Pod of Gold

Rachel Cook, founder of Seeds, is the architect of a new economy. The way Rachel sees it, there's more than enough money in the world to meet every human being's needs. But in our current monetary sy…

Who's responsible for our happiness? For most people, finding happiness--true happiness--is a personal journey. But what if the government  took on some of that responsibility? In this episode, we sp…

Jean-François Noubel calls himself an 'open source earthling'. Though he lives in France, he considers his true home to be within himself. Like a turtle. And though he lives within a market economy, …

These fish need some friends. In this episode, we speak with Kurt Beardslee, executive director of the Wild Fish Conservancy in Duvall, WA. We ask Kurt about the current threats to dwindling Chinook …

In the spirit of patriotism this election week, we’ll be talking about our national mammal—the American bison or buffalo. And not just any Buffalo. Wild Idea Buffalo. Wild Idea is a family owned-busi…

Meet the millionaire who wants to tax the rich. In this episode, we speak with Morris Pearl, a former managing director at BlackRock who now serves as the chair of an organization called Patriotic Mi…

Extinction Rebellion is a global movement to get the world’s governments to address the climate and ecological emergency. What started in the UK in 2018 has now grown to include 1145 groups in 72 cou…

In this episode, we start a dive into the role of money in politics. From campaign financing and Citizens United to lobbying and taxation,  the influence of money on democracy is undeniable. And in a…

We're in a crisis of consciousness around money. A system of endless growth isn't sustainable for people or planet. But to change that system, we first need to change minds. That's the business Dr. P…

Until destructive fossil fuel extraction practices are ended, until the rights of nature are restored, until the world comes together to face the climate crisis, we will not stop fighting. That's Nni…

How does our prevailing money system drive growth? Through the creation of debt. In this episode, André Peters, a former analyst at the National Bank of Belgium, shares everything you need to know ab…

Dr. Marcia Chatelain is a historian and professor at Georgetown University specializing in African-American life and culture. Her latest book, Franchise, investigates the relationship that grew betwe…

It's been a man's man's man's world. Now it's time to lift up the women who will save it. In this episode: our interview with Osprey Orielle Lake, founder and executive director of the Women's Earth …

Monopoly is one of the world's most popular board games. But who invented it? And why? Tom Forsyth, a game aficionado and special expert on the game Monopoly, reveals the unexpected background of the…

How can we tackle both climate change and income inequality? Stephen DeMeulenaere thinks economic redesign through complimentary currencies could be the answer.  Complimentary currencies introduce ne…

What if we could turn back the clock on climate change? True Carbon, a start-up founded by Sebastian and Lars Graf, is trying to do just that. By creating a marketplace to incentivize the use of 'car…

Where does our food come from? For Krishna McKenzie, the answer to that question says a lot about our relationship with nature. Krishna is a farmer in the universal township of Auroville working to e…

What is life? Ask a biologist, a philosopher, and a priest and you'll get three different answers. That's why Dr. Luigi Luisi founded the Cortona Week, an interdisciplinary summer program where stude…

Joseph Bonasia and Gary Robbins have a unique approach to protecting our environment: they are working to secure legal rights for rivers and other bodies of water in Florida.  Securing the “rights of…

Chuck Collins, a program director at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-editor of inequality.org, shares the story of waking up to his own privilege and the racist systems that granted his famil…