Les meilleurs podcasts The Big Chew Podcast (2024)

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A Progressive Views The Environmental Costs of U.S. Immigration: Ethicist Dr. Philip Cafaro 1:05:13

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Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "the modern plague" and challenged us to heal it, especially since we knew how.That "plague" is overpopulation—but in Dr. King's time, U.S. population was driven by a high birth rate.Today, the major driver of U.S. population growth is mass immigration—up to 1.5 million people come to live in the U.S. every year, a…

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Where Do Babies Come From? Laura Carroll on Reproduction Myths 53:47

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Babies come from stories. From beliefs. Some of those stories are beautiful: I want to love and care for someone; I have a lot to share with a growing human.But a whole lot of baby-making beliefs aren't true for everyone, and many aren't true, period. Here are a few of the harmful and expired: I won't feel fulfilled without a child; It's nobody's b…

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Population: An Epic Problem and A Solution Waiting to Happen 58:18

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There are too many humans on Earth, it's screwing everything up, and we have to change. There. I said it. Environmentalists used to say this frequently and passionately, and then they stopped:talking about population took on racial overtones ("too many of those brown people!"), or fears of "control" and force, as became the case in China.Meanwhile,…

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Missionary Re-Position: Wendy Marsman on Faith, Atheism, and Women 1:09:06

7y ago1:09:06

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Wendy Marsman was raised in a strict Evangelical community in rural Canada. She fulfilled her dream of being a missionary by moving to the Brazilian Amazon for eight years with her then-husband and children. What followed was an unraveling of what she believed, and a painful realization that, as a woman, she was a second-class citizen in Christiani…

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Humans and Water, with Big River Guide, Fluvial Geologist, and Writer Becca Lawton 1:12:18

7y ago1:12:18

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Water: It's not just a "resource." It's not a "thing" that happens. Our bodies are mostly water. Maybe our souls are, too. Becca Lawton would know. She's a veteran river guide on the great rivers of the American West who became a fluvial geologist. She's also a beautiful writer whose prize-winning books and essays have helped her understand the con…

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The Rewards of Green Activism: Beyond "Lifestyle" to "Lifeway" with Stephanie Kaza 49:37

7y ago49:37

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Maybe life feels so nuts—environmentally, politically, economically, culturally—you're hitting the streets. Or hitting your head against the wall. WTF? What to do?First, calm down and listen to this episode.My guest, Stephanie Kaza, has been there. She cut her teeth as abiologist back when U.S rivers were on fire. She's spent decades in Zen Buddhis…

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The Myth of Progress: Tom Wessels on Earth and the Economy 55:56

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Progress! Economic growth! Affluence! Forget about it—at least while basic laws of science are in effect. I talk with Tom Wessels, ecologist, professor, and one of New England's clearest environmental voices. We focus on Tom's gem of a book, The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future. In it he explains how any economy focusing on economic gr…

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Change of Life: How Lynn Margulis Revolutionized Evolution 1:09:47

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Biologist Lynn Margulis gave us a new way to look at life—and perhaps, a new way to live it. She showed life doesn't evolve just through random DNA mistakes and competition. Instead, interdependence is the key. Cells are the baseline—not "selfish" genes. Loops and new relationships replace linear branches of life. Nothing is an individual: everythi…

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A "First World" Woman Finds Her True Self in the Amazon 1:14:36

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Donna Mulvenna left a busy professional life in Australia to live in the Amazon rainforest of French Guiana. She thought it would be a temporary adventure with her partner, an Olympic canoe racer. After many local frustrations, a serious illness, and some profound spiritual experiences in the forest, she's a changed person in how she views Nature, …

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Living the One-Straw Revolution, with Larry Korn 1:00:27

7+ y ago1:00:27

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Natural Farming" is as much a life philosophy as a way of farming. Larry Korn has dedicated his life to teaching Natural Farming, which he learned from his mentor, the late, great Masanobu Fukuoka, author of One-Straw Revolution. This "no-method method"arose from a spiritual revelation Fukuoka had about healing the rift between humans and the natur…

