Welcome to the conscient podcast season 6 trailer

I’m Claude Schryer, the host and producer of both conscient podcast and its french equivalent balado conscient. 

I’m speaking to you from unceded Algonquin-Anishinaabe land also known as Ottawa. 

This trailer will give you an idea of what’s to come with this learning and unlearning journey of mine that I started in May 2020 still exploring art and the ecological crisis however a lot has changed since then. I wrote about in my a calm presence Substack : a conscient rethink

Here's an excerpt from that posting that will give you an idea of what season 6 is about. Thanks for listening. 

 I came up with a set of questions to guide my work future forward: 

• What needs to be said?
• Who needs to say it? 
• Who wants to hear it?
• How does it help? 

In other words, what is the point of all this chatter? 

I thought back to why I listen to podcasts in the first place and what keeps me listening?  

I listen to podcasts because they help me:

• break me out of isolation
• accept collapse
• feel solidarity and connection 
• unlearn
• generate spiritual and physical energy 
• empathise through tone of voice 
• nurture presence through hesitation
• laugh and cry
• slow down and listen 
• keep going in spite of the odds

So, with all of this in mind, I’ve decided to go ahead and produce a 6th season of conscient.

• fifteens

15 minute ‘composed’ conversations with leading artists and cultural workers exploring the theme of ‘arts and culture in times of crisis, collapse, renewal’ with a focus on actions. A fifteen is a coffee break of insight. 

• roundtables

Long duration, informal banter with friends and colleagues about their passions, fears and dreams, inspired by the innovative ways of the 1980’s era CBC Radio’s overnight talk show Brave New Waves. Participants are invited to tell a good story and to expect to be interrupted and maybe teased once in a while. A roundtable is an engaging kitchen party. 

• a calm presence

These bonus episodes are me narrating each a calm presence Substack posting including additional commentary and soundscape compositions. It’s intended for those who, like me, prefer listening over reading. 

I will launch season 6 at spring equinox on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 5.01am (EDT).

access

• subscribe to conscient podcast or balado conscient (free) on your favorite podcast player : Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Tune in, YouTube
• subscribe to a calm presence (free) on Substack
• follow and comment on conscient social media : Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads and BlueSky 
• visit conscient.ca to search and listen to any individual Episodes or read episode notes and transcripts

As always, if you like something you hear or read, please share. 

Feel free to reach me with questions and comments at [email protected]

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Hey conscient listeners, 

I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa). 

It’s my way to give back.

In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I I publish free ‘a calm presence' Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com.

Your feedback is always welcome at [email protected] and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, Tik Tok, YouTube and Substack.

Share what you like, etc

I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. 

Claude Schryer

Latest update on July 8, 2025