Ibiza - The Reset Rebel

This week Gay Pride is back on Ibiza after being moved last year due to ¨the circumstances¨.

Ibiza Town is streaming with rainbow flags and the streets are full of celebrations of the annual event, which was hugely missed in 2021. 

It runs all week this week until the 18th June, more info here https://www.ibizagaypride.eu/

To celebrate, we chatted to Iris Van Der Graaf, a guest we met recently at our studio space -  The Hub ibiza.   

Iris caught Jo´s attention as she was giving a speech at a Womens Entrepreneurs Brunch and Jo was fascinated by her story of transformation  after being born a boy and working as an engineer in a mans world.

Iris has just taken on a very exciting new job in Holland where she was born, transforming the train network into an electric one  ( a huge undertaking) and tells her story of going through dramatic changes in life and love and what its been like living on the island the last 6 months in wintertime and right after lockdown.

Iris is a member of the board for Gay Pride in Rotterdam which throws a HUGE party this weekend in the city. 

Wishing you all a gorgeous pride week ahead.... wherever you may BE celebrating.

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Ever popped out for some potted plants and ended up in a rave ?

Neither have we until a month ago, when we fell in love with Singer songwriter Rebeka Brown, a
Spanish born writer, musician, Ex DJ, actress and curator and creator of a brand new event on the island.

As we zipped into EVISSA garden centre she was centre stage singing, Miracle right when we needed it most.

So to hear she is putting on a new night at Teatro next week (9 June) incorporating her rich history as an Electronic vocalist and club performer and fusing her classical roots of acoustic music and working with a band felt like a good time for a chat.

Catch her on todays episode and if you like what you hear,  you can buy tickets to her gig - POWER HAUS on this LINK

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Lately a lot of doubt has been cast over whether Formentera´s Beach shacks will re-open.   For some that is not a big deal, but for those that grew up with Kiosko 62, Lucky Bar and so many other relaxed, feet in the sand establishments as part of their heritage, that is quite sad.   

A few weeks back I went myself to Playa Mijorn and saw for myself the half built shacks and at Lucky, there was nothing at all.

So what is going on? I caught up with My Ibiza and Formentera guide book author Hjordis Fogelberg, who grew up on ibiza, to get the lowdown and hear more about the "secret spots" of the island for 2022.

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Cosmic pineapple returned to Pikes this week for its 7th edition of the series. 

Join me this week as I caught up with worlds smallest drag artist from Germany, BayBJane on the pink terrace out back by the kitchens about how a disability and spending much of his time in bed as a child promoted him to find the part of Him that loves to dress up, okay and dance and create art through his work in clubs and events around the world . 

Next we catch up with sound healer Jeremie Quidu  who has lived in Ibiza since the 80’s about the soundscapes he creates to transform peoples experience here on Earth. 

We finish with a little sampler of his session from Tuesday this week in the Cosmic Activation Dome. 

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Ever Lost days of your life laying in bed with period pain?
Ever been unable to go to work or go out on the date you had planned?
Most women suffer from dysmenorrhoea.
Many cant work or do their daily duties, so to see Spain introducing a three days per month ¨menstrual leave¨ for women to take time off, during their time of the month? Feels like HUGE progress.
Today we speak with founder of the Moonai App, Laura-Jane Clarke whose goal is to transform, for the better, the way we experience menstruation and period pain.
She believes all humans deserve to live pain free, and her vision is to provide more options, more choice, and more effective solutions for millions of people with menstrual cycles through the use of binaural music.
If you would like to try the app yourself, its FREE to download and try.
The one track so you get a tase of the music used in this podcast is composed by Kazam - the sound designer of Moonai.
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Does anyone listen to politicians anymore?
If not, who do we sit up and take notice of?
Can music make change? Is it part of artists and musicians Re-sponsibility to make change?  How much of a difference can they really make ?
We are back this week with another RESET REBEL V EARTH PERCENT edition, chatting to the CEO of the AFEN Sylvie Montello Creator & founder of Oceanic Global & Storytellers Ibiza,  Doumi. Plus we finish with a little glimpse of new music from Nick Mulvey and a little final conversation about the climate action track he has just released with EP and created called,  "A prayer of my own" and its remix by Luke La Joya with the words of climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti. 
Much food for thought in todays episode as Ibiza summer returns. 
more info on our website, www.theresetrebel.com