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Life, Death, Forensics—and Why the West Freaks Over Death, with Jennifer Kissinger 55:40

7+ y ago55:40

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We weren't supposed to die, says the Book of Genesis and many Christian sources that have been marinating this culture for two millennia. No wonder the West sees death as a catastrophe. My guest, Jennifer Kissinger, sees it as part of life—and it was a daily part of her life during her years as a deputy coroner/medicolegal death investigator. She'd…

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Sam Guarnaccia: Music for Our Universe 49:25

7+ y ago49:25

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Music can bring us into new, profound kinds of awareness. Composer and classical guitarist Sam Guarnaccia is doing his part. We talk about his new musical work that calls on orchestra, chorus, and soloists to celebrate the evolving universe we all share. I've heard Sam's Emergent Universe Oratorio—it's lush and evocative and includes praise for lif…

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Thea Alvin, Who Dances with Stone 56:28

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We live on a rocky planet. Thea Alvin knows that language. She creates fantastic structures of stone all over the world. Thea lives here in Vermont and has had some powerful interactions with Icelandic caves, ancient English burial mounds, and Chinese mountaintops. She teaches all over (we talk about her Italian workshops, which feature fantastic f…

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TBC012: We Are All Starinese: The Universe Story Grows In King's Cross, London 1:16:10

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A flourishing garden in dumpsters; a beehive to show how communities work; children learning their "cosmic address" by growing carrots. Inspired by the Universe Story of evolution, Jane Riddiford and Rod Sugden of Global Generation are helping to shape London's busiest construction zone. Jane and Rod, staff and volunteers are catalyzing a community…

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Psychedelics, Healing, and Transformation 45:15

7+ y ago45:15

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Can psychedelic drugs, and breathing techniques that achieve similar states, help heal our individual and collective emotional pain? Can they help us transform our society?I talk with Joe Moore and Kyle Buller of Psychedelics Today, a podcast that features professionals involved with psychedelics and breathwork as tools for mental health and spirit…

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Sandor Katz--Living with Bacteria, Tastefully 1:00:59

7+ y ago1:00:59

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We can't live without bacteria. Nor would we want to—bacteria help flavor and preserve some of our favorite foods. My guest, fermentation activist Sandor Ellix Katz, explains why we humans should rethink our relationship with these tiny creatures who actually run the place.Sandor Ellix Katz is the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of…

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How A Creative Universe Invites Mythic Lives: Jennifer Morgan, Part Two 45:57

7+ y ago45:57

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Whether we plunder the Earth or participate in it depends on deep notions of who we are. Jennifer Morgan of the Deep Time Journey Network says in Part Two of our conversation about the Universe Story, "What's going on every single second is so stunning that if we were truly present to it, we would fall down on our knees and kiss the ground."While s…

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Can Learning About the Universe Change Your Life? Jennifer Morgan 50:15

7+ y ago50:15

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The Big Bang. Supernovae. Evolution. What do they have to do with real, everyday life? My guest, author Jennifer Morgan, has spent decades helping people appreciate how our universe works, how we got here, and why that matters. In this first of two conversations, we talk about how knowing this evolutionary story can guide us, as stories have always…

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From Evangelical to Atheist, Family-Style: Conclusion 51:03

8y ago51:03

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After leaving your Christian faith with its god and demons, speaking in tongues, and life everlasting, where do you find fulfillment? In the conclusion of my two-part interview with Steve and Krissy Hilliker, we talk about mourning what they left behind; the excitement of learning who you are and what's important to you; the novelty of movie bingin…

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From Evangelical to Atheist, As a Family: Part 1 43:54

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What happens when you and your young family are counting on your career path as an Evangelical Christian minister--and you realize you've become an atheist?Steve and Krissy Hilliker were deeply religious. They married young, had two kids right away, and believed that God had a plan for them. Every element of their lives tied into their faith--until…

