ELEVATE Podcast

We invite you to join our special guest, Olympian, entrepreneur, coach, author, and extraordinary EB alumna, Lisa Carmen Wang , for a podcast that will reveal how to celebrate your feminine power and overcome the multiple obstacles and challenges that women face in life and business every single day. As the host of the “Bad Bitch Empire,” Lisa will share insights on shattering glass ceilings, buil...

Delivering market-based approaches that create positive outcomes at scale—for conservation, for economies, and for people—is a dream NGOs worldwide aspire to achieve. Terratai, Asia’s first venture builder for nature, has cracked the code. Protecting nature and building resilient communities while delivering economic outcomes to address and reverse the systemic challenges of the food system that d...

In 2017, Candice Mama was honored with the Human Beacon of Dignity Award in New York (Columbia University), presented by Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Evelin Lindner, for her significant contribution to forgiveness and reconciliation. Understanding that love and hate cannot coexist in the same space, Candice's story encompasses the forgiveness of Eugene de Kock, a former South African Police colo...

With more than 150 patents under his belt, including the Segway, portable energy and water purification devices, and even a prosthetic arm for a maimed soldier, Dean Kamen is respected as one of the most innovative creators of our time. Revolutionizing attitudes toward a better quality of life for all, his team at DEKA Research and Development has brought portable dialysis machines, a vascular ste...

Today, millions of children are growing up confined within what is intended to be 'temporary' accommodation as they flee their homes for safe refuge. Since the start of the Syrian War in 2010, approximately 3.5 million refugee children have lived their childhood and early adulthood within the confines of camps, a life with an average camp tenure of 17 years! A lack of education, forced l...

It is an immense, soul-wrecking, humorous, and sobering tale from a disappearing world that brings us to a place in time that will never be documented again. Join us in conversation to discover Audun Amundsen ’s mind-blowing 15-year life with Shaman and medicine man Aman Paksa , a life living at the brink of existence, celebrating life at its best and often at its most heartbreaking. Thanks for tu...

Moses Tembe was born and bred in the townships of Lamontville and Umlazi in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and from humble roots has risen to be one of South Africa’s leading lights in the country's transformation.  Please join us live from South Africa as we discuss with Moses how he’s embracing his incredible business success, understanding of the political environment, and deep-rooted empathy to t...

Sustaining the world's biodiversity has now become Earth's most pressing agenda.  Jon Miceler , former MD of the WWF for the Eastern Himalaya—one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems—knows it more from the cutting edge than most. From protecting the most beautiful at the top of the food chain, like the Mongolian Snow Leopard, to species yet to be discovered by mankind, he knows...

Combining the long-term interests of business, community, and the natural world, the resulting sustainable business reformation is unlike any previous human endeavor. And is now seen as the “Next Industrial Revolution” by many leading economists. Join us in conversation with change and impact strategist Rhona Morrell , as we discuss the emerging and complex phenomenon of sustainable business. We w...

When casomorphine is digested the pleasure receptors in our brains go crazy...and that’s why cheese has been loved since the dawn of time, except here in Bali...where dairy cows have been hidden and this artisan craft left off the shelf. Until now. Shy Cow, as the company is aptly named, is taking its 8 Degrees science to not only transform Bali’s lactose lovers back to ecstasy...but also bring th...

Jordi Riulas is a board member and investor in EthicHub. EthicHub is a social enterprise blockchain company focused on connecting over 1 billion small farmers previously paying loan sharks 100% interest, with the financing needed to work their land and sell their crops to direct markets. A new technological bridge ethically connecting two worlds through the power of crypto. Join us to hear how. Th...

We have the pleasure of interviewing Sergey Solonin , the founder and creator of Nuanu, here on the island of the gods, a world-class collaborative environment for living to rethink, build, and test new ideas to transform society. Sergey’s journey to success was not a traditional one, and he is a firm believer in finding alternative solutions to problems. His unique approach to business has made h...

Frankenfoods have grown around us for decades, and Nikki Escott and her team are leading the fight to protect us all from unregulated gene editing in all parts of the food supply. As Director of the ARROW Campaign Against Gene-Edited foods, Nikki faces a daunting array of challenges: in government, industry, and the public. Join us as our own Dr. Rajiv Arapurakal opens up the discussion on what&ap...

