The RegenNarration Podcast Podcast

The RegenNarration Podcast

Anthony James
The RegenNarration podcast features the stories of a generation that is changing the story, enabling the regeneration of life on this planet. It’s weekly, independent media, ad-free, freely available and supported entirely by listeners. You'll hear from high profile and grass-roots leaders everywhere, on how they're changing the stories we live by, and the systems we create in their mould. Along with often very personal tales of how they themselves are changing. Created and hosted by Anthony James, award-winning facilitator and educator, Prime Ministerial award-winner & widely published writer.
From Movie Sets to Regenerative Farms: Rachel Ward & Mick Green on new film & new life at Rachel's Farm
Imagine transforming a cattle farm and family retreat into a carbon-sequestering biodiversity haven. What would it take? And how and why would you do it if you're a famed actress and filmmaker? Join us for an inspiring conversation with Rachel Ward, who embarked on this journey alongside former industrialised farmer and coal miner Mick Green. Their story is now the first Australian feature film on regenerative agriculture, and Rachel's first documentary. 'Rachel's Farm' has just premiered to acclaim in Sydney and Santa Barbara, and Rachel is about to tour the film around the country.The first half of this conversation is with Rachel, and for the back half, we rope in Mick. Together, they share personal stories, experiences and insights on regenerative farming, the potential for more women in it, the powerful natural events that urge us to be more conscious of what we're doing, the importance of listening to the land, indigenous knowledge systems, and the liberation of frugal living in our quest for regenerative systems.We also talk about the implications of leasing land for regeneration, embracing variety in our produce, and how connectedness to the land and our food sources can be fostered, ultimately inspiring more of us to contribute to a regenerative future for ourselves, generations to come, and the planet as a whole.Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers, and a transcript of this conversation (please note the transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read).This conversation was recorded at Rachel’s farm, on 10 April 2023.With thanks to Blair Beattie from Farmers Footprint Australia for taking the driver’s seat on our journey south from the northern rivers, to visit Rachel & family.Title slide: Rachel Ward driving us around her wonderfully healthy farm – with grandchild asleep at the wheel (pic: Blair Beattie).See more photos on the episode web page, and for more from behind the scenes, become a subscriber via the Patreon page.Music: Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, off the soundtrack for the film Regenerating Australia.Find more:Rachel’s Farm, including trailer, tour bookings and plenty to go on with. The Sustainable Table report that Rachel mentioned is in episode 161. The World Science Festival panel is in episode 157. And the story of the rainbow serpent at the Haggerty farm is in episode 143.Regenerative Agriculture Conference in Margaret River in September 2023.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
Jun 19, 2023
1 hr 41 min
167. Farm Like the World Depends On It, with Kaycee Simuong & Tom Macindoe
What if you could regenerate farmland and create a sustainable farming lifestyle while also building a strong community? Join Anthony as he visits Tom and Kaycee, an innovative young farming couple from the Nambucca Valley on Gumbaynggirr Country in NSW, who are doing just that. They share their remarkable journey of stewarding 400 acres of forest and grassland into a thriving regenerative farm, and founding the North Arms Farms Co-op - a unique enterprise model that sends 100% of what we spend on our food directly to the farmers. Hear how Tom and Kaycee are adapting to the dramatically changing climate of the Nambucca Valley, from drought to fire and flooding, and how they're learning to build resilience in their farming practices. They also share their experience with a Myanmar agricultural cooperative founded by Burmese refugees. In addition to their inspiring farming journey, Kaycee and Tom have established a unique seven-way partnership to manage North Arm Farms co-op. They talk about the keys to success in that model. They also talk about their vision for protecting the land, including through traditional fire management programs and conservation agreements, as well as their decision to step away from organic certification. Their delivery van carries the slogan, ‘Farm like the world depends on it’. Head here for automatic cues to chapter markers, and a transcript of this conversation (please note this transcript is AI generated and imperfect, but hopefully serves to provide greater access to these conversations for those who need or like to read).This conversation was recorded at Mandarin Bend, on 11 April 2023.With thanks to Blair Beattie from Farmers Footprint Australia for taking the driver’s seat on our journey south from the northern rivers, to visit Tom and Kaycee.Title slide: Tom Macindoe & Kaycee Simuong on delivery day (pic: Blair Beattie). See more photos on the episode web page, and for more from behind the scenes, become a subscriber via the Patreon page.Find more:Mandarin Bend Farm.North Arm Farms collective.Rachel’s Farm, final screening at the Sydney Film Festival on Saturday 17 June 2023.Tune in to my conversation with Kirsten & Serenity from the Open Food Network, the market platform North Arm Farms can be found on, for episode 126.Regenerative Agriculture Conference in Margaret River in September 2023.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