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Why Are Americans Leaving Religion? Interview with James Nagle 1:12:36

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Why are record numbers of Americans and Europeans exiting the religions they grew up with--especially Christians? Is Christianity toast? What might come next?James Nagle studies this "deconversion" at Fordham University. He considers himself a "deconvert" and describes his path--from a tattooed, skateboarding, Mass-missing kid to a seminarian train…

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Tradd Cotter: Our Future is Fungal 59:41

8y ago59:41

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Tradd Cotter is a researcher and mycologist who's doing amazing things with mushrooms. Mushrooms can fight disease-causing bacteria, can purify water, help disaster victims...and they're delicious! (Not always the same ones, btw.) Mushrooms are also being studied now for treating end-of-life depression and PTSD. And then there are shamanic reindeer…

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Plant Life with Herbalist Julie Mitchell 33:36

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Maria talks with herbalist Julie Mitchell about the modern revolution in herbal knowledge. We talk about how to get to know plants, and if they’re sentient; what herbs can do for humans; the ecstatic approach of the poet Goethe to the study of plants; and who I would kill if I could go back in time.Par Maria Theresa Stadtmueller

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Guided Meditation: Grounding Back Into the Earth 26:20

9+ y ago26:20

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Intuitive counselor Laura Lomas leads a wonderfully accessible meditation to reconnect us to our true selves and to the earth.Par Maria Theresa Stadtmueller

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Laura Lomas, Intuitive: Is Our Spiritual Culture Shifting? 45:13

9+ y ago45:13

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Maria talks (and cracks up!) with intuitive Laura Lomas, who helps people worldwide reconnect to their more authentic natures and to the Earth. Why are so many people bailing on religion? And what will take its place? How gigantic was Maria's head as a child?Show Notes:If you’d like to know more about Laura and her work, here’s her website.http://d…

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A Progressive Views The Environmental Costs of U.S. Immigration: Ethicist Dr. Philip Cafaro 1:05:13

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Where Do Babies Come From? Laura Carroll on Reproduction Myths 53:47

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Population: An Epic Problem and A Solution Waiting to Happen 58:18

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Missionary Re-Position: Wendy Marsman on Faith, Atheism, and Women 1:09:06

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Humans and Water, with Big River Guide, Fluvial Geologist, and Writer Becca Lawton 1:12:18

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The Rewards of Green Activism: Beyond "Lifestyle" to "Lifeway" with Stephanie Kaza 49:37

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The Myth of Progress: Tom Wessels on Earth and the Economy 55:56

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Change of Life: How Lynn Margulis Revolutionized Evolution 1:09:47

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A "First World" Woman Finds Her True Self in the Amazon 1:14:36

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Living the One-Straw Revolution, with Larry Korn 1:00:27

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Life, Death, Forensics—and Why the West Freaks Over Death, with Jennifer Kissinger 55:40

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Sam Guarnaccia: Music for Our Universe 49:25

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Thea Alvin, Who Dances with Stone 56:28

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TBC012: We Are All Starinese: The Universe Story Grows In King's Cross, London 1:16:10

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Psychedelics, Healing, and Transformation 45:15

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Sandor Katz--Living with Bacteria, Tastefully 1:00:59

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How A Creative Universe Invites Mythic Lives: Jennifer Morgan, Part Two 45:57

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Can Learning About the Universe Change Your Life? Jennifer Morgan 50:15

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From Evangelical to Atheist, Family-Style: Conclusion 51:03

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From Evangelical to Atheist, As a Family: Part 1 43:54

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Why Are Americans Leaving Religion? Interview with James Nagle 1:12:36

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Tradd Cotter: Our Future is Fungal 59:41

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Plant Life with Herbalist Julie Mitchell 33:36

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Guided Meditation: Grounding Back Into the Earth 26:20

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Laura Lomas, Intuitive: Is Our Spiritual Culture Shifting? 45:13

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