PODCAST · society
The RegenNarration
by Anthony James
Stories of the regeneration of the living world, not often on the news, often almost beyond belief. With award-winning host Anthony James. It’s ad-free, freely available and entirely listener-supported. You'll hear from high profile and grass-roots leaders from around Australia and the world, on how they're changing the stories we live by, and the systems we create in their mold. Along with often very personal tales of how they themselves are changing, in the places they call home, and with some of the music they love.
Episodes
-
We Can’t Scale Our Way To Transition (& Don’t Need To), with Richard Heinberg
I met Richard Heinberg by the clear running waters of a restored Santa Rosa creek a couple of years ago. Though it feels like yesterday, such was its impact. So my heart sank when I saw the subject line in an email, ‘In memoriam, Richard Heinberg’. Richard is widely regarded as one of the world’s...
-
A Vision, with Wendell & Mary Berry (A Tribute)
The revered farmer, poet and prophet, Wendell Berry, died a little over a month ago. This special tribute episode, featuring the voices of Wendell himself, his daughter Mary, and friends, is one I feel extremely privileged to make and share with you. With heart-felt thanks and sympathies to Mary...
-
Fred Provenza with Live Audience: Myth & the Management of Natural Resources
Welcome to our first online live audience event, featuring the legendary Fred Provenza. It took place on the Solstice in June, with an audience of paid subscribers, and was incredibly special. In another first, too, you can also watch this event in video mode where available, including Apple,...
-
Riverman: On family, heartbreak, change, successful models & what’s possible
Welcome to a bonus episode bringing home the special series with Michael Gooden, President of the just launched Farmers Helping Farmers. We’re back by the Murray River, this time featuring Goodo being questioned in depth by his fellow paddlers on the first Confluence river journey back in March....
-
How To Drink From The River Again: By the Murray with Michael Gooden
We Can’t Fix A River with Water Alone. Welcome to part 2 of a special series with the President of the just launched Farmers Helping Farmers, Michael Gooden. Last week’s episode, A Farmer-Led Movement Goes National, focused on that launch, along with of course some of Michael’s story, in what was…
more -
A Farmer-Led Movement Goes National, with Michael Gooden
This week kicks off a hybrid episode of sorts. First up today, a big launch as a farmer-led movement goes national here in Australia. Which of course isn’t just news for them, but for all of us who eat food, drink water and generally thrive of healthy living systems. So I speak with the President...
-
What If More Life On Farms Solves Everything?
Soon after last week's special episode dropped, the messages started coming in. One from a paid subscriber (thanks Dominique Hes) commented on how the first 25 minutes or so alone was so impactful, that I needed to write up a summary on Substack. That, I did. And it made me think some of you…
more -
You Want Evidence for Regen Ag? Here It Is, with Jonathan Lundgren
Just weeks ago, I published a piece on Substack titled: Two 'Regen' Farmers Walk Into An Oval Office Debate Blind-Sided – and exit with the 'most support we’ve ever had’. Those two farmers are legends. Will Harris from White Oak Pastures in Georgia, and my guest today, former USDA scientist, now...
-
Wild Hope: An Unexpected Odyssey, with Claire Scobie
Claire Scobie was a successful professional at the top of her game - award-winning author and journalist, and founder of Wordstruck, a narrative-based consultancy working with prominent companies globally – when a single moment cracked something open, and she found herself in a ‘devastated…
more -
The Purpose Pledge: Changing Capitalism As We Know it, with Dr Bronner’s Les Szabo
‘Dr. Bronner’s Has a Plan to Change Capitalism as We Know It.’ That’s the headline that Inc. Magazine ran with on the recent launch of the Purpose Pledge. Describing it as ‘a new gold standard of social entrepreneurship,’ the article led off with this: ‘The B Corp and the billionaires’ Giving...
-
How a Tropical Farmer Helped Build A Global Regeneration Network, with André Leu
André Leu is co-founder and Director of Regeneration International. That’s the world's largest network geared towards the transition to regenerative food, farming and land management, for the purpose of restoring climate stability, ending world hunger and rebuilding social, ecological and…
more -
Trailer
Welcome to the new trailer for the podcast! Hit play, share it with a friend, follow the podcast, subscribe if you can, and enjoy the hundreds of episodes available. This is The RegenNarration podcast — conversations with the people changing the systems and stories we live by, enabling the...
