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Originally uploaded July 2021, episode #31 of the pod! Today, over 130 episodes later, I am re-uploading this ep to bring it the top of the feed!

Mike’s story is full of twists, turns, tragedies and inspiration. 

He was adopted at just a few months old from a lovely Swedish woman and shortly after moved to Stockholm. Mike, alongside his brother (also Aboriginal and adopted in Brisbane) then grew up in Sweden coming through Swedish schools and the entire Swedish system.

Mike has now returned to Australia. Brisbane specifically and now works as a social worker after going through his journey in the social system supporting young indigenous people of Australia.

This chat meant a lot to me. Big Mike is a legend. I hope you enjoy it the same. Spread it far and wide and leave positive reviews.

• 00:00 - New Year's Message
• 01:30 – Introduction
• 03:05 –  Mike’s Journey Begins
• 16:35 – Mike Being Taken From His Mother
• 25:59 – Adoption & Life In The Foster Home
• 42:25 – Horrible Anecdote About Macquarie
• 48:05 – On Being The Only Black Boy Around
• 1:03:05 – Mike’s Troubles With Alcohol & The Law
• 1:08:05 – Mike Returning To Australia
• 1:31:05 – Mike Ask’s Me What I Am Doing In Sweden
• 1:34:25 – What Big Mike Is Up To Now
• 1:51:45 – What Is Something Sweden Can Use From Australia & Vice Versa?

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Check out stats of the podcast, reflection on best. episodes of the year, dreams and ambitions for the future. 

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#162 - Elizabeth Kolbert writes about science, and the environment. She is staff writer at the New Yorker and now, the second pulitzer prize winning journalist to have joined this podcast.

Elizabeth was awarded the pulitzer prize for her 2015 book, the Sixth Extinction, which makes the case for how humans are driving straight off the cliff to earths 6th mass extinction event.

In this chat with Elizabeth today, we covered the major themes from her pulitzer prize winning book such as the sensitivity of the oceans and how CO2 messes with it. The unreal scale of it all. Understanding 440 million years. Climate change, climate skeptics, then we did a bit about Elizabeth Kolbert, journalism and the rest. 

• 00:00 – Who Is Elizabeth Kolbert?
• 01:39 – Mass Extinction Events
• 06:29 – Communicating The Scale Of 440,000,000 Years
• 09:53 – The Importance Of Our Oceans
• 16:49 – Are Humans All To Blame For Climate Change?
• 21:36 – Making Sense Of Climate Scepticism
• 26:59 – Ed Conway’s Material World
• 34:39 – Elizabeth’s Most Significant Experience Researching The Book (The Great Barrier Reef)
• 36:39 – Nihilism In The Face Of Climate Change.
• 39:24 – Rapid Fire Final Questions.
• 45:35 – Serendipity & Country To Be Bullish On.

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Walt Bogdanich (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
• The Sixth Extinction – Elizabeth Kolbert

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#161 - Lisa Kristine is an adventurer, humanitarian & fine art photographer. 

She’s taken some of the most devastating but as well beautiful photos you are ever likely to see. 

She recorded an incredibly moving a TED talk about her work photographing modern slavery. It’s an absolute must view. Her work has been featured all over the globe, she sells internationally, she’s completely independents, she’s a superstar photographer. 

This episode is best consumed alongside Matthew Friedman. Together these two episodes reveal the shocking reality of modern day slavery. There are more people right now who are slaves than ever has been in our species history… and barely anyone knows it.

But this isn’t a podcast to depress you, rather I hope through Lisa this podcast will be something that instead fills you with energy.

• 00:00 – Who Is Lisa Kristine?
• 10:00 – Taking Consequential Photos.
• 15:50 – On The Frontlines Of Modern Day Slavery.
• 34:40 – Religion & Spirituality.
• 39:56 – The Art Of Photography.
• 43:10 – How To Live A Photographers Life?
• 49:12 – Best Country For Photography, Sebastiao Salgado & Editing.
• 56:14 – Serendipity & Bullish Country.

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Matthew Friedman – Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery
• Zeke Faux – Pig Butchering
• Lisa TED talk
• Lisa’s Website

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#160 - Marlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University in Washington DC. 

She is an expert on the culture and anthropology of Russia and many of the Stan central asian countries. She’s written 10 books on these subjects and was just the most incredible guest to have had on the show.

The podcast starts in Kyrgyzstan and then moves onto religion and what Marlene thinks is a global wave of de-secularisation… we then move up into Murmansk and the frozen tundra cities of Siberia’s north to then Marlene’s thoughts on Russian demographics and finally she lays out the current state of affairs in the Russian-Ukraine war. 

• 00:00 – Who Is Marlene Laruelle?
• 01:33 - Kyrgyzstan & Countries That Punch Above Their Weight.
• 04:59 - Religion & Global Wave Of De-Secularisation.
• 18:08 - Murmansk & Russian Arctic Cities.
• 21:35 - Russian Demographics.
• 29:23 - Bullish & Bearish Case For Russia.
• 34:05 - Russia-Ukraine War... Where Are We Now?
• 41:14 - Serendipity In Marlene's Life.
• 44:30 - Country Marlene Is Particularly Bullish On.

