Here to (T)here’s premiere two-part episode looks at the challenges facing biodiversity, what’s happening in the field, and what keeps our dark side in the driver’s seat. Our guests are bio-ecologist, William E. Rees, chemical biologist and conservationist, Rosa Vasquez Espinoza, Ian Pfingsten of the U.S. Geological Survey, Francisco Dallmeier is a former Director at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

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On this episode of On Birth Conversation we expand the borders of birth to include its impact on adulthood. Our very special guests are Becca Tarnas and Sean Kelly, who discuss the archetype of birth, the work of C.G. Jung and Stan Grof, and the roots of transpersonal psychology. Expand your conception of birth with The Beautiful Work Challenge: On Birth Conversation.

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The On Birth Conversation presents a doula, a midwife and a birth anthropologist, but not just any doula, midwife, and birth anthropologiist. Deborah Pascali-Bonaro, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Robbie David-Floyd are the tops in their professions and in this extraordinary conversation they discuss the most compelling issues in the world of birth.

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What needs to transform in the world of birth? Policy? Practice? Education? All of the above? On the third episode of The Beautiful Work Challenge we hear from midwives, doulas and birth practitioners on how to transform a world of anxiety to an empowering, life-affirmative process. Join us for The Beautiful Work Challenge: On Birth - The Transformation.

Guests incude Ibu Robin Lim, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Vicki Penwell and Hakan Coker.

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What's the current situation in birth? On Birth has stories to tell about the Sahrasia theory, the rulers of birth, a worldwide inquisition, the invention of obstetrics, the influence of Hollywood, and the rise of eBirth. Welcome to the age of medicalized, techno-driven birth. What you don't know can hurt you.

Guests include James DeMeo, Penny Simkin, Michael Klein, Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie Davis-Floyd.

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There’s no instruction manual for birth, but there are women and men who can enlighten the way we consider preconception, concpetion, pregnancy, birth and bonding. The Beautiful Work Challenge: On Birth begins with The Essence, in which our guests encourage a fresh take on motherhood and the essence of birth.

Guests include Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Ina May Gaskin, Thomas Verny, Phyllis Klaus and Robbie Davis-Floyd.

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The curtain is going up on 2 minutes to midnight: A Brieft History of Automation. Coming to you from the studios of Catalysta Centrale, it's a dazzling dash from the Luddites of the 1700's to the near future brought to life as a stream of vignettes enacted by Catalysta's Community Players.

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Can AI and skyrocketing computing power be considered outside of our growth-based economy? Episode two of 2 minutes to midnight: People Get Ready welcomes Noam Chomsky, author Dan McQuillan and thought-leader, Daniel Broudy who offer options for a livable and workable future.

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2 minutes to midnight: People Get Ready is a season-long exploration of the book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. On episode 1, we're joined by the authors of People Get Ready, Robert McChesney and John Nichols for a far-reaching conversation that connects the dots between rapidly accelerating computing power, capitalism and democracy.

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Welcome to Catalysta Centrale, the headquarters of Catalysta as we kick off our first season of podcasts that explore what else is possible. Catalysta Presents is a journey through Centrale’s gardens, classrooms, temple, the snug and the café offering a taste of our first cycle of shows.

You'll be guided by the founders of Catalysta, Chickie Munch and her sister, Binnie Bunny Munch. Topics range from birth to biodiversity, the impact of tech on democracy in a capitalist society to the life and work of Buckminster Fuller. It's all part of the story. Welcome to Catalysta Presents.

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