-
Regenerative Fashion, Witch Hunts & Re-Enchantment, with Lucianne Tonti
How does a fashion editor cotton onto regenerative agriculture, and then find that thread leads her back to the witch hunts? Lucianne Tonti is a prominent journalist, author and consultant specialising in regenerative fashion systems. Her first book was duly called Sundressed: Natural fibres and...
-
Blue Health, Big Waves & Deep Change, with Easkey Britton
Easkey Britton is a pioneering marine sociologist, writer and surfer. She has continued her family legacy in Ireland, becoming a legendary surfer in her own right – from being the only kid surfing in her area, to later becoming a 5x national champion and the first woman to surf the huge wave near...
-
Meeting The River: A New Award-Winning Film, with Mara Tasker
Mara Tasker is the director of the new award-winning documentary The River. It follows the people living inside the Colorado River Basin, from farmers and ranchers to suburban families, tribal communities, and the seven state negotiators trying to rewrite the rules of a river that no longer…
more -
Whatever It Is, Floor It: Linley Dixon on Real Organic, Regen Threats & Becoming Irresistible
Linley Dixon is co-host of The Real Organic Podcast, the weekly Anthem Award-winning ‘Best Sustainability, Environment and Climate Podcast’, recently also named one of the ‘best climate podcasts’ by Earth.org. That pod is produced by The Real Organic Project, that Linley co-directs with Vermont...
-
If Rewilding Is Colonised, How to Remake Wilderness? With Cal Flyn
‘A brilliant exploration of wildness in both nature and humankind.’ That's what Alice Winn said about the new book by Cal Flyn. Cal is an award-winning writer from the Highlands of Scotland, and the book is called The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness. A five-year odyssey she sometimes...
-
The Food The World Forgot: Helianti Hilman live at Grounded
A plant that gives you salt and sugar. A forest “supermarket without the bills.” And a business model that treats farmers, foragers, and fishers like artists with a world stage, not beneficiaries waiting for help. We’re live at the 2026 Grounded Festival in the Otways with Helianti Hilman…
more -
This Is Ancestor Work: Liz Carlisle on Healing Grounds, Living Roots & Girl Drumming
This is somewhat of a momentous occasion. Liz Carlisle wrote a book called Healing Grounds a few years ago, and a listener brought it to my attention. Just as it was for Liz, it’s been really significant for me. Initially setting out to test regenerative agriculture’s claims on carbon and climate...
-
Album of the Year: Country's Calling, with Cathy Briant & Charles Jenkins
What happens when a regenerative farmer decides the land deserves a soundtrack? Cathy Briant joins us alongside Australian music legend Charles Jenkins (of Icecream Hands and other fame) to tell the story behind Country’s Calling, the album launched at the recent Grounded Festival. Country's...
-
Hard Work Takes No Discipline: Nicole Masters, Live at Grounded
Soil can change fast, but what about people? We're coming to you live from the 2026 Grounded Festival on the extraordinary Yan Yan Gurt West Farm, stewarded by the Stewart family, in the Otways of Victoria, Australia. It’s early on day 1, the marquee Ironbark Tent is full, and we’re joined by...
-
Listener Mailbag & Live Event Invite
Birds chirping in the background of an interview might sound like a small detail, but a listener voicemail reminds us it can be the difference between a nice conversation and a felt sense of real regeneration. We’re back in the mailbag sharing the messages that have come in from subscribers, land...
-
Witness to Water: How to Save the Colorado River, with Pete McBride
The Colorado River is treated much like plumbing on a map, but out on the ground it’s a living system with thresholds, memories, and consequences. I’m joined by award-winning photographer, filmmaker and adventurer, Pete McBride, whose latest book Witness to Water: One Photographer's Mission to...
-
The Incredible Story of Water & Its Forgotten Part in Climate, with Dr Katie Ross
Clouds, soil moisture, and plant life are doing more climate work than most of us were ever taught and ignoring them leaves a huge gap in how we respond to warming. Here's the keynote from Dr. Katie Ross, at the recent Australian Water Association conference, that connects climate science to the...
-
Restoring First Nations Water Governance on the Murray Darling, with Walbanga Woman Sheryl Hedges
Water policy often gets framed as engineering, compliance, and competing demands. Then Sheryl Hedges steps up at the Australian Water Association conference and resets the baseline: for First Nations people, water is not a resource, it’s a living being that carries memory, knowledge, and…
more -
Confluence: A Unique Journey on the Murray River, with co-founder Katie Ross
Back in March, Dr Katie Ross and I ran a canoe journey along the Murray/Dungala River, Australia’s longest, most regulated and mythologised river - to, as the bill put it, listen, witness, and create, in deep immersion and deep time. Could that help change the story of a magnificent but sorely...
