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Jenny Odell (NYT bestseller, artist) wrote a bestselling book five years ago that Barack Obama declared one of his ābooks of the yearā. āHow to Do Nothingā stuck two fingers up to the productivity industry. Jenny followed it up with the recently published, āSaving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond The Clockā that argues the original problem is our framing of time as a bunch of units we own, spend, must be efficient with etc.
In this chat, Jenny explains that how we relate to time is our choice and she ā fascinatingly ā shows how radically rejecting our current take on time (and the productivity broā efficiency hacks) can help us navigate climate dread, the capitalist trap and our collective sense of disconnect.
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Jenny's book, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock is available now
Connect with Jenny on Instagram and keep up to date via her website
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OK, this week is a kind of personal and also sociological muse-fest (from someone who's been on ALL the apps since shortly after the last ice age). I cover how I first went on the apps in 2010 (and share what I wrote about it at the time), about my experiences on Raya and, yes, on the latest app people are talking about, Feeld. I had to drop my shame for this one. However, I include a bunch of sociological perspectives and reflections some of you might find useful (and very familiar).
Note, Iām making the Substack version of this episode free for everyone. Over there you can find all the links to the articles I reference.
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Frank Ostaseski (Buddhist; end-of-life teacher; elder) helps people die best. He has accompanied over 1,000 people through the dying process and trained thousands of healthcare clinicians and family caregivers around the world. He was also a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and has taught at Google and Apple Inc., has been honoured by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and appeared on Oprah and Sam Harrisā Making Sense podcast. I asked Frank to join me to talk through his book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.
Death, grief and loss are always with us, but I feel we are needing moral and spiritual guidance more than ever (every 6-12 months or so I try to cover this issue on Wild, generally aligning with a dialling up in world events). In this chat Frank and I talk through simple techniques for coping with the loss weāre feeling watching the carnage in Gaza, witnessing climate destruction and polarisation.
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Get hold of The Five Invitations
Hereās Frank Ostaseski's website where you can find a bunch of resources
You might like to listen to the interview I did with death walker Stephen Jenkinson
And this conversation with Clancy Martin about grief and suicide
As well as my glorious chat with Sister Helen Prejean and the other death row episode with Devin Moss
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I need to give everyone here a bunch of updatesā¦Plus, the BONUS video episode I promised with Dr Louise Newson is now live. Louise answers your questions about libido, whether to take HRT, how to manage menopause when you have Hashimotos etc, you can find it here.
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Hereās the Wild chat about perimenopause and menopause with Dr Louise Newson from earlier this week.
Hereās more information about my newsā¦(hint: a new book which you can be part of, STARTING NEXT WEEK).
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Dr Louise Newson (British GP; hormone specialist) is regarded as the āmedic who kickstarted the menopause revolutionā. For two decades women have been denied treatment for a debilitating condition that affects more than half the population, thanks to one (faulty) study that linked hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to cancer. Louise has been on a mission to undo the damage and educate women on their real choices.
In this chat, I try to cover off what every woman I know is asking right now:
Is HRT safe or not?How do I weigh up the risks and benefits?How do I know which hormone, how much and when?Are there Big Pharma interests at play?Do I need to take it if Iām healthy?And, Is it just me or has perimenopause and menopause got worse for this generation?NOTE: The next episode is a follow-up, where I get Louise to answer the granular, intimate menopause questions posed by the Substack community! Donāt miss it.
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To connect with Louise, and to check out her resources on menopause and peri-menopause, follow this link
You can download Louise's Balance app here
Get hold of her books here
And hereās that New York Times article on menopause
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Todayās question is one I always love answeringā¦what do I stuff into my backpack, and what backpack do I actually use (ditto hiking shoes, tent, gear etc)?
I do a show and tell for this one, so the video version over at Substack probably makes sense. I throw in some minimalist hacks, too.
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Join the conversation over on Substack and post your own Ask Me Anything here
Book your one-on-one with me here
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Parag Khanna (climate migration expert; AI founder) is a global strategist who forecasts human movement around the world and has a company, Climate Alpha, that predicts real estate values based on exposure to climate risk. Heās also recently published a book - MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us - that details how billions of us will be migrating, and living nomadically, within this century.
