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Fresh Aesthetic with Stephen Garton
by Stephen Garton
Step into the world of Fresh Aesthetic, where host Stephen Garton explores the human experience through the kaleidoscope of creativity, authenticity, science, and spirituality. Fresh Aesthetic is all about the quest for healing and wholeness, while celebrating the pursuit of extraordinary art. The fun and quirky guests join in for this cosmic escapade, adding a splash of freshness to the celestial canvas! 🎨✨
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Black History: A Journey Through Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Hip-Hop and More with Benjamin Faye
Today’s episode features Benjamin Faye and is a celebration of black history in music. Benji shares his musical expertise and breaks down a timeline of music history from the blues right through to hip-hop and its resulting influences on modern music. You'll hear all about how modern music as we...
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Holding the Powerful to Account: A Conversation with Pat Brittenden
Today’s episode is my conversation with Pat Brittenden Pat is an award-winning podcaster, YouTuber, and seasoned talkback radio host. With years of experience in podcasts and radio shows, he now dedicates his efforts to his primary project, Big Hairy News. This show offers long-form commentary on...
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Burnout, Privilege and the Expansiveness of Contemplative Spirituality with Andrew Killick
Today’s episode is my conversation with Andrew Killick. Andrew is a photographer, writer, poet, editor, and more, publishing his creative work under the moniker Safe Little World. Andrew’s work stems from the paradox and merging of physical and spiritual experiences. Andrew describes one of his...
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Embracing Our Pain with Curiosity and Compassion: A Conversation with Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski
Today’s episode is my conversation with Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski. Brendan is a researcher, speaker, consultant, and educator focused on the social-emotional development and wellbeing of boys and men, particularly in relation to the wellbeing of those around them. His interdisciplinary work bridges...
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The Intersection of Queerness and Spirituality with Sam Sellers
Today’s episode is my conversation with Sam Sellers Sam is a registered therapist and a clinical supervisor, specialising in religious trauma. Sam is queer and talks about her experiences navigating the intersection of queerness and spirituality. Sam describes being a queer person within a faith...
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Decolonisation, Platform Culture, and the Sin of Capitalism with Janice Lagata
Today’s episode is my conversation with the one and only Janice Lagata. Janice is a writer, a podcaster, a musician, and an incredibly intelligent thinker and speaker. Her work is thoughtful, carefully considered, intelligent, and most importantly, challenging. This conversation is a 2 hour deep...
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Changing Your Relationship to Pain, Uncertainty and Constant Work with Brady Rather
Today’s episode is my conversation with Brady Rather. Brady is a musician and host of the podcast Love Like A Heretic. This episode covers a range of topics around themes of authenticity and being true to who you are, not who others want you to be. Brady talks about why it’s so important to be...
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Neurodiversity, Worldview, Identity Markers and Creating Lasting Positive Transformation with Cameron Bishop
Today’s episode is my interview with Cameron Bishop. Cameron works for Impact Lives - a centre for transformation, cultural competence, and social innovation. Cameron works specifically to guide communities to places of inclusion and belonging in order to influence equity and freedom. Our...
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The Creative Benefits of Unfamiliar Experiences: A Conversation with Ian Turner
Today’s episode is my interview with Ian Turner. Ian is a writer, musician, and producer. Ian also has a podcast called Garden of Sound where he interviews a range of artists and highlights New Zealand music. For more of Ian's work, be sure to check out gardenofsound.nz All music used in this...
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Stillness in Motion: Balancing Mindfulness and Productivity with Michael Wright
Today’s episode is my interview with Michael Wright. Michael is a writer, most well known for his weekly letter on art and spirit called Still Life. Michael is a thoughtful, contemplative person with a passion for art and spirituality. You can find his writing at mrmichaelwright.substack.com This...
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Creative Renaissance: From Imposter Syndrome to Self-Confidence with Nyree Huyser
Today’s episode is my interview with Nyree Huyser. Nyree is a singer songwriter who competed in the Voice Australia in 2023. She has just released her debut album, called Fixing Heads and Chasing Tails, which you can find on all major streaming platforms. It is a powerful blend of originals and...
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Imagine A World Where You Don’t Have to Hide Who You Are: A Conversation with Jackie G
Today’s episode is my interview with Jackie G. Jackie is an author, YouTuber, public speaker and podcaster. In this episode Jackie dives deep into her journey through numerous challenges and hard times. She discusses what it was like coming to terms with her sexuality, battling an eating…
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Dismantling Harmful Systems of Oppression with Meghan Tschanz
Today’s episode is my interview with podcaster and author Meghan Tschanz Meghan discusses what faith means to her today, and her extensive journey with social justice work. Meghan is the author of the book, Women Rising: Learn to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice. She also hosts a really great podcast...