-
A Visit to Thoreau’s Birthplace & The Spirit Of Concord
This bonus travelogue traces a walk through Concord, Massachusetts, as we step into the living neighbourhood behind some of the most influential American writers and ideas. Last week, we celebrated the 300th episode with a visit to the legendary site of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin on the shores…
more -
Walden Pond: Visiting Henry David Thoreau
Walden Pond looks like the postcard version of New England, though the first thing I notice is the sound. A semi-trailer growls past, a train snaps by the lake, and a plane cuts the sky. That friction is exactly why I wanted to record this 300th-episode pilgrimage from one of the most iconic…
more -
Coz It's Worked: 3 Farmers Regenerating Farms, Food, Supply Chains & Matriarchal Lineages
Three West Australian farmers sit down for a sharp, honest Q&A that cuts through the glossy version of “regenerative agriculture” and gets into the real work: what happens when your new practice fails, your numbers get tight, and the supply chain refuses to reward better outcomes. Jake Ryan, Tom...
-
Beer For Good: Turning Regenerative Grain Into Award-Winning Beer & More
A barley grower sees his farm logo on a beer can prototype and gets emotional, not because it looks cool, but because it represents a long journey to a certified sustainable, low-emissions supply web that holds up under scrutiny. From the stage at the Regenerative Agriculture Conference in…
more -
The People Whisperer: Another Way to Listen, with Jeff Goebel
Many might think the hardest part of community conflict is finding the “right” solution. What if it’s often something deeper: listening well enough that a solution can even appear? We’re fresh off the Murray River / Dungala here in Robinvale, Victoria, as our first Confluence journey winds up.…
more -
Donkeys, ‘A Secret Weapon’: And Alejandro Carrillo’s proposal for the WA government
Last week’s very special guest was legendary rancher from Chihuahua, Mexico, Alejandro Carrillo. The episode was titled Re-Greening the Largest Hot Desert in North America with Donkeys, Love & Water. In doing that, Alejandro says donkeys have been a ‘secret weapon’. Sound familiar? That’s what...
-
Alejandro Carrillo: Re-Greening the Largest Hot Desert in North America with Donkeys, Love & … Water?
The Chihuahuan desert could sound like a place you endure, not a place you regenerate, yet Alejandro Carrillo has seen grasslands, birds and beauty take the place of erosion and rocks on the family’s Las Damas Ranch. Conservation organisations now seek this ranch out. And the broader region is…
more -
Custodians Beyond Commodities (All Us Little Trumans)
A room full of farmers, food system and other folk. Elders through to young voices. Wadandi Boodja underfoot. A simple, radical idea on the table: put life at the centre of every act and decision, and watch how agriculture transforms from a driver of degradation into a catalyst for healing land,...
-
Unsavory Origins: Allan Savory’s Memoir, Holistic Management & A Life Without Blame
A life on the edge can sharpen your senses. That’s the unmistakable feeling of hearing Allan Savory recount the untold stories in and around Unsavory, his new memoir spanning childhood, wildlife, war, political exile, and the birth of Holistic Management - the extraordinary global movement...
-
Pilgrimage to Rachel Carson’s Edge of the Sea (with some magic about)
Now for something a bit different, and really special. Today we’re off to seaside Maine, in the far north east of the US, to visit Rachel Carson’s summer cottage. Here was where Rachel wrote much of her last few books. It was a place she loved, and where she also soaked up her last days in Maine...
-
John D Liu & Chris Henggeler on Kachana, China & A Blueprint For Restoring Earth
A line of turbulence marks the edge of a burn scar, and the plane starts to buck. That jolt becomes a metaphor for the entire conversation: when we strip biology, we disrupt wind, heat, and water. Restore it, and everything changes. We link Perth to the wet season Kimberley and a bright winter’s...