Parag has been named one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century" and featured in Wired magazine's "Smart List" and has written several books on empires, global order, the future of conflict and migrationā¦ you get the drift. As fertility declines and large slabs of the planet go underwater or become too hot and too uninsurable (in a property sense), weāre left to ask, where in the world should we live? And, should we bother āinvestingā in real estate anymore? Parag answers both, plus how we should be future-proofing our kids and why the best place to live is where the young people are flocking.
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Visit Parag's website to learn more and find all his books here
Catch up on my recent episode on Doughnut Economics with Kate Raworth
Hereās the Substack post I wrote explaining fertility collapse where you can also post further questions you might have.
And hereās the AMA episode I did on buying real estate in 2024.
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In todayās AMA, I cover an intriguing phenomenon in male-female dynamics playing out in the dark, twisted underworld that is dating culture - hypergamy. The phenomenon that has existed for eons whereby women date/marry āupā in educational status, income, age, height etc and men tend to partner ādownā. Where does this sit today with a generation dating online? Plus, does it explain (or not) why some older women partner with younger men?
I explain how Iāve been tracking this phenomenon for exactly 20 years, through āman droughtsā, the ābaby bonusā, Sex and the City tropes and more.
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Join the conversation over on Substack and post your own Ask Me Anything here.
I mentioned my Gaza post over on Substack, you can read it here
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Olivia Lazard (peace mediator; rare minerals expert) exposes missing chunks in the āgreenā energy transition that many of us assume to be the āfixā to the climate crisis. Via her work as a fellow at Carnegie Europe and advisor on global security, she explains how the mining and extraction of rare earth metals like lithium, graphite and cobalt - to make the batteries etc for the new green āeconomyā - are both rare (thereās literally not enough of them to make the transition), come with massive ecological costs (therefore rendering the āclean techā very dirty), but are also destabilising the world in ways few are able to fathom. This is a very confronting reality, especially for climate activists and green economy evangelists.
In this chat we go deep and wide into climate security issues, pull apart the techno-optimist ābut AI and innovation will save us!ā mindset, and what we really need to know about geo-engineering. This, on paper, sounds like a very āhead-yā conversation, but Olivia also weaves in āheartā considerations that I think many of you are aching for in this debate. At the end, we discuss whether we have āhopeā.
SHOW NOTES
Connect with Olivia on X / Twitter
Check out Oliviaās TED talk to see the charts she talks about.
Listen to Nate Hagen on WILD here and Douglas Rushkoff here
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A cracking Ask Me Anything question this week that gives us a chance to talk about crazy-making tech bros and their antics. My answer sees me dive into p(doom) numbers, Freud, techno-optimistic manifestos and fertility collapse. Fun!
Join the conversation over on Substack and post your own Ask Me Anything here.
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Kate Raworth (ārenegadeā economist; inventor of the ādoughnutā systems model) has one of the most dynamic and controversial theories for āfixingā or adjusting to the planetary mess weāre in. Back in 2017 she released her book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist and it became a cult read ā the Pope, Extinction Rebellion and the UN General Assembly praise it. It designs an economy that allows humans to flourish while ALSO not destroying the planet ā existing within the planetary boundaries.
In this chat, Kate, an Oxford professor and Club of Rome member, and I talk about how the current economic model is fundamentally flawed (all those supply/demand and growth models have never been peer-reviewed!), how to debunk a Stephen Pinker disciple and how to balance the reality of looming (locked-in) collapse and living fully (the two are actually connected). Kate is a brilliant delight of a human ā this chat is fun.
SHOW NOTES
Find visuals of a ārational economic manā and her doughnut head here
You can find out if your city has or is taking part in the Doughnut Economics Action Lab
If youāre from Melbourne, check out Regen Melbourne and Kate also mentions Takethejump.org
Hereās the chat with Nate Hagens on energy collapse
Hereās my Wild episode with Jason Hickle on degrowth economics
Hereās my chat with Gaya Harrington about the Limits to Growth report
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On today's AMA, I share my hacks and my āmindsetā for sifting through, retaining and managing all the data inflow (amino supplements, tilting, biting off more than I can chew as a tactic and advice gleaned from systems thinkers). And I wade into when to speak out and when not to wade into a rally and take the mic (and the responsibility that comes with being a privileged white woman who looks as tame as a mum from an OMO commercial).
