THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCAST
by Dan Burgess
The story of Spaceship Earth is simple...We live on a life giving rock called Earth hurtling through space.Like a spaceship, we have a finite amount of supplies with an intelligent operating system, called nature, which keeps everything replenished as long as we all respect it and participate wisely. So a deep relationship with this mysterious system, along with spontaneous co-operation between humans and all life is essential to keep us thriving and the spaceship flying.In this podcast I’m in conversations with folk involved in regenerating life, Shifting consciousness and re-imagining how we can live more beautifully and peacefully. I talk with artists, writers, activists, designers, adventurers, healers, farmers, creative mavericks and more.Their stories invite us to participate in the co-creation of life sustaining cultures.In service to life.Becoming crew on Spaceship Earth.Rad cosmic intro music (now remixed) - with gratitude to Matt Hales and Davide Rossi (Escape Goa
Episodes
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Earth Sessions: Samhain Crossing | Dan Solo
A deep mix recorded live in my kitchen. For thresholds, for not knowing, for feeling in darkness. For Samhain, for Autumn, for uncertainty For letting go. For my beloved Seemah. I hope it moves you in some way. Full tracklist/credits to follow on spaceship.earth WIth gratitude and appreciation to...
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Earth Sessions: Dan Solo | Into the Solstice 26
Sol-stice Sun stands still. The longest day. The shortest night. here’s an Earth Sessions mix from me inspired by dancing at sunrise and sunsets or as Bucky Fuller put it… Sun-sight and sun-eclipse As the sun isn’t moving But we of course are on Spaceship Earth. Gratitude to all the artists and...
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Earth Sessions : Springing - Dan Solo
A new Earth Sessions mix to mark the light returning, the sun rising higher, blossoms popping, life coming back, possibility… A mix of vinyl and digital spanning 30 years - deep, housey, organic, trippy, vibey, love and lively. I hope it makes you move wherever you are. With gratitude to the...
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Earth Sessions: Into the Dark 2026 - Dan Solo
A live mix to honour this darker time of the year, and the darker times unfolding on Spaceship Earth. Recorded in my kitchen on a friday night. I wanted to start slow and ambient, to acknowldge the slower liminal space of winter and gradually pick up the pace. This was a mix of vinyl and digital…
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Dan Solo Live mix @ HOUSE WORK ELECTRIC BEAR
Last two hours of the night includes a suprise one more tune at the end of the night...
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Earth Sessions: Autumnism | Dan Solo
How to learn to dance with complexity, contradiction, grief, beauty, uncertainty, horror and surprise without abandoning the dance-floor Dancing feels like an interesting invitation to me for these times It invites us into the body and out of our stuck heads. It invites us into presence and...
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Earth Sessions: Into the Solstice - Dan Solo
A mix to honour this moment in the Earth's cycle. Tunes spanning 35 years, a few that were mainstays in my box of vinyl back in the late 90's. In the company of some more recent beauties. Big love to the amazing artists, producers and creators of these sonic gifts. Full tracklist on site. This is…
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Space FM Shed Mix - January 2002 - Deep Tech House Vibes -
One from the archives! Twenty three years ago - a vinyl mix in the shed at Space.FM in East London Deep tech-house vibes
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Episode 100: The Annual 2024 | Reflecting Back and Forwards
Introducing the Annual 2024 - and the official Episode 100 of the Spaceship Earth Podcast. A reflection of the year gone by with a nod to what it might be showing us about the future that is unfolding. A curation of the highlights of 2024 on the podcast, it features clips, reflections, insights…
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Earth Sessions: Into the dark - Dan Solo
Into the Dark - a deep, slow, wintery, sonic meander, through ambient electronic melancholy into deep house. Sounds and tracks that I’m finding connection and curiosity with in these darker, colder times of breakdown, reflection, exploration and dreaming towards the light. Tracklist on podcast...
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Episode 77 - Earth Sessions - Samhain deep - Dan Solo Mix
It’s been a year since the last Earth Sessions mix. I finally got it together to record this. Mixed live in my garden studio while humanity continues to implode. Violence, suffering and despair spilling over on this Earth. These last few weeks have been overwhelming. But I remember today the…
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Episode 76 - The Remix 2023 - Audio Artefact - (un)learning adventure for story rebels
This episode has been created to honour ‘The Remix’ - our recent 3 month experiential (un)learning adventure for story rebels hosted by becoming crew. The Remix set out to explore the power of cultural stories in these times, and not in a shiny, universal, human-centered way. It was an invitation...