Jun 14, 2023
1 hr 16 min
166. Australia’s ‘Wolves of Yellowstone’? With David Pollock & Zali Jestrimski at Wooleen Station
Uncannily our first visit to Wooleen Station in three years lands after Wooleen and Yellowstone were both spoken about in last week’s episode with Montanan stars, Nicole Masters and Meagan Lannan. And when it comes to shifting the sense of what’s possible, this 375,000 acre property 700 kilometres from Perth WA is taking this to new levels, as the regeneration of country, community and culture continues to generate its own momentum.  A number of long-held visions are currently coming to fruition, including with young dingo educator and researcher, Zali Jestrimski. Zali’s now at the helm of a new dingo education centre at Wooleen, and some potentially game-changing research. What if it can be shown, as David suspects, that the dingoes of the Murchison region here, are having an even greater regenerative impact than the famed wolves of Yellowstone? This conversation was recorded at Wooleen Homestead, on Wednesday 24 May 2023.Title slide: Zali Jestrimski & David Pollock with Steve the dingo, at Wooleen Station (pic: Anthony James).See more photos on the episode web page, and for more behind the scenes stuff, become a subscriber via the Patreon page.Find more:Wooleen Station.To hear more from David Pollock, tune into episode 111.To listen to David’s wife, Frances Pollock, back when this podcast began, tune into episode 9.Join me at the Regenerative Agriculture Conference in Margaret River in September 2023.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
Jun 8, 2023
1 hr 7 min
165. Voices of the Wayfinders: Leaving the Nicole Masters intensive in Orange
You don’t need to have heard last week’s episode with Nicole Masters and Meagan Lannan to listen to this one, but they certainly go together. After I was fortunate to have been welcomed in to Nicole’s intensive 4-day course near Orange in Australia last month, I was moved to conduct a kind of exit poll with a half dozen people. It wasn’t planned, so I just pulled out the lapel mic’s I always have with me for such occasions, plugged them into the phone, contemplated dealing with some breeze and departing traffic, and nabbed a few willing souls as they passed. And I was so glad I did.The last few of the six people you’ll hear from, I hadn’t met before. The first two, I’d met at the Convergence conference staged by RCS Australia in Brisbane last July. And the 3rd, as you’ll hear, I met only six months prior at the Haggerty farm here in WA.What I heard from them felt like another chapter in my observations of paradigm change happening in people wherever I go right now - and across different walks of life. And sure enough, here I was at an agriculture course, but what’s being said and felt largely applies to everything. You could even say it feels like a resurgence of some deep traditions of culture that for a while we’d lost touch with.My guests are:Dave Murphy from Farmer’s Footprint Australia Stacey Curcio from Cultivating Wellness, and also the daughter of Terry and Pam McCosker, founders of RCS AustraliaEmily Alexander, who happened to be at the Haggerty farm for the event that became episodes 142 and 143.Missy, a young home-school student who is running her own profitable business called The Cow Whisperer Rachael Treasure, best-selling novelist (including her most recent book that was inspired by the Haggerty’s)Jake Chandler, who stopped the room with one of his comments, which we talk about here.This conversation was recorded near Orange NSW, on 15 April 2023. Title slide: A view from the back of the room during the course (pic: Anthony James).See more photos including behind the scenes by becoming a subscriber via the Patreon page.Find more:To hear from Nicole herself, tune into the previous episode 164, on training the wayfinders (you’ll see a few links there for more info too, along with some photos).Join me at the Regenerative Agriculture Conference in Margaret River in September 2023.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
Jun 1, 2023
34 min
164. Nicole Masters & Meagan Lannan on Training the Wayfinders
Nicole Masters is a globally recognised agroecologist, speaker and author of the book ‘For the Love of Soil’. Meagan Lannan is an award-winning rancher at Barney Creek Livestock in Montana, within the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Nicole and Meagan toured two sold out education programs in Australia last month. First up, 126 people convened for 4 days near the town of Orange, and I was fortunate to be welcomed along for the ride. It was actually Nicole’s first time back in Australia since her scheduled book tour of 55 dates was cancelled due to covid. We last spoke for the podcast during that time in 2020, when Nicole was in the midst of her own transformations. A few years on, and this program is touring the world, with its focus on training the wayfinders in regenerative soil, systems and life-giving practice. No surprise in that sense, we end up talking polyvagal theory, regenerative finance, shifting consciousness, the education processes that cultivate all that, and a bit of song and dance.This conversation was recorded at Tombarra near Braidwood in NSW, on 22 April 2023.Title slide: Nicole Masters & Meagan Lannan riverside at Tombarra (pic: Anthony James).See more photos on the episode webpage below, and for more behind the scenes pics become a subscriber via the Patreon page.With great thanks to Dave Murphy and Farmer’s Footprint Australia, for supporting my journey to the Orange intensive. Thanks also to Grahame Rees, local co-host of that intensive, and Martin Royds, co-host of the Tombarra gathering, for your great generosity. And Martin, for showing us around your extraordinary regenerative work at Jillamatong. Find more:Integrity Soils.For more with Nicole Masters (including other links, and photos on the episode web page), listen to episode 72, Restoring the Metropolis of Living Earth: From the chemical paradigm to nature’s paradigm, with Nicole Masters.Barney Creek Livestock, where Meagan, Pete and family live.To Which We Belong, the film that Nicole and Meagan feature in. The short video with Meagan & family on winning the Aldo Leopold award.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
