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ADOPT To Survive, with Thomas Slattery. In this month’s episode of Gut The System I am joined by the deeply thoughtful and hugely amusing Thomas Slattery. I first met Tom while studying at the RAU. Tom was looking at the technological end of the 4th agricultural revolution, but we were drawn together by our love regenerative systems. A theme that has continued to run through Tom’s work post RAU. N...

In this week’s episode of Gut the System I am walking and talking to the deeply considered and incredible astute Eugene Scholten. Eugene and I met over a year ago now, on another walk, so recording this episode with Eugene felt like picking up exactly where we left off. This episode also happens to be my first international episode. I met Eugene on his home turf in The Netherlands. I wanted to rec...

Decades and Weeks with Professor Tom MacMillan. Welcome back to season 2 of Gut the System and do we have a ripper of an episode to start the series! In this week’s episode I am joined by highly perceptive and deeply passionate Professor Tom MacMillan, CEO of Ag-Impact. I first encountered Tom while I was studying at the RAU, he was then holding the Elizabeth Creek chair In Rural policy and strate...

Guts & Glory with Lucy Williamson. In this week’s bonus episode of Gut the System I am joined by the extremely knowledgable and deeply passionate Lucy Williamson. Lucy is an award-winning Registered Nutritionist but intriguingly also a former Vet with over 30 years’ experience across health, food, and farming. Since becoming a nutritionist Lucy has founded The Gut Project, a project to help in...

'All Roads Lead to Rural' with Robert Godfrey. Season one finale! In this weeks episode of Gut The System I am joined by the brilliantly insightful and deeply knowledgeable Robert Godfrey. Robert is the Head of Investment Strategy and Asset Management at Savills. But more than that Robert is a naturalist, a fountain of knowledge and an extremely lovely person to walk and talk to. In his career at...

20,000 Leagues Under The Soil with Dr Jacqueline Stroud . In this week’s episode of Gut the system I am joined by the fantastically interesting and deeply passionate Dr Jacqueline Stroud. In this episode we dive deep into the world of soil acoustics and sneak a peak at the lives of the creatures below our feet. I first came across Dr Stroud’s work about a year and a half ago whilst attending a far...

‘I Think Therefore AI’ with Naveed R. Parvez. In this week’s episode of Gut The System I am walking and talking with the wonderful Naveed R. Parvez.   I first met Naveed in a small town in Italy of all places, whilst we were on a walk, so it seems extremely fitting to be coming together again, on a walk around the majestic Regents Park.   This conversation comes at quite an important jun...

"Taking back control" of our food with Nick Jefferson:   In this week's episode, I'm walking and talking to the engaging and amusing Nick Jefferson.   Nick came onto my radar through LinkedIn after posting a very alarming article which connected the levels of anti-depressants in river water to the mental health of salmon. From there on out, I was hooked on Nick’s extremely illuminating,...

Place, The Final Frontier with Tamara Giltsoff: In this episode of Gut the System I am walking and talking to Tamara Giltsoff. At heart Tamara is a designer, a disruptor and an innovator, having co-founded two climate tech start-ups and been a strategic advisor across a range of companies. Tamara has held a spectrum of impactful roles from leading innovation at the Foreign and Commonwealth Develop...

When the Levee Breaks with Simon Evill: In this episode of Gut the System I am walking and talking to Simon Evill, co-founding partner of Pelican Ag. An early-stage VC who invest from farm to fork, looking to scale regenerative farming, develop smart, local supply chains and drive sustainable consumer habits. In an industry that relies on innovation and distributive technologies, early stage ventu...

Education, Education, Education with Professor Nicola Cannon: It's a lovely moment in life when you go full circle. In this episode that's just what I did. Returning to the Royal Agricultural University , where I did a masters in 'Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security' , I interviewed the prolific and deeply knowledgeable Professor Nicola Cannon, who I was lucky enough to be lectured by d...

For Kingfisher and Country with Christoph Warrack: In this episode of Gut the System, I'll be walking through the beautiful grounds of Petworth Park in Sussex with Christoph Warrack, CEO of @Common (formerly known as Woodland Savers). Having discovered the magic of social enterprise and community during his time at Open Cinema, Christoph talks me through his fascinating journey from a career in fi...

The canary in the coal mine with Dr. Amy Godfrey:   In this first episode of Gut the System, I walk and talk with Amy Godfrey, a former anaesthetics and intensive care doctor. After 13 years training and practising medicine in the NHS, Amy became disenchanted with the healthcare system and was struggling to have the impact she intended to have. She found that the majority of her time was...

Welcome to my new podcast Gut The System! In this podcast series, I'll be delving into the world of systems thinking, talking to some of the greatest thinkers in the food, farming, health, energy, and policy world as we try and come up with a systems approach to dealing with the problems impacting all of us. Each episode is recorded outside, as we walk the walks that inspired them to make a change...