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Episode 75 - Dan Burgess - Rambling in the Woods - Reflections from the heart in unravelling times
Episode 75 is a reflective ramble in the woods from me your podcast host Dan Burgess. There are no guests (apart from wind, trees, a buzzard and a pigeon) The episode marks an end to this season of recordings and also to the format of conversations this year. And brings a pause in episodes until...
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Episode 74 -Stories for Life - Christina Williams - Love stories/horror stories
This episode contains two short audio essays from Christina Williams, a writer exploring the pathways that can connect us more deeply with the more-than-human world. She is passionate about complexity, systems change, and how narrative shifts can drive movements for change. Christina took part in...
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Episode 73 - Becoming Crew - Whats Yours to Do ?
This episode is a basecamp crew conversation between Dan and fellow Becoming Crew guides Evva Semenowicz and Mark Sears. It speaks to this moment in time, where planetary boundaries are being crossed, Earth system tipping points are approaching, climate and ecological breakdown is being…
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Episode 72 - Matt Hocking - Business from the heart
How might we make a habit of moving into uncomfortable spaces to begin cultivating new ways of being? What stories would the living world share if they had a seat at the table? What does a business in service to planet Earth look like? How might business unite behind forms of activism that can...
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Episode 71 - Stories for Life - Mark Sears - Fox Woman Dreaming
This offering comes from Becoming Crew Guide Mark Sears. It is an ancient myth from the Inuit tradition. It emerged from the back of the cave following our first session of our learning adventure The Remix and a provocation from Bayo Akomolafe. He invited us to consider the possibility of...
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EP 70 - Ocean Mic - Easkey Britton - Ebb and Flow
What if the health of the wild waters of the Earth are a reflection of human health? What if restoring our relationship with the wild waters on this earth was a way to restore and heal our own health ? How might moving into a more intentional relationship with water within us and around us help…
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Stories For Life - Mike Benson - GDP - Seems kind of Gross
Welcome to this first Stories for Life minisode from The SpaceShip Earth Podcast. The intention with these mini episodes is to serve up short form sonic offerings - poems, stories, readings, meditations and musical gifts. These offerings will either be riffing on 'love stories', helping us relate...
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Episode 68 - Love Ssega - Finding Another Way
Love Ssega is a musician, songwriter and performing artist . He is weaving a beautifully diverse path collaborating across different art forms, whilst also speaking up for complex environmental, social and educational issues. The original frontman-songwriter of Grammy-winning Clean Bandit, he is...
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Episode 67 BONUS - Paul Powlesland - The Legal Rights of Nature & the Rights of a River
Why do rivers need guardians ? What does it mean to be a lawyer in a time of climate and ecological crisis ? Can nature have legal rights? Paul Powlesland is a civil barrister, environmental activist and guardian of the River Roding in East London. Paul is shaking up what it means to be a lawyer…
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Episode 67 - Ocean Mic - Paul Powlesland - River Guardian and Lawyer in an ecological crisis
Why do rivers need guardians ? What does it mean to be a lawyer in a time of climate and ecological crisis ? Can nature have legal rights? Paul Powlesland is a civil barrister, environmental activist and guardian of the River Roding in East London. Over the last few years single handedly bringing...
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Episode 67 Teaser - Paul Powlesland - River Guardian & Lawyer in a Climate and Ecological crisis
Why do rivers need guardians ? What does it mean to be a lawyer in a time of climate and ecological crisis ? Can nature have legal rights? An Ocean Mic episode in collaboration with Finisterre dropping very soon, exciting on many fronts. #thespaceshipearthpodcast #becomingcrew #oceanmic
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Episode 66 - Bayo Akomolafe - Cracks, re-pairing and making new moves
Bayo is an author, writer, celebrated speaker, teacher, and self-styled trans-public intellectual - whose vocation goes beyond justice and speaking truth to power to opening up other spaces of power-with, and queering fond formulations and configurations of hope. Bayo invites us to see the crises...
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Episode 65 - A prayer for this moment
This beautiful prayer was born during the conversation between V (formerly Eve Ensler) and Bayo Akomolafe - The Promise and Limits of Restitution: Returning to 'Congo' from the Democracy & Belonging Forum. In the spirit of experimentation Bayo invited V to co-create a prayer for this moment, for...
