A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World

Joe Lightfoot is a passionate weaver of community. He has a background in social entrepreneurship, personal vision coaching and the establishment of whole food cafe’s. He is currently focused on cultivating a new type of community structure called the Conscious Change Collective which he details in his upcoming book A Collective Blooming. Joe and I discuss what it means to build and partake in community, the nuances of leadership and power, redefining public/private life, and the importance of fixing ourselves to fix the world.

Joe's Book Recommendation: The Listening Society by Hanzi Freinacht

Songs featured: "Patience" by Lumineers and "The Ghost of Number One" by Jellyfish

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Akshay Nanavati is a Marine Corps Veteran, speaker, adventurer, entrepreneur and author of Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness. Our conversation centers around the intersection of fear with self-awareness, "enlightenment" & growth. We unpack what fear is, where it comes from, how we can embody it in a positive way and how to distinguish between fear and intuition.

Find Akshay at Fearvana.com

Akshay's Book Recommendations: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and More Beautiful Than Before by Steve Leder

Song featured: "I've Been Here Before" by The Franklin Electric

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Francis Weller, MFT, is a psychotherapist, writer and soul activist. He synthesizes psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures and poetic traditions, and has introduced the healing work of grieving and ritual to thousands of people around the world. He is the author of several books including one of my all time favorites, The Wild Edge of Sorrow. Our conversation explores the many forms and facets of grief, and the importance of ritual and community in healing our world both internally and externally.

Find Francis at FrancisWeller.net

Francis' Book Recommendation: Coming Home to the Pleistocene by Paul Shepard

Song featured: "Every Kingdom" by Holly Arrowsmith

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On paper, it doesn't seem that Tarah and I have anything in common. She has 3 kids, she's over a decade older than me, she lives across the country and has had vastly different life experiences than me, and yet, we have an exceptional amount in common. From early childhood trauma, to health issues, to recognizing the importance of healing from the inside out as to not pass on our BS to the next generation, we couldn't be more alike. This episode is one of vulnerability, friendship, transition and creating community across superficial divides.

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Tarah's Book Recommendations: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté, The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel & The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

Songs featured: "Dary" by Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita "Let Go" by Frou Frou

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Kyle is a professional surfer, podcaster (host of the Kyle Thiermann Show), an environmentalist, and co-creator of The Motherfucker Awards. We sat down to have an unfiltered, nuanced discussion about all of my favorite topics - sex, #metoo, podcasting, stress, civilization, authenticity, vulnerability and the complexities and uncertainties of wanting to make a tangible difference as a young person in this crazy, fucked up world.

Find Kyle on Instagram and on The Kyle Thiermann Show.

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Song featured: "Work" by Charlotte Day Wilson

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MaryLiz is a musician and experiential storyteller. She is the co-founder of Cosmic Perspective, which challenges the status quo of traditionally dry & inaccessible aspects of space exploration and instead uses art, performance and storytelling about space in an effort to inspire hope, empathy and appreciation for our home planet and unite humanity. Our conversation touches on MaryLiz's personal journey from religious fundamentalism to scientific wonder, the parallels between the Overview Effect & space travel to all forms of personal courage & transformation, the intersections of science & spirituality and the positives and negatives of embracing technological advance. A true podcast vortex if there ever was one!

MaryLiz's book recommendation: The Overview Effect by Frank White

Find MaryLiz at CosmicPerspective.com and on Instagram

Song featured: A cover of "Fly Me To The Moon" by Meeka Kates and "Aine" by Twin Limb

Video of Fly Me To The Moon - https://youtu.be/bcdqC8o_-No

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Sasha is a writer, television producer, filmmaker, and editor whose writing on death, history, travel and ritual through a scientific lens have appeared in New York Magazine, O. the Oprah Magazine and elsewhere. She recently released her first book, For Small Creatures Such As We. Our conversation elaborates on the ambiguous space of finding ritual and meaning within a scientific world view. We discuss the limitations of theistic language, how understanding something scientifically doesn't always have to remove awe and wonder, how our post-agricultural lifestyle separates us from a deep connection with nature and biology, the importance of discussing these issues in a respectful, humble and nuanced way and so much more.

Sasha's book recommendations: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors and The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

Find Sasha at SashaSagan.com and on Twitter and Instagram

Song featured: "Wait a While" by Leif Vollebekk

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When I launched this podcast a year ago, I knew that eventually, this story would need to be told. Today felt like the right day. I discuss "health" and my journey toward finding it in the most broad and comprehensive way possible. From physical health to emotional well-being to societal and cultural frameworks and the way they all intermingle, my goal with this episode is to create a safe space where we can broaden our understanding of "sickness" and heal together. 

Songs featured: "Grillos" by Paco Fernandez & "You Can't Rush Your Healing" by Trevor Hall

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Dylan is a photographer, filmmaker and musician. She also hosts a podcast about sex, feminism and power with her mother (Sonya Lea, who was also on this show) called BITCHCONOCLAST. Dylan and I have an open-ended conversation about both of our favorite subjects, namely, gender, feminism, power, public/private space and considering all of them from a cross-cultural and cross-generational perspective. Dylan and I don't always agree, but our conversation showcases what in my opinion is exactly the kind of conversation we need to be having about these topics - nuanced, curious, self-reflective and respectful.

Dylan's's book recommendation: All About Love by Bell Hooks and Severence by Ling Ma

Find Dylan at DylanBandy.com

Song featured: "Morning in America" by Durand Jones & The Indications

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Steph Gaudreau is a Nutritional Therapy Consultant, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, author, strength coach, athlete, podcaster and creator of the former Stupid Easy Paleo. Steph and I have an extremely open & vulnerable conversation about our own personal journeys in finding "health". We discuss diet culture (including paleo diet culture), intuitive eating, "diet fundamentalism", discovering the emotional root of many physical health & food issues, the never-ending journey of identifying ones own personal version of health plus our first-hand experiences of dealing with the complexities of being an "influencer" in the health & wellness world.

Steph's book recommendations: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole

Find Steph at StephGaudreau.com

Song featured: "The Good that Won't Come Out" by Rilo Kiley

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