Podsongs

Balinese activist and singer Kai Mata interviews English writer Dorian Lynskey—author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs and The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984—on episode #106 of the Podsongs podcast.    Challenged to come up with a song that covers both subjects, she creates an anti-protest song—an anthem for peace. LYRICS: To those who call...

Today's guest is Diana Winston, author of The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering your Natural Awareness, and the co-author of Fully Present, the Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness. She has taught mindfulness for health and well-being since 1993 in a variety of settings including the medical and mental health field, and in universities, businesses, non-profits, and sc...

Musicians Jack Stafford and Will Clapson interview world-renowned professor of psychology Dan Siegel to understand their own psychology and write a song inspired by their insights. /This interview is also available on Youtube, and you can as artist Ciro Fabbozzi creates the artwork for the single while listening to their conversation.) Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard Univ...

This episode of Podsongs—where inspirational people inspire a song—is Jen Sincero , a #1 New York Times bestselling author, speaker and motivational cattle prod who’s helped countless people transform their personal and professional lives via her products, speaking engagements, newsletters, seminars and books. Her #1 New York Times bestseller, You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness...

Binyamin Appelbaum, of The New York Times, talks about his book, The Economists' Hour, which traces the rise of the economists, first in the United States and then around the globe, as their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing government, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization. Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on business and economics for the Editorial Board of The New York...

Joel Bakan is professor of law at the University of British Columbia, and an internationally renowned legal scholar and commentator. A former Rhodes Scholar and law clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada, Bakan has law degrees from Oxford, Dalhousie, and Harvard. His critically acclaimed book, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2004), electr...

We made it to 100 episodes in just over a year. Well done to the whole team. Thanks to the guests, the musicians, the listeners, everyone! How should we celebrate our one-hundredth episode? - it has to be something special edition. And it is. Because I originally started Podsongs as a way to help publicise the Aetherius society, the spiritual organisation that I’m a member of. And about 12 of the...

An incredible episode with a mountaineer turned Transformational Teacher and Coach for living an Enlightening Life. He's a world-record-holding expedition leader, who led expeditions to Everest, the North Pole, and the South Pole. As well as succeeding in business: he created the first commercial airline in Antarctica and other multiple multi-million dollar businesses. Other notable achievements i...

Charles Eisenstein is an American public speaker and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. Key themes explored include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture. According to Eisenstein, global culture is immersed in a destructive "story of separation", an...

Acclaimed food author and fermentation guru Sandor Katz whose renegade revival of ancient culinary rituals has transformed his relationship with life and death, inspires songwriters Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman of The Silent Comedy to create a new track. Sandor Katz is a rock star of the food world. Since 2003 when his book Wild Fermentation was published, he has taught hundreds of workshops demy...

Charles van Rees is a conservation biologist and naturalist specializing in freshwater ecology, ornithology, and human-wildlife water conflict. Freshwater ecosystems are a primary focus of his work because of their extremely high levels of threat, important ecosystem services, and multifarious interactions with water resources management for societies. He also co-hosts the Nature Guys podcast - ht...

Richard Lawrence is the Executive Secretary of The Aetherius Society for Europe and Africa, which is the oldest UFO contacts organizations in Britain, and possibly the world. He is also a Bishop in The Aetherius Churches. Richard has devoted his life to the work of his late master and personal friend, Dr George King (1919-1997) - founder of the Society - with whom he co-authored Contacts with the...

Janet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. In the animation world, she is lucky enough to be the award-winning voice of Korra on Nickelodeon’s critically-acclaimed standout hit “The Legend of Korra,” a role for which she continues to be invited to comic cons to give sweaty handshakes the world over. She can also be seen as the entitled and bitchy Becca on FX’s (via hul...

Dr. Tirch is the Founder of The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy, the first clinical training center for Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in the United States. Dr. Tirch has been described as one of the country’s foremost leaders in compassion training and evidence-based therapy. He is an internationally acknowledged expert therapist, supervisor and trainer in CFT, Cognitive Behavioral Therap...

This is a special one-off episode where I’ve invited revolutionary singing teachers Lisa Paglin and Marianna Brilla back on the show (listen to Episode 58 first), to give advice to singers with vocal problems. Thank you to these talented artists who volunteered to have their vocal issues discussed on the show that more singers, suffering with the same problems, can listen and learn: Tiz McNamara h...

A commentary on the last 12 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by the interviews. 1 Sweet Dharma 2 Pranayama 3 Don't Dwell on Your Physical Shell 4 The Violet Flame 5a Electric Cars (ft. Helen Austin) 5b Electric Maybellene 6 People O...

Catherine Rampell is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. She frequently covers economics, public policy, immigration and politics, with a special emphasis on data-driven journalism. She is also an economic and political commentator for CNN, a special correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a contributor to Marketplace. Before joining The Post, she wrote about economics and theater for the...

Australian environmental designer, ecological educator and writer. He is best known as one of the co-originators of the permaculture concept with Bill Mollison. His latest project is RetroSuburbia is part manual and part manifesto. The book shows how Australian suburbs can be transformed to become productive and resilient in an energy descent future. It focuses on what can be done by an individual...

Dr. Michael Lennox obtained his Masters and Doctorate in Psychology from The Chicago School and his Doctoral Dissertation, Astrology, and Personality, is published by Lambert Academic Publishing. Dr. Lennox is also the author of two books on dreams, Dream Sight: A Dictionary & Guide for Interpreting Any Dream and Llewellyn's Complete Dream Dictionary. Dr. Lennox leads workshops and retreats al...

Rosamund Kissi-Debrah is a grassroots campaigner in London, UK raising awareness of asthma and the health problems that can be caused by air pollution. Kissi-Debrah's campaign for clean air followed the death of her 9 year old daughter, Ella Roberta, in 2013 who had experienced a series of severe asthma attacks over several years. A 2014 inquest focused only on Ella's medical care, prompting Kissi...

Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. He is the author of twelve books including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution and the A...

Chad Nelsen is the head of The Surfrider Foundation, a grassroots environmental organization dedicated to protecting oceans and beaches. Its major programmatic work is carried out by sixty local chapters around America. They've more than forty thousand members, as well as affiliates in Europe, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. Its membership is made up of surfers, swimmers, divers, bodyboarders, kayak...

Jeffrey Babcock is an American alternative film curator and cultural activist now in Amsterdam. As a promoter of independent film culture he is currently the programmer of several underground cinema venues throughout the city, where he places the films he screens into a historical, aesthetic, political and biographical context. As a student of Stan Brakhage, he developed a keen interest in experim...

Steven C. Hayes is one of the godfathers of modern American psychology - and Nevada Foundation Professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of 44 books and nearly 600 scientific articles, his career has focused on an analysis of the nature of human language and cognition and the application of this to the understanding and allevi...

Gregg D. Caruso is Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning, Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities (NCH London), and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is also Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network housed at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His research focuses on free will, moral responsibility, punishment, philosophy of law, juris...