May 28, 2023
1 hr 9 min
163. Regenerating a Region: Jeff Pow on how a regenerative, cruelty-free food system thrives or folds
Jeff Pow is at the helm of an extraordinary story of regeneration. You might remember Jeff and his wife Michelle McManus from episode 78, when I first visited them at Southampton Homestead back at the end of 2020. (They were also later highlighted among some globally esteemed names in the acknowledgements of Paul Hawken’s book Regeneration.) Since then, I’d been seeing the land there go from strength to strength. And I’d been hearing about how their pasture-raised poultry (as distinct from so-called free-range), and their micro-processing systems, were now enabling regional regeneration – of country, community and economy. Even in the face of COVID, more fires, and still finding themselves constantly on the brink of folding. Attempts and experiments with partners to create market systems that get us eaters this nutritious, cruelty-free and regenerative food, and these farmers a livelihood, maybe even the means to do more of their great work, aren’t working. This is still too often the missing piece, it seems. So what shift in lens, and systems, can bring us all together in these situations, to enable the regeneration I’m seeing at Southampton and elsewhere, to happen everywhere?We start in space, believe it or not. Then come back to earth with how torturously chicken appears in supermarkets, but how brilliantly it happens here. And how it all hinges on the possibilities we explore next. This chat was recorded at Southampton Homestead near Balingup WA on 30 April 2023.Title slide: Jeff Pow and Michelle McManus at Southampton.See more photos including behind the scenes by becoming a subscriber via the Patreon page.Music: Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, off the soundtrack for the film Regenerating Australia.Find more:Southampton Homestead.Dirty Clean Food’s terrific profile page on Jeff and Michelle’s operation.Dirty Clean Food’s online shop for pasture-raised poultry, including from Southampton (it looks like hovering over the pictures brings up the Southampton logo when it’s from there). For more with Jeff Pow & Michelle McManus (including other links, and photos on the episode web page), listen to episode 78.And to listen to Jeff with Yeshe, tune into Yeshe Interviews, for Earth & space & chickens & how they’re all connected.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
May 15, 2023
53 min
162. Tim Winton on Ningaloo Nyinggulu: An epic film series & tour
This is a special release episode with Tim Winton, broadly considered the preeminent Australian writer of his generation. And not just in Australia. His books have been translated into 28 languages, sold millions of copies, and resulted in numerous prestigious awards (including another one just this week). He’s also in the Australian Surfing Awards Hall of Fame, and has a species of native Australian fish named in his honour. But over the last few years, we were aware Tim had jumped in the deep end as writer, narrator and executive producer of a major film production.Ningaloo Nyinggulu surfaced at a community screening in Exmouth a few days ago, and will premiere nationwide in Australia on Tuesday 16 May, having also just launched globally as Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Australia’s Ocean Wonder. The blurb reads: ‘Over three episodes filmed in remote Western Australia, Tim shares the wonders of the place that has inspired his work for decades, joining Traditional Owners, scientists and other experts to understand how Ningaloo endures as a mighty global lifeboat of biodiversity, and showcases why it is a beacon of hope in the face of an extinction crisis and climate emergency.’ This story is grounded in rich cultural heritage dating back more than 40,000 years, in a place that colonial Australia had once destined to be little more than a quarry and oilfield. Over 2000 hours of footage was shot over a 2-year period for this, portraying the extraordinary resurgence of culture and country happening here. You’ll also hear some of the wonderful soundtrack from the film, in this episode.This conversation was recorded on 5 May 2023.Title slide: Tim releasing a very eager rescued turtle (from the film).See more photos including behind the scenes by becoming a subscriber via the Patreon page.Music: Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, off the soundtrack for the film Regenerating Australia.The Sargassum piece, by Ash Gibson Greig, off the soundtrack for Ningaloo Nyinggulu, with the kind permission of Artemis Media and the artist.Find more:Watch the trailer of Ningaloo Nyinggulu. It premieres in Australia on the ABC from Tuesday 16 May 2023. The global release can be streamed on Love Nature & Sky Nature.Tim’s national tour dates, starting Saturday 13 May in Victoria (all shows sold out except for Kyneton on Saturday night – waiting lists available in some cases).Join in the Protect Ningaloo campaign.For more with Tim Winton, listen to episode 81.And to hear more about the archaeological work, listen to episode 83 with Peter Veth.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
