On this episode of the Harvest Series, host Rose Claverie sits down with Shaka Senghor for a deeply personal conversation about survival, transformation, and imagination. After spending 19 years in prison, including years in solitary confinement, Shaka rebuilt his life through storytelling, philosophy, meditation, and writing. His journey raises difficult questions about justice, trauma, violence, and redemption.

Shaka reflects on growing up in Detroit during the crack epidemic, surviving gun violence, and the emotional weight of incarceration in America. He speaks candidly about shame, masculinity, systemic racism, forgiveness, and what it means to heal without denying responsibility for the past. The discussion moves beyond prison reform into something much more human: how people rebuild themselves after devastation.

The episode also explores creativity and ambition. Shaka explains why imagination became essential to his survival, how writing transformed his understanding of himself, and why he now wants to focus on fiction, film, and art rather than only being viewed through the lens of incarceration. This is a conversation about resilience, identity, and refusing to live a small life.

00:00 Introduction to Shaka Senghor

01:18 Imagination as survival

02:08 Solitary confinement and mental freedom

04:12 Reflections from Harvest

05:27 Childhood abuse and running away

06:14 Detroit, crack cocaine, and violence

06:39 The shooting and prison sentence

07:38 Trauma, PTSD, and accountability

09:02 Receiving a 17-to-40-year sentence

09:58 Mentors and transformation in prison

11:00 Meditation, journaling, and mindfulness

12:11 Malcolm X and self-education

13:17 Discovering writing in prison

15:13 Radical honesty and self-examination

17:20 Ambition, imagination, and dreaming bigger

19:57 How parole and release worked

21:51 Spirituality and questioning God

24:14 Forgiveness and healing with his mother

27:20 Breaking cycles of violence

30:03 What prisons ask him most often

32:02 Rich and poor people are more alike than different

35:19 Forgiveness as liberation

37:48 Masculinity and modern culture

39:27 Parenting, resilience, and overprotection

41:12 Wanting to move beyond prison identity

43:12 Returning to fiction and screenwriting

45:03 Legacy and resilience

47:25 Intentional endings and closure

49:03 What writing taught him about himself

52:20 Question for the next Harvest guest

52:58 Final reflections

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

• Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
• Producer in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi & team
• Music by: Chambord

This season of the Harvest Series podcast is made possible by Spark of Light. To learn more, visit https://sparkofsouls.com/.

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

In this episode of the Harvest Series, Rose Claverie speaks with Michael Pollan about consciousness, imagination, plants, and the future of human attention. Recorded during Harvest, the conversation moves from food and psychedelics to technology, spirituality, and the hidden ways modern life shapes awareness.

Pollan reflects on ego dissolution, immersive journalism, plant intelligence, and why he believes consciousness itself is under threat from social media and AI. A thoughtful exploration of what it means to remain awake, present, and emotionally connected in the modern world.

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

To know more about Michael Pollan and A World Appears

00:00 – Introduction to Michael Pollan

00:57 – What imagination really is

01:54 – Imagination, empathy, and theory of mind

02:22 – Shaka Senghor and imagination as liberation

03:17 – From gardening to consciousness

04:09 – Plants, desire, and co-evolution

05:26 – Defining consciousness

06:11 – What it’s like to be a bat

07:03 – Plant awareness and sentience

09:02 – Consciousness and spirituality

09:40 – Immersive journalism and owning a cow

11:58 – Participatory journalism

13:28 – Psychedelics and fear of death

14:20 – First psychedelic experiences later in life

14:55 – Psychedelics and emotional openness

15:41 – Ego dissolution explained

17:16 – Spirituality and merging beyond the self

18:02 – Bach, music, and transcendence

19:06 – Social media, AI, and consciousness

20:33 – Consciousness hygiene

22:00 – Are animals more conscious than us?

22:31 – What’s next: the microbiome

23:53 – Teachers and people who shaped his life

25:09 – Rapid fire questions

26:18 – Funniest psychedelic moment

28:08 – Frightening psychedelic experiences

29:18 – Safe first steps into psychedelics

31:01 – Legacy and changing minds

32:19 – Why endings matter

35:06 – Can plants teach us health?

36:00 – A question for Shaka Senghor

37:09 – Closing reflections

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

• Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
• Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
• Music by: Chambord

This season of the Harvest Series podcast is made possible by Spark of Light. To learn more, visit: https://sparkofsouls.com/

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

Harvest Series is coming back.

After a short pause following Season 9, featuring inspiring voices such as Golshifteh Farahani, Satish Kumar and Aaron Maté, the podcast returns soon with a brand new season.

Season 10 will be recorded live, from May 13th-17th, at the next Harvest gathering, dedicated to the theme of imagination.

Among the upcoming voices: Michael Pollan, Suleika Jaouad and many more!

The event will take place in Kaplankaya, on the South Aegean coast of Turkey.

→ Discover the event: harvestseries.com

See you very soon for Season 10.