After two years away from being the official start to summer,  the IMS is back this week with climate change at the top of its agenda.
In todays episode we meet the founders of the event, Ben Turner, Pete Tong MBE & Danny Whittle to find out what they learned in the break and how they see the island changing this summer as a result.
We team up with Earth Percent's Sophie Schnapp to see if the idea of Re-imagining Ibiza could happen this summer and what it would look like.
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In 2010 a fire swept through Benirras, forcing more than 1500 people to be rescued by land and sea from the beach on a hot August Sunday when the drumming was underway. Cars blew up, scorching flames could be seen 30 feet in the air and people fled in terror, some losing everything they posessed in the blaze.
Yoga Teacher Anna McColl was one of those people and tells us her story in todays episode of the time when she had literally just arrived from England with all her worldly goods. 
She left the island but came back after the shock of the baptism of fire wore off and still lives and teaches here.

Less then One year after the islands largest fire began,  another blaze started which was even larger.
The San Juan wildfire ignited when a beekeeper created a spark with his tools and the next thing, more than 1000 people were forced to flee the area, which raged all the way down to Cala San Vincente.

We also hear from Toby Clarke from Walking Ibiza who bore witness to the flames and tells us how she Beekeeper´s arrest caused a mass protest accross the island, plus Peter Lehner of Blacknose Wines, reveals how he arrived from his Swiss home to find embers still smoking by his front door and parts of his land completely destroyed.

But how disastrous is Fire for nature and can it be prevented?

We end our podcast with a chat to fire fighting hero Oriol Carre from IBANAT   - The Institut Balear De la Natura in Mallorca who piloted a plane to play his part in putting out the fire on ibiza 11 years ago and we finish with a conversation with Ana Digon -  Preseident of the Regenerative Agriculture Association of Spain on how live stock can clear the forrest and keep wildfire  at bay, as well as enhance the quality of the soil as they graze.

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To donate to our new Ibiza Regenerative Agriculture Podcast find our crowdfunding page here :    https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ibizaregenerationpodcast

REBOUND is the theme of todays episode, as we catch up with Ex-pro Belgian Basketball player Pieter Loridon.
The Antwerp star, who now lives some of the year in Ibiza,  has not been written about favourably in the press of late after infecting himself with Covid deliberately to get a recovery certificate to travel in January.
But as he talks about the incident for the first time on the Reset Rebel, he tells Jo he does not care what is written about him and that his detachment from the media as well as much of the negativity he has encountered through his life, has  brought him to realise, that Nothing Beats Love.  Nothing.
He has had to learn to rebound  both on and off the court and fought hard to gain his place in the Belgian national team after being told at 16 he was too fat to compete.
He worked hard to reach his goals professionally as a pro baller and believes resilience comes from having nothing but good intentions and moving away from negative energies that he feels the media and recent times have created.
His hard working ethic comes from his father, also a Basket Ball pro and he explains how it felt growing up as the son of a famous player, already in the spotlight and how working double as hard shaped his framework for life, in what he calls a very privileged up bringing.
Pieter is also into intermittent fasting as his father suffered Alzheimers dementia and sadly passed away from it three years ago .
His Tea company Cafe Couture was born from that exploration and he now works alongside his son sharing his Match moments worldwide.
Drop into todays show for some honest talk, basketball nerdiness and insights into how to rebound.   www.theresetrebel.com
Follow us on instagram :  @theresetrebel. &  @Pieterloridon 

In today's show we meet athlete Lisa Shaw, a woman who used to live in ibiza.She grew up here and says the island saved her life.

In fact, swimming in the Balearic Sea is what really saved her and as her anxiety grew,  she began to swim long distances. 

Being in the sea, away from land just with the rhythm of her breath as  meditation, she began to find her way back and is now planning to swim around all five Balearic islands, starting this summer in Formentera.

Lisa found out in later life, she had PTSD from the trauma she suffered as a child and now wishes to raise awareness to help other children, so they won't go through the same issues she faced.

Join Jo as she catches up with Lisa fresh out of the water, after a training session In Edinborough.

To grab details of our IBIZA RESET REBEL RETREAT 6-9TH MAY?
Drop me a mail to [email protected]

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