Osage Nation series)
18:30
Piano piece played by Dr Jann Hayman (featuring in ep 263)
19:16
Chief Standing Bear (ep 262), Osage Nation, Oklahoma State
20:10
Dr Jann Hayman (ep 263), Osage Nation, Oklahoma State
21:34
Dawn Wormington (ep 263 bonus), Osage Nation, Oklahoma State (talking about the filming of Killers of the Flower Moon)
23:11
Dana Scott (ep 264), Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, with Chauen, by Angel Salazar (from Artlist).
24:49
Xavier Michael Young (ep 268), Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, Wyoming
25:34
Jason Baldes (ep 269), Initiative Director
26:10
Paul Hawken (ep 270), California
26:29
Stuart McAlpine (ep 272), WA, with his own track Country Cousin
27:57
Tim Winton (ep 275), Fremantle WA
28:19
Kim Paul (ep 276), Blackfeet Nation, Montana, with Flight of the Inner Bird, by Yehezkel Raz feat. Sivan Talmor (from Artlist)
29:10
Andrew Berger (ep 277)
29:55
Daniel Glick (ep 278), Denver, Colorado
30:18
Melissa Grumhaus (ep 278)
31:40
Oral McGuire (ep 279), on stage at Perth Stadium WA
32:08
AJ conclusion of the Regenerative Food Systems conference (ep 280), with Barefoot, by Mark Grundhoefer (from Artlist)
33:20
Heidi Mippy (ep 281), Bridgetown WA (on stage at Grounded Festival)
33:50
Ian Haggerty (ep 282), on stage at Grounded
34:22
Matthew Evans (ep 283), Grounded (on stage with Dan Kittredge & AJ)
34:44
Salta Montes, de Migra (from Artlist) (eps 285-8)
35:05
Patrik Mucía (ep 285), Lago de Atitlán, Guatemala
35:13
Rowdy, by The Lonely Ramblers (from Artlist) (ep 282)
35:43
Don Ceferino de Paz González (ep 286), Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Guatemala
36:08
Cándido Reyes (ep 287), La Nueva Libertad, Guatemala
36:24
Aníbal de Paz (ep 288), Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala
36:50
Regeneration, by Amelia Barden.
38:09
My translator in Baltimore, Dana Scott
The RegenNarration
2025 Highlights: The best from our guests, their places & tunes
Dec 22, 2025 Season 9 Episode 289
Anthony James

What an incredible year. There was certainly dark stuff, but if you were ever in doubt there was plenty to revel in, welcome to the highlights from a unique and far-reaching year on the podcast. 

You’ll hear highlight selections from our guests throughout 2025, accompanied by some of the music they often played or sung themselves, and the sounds of Country as we travelled across multiple continents, countries and languages. 

This year featured a record 54 episodes, 4 with bilingual editions, and over a dozen bonus extras and vignettes. Most episodes were conversations, with 5 panels too, 1 documentary style production, 1 fan mail episode and this highlights reel.

There were 67 guests, around half Aussie and half international, almost all of them on-location, just under a quarter First Nations, and from all walks of life.

Once again listening to it all in one place today has been incredible. I hope you enjoy it too.

And I hope you’ve enjoyed the podcast as a whole this year. As another year ends, huge thanks to all you generous subscribers and other supporting listeners, for making it possible. I’ll continue my shout outs, exclusives and other bonus bits next year, and as we enter the podcast’s 10th year, I’ll reach out with a few new things too. 

Thanks also for your wonderful correspondence this year. And to everyone who sheltered, fed and generally cared for us throughout the year, around Australia, Guatemala and the States, thank you.

With enormous thanks also, to all the wonderful musicians who generously granted permission for their music to be heard here.

And finally, thanks so much for listening.

The track list for this episode, identifying the people, places and tunes, is in the chapter list.

Chapter markers.

Title image: Glacier National Park, on Blackfeet Nation, northern Montana USA (pic: Anthony James).

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To access the full catalogue of episodes, head to the website (where there’ll often be photos with each episode) or wherever you get your podcasts.

Thanks again for listening, have a wonderful festive season and see you in 2026!

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