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Join the conversation over on SubstackSubscribe and post your own Ask Me Anything here--
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Johann Hari (bestselling author Stolen Focus and Lost Connections) has written another system-rattling book, this time about the new weight loss drugs that everyone is both talking about AND not talking about. Iāve been wanting a wild mind to come chat about the phenomenon for over a year. Johann happened to reach out and tell me heād been experimenting with Ozempic, had travelled the world interviewing 100-plus experts on the matter and was up for a chat.
In this conversation, we talk through what he lays out in his book Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs. We cover how the drugs work on our biology; the emerging risks; how the rich are the guinea pigs in this particular science experiment; the implications of a world with no appetite (āWhat will become of the dinner party?ā); and the fact these drugs mask the real problem ā how Big Food manipulates our hormones with their Franken-foods. And, so, here we are again, told to fix a systemic problem with the same mindset that caused it in the first place (ie: manipulating nature with additives for profit). The Ozempic debate is a lot. This chat goes there!
SHOW NOTES
Johann's book Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs is available now
Connect with Johann on Instagram and buy his books here
Listen to my Wild chat about Ultra-Processed Food with Dr Chris van Tulleken
Read my Substack post on the Ozempic ādivideā here
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As we become aware of climate collapse and its ripple effect on the financial and energy systems, and as houses become uninsurable and fossil fuel markets get wobbly, do things like investing, mortgages, and retirement savings become moot?
A Substack reader asks me how Iām personally prioritising these things, and I answer candidly. The chat moves into prepping and homesteading considerations. Background posts and pods about collapse are provided over at Substack, where you can WATCH these bonus episodes and join a conversation afterwards in the thread (and post a question for future AMAs).
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Join the conversation over on SubstackSubscribe and post your own Ask Me Anything herePrevious episodes you might like to listen to Meg Wheatley, Gaya Herrington and Nate Hagens--
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Annabel Abbs (English novelist; author of Sleepless) was crippled with insomnia. Rather than fight it she looked for its productive plus side and discovered that many incredible creatives have needed to stay awake to access their best selves ā their Night Selves. Particularly women, as it turns out. Annabel chats to me about how famous writers, painters and Hollywood stars have used their sleeplessness to create their best work, and the science that explains why this happens - the role hormones play, how the nocturnal quietening of the prefrontal cortex affects womenās ability to access their creative courage and how we can access our bodyās hallucinogens! We also cover why itās good to stay awake in a full moon, why women need to invest in blackout curtains (to cut their cancer risk!) and the role of feminist rage in all this!
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Get hold of Annabelās Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night SelfYou can connect with Annabel on IG here and read more about her work here I write a lot about different philosophical salves for insomnia in First, We Make the Beast Beautiful---
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Isabelle Reinecke (founder Grata Fund) is leading a super exciting landmark legal case that could force the Australian Government to actually stick to its climate commitments and stop approving fossil fuel projects immediately. By as early as the end of this year. Seriously! Itās called the Uncles Australian Climate Case (itās being brought by two Torres Strait Islander elders) and itās being referred to as āBigger than Maboā (if it wins). There is a lot of international attention on it and itās being supported by a team that led a similar (successful) case in The Netherlands.
This is a short, straight-to-the-point episode to get you abreast of this monumental opportunity for change so you know what to do to support it. Letās do it!
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You can watch our chat and learn more about the case over on my Substack
You can get involved by sharing this podcast with everyone you know and sharing any news items, social media shares etc.
Social media accounts you can follow:
On Twitter: @gratafund and @isreineckeOn Instagram: @australianclimatecase @isabelle.reinecke and @gratafundOn Facebook: @australianclimatecaseHashtags to follow: #ClimateCaseAU #MuralKalmelSipaYou can sign the pledge and engage further HERE!