In this episode of the Harvest Series, Rose Claverie speaks with Nikki Bergen bout pelvic health — a topic often overlooked, misunderstood, or quietly endured by many. Recorded in Kaplankaya, the conversation explores why symptoms are frequently normalised, how stress and trauma shape the pelvic floor, and why education around body literacy is still missing.

Together, they unpack the myths around Kegels, the difference between tight and weak pelvic floors, and how shame and silence can delay care. The episode also reflects on aging, independence, sexuality, and the importance of restoring dignity and understanding to this essential aspect of health.

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates and follow our guest Nikki.

Chapters

00:00 – Welcome to Harvest

00:30 – Why pelvic health is misunderstood

01:55 – Common symptoms women normalize

03:20 – Why “just do Kegels” is misleading

05:10 – Tight vs weak pelvic floors

07:00 – Stress, trauma, and the nervous system

09:30 – Shame and delayed care

12:05 – Aging, independence, and dignity

14:40 – Pelvic health and sexuality

17:10 – What body literacy really means

19:30 – Why this education is missing

21:45 – Men and pelvic health

24:10 – Closing reflections

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

In this episode of the Harvest Series, Rose Claverie speaks with Schuyler Grant and Jeff Krasno about what it takes to grow together over decades. Recorded in Kaplankaya, the conversation explores love beyond romance, commitment beyond sacrifice, and parenting through emotional safety.

They reflect on power, money, vulnerability, and the courage to let each other evolve. A rare, honest look at long-term partnership without idealisation.

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates, and follow our guests Jeff and Schuyler.

00:00 – Opening and introduction

01:41 – Creating, healing, and evolving together

03:15 – Traveling as a couple again

05:13 – Parenthood and identity shifts

06:36 – Letting go and trust

07:22 – Movement, breath, and embodiment

08:26 – Community as the heart of wellness

10:17 – The birth of Wanderlust

12:07 – Engineering containers for connection

13:37 – Wellness, scale, and commodification

15:11 – Why connection can’t be engineered

16:00 – Business roles and shared values

17:20 – Money, power, and partnership

19:52 – Feminine and masculine dynamics

20:34 – “Multiple marriages” with one person

22:21 – Lover and beloved dynamics

24:41 – Parenthood and vulnerability

27:23 – Losing intimacy and finding stability

28:58 – Love without neediness

30:12 – Commitment as liberation

31:14 – Vulnerability, aging, and dependence

34:15 – Impermanence of self and relationship

37:20 – Letting partners evolve freely

39:33 – Coherence, safety, and family

41:27 – Creating safety for children

45:49 – Breaking generational cycles

47:02 – Power, money, and independence

52:05 – Values over attraction

53:09 – Monogamy, freedom, and choice

55:14 – Repair, rupture, and resilience

56:03 – Pride, growth, and admiration

01:00:01 – Parenting, safety, and trust

01:02:00 – Closing reflections

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

In this episode of the Harvest Series, Rose Claverie speaks with Chloé Macintosh about courage, intimacy, and the intelligence of the heart. Recorded by the sea during Harvest, the conversation explores pleasure as a healing force and the role of embodied practice in emotional wellbeing.

Chloé Macintosh shares how trauma shapes attachment, why we fear vulnerability, and how healing happens through relationship rather than isolation. A powerful invitation to reconnect with life through the body and the heart.

PS : Chloe is kindly offering a 50% discount on her app, Kama. Follow the link

00:00 – Welcome to Harvest

00:29 – Shame, disconnection, and intimacy

01:08 – Courage and authenticity

02:18 – Pleasure as a pathway to wellbeing

03:00 – Why pleasure feels blocked

03:40 – Trauma, numbness, and the senses

04:03 – Courage as an open heart

05:12 – Why we don’t practice with the heart

06:00 – Heart intelligence and coherence

06:52 – The heart before the mind

07:35 – Emotional signals and awareness

08:12 – Why the heart is hard to access

09:14 – Awareness as embodied intelligence

10:09 – The heart beyond symbols

11:02 – Fear, pain, and emotional avoidance

12:02 – Healing wounds through practice

13:14 – Childhood heartbreak and attachment

14:29 – Separation and emotional safety

15:34 – Repeating patterns in relationships

16:00 – Healing in relationship, not isolation

17:01 – Communication, triggers, and transparency

18:32 – Vulnerability and desire

19:06 – Intimacy, miscommunication, and distance

20:29 – Pleasure, thoughts, and the body

21:47 – From pleasure to heart work

22:27 – Depression and aliveness

23:10 – Sexual energy and embodiment

24:36 – Dissociation and numbness

25:15 – Re-centering and grounding

26:10 – Layering pleasure and heart work

27:05 – Creating practical methods

28:33 – Trauma, trust, and safety

30:13 – Receptivity as self-love

31:05 – Practice as devotion

32:11 – Everyday rituals and awareness

33:27 – Intention, water, and presence

34:06 – Intimacy with life

35:08 – Personal breakthrough with the heart

36:31 – Trauma, shutdown, and safety

37:00 – Reopening the heart through service

38:55 – Healing others through relationship

40:13 – Closing reflections

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

This episode marks Rose Claverie’s conversation with Sunny Bates for the Harvest Series.

