Catalysta

Urbanists Miguel Robles-Durán and Liam Young bring deep knowledge of cities to a rapidly changing urban landscape. Their central question is whether technology can work for all of us or only for a handful of companies. Miguel is an Associate Professor of Urbanism at The New School in New York City. Liam is co-founder of an Urban Futures think tank. Remastered by Chris Porro.

Will technology affect workers in the Global South and North in similar ways? One ofour guests lives in Indonesia, the other hails from New York City. One steeped in trade, agriculture, and justice; the other writes on economics and society.  Together for the first time: Rachmi Hertanti and Peter Frase. Remastered by Chris Porro.

The lives of Michael Ben-Eli and Jaime Snyder were both deeply shaped byBuckminster Fuller. Jaime is an educator, writer, filmmaker, singer-songwriter,Fuller’s grandson, and co-founder of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Michaelwas Fuller’s student and colleague and is founder of the one-of-a-kindSustainability Laboratory. This is a conversation about legacy, application, and carrying a vision fo...

Buckminster Fuller comes to life through stories from his students, biographer, and a new generation inspired by his legacy. From geodesic domes to three-wheeledcars, from doing more with less to housing the world and envisioning a futurethat still could be—meet Buckminster Fuller, a man of tomorrow and today. Featuring Bonnie DeVarco, Medard Gabel, Daniel López-Pérez, Alec Nevala-Lee,and Roxanna...

Chickie Munch and Binnie Bunny Munch (with MD) host a wide-ranging conversation withJessica Rose on censorship, health policy, and AI. And... Charles Michel guides a meditation on tasting water. Remastered by Chris Sanders.

Let’s have a look under the hood of democracy and consider its hidden machinations. Seven guests guide a tour through neoliberalism, precarious employment, fudged economics, unions, and transhumanism. Featuring Nancy Fraser, Andy Merrifield, and John Bellamy Foster. Remastered by Chris Porro.

If democracy is a house, democratic infrastructure is the foundation. This episodealso takes up the topic of fascism—a term much bandied about.  A compelling panel of voices gathersto examine the workings of our world as we head into the maelstrom. FeaturingMark Crispin Miller, Celia Farber, and Aaron Good. Remastered by Chris Porro.

Charles Michel is a chef and activist who sees conscious eating as a pathway to self-knowledge, interpersonal development, and alignment with the living world. Have a seat at the table and bon appétit! Remastered by Chris Sanders.

Who speaks up on the impact of technology in a for-profit healthcare world? Our guests! Robbie Davis-Floyd is a renowned birth anthropologist, and Gerard Brogan is a Director of Nursing Practice at the California branch of National Nurses United representing more than 175,000 members nationwide.  This is a conversation on care, labor,systems, and the kind of future medicine is building.  Remastere...

Vandana Shiva joins our biodiversity panel to consider human population, a rareperspective on renewable energy, and the role of beliefs and attitudes inbiodiversity loss.  Dr. Shiva shares her thoughts on humancoexistence with nature and sheds light on possible paths forward.  Remastered by Chris Sanders.

What protects biodiversity loss from being seriously addressed? Are there keyinsights that could shuffle the deck toward real solutions?  William E. Rees and colleaguesapproach ecological limits and consider a range of possible outcomes. Featuring Ian Pfingsten, Francisco Dallmeier, and Rosa Vasquez Espinoza.  Remasteredby Chris Sanders.

Let’s expand the birth frontier to include who we are throughout our lives. Our special guests, Becca Tarnas and Sean Kelly, discuss the archetype of birth, C.G. Jung, Stan Grof, and the origins of transpersonal psychology. It turns out that birth is an all-encompassing subject. Remastered by Chris Sanders.

A doula, a midwife, and a birth anthropologist walk into a podcast studio... but not just any doula, midwife, and birth anthropologist.  These are among the world’s finest,gathered to converse on some of the most compelling issues in being born. Featuring Betty-Anne Daviss, Robbie Davis-Floyd, and Debra Pascali-Bonaro.  Remastered by Chris Sanders.

Does anything need to transform when it comes to birth? Education? Practice? Policy? A reduction in anxiety and pain? In search of guidance, we hear frommidwives, doulas, and birth practitioners exploring wiser ways forward. Remasteredby Chris Sanders.

What’s happening in birth today? What is a matrist society? Who rules birth? Ready for eBirth?   In this episode we discover Saharasia,uncover the inventor of obstetrics, and drop in on Hollywood’s approach tobirth. Welcome to the age of medicalized, techno-driven birth. What you don’tknow could hurt you and yours.   Remastered by Chris Sanders.

There’s no instruction manual for birth, but there are ways to deepen our understanding. On Birth is just such a way. The Essence explores the complete arc from preconception to conception, pregnancy, birth, and bonding. It’s whole kit and kaboodle, offered for your consideration anddelight. Featuring Ina May Gaskin and Debra Pascali-Bonaro. Remastered by Chris Sanders.

The Catalysta Players take to the Centrale stage to enact a day in the life of the Luddites, a visit with Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury crowd, a step behind the sceneswith Walter Reuther, and a sad day for the inventor of chess.  <P> It’s all here as we sally forth into a very short history of automation.  <P> Remastered by Chris Porro.

Three vital voices speak on the gusher that is technological innovation. We’re pleased to welcome Noam Chomsky, Dan McQuillan, and Daniel Broudy as they reflect on how to nourish a democratic society, who gets to decide the future of tech, and what a democratic economy might mean.   A searching conversation for ourrapidly changing age. Remastered by by Chris Porro.

People Get Ready explores a book called, what else? People Get Ready: The FightAgainst a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. This timely work connects the dots between rapidly accelerating computing power,capitalism, and democracy. Our journey begins with the book’s authors, RobertMcChesney and John Nichols, in a lively conversation touching on technology,politics, economics, and communit...

Welcome to the first season of Catalysta. Bienvenue from the founders of Catalysta, Chickie Munch and Binnie Bunny Munch. Willkommen from Schmutz Munch. G’day from Wally Koala. Bienvenido to this season’s themes of birth,Buckminster Fuller, biodiversity, tech, democracy, food & spirit. Benvenuto to the gardens, classroom, snug, café, and temple of Catalysta Centrale. Huānyíng. Remastered by Ch...