The Good Weekend did a cover story on the case, read it here
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Anna Funder (international bestselling author of Wifedom) pens books about power. She is the author of the international bestsellers Stasiland, about the Stasi, which is being made into a TV series starring Elizabeth Debicki, and All That I Am, about the Nazis, which won the Miles Franklin Award. Her latest book, Wifedom: Mrs Orwellās Invisible Life, sees Anna take on the patriarchy. She exposes how literary giant George Orwell wrote his wife Eileen OāShaughnessy āout of existenceā, despite (and possibly because of) her pivotal role in his work.
Anna and I talk through Orwellās misogyny and his own ādoublethinkā (believing two contradictory ideas while blanking out awareness of the contradiction), plus how doublethink works to keep patriarchy going. We dig into the delicate issue of the cancellation of these kinds of figures (we both agree they shouldnāt be), the passive voice technique, why women must āclaim their pronounsā, the power structure difference between France and Australia and how women write books.
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Get your copy of Wifedom hereYou can read more about Anna here and follow her work on InstagramThis episode of Wild was recorded at Work Club, my workspace while I was in Sydney--
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In last weekās interview with a Palestinian and an Israeli Father, I promised to share how we met, a story that involves a famous actor, an Irish author and a bizarre email chain that starts in the Australian outback. Here it is. For some fun. And to remind us all of the power of story and of reaching out to humanity.
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Catch the original interview hereRead Apeirogon by Colom McannLearn about Parentās Circle and donate here.Join the conversation and watch the video over on Substack--
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Helen Lewis (The Atlantic columnist, BBC podcaster, pop culture decoder) has become a darling of the heterodox podcasting community (and this podcast; catch my previous Wild chat with her about THAT GQ interview with Jordan Peterson here), and, relatedly, a pet target of the extreme Right and Leftās ongoing cancelling zeal.
In this interview, I invite Helen to talk through several very online eruptions that are crucial for fathoming what the hell is going on in the world today. We cover the feminist-trans wars playing out on āTERF Islandā; why Kara Swisher has fallen out with Elon Musk and why the Left failed the October 7 āHamas testā. Mostly this is a conversation about the role of discerning dialogue when the extreme Left and Right are dominating the online arena.
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Listen to my previous Wild chat with Helen Hereās the episode I did with Hannah Barnes about the trans debate in the UKCheck out Helenās brilliant The Bluestocking SubstackGet hold of her most recent book, the bestseller bestseller Difficult Women, A History of Feminism in 11 FightsCheck out her Blocked and Reported episode hereWe reference a few of Helenās recent The Atlantic columns: The Progressives Who Flunked the Hamas Test; Is Kara Swisher Tearing Down Tech Billionaires? and Why Iāll Keep Saying āPregnant WomenāIf you need to know a bit more about meā¦ head to my "about" page
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Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan (peace activists with Parentās Circle) are the two protagonists from Colum McCannās Booker-Prize-longlisted book Apeirogon. Both lost their daughters to the conflict, ten years apart. Yet in spite of ā or because of - this horror they became dedicated friends, or ābrothersā, committed to opposing the Israeli occupation of Palestine and working with āthe enemyā via Parentās Circle, a peace group set up for parents from āboth sidesā whoāve lost a child.
I spoke to Bassam and Rami on day #169 in the conflict and theyād just come from seeing the Pope. We cover how Bassam decided to study the Holocaust while imprisoned in an Israeli jail as a teenager for seven years, why Israelis are trapped by their victimhood and how weāve all been locked into seeing this conflict as a football game of two sides.
This interview is a chapter in an incredible story that involves a big-time Hollywood actor, who reached out to me while I was camping in remote Western Australia, a secondhand book find, a six-way email chain and an incredible love that reaches across history, walls and global fragmentation.
NOTE: I will cover the very intersecting story of how we (the dads, Colum, the actor and I met) in the next episode.
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Read Apeirogon by Colom McannLearn about Parentās Circle and donate here.If you want a bit of extra background to this whole story, I write about it here on Substack.I mention Naomi Kleinās work on the role of victimhood. A good starting point is this podcast interview with On the Nose. Naomi has also released two chapters from her latest book DoppelgƤnger for free online that cover her thesis super well.If you need to know a bit more about meā¦ head to my "about" page
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