Recorded at Harvest in Kaplankaya, they come together to explore a question that feels increasingly urgent in our modern world: what does real connection truly mean?

In this thoughtful and expansive dialogue, Sunny Bates challenges transactional networking and reframes connection as an act of generosity, curiosity, and courage. Reflecting on community, asking, and vulnerability, this episode is a powerful reminder that human connection remains one of our most essential tools.

00:00 – Welcome to Harvest

00:29 – What makes a connection extraordinary

01:14 – Sunny Bates’ work and background

01:53 – Networking without discomfort

02:30 – Shyness, asking, and vulnerability

03:48 – Becoming a connector from childhood

05:12 – Why people fear uncomfortable personalities

06:00 – Giving generously and transformation

06:10 – How travel reshaped connection

07:31 – Networks, generosity, and ripple effects

08:25 – Introverts, extroverts, and curiosity

09:29 – Managing energy and meaningful interactions

10:39 – Hiring, trust, and deep evaluation

12:08 – Approaching busy or guarded people

13:53 – When connection becomes transactional

15:02 – Personal mission and alignment

16:05 – Rejection, fear, and asking again

17:25 – Phones, avoidance, and modern disconnection

18:46 – Advising TED and building communities

20:26 – Sustaining engaged communities

22:02 – Connection as political resistance

24:14 – Regretful connections and responsibility

28:24 – Courage, motherhood, and career risk

32:14 – The courage to ask

32:54 – Closing reflections

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

This episode marks Rose Claverie’s second conversation with Satish Kumar for the Harvest series.

Following their first interview on courage, they reunite to explore a question that feels especially meaningful at the beginning of a new year: how can we live a simpler life?

In this gentle and deeply inspiring dialogue, Satish Kumar shares his timeless wisdom on simplicity, inner clarity, and living in alignment with what truly matters, a beautiful way to open the year with intention and perspective.

The official website for the Satish Kumar Foundation, the charity set up to continue Satish Kumar’s legacy and support initiatives like Schumacher College.

00:00 – Welcome to Harvest

00:29 – Why simplicity matters today

01:50 – Living in a world of inequality

02:30 – Time, possessions, and lost joy

03:40 – Cities, speed, and the coffee example

05:00 – “I am the CEO of my life”

06:35 – Elegant Simplicity and real wealth

07:35 – Sustainability and nature’s economy

09:25 – Abundance vs greed

10:50 – The BUD principle: Beautiful, Useful, Durable

12:00 – Contentment and sufficiency

13:55 – Climate change and root causes

15:50 – Why change must come from citizens

17:50 – Education of head, heart, and hands

21:55 – We are nature, not separate from it

23:15 – Closing reflections

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord
4. Artwork by: Davide d'Antonio

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

The Harvest Series podcast, hosted by Rose Claverie, welcomes award-winning composer and music supervisor Justin Levine for a very special conversation that unfolds as much through sound as through words. Recorded in nature during Harvest, this episode blends music, reflection, and creative honesty.

Levine shares how creativity should exist beyond productivity, why vulnerability is essential in collaboration, and how major works like Moulin Rouge! are built through trust, humility, and collective vision. He also reflects on courage, leadership, and learning to let creativity exist without judgment.

What happens when we stop asking creativity to justify itself and allow it to simply be part of how we live?

00:00 – Welcome to Harvest

01:05 – Music as conversation, not performance

03:40 – Teaching creativity for its own sake

05:10 – Starting without talent or permission

06:30 – Growing up self-taught in a musical home

08:40 – Discovering music as a profession

10:15 – What a music director actually does

14:20 – Orchestrating Moulin Rouge!

18:15 – Collaboration, ego, and leadership

21:00 – Adapting iconic works for Broadway

26:35 – Violence, music, and emotional impact

32:40 – Courage, vulnerability, and creative trust

36:20 – Closing reflections and music

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

In this Harvest Series episode hosted by Rose Claverie, multidisciplinary artist Cosmo Gonik shares how music, movement and spirituality meet in his life. From barefoot ecstatic dance floors in Bali and Paris to tarot sessions rooted in Jodorowsky’s lineage, Cosmo opens up about art as a healing practice. Recorded at Harvest in Kaplankaya, it’s a conversation about courage, creativity and trusting your body.

Cosmo's playlist (Cuarto Mundo)

Chapters:

1. 00:01:58 – Mission: make people dance sober at Harvest
2. 00:02:23 – Barefoot, no phones, no alcohol: the ecstatic container
3. 00:02:57 – We only learned to dance drunk in discos
4. 00:03:24 – Discovering ecstatic dance in Bali
5. 00:03:38 – Why being a dancer in life matters
6. 00:03:53 – Warming up shy beginners with theatre exercises
7. 00:04:22 – Dancing with yourself, eyes closed, without judgment
8. 00:05:12 – Designing the musical script: build, climax, landing

You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.

Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.

Credits:

1. Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
2. Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
3. Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel