The Permanent Culture Podcast
by Michael Cundick
The Permanent Culture Podcast & Livestream, is hosted by Michael Cundick and Rikki Longino who are the Chair and Vice-chair of the Utah Permaculture Collective, and two hardworking advocates for the mission of their non-profit which is to cultivate a permanent culture of healthy resilient communities living in harmony with natureMichael is also a musician, a green party politician, and manages a company called Student Loan Tutor. Rikki is the founder of the Mobile Moon Co-op, a female and queer collective who's aim is to preserve communities and ecosystems through education, empowerment, and botanical stewardship.This is the story of the Permaculture movement in Utah and beyond, and the creative forces that are coming together to move humanity towards "the more bUtahful World our hearts know is possible".The episodes are live streamed on the podcast's facebook page and youtube channel on Monday evenings, and listeners are invited to participate with live comments and questions.
Episodes
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Episode 19: Abdullah El-Hattab - Refugee Farming and Food Justice
Join Michael and Rikki for a hopeful and insightful conversation with Abdullah El-Hattab. They are a farm coordinator for the International Rescue Committee's New Roots Farm. These days, they spend their time working with migrant refugees, largely from African and Middle Eastern nations, growing...
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Kelli Case - Heal the Soil, Heal the Soul
Kelli Case is a Salt Lake City-based community organizer, farmer, and permaculture designer. She works at the Krishna Food Forest and Farm to coordinate a vegetable and fruit CSA. Kelli is a fierce advocate for harmonious interconnection and non-violent communication. In this episode we delve…
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Episode 17: LJ Lynda Wilden - Indigenous Food Sovereignty
LJ (Lynda-Jim) Wilden is a Diné activist in the Salt Lake community & treasurer / founding member of the SLC Air Protectors. LJ grew up in an agricultural household. and shares her indigenous perspective on land-stewardship, collective work, and the importance of food sovereignty. She has been...
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Episode 16: Ashley Finley - Ally Accountably
Ashley Finley joins Michael Cundick and Rikki Longino in a special conversation about white allyship and accountability in the Permaculture community. Ashley is a black woman, a daughter, a sister, an auntie, a friend, a dog mom, a nature lover, a birth keeper, a medicine maker, a poet, an...
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Episode 15: Tao Orion - Beyond the War on Invasive Species
Tao Orion is a Permaculture designer, author, restoration ecologist, wife, and mother of two small permies. Our conversation takes place during the riotous uprising following the murder of George Floyd. Orion's commentary on social movements is interwoven gracefully with explanations of her book...
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Episode 14: The Magic of Mycology with Smugtown Mushrooms
We are lucky to have a special guest this week all the way from New York! Olga Tzogas, activist and owner of Smugtown Mushrooms, is a renowned mycologist who is teaching and spreading the good news about medicinal mushrooms and all the magical ways they show up in our world.
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Episode 13: Embodiment Matters in the Great Turning
Our guest this week is a gem from our Salt Lake Community, embodiment teacher and community builder Erin Rabke. She hosts the Embodiment Matters podcast alongside her husband Carl and together they are wisdom holders for a number of powerful modalities that they practice and teach geared to help…
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Episode 12: Crazywise - Destigmatizing Mental Health
This episode of the PC podcast was recorded live after a group viewing of the powerful documentary "Crazywise". Michael interviews mental health activists Kseniya Kniazeva and Michael Porfilo along with other attendees of the event on the topics of bi-polar, mental health, and creating a more...
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Episode 11: Cree Cox - Emboding Your Flow
For this episode Maomi joins her husband Michael as co-host to interview a very special woman from our Salt Lake Community. Cree Cox is a passionate wisdom holder who has dedicated much of her life to exploring, liberating and connecting women (and men) to the sacredness of the moon cycle. We are...
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Episode 10: Harriet Emerson - Diet for the More Beautiful World
Join Michael Cundick and his guest Harriet Emerson of Salt Lake Thrive as they discuss their journey into uncovering the joy of whole food plant based diets and how important they are for our environment. They also discuss the need to end factory farming and what its going to take to bring our...
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Episode 9: John Flatberg - Building an Ark at Heartwater Farm
In 2015, your host Michael Cundick and his wife Maomi spent a season as apprentices at a gorgeous 20 acre off grid farm in Southern Utah called Heartwater Farm. In this extended special episode recorded onsite, Michael interviews his mentor and the man behind the vision, permaculture designer…
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Episode 8: Angel Vice - A World that Works for Everyone
Recent Millcreek Mayor Candidate Angel Vice joins Michael for this wonderful episode about how to keep the fun at the center of her political efforts, her life as a heart centered environmental activist, and her vision for the world and upcoming efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in…
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Episode 7: Deeda Seed - How We Stop the Polluting Port
This episode about the Utah Inland Port (and how we stop it) will teach you what you need to know and is a must for Utah residents and Earth Protectors everywhere! Michael interviews Deeda Seed of Center for Biological Diversity. She is the spearhead of the Stop the Polluting Port Coalition and…
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Episode 6: Daniel Foster Smith - Epicureanism at Salton Sun Artist Collective
Salton Sun Artist Collective has become an incredible hub for conscious community in South Salt Lake (including the headquarters for one of our Permaculture Guilds). In this episode, Michael talks with one of the minds shaping that space who is himself a dynamic cultural creative... Daniel Foster...
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Episode 5: Erika Longino - Female & Queer Empowerment in Permaculture
This episode we focus on Salt Lake Permaculture Designer and Community Builder Erika "Rikki" Longino who is behind the Mobile Moon Co-op and is the Vice-Chair of the Utah Permaculture Collective. A beautiful flow of topics ensue, including how vital it is to cultivate diversity and bring all of…
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Episode 4: James Loomis - Seed Saving and Mojo Regeneration
Why and how do we save seeds? How can farming help people experiencing homelessness? This episode Michael is joined by a cornerstone of the food movement, James Loomis, a well known "beyond organic" farmer, consultant musician, and writer. Among many things he manages the inspiring Wasatch...
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Episode 3: Natalie Bertha + Meg Sutton = Super Foods and Avoiding Glyphosate
Michael is joined by local super food experts and beloved community members Natalie Bertha and Meg Sutton to discuss health and nutrition! We also go deeper into where our food comes from and discuss strategies for sourcing local and organic foods and how important it is to avoid toxins like...
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Episode 2: Robin Wall Kimmerer - Healing our Relationship to Land
"It's not just land that is broken, more importantly, it's our relationship to land that is broken" Internationally beloved indigenous author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of your host's favorite book Braiding Sweetgrass) joins Michael for a beautiful discussion about healing and...
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Episode 1: Kabian Newson - Honoring your Microbiome with Jun
"If our bodies are made up of roughly 50% microbes that help control our health and emotions... shouldnt we be making really, really good friends with them?" In this, the first episode of the Permanent Culture Podcast, Michael talks to Provo based fermenting guru and entrepreneur Kabian Newson of...
About this show
The Permanent Culture Podcast & Livestream, is hosted by Michael Cundick and Rikki Longino who are the Chair and Vice-chair of the Utah Permaculture Collective, and two hardworking advocates for the mission of their non-profit which is to cultivate a permanent culture of healthy resilient communities living in harmony with natureMichael is also a musician, a green party politician, and manages a company called Student Loan Tutor. Rikki is the founder of the Mobile Moon Co-op, a female and queer collective who's aim is to preserve communities and ecosystems through education, empowerment, and botanical stewardship.This is the story of the Permaculture movement in Utah and beyond, and the creative forces that are coming together to move humanity towards "the more bUtahful World our hearts know is possible".The episodes are live streamed on the podcast's facebook page and youtube channel on Monday evenings, and listeners are invited to participate with live comments and questions.
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