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• https://marlene-laruelle.com/
• https://www.illiberalism.org/
• https://therussiaprogram.org/

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#159 - How do I introduce Oscar Cabello, other than to say, he is a great Paraguayan…

Oscar is the former ambassador for Paraguay to Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia ,Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and Andorra. He was both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, for the UN Commission on Crime, and he is now, the current member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Oscar Cabello had never done a podcast before, and therefore it is my immense honour that I got to be his first time. 

The plan was to talk a bit about Paraguay and then a lot about his career and worldview when it comes to diplomacy, but we never quite got past Paraguay.

Such is his love for this country.

• 00:00 – Who Is Óscar Cabello?
• 02:21 – How Oscar Became A Diplomat.
• 13:56 – Living In The Vatican & Meeting The Pope.
• 22:48 – Does Oscar Believe In God?
• 25:21 – What Does A Diplomat Do?
• 35:51 – An Introduction To Paraguay.
• 45:34 – Three Alliance War & History Of Immigration In Paraguay.
• 1:09:51 – Paraguay Today.
• 1:16:26 – Eduardo Galleano & Politics
• 1:29:01 – Ranch Life In Paraguay & Poverty.
• 1.35.21 – What Makes Paraguay Special?

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Oscar Cabello Credentials
• Open Veins Of Latin America

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#158 - Magnus Ranstorp is a Swedish academic, hostage negotiator, teacher and author who has been researching and writing about terrorism for more than 30 years.

He is an encyclopaedia on modern terrorism and political violence. He was also the first author to seriously map out the Lebanese Hezbollah and its connection to Iran, Syria and international terrorism.

And so, the insights and experience Magnus brings to the current moment are extremely valuable. 

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 04:22 – How Has The Nature Of Terrorism Changed Over Time?
• 24:22 – October 7th & HAMAS
• 30:52 – HAMAS Financing & Terror Financing
• 52:36 – Israel – Palestine
• 1:09:41 – Biggest Terror Plots That Were Foiled
• 1:18:56 – Sweden Caught In Fundamentalist Islam Crosshairs
• 1:29:31 – HAMAS Gaining In Popularity Throughout The World
• 1:36:47 – Magnus Takes Us On A Tour Of Gaza
• 1:43:41 – Magnus Reflects On His Memoirs
• 1:52:41 – Anders Brevik & Difference Between Political & Religious Radicalisation
• 2:23:09 – Islam & Violence?
• 2:26:41 – Philosophical Differences Between Islam & West
• 2:51:11 – How Much Are Swedes To Blame For The Parallel Societies?
• 3:01:10 – Most Effective Propaganda Magnus Ever Saw
• 3:11:55 – Serendipity In Magnus’s Life

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Magnus Ranstorp Memoirs

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#157 - Matt Breen is host of the Explorers Podcast, which  focuses on the great explorers and adventurers of history.

I think I’m right in asserting that this is unlike you will have heard Matt before. He hasn’t done a dedicated long form podcast elsewhere, and so this exploration into the history of the show and how his worldview has been shaped by the explorers he studies is all new material. 

And so we go behind the scenes of The Explorers Podcast, the early days, how it started, the podcast growth, the business of content, to even the possibility of one of matt’s stories going to Hollywood. 

We then lean into some of the Explorers Matt loves and take a couple tangents in that direction to then finally rounding out with the traditional question on serendipity.

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 01:37 –  The Elon Musk Tweet
• 07:37 – Matt’s Journey Into Podcasting
• 15:57 – Process Of Creating An Explorers Episode & Storytelling
• 30:07 – How Long Before You Started Gaining Momentum?
• 34:35 – The Business & Economics Behind The Show
• 43:07 – Hollywood Taking On Explorers Podcast
• 49:43 – Matt Loves Australia
• 1:02:57 – Which Explorers Does Matt Love Most?
• 1:08:58 – Blind Traveller James Holman & Histories Great Forgotten Explorers
• 1:22:38 – What Would Be The Most Fascinating Time Period To Be An Explorer In?
• 1:29:22 – Is There Any More Room For Exploration?
• 1:37:14 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History Dead Or Alive
• 1:49:22 – The Role Of Serendipity In Matt Breen’s Life

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Bryan Bashin – James Holman The Blind Traveller
• Charlie Walker – One Of The Great Modern Adventurers
• Scott Rank – The Great Explorers Of History

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New Yorker Article - Great Carbon-For-Cash Hustle

#156 - Heidi Blake is a writer at the New Yorker, author of two books, and recently wrote the most amazing magazine piece about the carbon offsetting market and some of the greenwashing schemes at its core. 

In this podcast we cover top to bottom Heidi’s story in the New Yorker, details about the characters involved, greenwashing, offshore finance, south pole, and the huge potential but also gaping flaws of carbon offsetting. 

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 01:10 – Carbon Trading Schemes & How Incentives Lead To Greenwashing
• 10:12 – South Pole & Heuberger (Business At The Core Of The Story)
• 23:57 – What Is The Global South?
• 25:37 – Kariba Project (Archetypal Story For How This Works)
• 30:10 – How Much Corporate Dollar Is Spent On These Schemes?
• 35:10 – There May To Much Complexity To Ever Overcome?

Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Duncan Mavin – Lex Greensill Scandal
• Oliver Bullough – Moneyland

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