ZEITGEIST19 Curated Podcast

About the Episode: In this episode of As Above, So Below, recorded at the headquarters of One Ocean Foundation in Milan during its annual Scientific Committee meeting, we sit down with Carlos Duarte to explore the ocean as a living system - and as a healer, teacher and source of planetary medicine carrying deep memory across time. Co-hosted by Jan Pachner, Secretary General of One Ocean Foundation...

About the Episode: This Winter Solstice, a moment of stillness and deep listening, we are honoured to share something truly special with you. Today’s episode is a recording of the As Above, So Below panel, held during One Ocean Week Milan 2025 and graciously hosted by the One Ocean Foundation . It is a gathering of voices that remind us that wisdom does not only live in books or laboratories, but...

About the Episode: We are honored to feature Shweta Naik guiding a meditation titled The Living Field , a heartfelt tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall. This meditation invites you to experience a deep sense of interconnectedness - with the oceans, wildlife and the delicate balance of life on Earth. Shweta Naik, environmental advocate, regenerative futurist, and Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Inst...

About this episode: As AI and robotics advance at breakneck speed, are we on the verge of crisis — or the brink of a new kind of understanding? In an era of vanishing ecosystems, will machines help us feel what we’re losing — or simply record the moment it disappears? Could a neural network truly remember a forest, or dream of one burning? In this episode, Refik Anadol joins us for a rare, deeply...

About this episode: What would a jellyfish teach us if we were willing to listen? In this episode we plunge into a poetic and philosophical conversation with Daniela Zyman, Artistic Director of TBA21–Academy and author of The Laughter of the Jellyfish, about the transformative power of counter-education, the ontological conflicts of our time, and the ways art can serve as a mediating force between...

About this episode: In this episode we’re traveling far beyond the edges of the familiar. Past the shorelines, beyond the deep blues, and into the stark white silence of the polar frontiers. Our guest Christian Clauwers doesn’t just witness the Earth’s most fragile places — he tells their stories through stillness, exploring the fragile ecosystems. The Speaker: Christian Clauwers is a Belgian phot...

About this episode: On the occasion of the opening of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference , kicking it off with multidisciplinary artist Antoine Bertin's creative presentation and listening session Hearing Above From Below curated by us, we are thrilled to release a conversation with this leading voice in contemporary sound art whose immersive installations merge science, field recording, and...

About this episode: On this Earth Day we are delighted to release our conversation with leading marine scientist and climate expert Dr. Deborah Brosnan , spearheading the project OceanShot . Dr. Brosnan shares with us more about regenerating marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass, the importance of Small Island Nations and her view on the role of collaborations for a thriv...

About the episode: In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to sit down with Jakob Kudsk Steensen , a visionary Danish artist whose groundbreaking work fuses environmental storytelling with virtual reality, video games, sound, and immersive 3D environments. Known for transforming Berlin’s iconic Berghain nightclub into an eerie digital swamp with Berl-Berl , exhibiting at the Venice Biennale as a Future...

About the episode: In this episode we are joined by Dr. Helen Czerski , an extraordinary physicist, oceanographer, and leading voice in science communication. Dr. Czerski’s groundbreaking research focuses on the physics of breaking waves and bubbles at the ocean’s surface—key processes that connect the ocean and atmosphere in ways that shape life on Earth. As an Associate Professor at University C...

About the episode: In this episode we have the pleasure to meet Vincent Doumeizel, a Senior Advisor on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compac t, a co-leader of the Seaweed Coalition and an author of the insightful book The Seaweed Revolution . In this positive conversation Vincent tells us how seaweed has shaped our past and can save our future and what are the natural big scale opportunit...

About the episode: In this inspiring conversation, legendary oceanographer and marine explorer Dr. Sylvia Earle guides us through the depths of the ocean, introduces us to the marvels of marine world and the kaleidoscope of life within it and explains its intricate relationship with all of us. From the ancient role of water to the impacts of climate change on the land and sea, with her powerful st...

We are delighted to kick off our new season during United Nation’s Climate Conference COP29 with an insightful conversation with our co-host, Jan Pachner , a Secretary General of the One Ocean Foundation . Jan firmly makes a call to action for an adequate human response to the threats that have arisen at this decisive turn in history. The fellow ocean defender speaks about our 'magic blue pearl' t...