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Episode 64 - Dougald Hine - At Work in the Ruins
Episode 64 with Dougald Hine. Dougald is co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project. Co-host of The Great Humbling podcast. Co-founder of a School called Home in Sweden where he lives with his partner and son. And Author of new book ‘At Work in the Ruins’ - the focus of this conversation. In this…
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Teaser - Episode 64 - Dougald Hine - At Work in the Ruins
Teaser of Episode 64 is here In this episode Dan is in conversation with Dougald Hine. Dougald is co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project. Co-host of The Great Humbling podcast. Co-founder of a School called Home in Sweden where he lives with his partner and son. And Author of new book ‘At Work…
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EP 63-Becoming Crew -Mark Sears and Evva Semenowicz, Trust, thresholds and navigating the mystery
In this first full length episode to kick off 2023, Dan introduces in much more depth the Becoming Crew (un)learning adventures for navigating mysterious times. These have been gestating through the podcast since it began and prototyping over the last two years and are now being offered into the...
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Becoming Crew & Community Solo - (un)Learning Experiences from The Spaceship Earth Podcast
We have a new learning experience offering to accompany the podcast. Becoming Crew - (un)learning adventures for navigating mysterious times. It's been prototyping and gestating for some years. And we released into the wild at the end of 2022. The first offer is Community Solo, a 5 week…
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Episode 62 - Fergal Smith - Moy Hill Farm - It's not the cow, it's the how
Former professional big wave surfer Fergal Smith walked away from professional surfing a decade ago to begin a journey of becoming a regenerative farmer on the West coast of Ireland. In this conversation recorded in June 2022 Dan revisits Moy Hill for a third time and catches up with where Fergal...
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Earth Sessions - Autumnism - Dan Solo in the mix
New Earth Sessions Mix from @dan__burgess : I’m struggling with my voice at the moment. And words. So I’ve been taking a pause from recording conversations. The podcast is in a composting phase Which feels absolutely right for this time. Autumn has always been an important season for me. I feel…
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Episode 61 - Hamish Evans - Middle Ground Growers - Land Based Transformation
Hamish Evans is a Permaculturist, Market Gardener, Regenerative Farmer, Community and Climate Activist and Co Founder of MiddleGround Growers and Weston Spring Farm in Bath, Somerset in the UK. Hamish is another extraordinary human, who in his 20’s is bringing inspirational vision, energy,...
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Earth Sessions: Dan Solo B2b Jay Bold live at Campo Sancho Festival 30/07/22
Live DJ set recorded at the Sancho Panza festival - 'Campo Sancho' in July 2022 in the UK. 90 mins back to back with my great friend Jay Bold which kicked off Saturday night in the Snare and Hi hat tent. Brilliant crowd, mega sound system, awesome festival. Grateful for the opportunity. Massive...
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Episode 60 Bonus Edition - A Gaia Meditation from Animate Earth by Stephan Harding
Following on from Episode 60 - this is a bonus episode - a 5 minute meditation to help you connect more deeply to Gaia - our living Earth - taken from Stephan Harding’s first book - Animate Earth and narrated by Dan Burgess. You’ll need to go outside, or inside Gaia herself - a garden, park…
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Episode 60 - Stephan Harding - A Kingdom beyond Measurement
Dr Stephan Harding is a Holistic Scientist, Deep Ecologist and co-founder of the legendary Schumacher College. Stephan’s work intersects scientific ecology, with gaia theory and our psyche and soul. Author of two books, Animate Earth and new publication, Gaia Alchemy. Stephan has worked and…
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Earth Sessions 22.04.22 - Love for Mother (Earth) - Dan Solo in the mix
This Earth Sessions mix is dedicated to Mother Earth, our one and only home planet. It’s for dancing and moving through overwhelming times. It’s for the love of all that I know and experience of this Earth. And to honour the vast unknowable intelligence beyond my human knowing. —— Imagine if we...
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Episode 59 - Nadeem Perera - Flock Together - Return to the Source of Love
Nadeem Perera is a birder, wildlife TV presenter, activist, youth mentor and co-founder of Flock Together. Flock Together is a birdwatching collective for people of colour who have felt unwelcome and marginalised in spaces that should be for everyone. Together they are reclaiming green spaces and...
