House of Life

In this episode of House of Life, we explore the topic of purity testing to try to understand why the world seems to be increasingly polarised, and what motivates polarising behaviour. And it all begins with an unexpected story from Asim’s wife, Zanete. Zanete, is a knitwear designer and she created a pattern called the Children of Gaza sweater. She then ran the Brighton Marathon to raise money fo...

Tom proposed the topic of geoengineering and weather modification, thinking that it sat at an interesting convergence of environment, technology, and truth. Asim agreed. And then Tom panicked, because he realised he had no idea where he actually stood on the issue. That uncertainty turns out to be the most honest starting point imaginable. Because geoengineering sits at the exact intersection of t...

At the start of this year, Asim sat down on the sofa, opened YouTube, and watched a compelling video from what appeared to be a senior IMF official. The man was articulate, credentialed, and persuasive — the kind of content that makes you feel properly informed. Asim watched the whole thing and wanted more. So he clicked through to the next video on the same channel. The same IMF official sat in t...

House of Life is returning soon for Season 2. Last year in Season 1 we asked what sustainability really means, diving down some unusual rabbit holes to figure out what truly matters to create a positive world, and in the process found a lot of things that either don’t make sense, or are simply missing from the mainstream conversation. For a summary of last season, check out Asim’s recent article a...

We’ve talked about some strange topics this year on House of Life and occasionally the topic of aliens rears its head. This week we decided to tackle it head on and ask: what do UFOs and potential alien disclosure have to do with sustainability? The answer, it turns out, might be everything — if, that is, the key to a sustainable future lies in energy. You might immediately dismiss any discussion...

In yet another mind-bending episode of House of Life , we dive deep into one of the most intriguing questions of our time: Could AI be conscious? What starts as light-hearted banter about dubious awards and bestseller hacks evolves into a profound exploration of consciousness itself — drawing from ancient philosophies, wild scientific experiments, and modern AI debates. If you’ve ever wondered wha...

In episode 14 of House of Life, we reach an unexpected conclusion to our exploration of life and sustainability over the past thirteen episodes, and we get there by asking one of humanity’s oldest questions: are we approaching the end times? But rather than getting lost in doom and gloom, we take an unexpectedly illuminating journey through prophecy, fear, and what it really means to live well in...

In episode 13, we explore a deceptively simple question: do we need to disconnect to reconnect? But as we quickly discover, it’s not so straightforward — what exactly are we disconnecting from, and what are we trying to reconnect to? The conversation weaves through personal experiences and bigger questions about modern life. Tom shares insights from a recent Reiki course where he experienced an un...

In this latest episode of House of Life, we tackle one of the most fundamental questions of our time: is it possible to fix governance, and if we can't come up with alternatives, do we have the right to criticise what we have? The problem with representative democracy We start by examining why our current system feels broken. Representative democracy — where we elect people to make decisions for u...

In episode 11 of House of Life, we explore begin with Tom's personal health journey — from post-viral fatigue to recovery through infrared light therapy. But what starts as a discussion about cellular energy quickly expands into a broader examination of how our efficiency improvements, from LED lights to modern medicine, may be creating invisible deficiencies we don't yet understand. We find ourse...

What if the very efficiency improvements we champion in sustainability actually increase resource consumption? The Jevons Paradox suggests this troubling possibility. However, we dive deep into the historical evidence and find yet another paradox, that this increase in resource consumption seems to go hand in hand with genuine social progress. In this episode our conversation spirals through econo...

In episode 9 of the House of Life podcast, Asim lead’s us into the high-stakes world of AI investment, exploring OpenAI's audacious $500 billion Stargate project and its implications. Together we unpack the "money moat" strategy, where vast wealth is used to dominate industries, questioning whether this reflects true capitalism or a modern feudalism. The conversation spans the societal impact of A...

Episode 8 of House of Life sees us diving into a dynamic exploration of AI-analyzed values, to the paradoxes of suffering, and the power of intuition, challenging conventional thinking and proposing a new vision for a spiritually grounded sustainability movement — Sustainability 2.0. Key topics include: * Shared Values: AI analysis reveals shared values like compassion, integrity, curiosity, holis...

Hello, it’s Tom and Asim, In episode 7 of House of Life, just gone live, Asim starts us off by sharing his somewhat brutal method of controlling aphids in his garden, illustrating his idea that if suffering is an inevitable part of life then “the suffering has got to be worth it”. This moral dilemma somehow leads to a question mark over the authenticity of the modern sustainability community. What...

Episode 6 begins with Tom’s composting toilet being the great teacher of circular economics, leading us to share gardening tales — “s**t tomatoes”, invasive food, and a mysterious driveway pumpkin — revealing how chaos in nature can be a key ally in sustainable living. The conversation shifts to the seasonal appearance of crop circles in England’s countryside, provoking though on art, mystery, and...

Hey guys, Episode 5 of House of Life is now live. We begin with a conversation about the complexities of social media engagement in the sustainability sector before diving in to Tom’s recent attendance at the Breaking Convention conference on psychedelics at Exeter University. This leads us into contemplating the Web of Wyrd — a 1,000-year-old pagan concept of a cosmic web where every node (people...

Good morning! Episode 4 of House of Life has just gone live on Substack and on all your favourite podcast platforms. After the last episode, we both found our heads spinning regarding the nature of responsibility, so we begin this latest episode by diving back in their to explore it further. What really is responsibility and who really has it? We unpack the illusion of corporate personhood and wre...

Hi, it’s Tom and Asim Thanks so much for subscribing to our House of Life podcast. We really appreciate you tuning in and exploring new perspectives with us. We’re back for Episode 3 and this time we kick off with Tom recounting his recent time at the Monroe Institute, a consciousness research hub infamous for its CIA-linked out-of-body experiments. Expecting a chilled meditation retreat, Tom foun...

In Episode 2 of House of Life, Asim Hussain and Tom Greenwood continue their exploration of sustainability by exploring what it really means to live in harmony and whether humanity and the Earth have a hierarchy of needs that mirrors our needs as individuals. This leads down a rabbit hole into staged alien invasions, the high stakes of nuclear war, the need for sustainability to be pro-peace, medi...

In the debut episode of House of Life , hosts Asim Hussain and Tom Greenwood pull sustainability out of its usual carbon-counting box and wrestle with its deeper meaning. From the flow of power and privilege, to the lessons of Hopi cosmology, they explore why saving the planet isn’t just about tech fixes—it’s about rethinking who we are, how we decide, and what we owe the living world. Expect mind...

What if sustainability isn’t just about the environment… but about how we think, how we live, and how we challenge the systems around us? What if true sustainability means breaking free from dogmatic thinking… and opening our minds to deeper, more radical ideas? We’ve been on parallel tracks—both of us, in our own ways, have broken out of the echo chamber. And now, we’re coming together to explore...