We are delighted to announce that ZEITGEIST19 is joining forces with One Ocean Foundation to host a new collaborative podcast season entitled ‘As Above, So Below’ focused on ocean biodiversity conservation and planetary well-being , examining the one time opportunity we have - to bring back balance in our ecosystems. In response to the climate state of emergency, the hybrid project proposes new pe...

Episode Summary: In this captivating episode, we journey with Tega Brain from her roots as an environmental engineer to her evolution into an art-tech visionary. Exploring the digital art landscape reshaped by AI and Machine Learning, she draws parallels with influential figures like Ian Cheng, Refik Anadol, and Elon Musk. Her works mirror the transformative power these technologies wield in creat...

Episode Summary: Have you ever dreamed of seeing our planet Earth from above, stepping on the surface of the moon or travelling in time? In this episode we have the honour to speak with Andrea Vena, a Chief of Climate and Sustainability Officer at the European Space Agency . Mr. Vena tells us more about the era of new space economy and exploring further the solar system, meanwhile focusing on reac...

Episode Summary: On this World Whale Day we devote our episode to the Ocean - one of the most important places on our planet and home to thousand of different plant and animal species. The aquatic ecosystems make up 70.8 percent of the earth's surface and act as a buffer against many critical global issues including pollution and over-harvesting, it is a source of half of the oxygen we breathe. We...

Episode Summary: At ZG19 we believe that the New Year should start with revisiting our relationship with nature and our planet, because we ARE the planet, an integral part of our ecosystem. This is why our first episode in 2023 is dedicated to an acclaimed SuperNatural exhibition at the Eden Project , a cross-disciplinary cultural leader, that runs till 26 February. The show brings together a rang...

Episode Summary: Meanwhile patiently observing and exploring every single bit of the fascinating Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries exhibition at the 23rd International Exposition at Triennale Milano , curated by Ersilia Vaudo, we were mesmerised by an underwater robotic installation. In this episode we meet British bio artist Anna Dumitriu , who tells us more about the artwork ArcheaB...

Episode Summary: 30 meters below earth there is a place where time stands still - the Ruinart chalk cellars, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Deep inside it, where once there used to be an ocean, we are confronted by the origin of our existence, returning back to the source. In this episode we are interviewing environmental artists Maya Mouawad and Cyril Laurier, known as Mouawad Laurier duo, on...

Episode Summary: The first episode of our novel season The New Leviathan, that is grounded in many conversations capturing this moment of history, with its focal point on the relationship between individuals and technologies, is an intimate chat with three curators of the E-WERK Luckenwalde — Helen Turner, Adriana Tranca and Katharina Worf. The all women curatorial team of the world’s first renewa...

Episode Summary: In this episode our co-founder Elizabeth Zhivkova meets Cora Sheibani - a Swiss-born, London-based jewellery designer and a core member of GemX socio-club. A dialogue between two jewellery enthusiasts and creators, a gaze into the future of jewellery design through the lens of sustainability and ethical sourcing, one of the biggest challenges in the sector nowadays. Totally devoid...

Episode Summary: In this episode we are interviewing Scottish artist Katie Paterson , on the occasion of the biggest iteration to date of Future Library project in Oslo, and one of her most political works to date, Requiem , which opened in Edinburgh in April. Katie explains: “I’ve always made artworks that deal with nature and time and climate, but this is the first that isn’t afraid to be politi...

Episode Summary: In today’s episode we are diving into the inspiring world of Dr. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg . Named "One to Watch" by the Financial Times and voted a Future 50 by Icon Magazine, this Cambridge University and Royal College of Art graduate makes artworks that explore our fraught relationships with nature and technology. Through artworks, writing, and curatorial projects, Ginsberg’s wo...

Episode Summary: ’Freedom is not a secret. It’s practice’, says our next guest speaker Alexis Pauline Gumbs, “a Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist… whose work in this lifetime is to facilitate infinite, unstoppable ancestral love in practice.” In this intimate and candid conversation we dive into the poetical worlds of philosophy, Black feminism, and the concepts of mothering and daughter...