May 11, 2023
48 min
161. Regenerating Investment in Food & Farming: Live launch of a paradigm changing report & project
In last week’s episode, we heard from Dr Katherine Trebeck on the latest significant developments in the domain of wellbeing, regenerative or just plain good economics. You might remember Katherine alluded to a brilliant conversation she had been part of a few days prior, for the launch of a major new report and project by not-for-profit outfit, Sustainable Table. Regenerative farmer and award-winning writer, Tanya Massy, is the lead author of that report, part of an all-star team frankly, including a number of past guests on this podcast. And on this day, she and Katherine were joined by two truly trailblazing international guests, CEO of Cienaga Capital, Esther Park, and CEO of Steward, Dan Miller. With an opening statement from Wiradjuri man and director at Black Duck Foods, Joshua Staines. 3.00 - Anthony setting the scene7.20 - Panel conversation56.30 - Tanya Massy re a stand out case study from the report, leading into audience questions83.50 - Tanya’s closing words including how we can each engage from here.Head here for automatic cues to those chapter markers.This conversation was recorded online with live audience on 20 April 2023.Title slide: A screen shot of the panel and some of the Sustainable Table team on the day (L-R: CEO Jade Miles, Megan O’Malley, Kristie Van de Velde, Anthony James, Tanya Massy, Katherine Trebeck, Jess Eddy, Esther Park, Justin Wolfgang, Hayley Morris, Dan Miller).See more photos including behind the scenes by becoming a subscriber via the Patreon page.Music: Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, off the soundtrack for the film Regenerating Australia.Find more:Sustainable Table web version of the report.Hear more from Tanya Massy on episode 115, Serenity Hill on episode 126, and Jade Miles on episode 128.And you can hear a very special conversation with Carol Sanford on episode 150.Watch the launch of Sustainable Table’s major new report on Regenerating Investment in Food & Farming, which includes the presentations of Sustainable Table Chair Hayley Morris, and lead author Tanya Massy, at the outset.Have your say in the Australian government’s Measuring what matters, second consultation process, ending 26 May 2023.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
May 8, 2023
1 hr 33 min
160. Beyond Profit, Financial Returns & GDP, with Dr Katherine Trebeck
Dr Katherine Trebeck helps make sense of the state of our economy, amidst recurrent gloomy global forecasts, and stark reports about what’s really driving such drastic inflation and inequality. All that informs the back half of our chat on some recent significant global shifts towards economies that make more sense here and now, and that are inherently designed to work well for people and planet.This includes an opportunity to get involved here in Australia, with our federal government’s current initiative, and last week’s major project launch by the Sustainable Table team. And we look at some of the stories that are really blazing the trail - beyond profit, financial returns and GDP. Dr Katherine Trebeck is co-founder of the global Wellbeing Economy Alliance and the group of Wellbeing Economy Governments. Now back in Australia, Katherine is also a senior advisor for The Next Economy (featured in episode 134 of the podcast), and co-author of The Economics of Arrival: Ideas for a Grown Up Economy. This conversation was recorded in Canberra on 23 April 2023.Title slide: Katherine Trebeck, just as we were about to record. See more photos including behind the scenes by becoming a subscriber via the Patreon page.Music: Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, off the soundtrack for the film Regenerating Australia.Find more:Katherine’s website.Hear more from Katherine on episode 99, and more of her life story on episode 29.Have your say in the Australian government’s Measuring what matters, second consultation process, ending 26 May 2023.Join us at a mini-festival with community forum hosted by Anthony James this Sunday 7 May.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
May 1, 2023
43 min
159 Excerpt. Latest on Rights of Nature & Pope's Paradigm Change
Last week's episode with Dr Alessandro Pelizzon contained a series of global paradigm shifting updates in its last 15 minutes or so. So this week's release is an excerpt of that part of the episode, in case you missed it. We pick up our conversation at the back half of Alessandro's announcement that he is co-founding a new place of education – akin to the Schumacher College in the UK - offering more of the education we need in these times. And we go on to the rapid developments around the world in the Rights of Nature, along with the recent rescinding by the Pope of the Doctrine of Discovery (if you don't know how significant that is, Alessandro explains). Title slide: a view of the northern rivers region of NSW, where this conversation took place (pic: Anthony James).Find more:Tune into the full episode 159, where you'll also find a few links.The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them, by heading to the Support page on The RegenNarration website.You can become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners & receive other benefits, directly via the Patreon page.Visit The RegenNarration shop. And please keep sharing, rating & reviewing the podcast.Thanks for your support!
Apr 17, 2023
19 min
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