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The Revolution Starts Within: A Conversation with Tara Teng
Today’s episode is my interview with Tara Teng. Our conversation covers a whole range of topics around sexuality, including: embodiment. doing the work of decolonisation, comprehensive and enthusiastic consent, having a healthy sexual ethic, and much more. Content warning: This conversation…
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Sexual Ethics, Purity Culture and the Importance of Enthusiastic Consent with Katie Brookfield
In today’s episode, the wonderful Katie Brookfield returns to the show to share more of her expansive expertise on sexual ethics, purity culture, patriarchy, women’s rights and a whole lot more. We unpacked a wide range of ideas around what it means to have a healthy sexuality for yourself and…
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Transforming Loneliness Into Retrofuturistic Funk, Soul and Pop Music with Dylan Chambers
Today’s guest is the exceptionally talented musician and songwriter, Dylan Chambers. We dive into Dylan’s backstory and explore how his journey led him through some dark times of loneliness and how he channels those feelings into positivity in his music. Dylan’s new single, “I can Never Get…
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The Liberating Power of Vulnerability with David Hayward (Naked Pastor)
Today's episode is my interview with David Hayward, more commonly known as the Naked Pastor. This episode hones in on what it means to be vulnerable and open-hearted to the entirety of the human experience. David shares about what vulnerability means to him, and also what it means to evolve and...
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The Human Experience of Being Gay: A Conversation with Mike Maeshiro
Today's episode is an interview with writer, podcaster, life coach, teacher, LGBTQ+ advocate and queer theology enthusiast, Mike Maeshiro. Mike is also the founder of Numa, an organisation that supports people recovering from religious toxicity. Mike has a powerful quote that summarises what he...
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A Spectrum of Belonging: Embracing Diversity in Our Communities with Andy Dickson
Today’s episode is my interview with Andy Dickson. Andy describes himself firstly as a husband, a dad and a son. But he is also a spoken word poet, a writer, a podcaster, a business director and has a Masters in Theology. Andy’s podcast is called Down to Earth Conversations where he talks to...
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A People's Theology: Advocating for the Marginalised with Mason Mennenga
Today’s episode is my interview with Mason Mennenga. Mason is a theologian, podcaster, YouTuber, and self-identifies as the "Internet's youth pastor.” He has an impressive academic background with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Theology. Through his platforms, Mason mixes…
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Exploring the Inherent Human Needs of Safety, Certainty and Security with Phil Drysdale
Welcome to Season 4 of Fresh Aesthetic! Join in the conversation as we explore the vastness of the human experience through creativity, authenticity, science and spirituality. Today’s episode is my interview with Phil Drysdale. Phil helps people who are going through radical shifts in what they...
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Navigating Identity Through the Intersection of Theology, Faith and the Lived Experience with Katie Brookfield
This episode is my interview with Katie Brookfield. Katie has a Degree and Masters in Theology and is a deep thinker with a passion for women’s rights, sexual ethics and empowering others through sharing her experience. Katie has a clear and concise way of sharing her perspective that holds space...
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You’ve Never Been Lost - A Guide to Recentering Yourself in Love and Peace with Kevin Garcia
This episode is my interview with the one and only Kevin Garcia. Kevin is a spirituality coach, mystical theologian, content curator and is the author of 2 amazing books - Bad Theology Kills and their brand new book, What Makes You Bloom, which releases January 9th 2024. This episode is so fun…
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Beyond Belief: The World Outside the Church with Sarah Norquoy
Today’s episode is a follow up interview with Sarah Norquoy after her interview with Matt about a month ago. In this interview I go deeper with Sarah about her faith journey and some of the struggles and triumphs she’s had along the way. Over the conversation we talk about things like death,...
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Inclusivity, Sustainability and the Power of Self-Confidence with Lucy Greenwood and Chris Renwick (Lucy and Yak)
Our conversation with highly successful business entrepreneurs, Chris Renwick and Lucy Greenwood, discussing their journey as owners of the funky, ethical and inclusive clothing brand Lucy and Yak. This is such a fun discussion about how fulfilling life can be as a business owner, but also some…
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Pain Always Precedes Hope with Aaron Hardy (Te Rautini)
In this interview with Aaron Hardy from Te Rautini, I was absolutely blown away by his reflections on things such as white supremacy, pushback from the church towards te reo Māori in songs, and just general racism in Aoteaora. We have a very complicated and troubling history here in New Zealand…
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The Sun will Still Come up Tomorrow with Elsie Andrewes
Elsie Andrewes is an extremely talented illustrator from Northland, New Zealand and talks candidly in this episode about all things art, creativity, and finding your voice. You can find her work on Instagram here @elsieandrewes_illustration, or on her website here https://elsieandrewes.com/
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Step into the world of Fresh Aesthetic, where host Stephen Garton explores the human experience through the kaleidoscope of creativity, authenticity, science, and spirituality. Fresh Aesthetic is all about the quest for healing and wholeness, while celebrating the pursuit of extraordinary art. The fun and quirky guests join in for this cosmic escapade, adding a splash of freshness to the celestial canvas! 🎨✨
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