-
Launching the Regenerative Food And Farming Alliance, with Rebecca Gorman at Parliament House
We’re off to Parliament House in Canberra today. But don’t let that put you off. Hot off the press, the Regenerative Food & Farming Alliance (RFFA) has just launched there. The Alliance has been brought together with many a guest on this podcast over the years. Though one woman behind it all –…
more -
Honouring Manchán Magan: How Old Stories Guide Us Through An Uncertain Future
Welcome to the 10th year of the podcast! And thank you. As an entirely listener supported show, it only happens thanks to listeners like you. To start off the year, another form of thanks, and tribute, to a guest from 2023 who was so wonderful, as much for his brilliance as his grace. I’m talking...
-
One final highlight from 2025: A last word from Paul Hawken
Just one final highlight from last year, before we kick off the new series. Well, it was actually from 2024, but an excerpt of it was played last year, when the latest book from 5x New York Times best-selling author and friend, Paul Hawken, was released - Carbon: The Book of Life. That 2024…
more -
I Didn’t Want A Prophecy, But It Found Me Anyway (one more highlight)
Ok, just a couple more bite size highlights from last year. Well, this one was actually from a few years ago, but an excerpt of it was played last year - titled A Laugh, a Cry and a Touchstone Moment, featuring Tyson Yunkaporta. And indeed, this passage in particular might still be the most…
more -
Bite size highlights from 2025: Guatemala, Central America
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode concludes with this incredibly special and personal group of episodes, from the heart of Mayan culture, Guatemala, Central America. This was actually the first series recorded in 2025, but took a lot more time…
more -
Bite size highlights from 2025: A huge week ends with a bang back in Australia
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with some pinnacle moments from the huge week in Western Australia on our return home. Here are the voices, places and tunes you're hearing: 0m - Oral McGuire (ep 279), Noongar leader, with possibly…
more -
Bite size highlights from 2025: Amskapi Piikani Blackfeet Nation
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with the final series recorded in the US, perhaps our most moving visit of all, at Amskapi Piikani Blackfeet Nation, with Long Time Charging Woman, Kim Paul, and colleague Andrew Berger. With an...
-
Bite size highlights from 2025: A huge week begins back in Australia
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with a couple of West Australians spread across the state, one very famous, one should be. Here are the voices, places and tunes you're hearing: 0m - Stuart McAlpine (ep 272), award-winning farmer…
more -
Bite size highlights from 2025: Chaco to Wind River & Heading Home
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with two of the most extraordinary ancient places and cultures we visited. And last stop with a legend and friend in California. Here are the voices, places and tunes you're hearing: 0m - Dana Scott…
more -
Bite size highlights from 2025: The Osage Nation Series
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with the trinity of episodes (and bonus extra) from the Osage Nation in current day Oklahoma. It was an exceptional opportunity to speak with the Chief, featuring a powerful exchange capped by some...
-
Bite size highlights from 2025: From Tennessee to Texas
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with two of the guests with the greatest soundscapes of the year. I just love the sound and spirit of African American elder, Lorenzo Washington, captured in this clip. And the clip from Christopher,...
-
Bite size highlights from 2025: Looking south with some of the best
Welcome back to our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode. These were a few of the best community-generated stories of the year, strongly among the listener favourites. I love this particular mini-highlight reel - the way the music plays off what these...
-
Bite size highlights from 2025: The land whisperer, Patrick MacManaway
Our curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up episode continues, with these snippets from ep 252, the most popular episode of the year. 0m - Patrick MacManaway, in Burlington, Vermont 0.41 - Hours, by Patrick Sebag (from Artlist). 1.19 - Patrick MacManaway plays…
more
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Stories of the regeneration of the living world, not often on the news, often almost beyond belief. With award-winning host Anthony James. It’s ad-free, freely available and entirely listener-supported. You'll hear from high profile and grass-roots leaders from around Australia and the world, on how they're changing the stories we live by, and the systems we create in their mold. Along with often very personal tales of how they themselves are changing, in the places they call home, and with some of the music they love.
HOSTED BY
Anthony James
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does The RegenNarration have?
The RegenNarration currently has 470 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is The RegenNarration about?
Stories of the regeneration of the living world, not often on the news, often almost beyond belief. With award-winning host Anthony James. It’s ad-free, freely available and entirely listener-supported. You'll hear from high profile and grass-roots leaders from around Australia and the world, on...
How often does The RegenNarration release new episodes?
The RegenNarration publishes regularly with 470 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
Where can I listen to The RegenNarration?
You can listen to The RegenNarration on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts The RegenNarration?
The RegenNarration is created and hosted by Anthony James.
URL copied to clipboard!