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Teaser - Episode 59 - Nadeem Perera - Flock Together - Return to the Source of Love
Coming next - in conversation with Nadeem Perera - Birder, Wildlife TV, Youth Coach, Activist and Co-Founder of Flock Together @birdnerdeem https://www.flocktogether.world/
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The Spaceship Earth Podcast Trailer
What is this podcast all about ? Here's a bit of the vibe. Nearly 70 episodes of long form conversations, a lock down experimental series, music mixes, audio rambles and much more to come. Rambling on since 2018 Becoming Crew on SpaceShip Earth
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Episode 58 - Felipe Viveros - Survival of the Beautiful
Felipe Viveros is a British-Chilean writer, independent researcher, artist and strategist. His work focuses on the intersection of on-line organizing, digital storytelling, policy and systems change. He has worked with governments and organisations globally, served as the chair of The Rules, and...
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Teaser - Episode 58 - Felipe Viveros - Survival of the Beautiful
Coming next - in conversation with Felipe Viveros - artist, researcher, strategist and activist @nawelcura #ChooseEarth https://www.chooseearth.co/
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BONUS Episode 57 - The Impossible Train - Moral Imaginations
Welcome to this Bonus episode 57 with our guest Phoebe Tickell In this we offer you an invitation to listen to a 5 minute story called the Impossible Train, created by Moral Imaginations and narrated by Phoebe Tickell. The Impossible Train Story is a tool that can be used by anyone, alone or in...
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Episode 57 - Phoebe Tickell - Imagination Activist
Phoebe Tickell is a Biologist and Systems thinker who develops methodologies and approaches suited to a better world. With a degree in Biological Natural Sciences she brings her understanding of biological networks and systems thinking into governance, organisational structures, narratives and...
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Episode 56 - Dan Burgess - Becoming Crew - A Story about Stories
Hello 2022, hope this finds you well. I’ve been composting 2021. Episode 56 kicks off with something a bit different. An audio experiment to start the year. A story about stories. Last year I was invited to do a TED X Talk about the climate and ecological crisis, I wasn’t really sure what to talk...
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Earth Sessions 21.12.2021 - Into the Solstice - Dan Solo in the mix
Finishing the year with a cheeky mix offering from the shed Deep, pumping, cosmic, emotive, full of light, love, grief, confusion, darkness and slightly twisted. Bit like my year. A mix to shuffle, shape-shift, stomp and sway into the Winter Solstice. To mark the end of this cycle of the sun. And...
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Episode 55 - Will Rolph - Two Fields Zakros - Farming in Service to Life
"Carbon is the basic building blocks of life. It’s not actually a negative thing. Very rarely in a natural system is something objectively negative or positive. It plays its role. And so actually storing carbon and having carbon in your soil is incredibly important. And of course huge amounts of...
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Episode 54 - Stories for Life - What if Stories are technologies for beautiful change?
“Now there are lots of writers who talk about how foundational stories have been across history. Just take Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, in it he maps that without story, humans wouldn’t have been able to live in civilisations larger than about 20,000. That myth and story have been fundamental to...
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Episode 53 - Mya-Rose Craig - Birdgirl - We have a dream
“What I'd say is for people my age it’s totally about intersectionality and recognising that to fix one thing, we need to fix various other things as well. One thing I really noticed while writing ‘We have a dream’ was how young so many of the people were when they started, it isn’t teenagers…
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Episode 52 - Hugo Tagholm - Surfers Against Sewage - The Ocean Decade
“I think fundamentally it all comes down to the systems and structures we live within. We are all trapped within this economic structure at the moment. We are trapped in a carbon structure. I mean even what we do every day - let’s be brutally honest - we all go to work and do things that are...
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Episode 51 - Tom Kay - Finisterre - Ocean of Life
In this episode I'm in conversation with Tom Kay founder of ocean inspired outdoor clothing brand and BCorps Finisterre. This shorter than usual conversation took part just before Sea 7 - the world's first Ocean activist training camp, dreamed up and bought to the world by Finisterre with design...
About this show
The story of Spaceship Earth is simple...We live on a life giving rock called Earth hurtling through space.Like a spaceship, we have a finite amount of supplies with an intelligent operating system, called nature, which keeps everything replenished as long as we all respect it and participate wisely. So a deep relationship with this mysterious system, along with spontaneous co-operation between humans and all life is essential to keep us thriving and the spaceship flying.In this podcast I’m in conversations with folk involved in regenerating life, Shifting consciousness and re-imagining how we can live more beautifully and peacefully. I talk with artists, writers, activists, designers, adventurers, healers, farmers, creative mavericks and more.Their stories invite us to participate in the co-creation of life sustaining cultures.In service to life.Becoming crew on Spaceship Earth.Rad cosmic intro music (now remixed) - with gratitude to Matt Hales and Davide Rossi (Escape Goa
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