10,000 Rhinos have been killed due to poaching in the last 10 years, and conservationist Grant Fowlds has dedicated his life to saving them. As Asia and UAE's demand for horns escalates (especially more so from blood horns sawn off live animals), the warfare between heavily armed mafia poachers and anti- poaching units has led to the radical debate to legalize horn sales and escalate dehornin...

In her new book, 'Figuring Out Your Future', Sally Lewis tackles the big school leaving transition question for children and parents everywhere, ‘What’s next?’. Join Errol Flanagan in conversation with Sally to hear how she is shedding light on the way forward for many, helping school leavers and their loved ones create inspiring pathways to better things by putting values and purpose fi...

At TED 2022, IMF Financial economist and Rebalance Earth co-founder Ralph Chami captivated the audience by presenting an incredible new way to tackle climate change and our looming biodiversity loss. By integrating natural capital into our economy, bringing together investors, conservationists, and policymakers this new economic paradigm proves to be both nature-positive and promises to deliver su...

We open the conversation with Digital Community expert and international Consultant Sim Khela as we touch on humanity in a Web 3.0 / Metaverse / AI / Tokenization world, discussing the opportunities these digital assets provide in revolutionizing our future. Thanks for tuning in to the ELEVATE Podcast. Sharing their lives, to elevate yours. Please subscribe, rate, and share if this episode moved y...

Nazaré in Portugal is home to the biggest wave on the planet. And Canadian-American Jake Smith , at 16, smashed the ceiling on the possible when he rode a towering 50ft icy face earlier this year, becoming one of the youngest big wave surfers in history. Beaming bright-eyed and infinitely optimistic, we’ve never met a teen of such steely self-belief and such incredibly humble beginnings - but as w...

When a woman is diagnosed with cancer, specialists usually only look at one aspect of treatment. However, this siloed approach to treatment does not equip the holistic healing we now know is critical.  Thankfully, Bali has united four diverse wellbeing experts; a surgeon, a yogi, a designer, and a nutritionist to re-imagine a new approach to treatment. An approach that unites the alchemy of the se...

Innovator, storyteller, philanthropist, and impatient optimist, Mick Ebeling is a Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year, Fortune “Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders” and a 2x TIME “Top 50 inventor”. He has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation as a career producer and filmmaker, and is now the founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs. Mick has dedicated his life to tapping into the...

Nurtured by earth, water, fire, air, and ether, food is nature's precious gift composed of the same 5 elements as human life.  Yet how often do we savor the moment and realign our senses to the true power of an often dismissed ritual that governs our lives? In this week's Elevate, the incredible Chef Gee joins us live from Chiang Mai Thailand to reawaken through a guided journey of silen...

In the past 40 years, the world has lost 50% of its wildlife.  And without attracting and activating the next generation of difference makers, the next 100 years of wildlife conservation will look much the same as it does today—an uphill losing battle, supported only by the very few.  Gautam Shah believes the only way to change the tide is to create a new movement of consumer engagement with wildl...

Dr Molly Shorthouse is a Medical Enigma—the Indiana Jones of medicine. A one-woman psychiatry, psychology, and wellness revolution dedicated to uniting the world and ancient secrets through diverse disciplines.  Her expertise spans all elements of medicine—a Western-trained Remote Medicine GP, a lifelong yogi, and one of the very few experienced in working in a both-ways medical model with the wor...

Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde sparks consciousness. Uniting social purpose with nature-inspired technologies, he creates installations of change that bring a whole dimension to climate crisis messaging to illuminate new solutions for clean air, clean water, clean energy, and clean space.  Join nature alchemist, EB’s Matt Ross in conversation with Daan, as they discuss the impact his...

Jordee is one of the world's leading pioneers in the renewable energy space. And it's clear why the team at myenergi has gained numerous accolades, media attention, and critical funds to succeed as a benchmark in the innovation and affordable manufacturing space.  Yet it's not just their pioneering technology that has gained this eco-smart home/eco-system company the attention it ne...