• 'Art is a practice of expanding consciousness, which gives us a tremendous opportunity to explore and to embody possibility and to engage with the earth as it continues to change and with each other.

Rebecca Mwase, excerpt from e10 mwase – expanding consciousness (from an interview at Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020)

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e81 inspiration are excerpts from all my conversations up to today, November 10th, 2021. I chose short excerpts where the tone and emotion in the voice of each person inspires and uplifts me every time I listen to it and I hope they will inspire and uplift you too (because we need it). Thanks to all those recorded for this fragmented reading of our conversations.

In order of appearance (bolded episodes are in French and have an ‘é’)

Note: I am aware that the time indication numbers below do not align up well but chose not to correct it as I enjoy the uneven flow...

• e10 mwase, Rebecca Mwase                                            00:00
• e29 loy, David Loy                                                               00:21
• e03 tickell, Alison Tickell                                                   00:35
• é37 lebeau, Anne-Catherine Lebeau                          00:56
• 12 liverman, Diana Liverman                                            01:16
• 17 piro, Em Piro                                                                   01:37
• e50 newton, Teika Newton                                               02:00
• é32 tsou, Shuni Tsou                                                        02:26
• 13 freiband, Andrew Freiband                                         02:46
• e58 huddart, Stephen Huddart                                        03:03
• é27 prévost, Hélène Prévost                                         03:30
• e47 keeptwo, Suzanne Keeptwo                                      04:00
• 08 johnston,  Sholeh Johnston                                         04:25
• e33 toscano, Peterson Toscano                                       04:51
• é60 boutet, Dr. Danielle Boutet                                   05 :20
• e51 hiser, Dr. Krista Hiser                                                  05:42
• e53 kalmanovitch, Dr. Tanya Kalmanovitch                   06:01
• e21 dufresne, Dr. Todd Dufresne                                    06:22
• é55 trépanier, France Trépanier                                  06:42
• e24 weaving, jil p. weaving                                               07:00
• e25 shaw, Michael Shaw                                                    07:38
• e39 engle  Dr. Jayne Engle                                               08:01
• é56 garoufalis-auger, Anthony Garoufalis-Auger 08 :19
• e54 garrett, Ian Garrett                                                      08:46
• 06 lim, Milton Lim                                                                09:48
• e22 westerkamp, Hildegard Westerkamp                     09:25
• é57 roy, Annie Roy                                                           09:50
• e73 marcuse,,Judith Marcuse                                           10:19
• e26 klein, Seth Klein                                                           10:58
• e36 fanconi,  Kendra Fanconi                                           11 :26
• é28 ung, Jimmy Ung                                                        11:47
• e40 frasz  Alexis Frasz                                                         12:10
• e41 rae, Jen Rae                                                                  12:27
• e42 rosen, Mark Rosen                                                      12:52
• é48 danis, Daniel Danis                                                  13:17
• e43 haley, David Haley                                                      13:57
• e44 bilodeau, Chantal Bilodeau                                      14:32
• e45 abbott, Jennifer Abbott                                             15:13
• é60 boutet, Dr. Danielle Boutet                                   16 :03
• e49 windatt, Clayton Windatt                                           16:33
• e50 newton, Teika Newton                                               16:53
• e51 hiser, Dr. Krista Hiser                                                  17:30
• 07 kasisi, Robert Kasisi                                                   17:52
• e52 mahtani, Dr. Annie Mahtani                                      18 :23
• e53 kalmanovitch, Dr. Tanya Kalmanovitch                   18:49
• e68 davies, Andrew Davies                                               19:20
• é34 ramade, Bénédicte Ramade                                  19:47
•  e61sokoloski, Robin Sokoloski                                        20:12
• e46 badham, Dr Marnie Badham                                    20:39
• e43 haley, David Haley                                                      21:01
• é55 trépanier, France Trépanier                                  21:16
• e38 zenith, Shante’ Sojourn Zenith                                  21:37
• e30 maggs, David Maggs                                                 22:22
• e23 appadurai, Anjali Appadurai                                     22:56
• é48 danis, Daniel Danis                                                  22:14
• e21 dufresne, Dr. Todd Dufresne                                    24 :57
• e35 salas, Carmen Salas                                                    25:46
• e31 morrow, Charlie Morrow                                           26:27
• é57 roy, Annie Roy                                                           26:53
• e59 pearl,  Judi Pearl                                                          27:29
• e71 green sessions debrief, Emma Stenning                27:49
• e78 droumeva, Milena Droumeva                                   29:11
• 04 fel, Loic Fel                                                                    29:54
• 05 carruthers, Beth Carruthers                                         30:15
• e77 klein, Seth Klein                                                           30:45
• e15 chasansky, Matthew Chassansky                              31:15
• é55 trépanier, France Trépanier                                  32:00
• e71 green sessions debrief, Sandy Crawley                  32:22
• e11 dunlap, Eliana Dunlap                                                33;11
• e71 green sessions debrief, Liisa Repo-Martell            33:34
• e63 a case study (part 1), Clara Schryer                       34:11
• 09 macmahon, Ellen MacMahon                                     34:24
• e76 richards, Kim Richards                                                34:50
• e16 delaparra, Lauren De la Parra                                   35:28
• é37 lebeau, Anne-Catherine Lebeau                          36:07
• 14 kirn, Marda Kirn                                                             36:30
• e63 a case study (part 1), Clara Schryer, Riel Schryer 37:38
• e71 green sessions debrief, Robyn Stevan                    38:18
• e64 a case study (2), Clara Schyrer, Sabrina Mathews 38:50

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END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODES

Hey conscient listeners, 

I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020. It’s my way to give back.

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