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The Future of Cities | A PGR Special
Urbanists Miguel Robles-Durán and Liam Young bring deep knowledge of cities to a rapidly changing urban landscape. Their central question is whether technology can work for all of us or only for a…
S1E19 The Future of Global Work | A PGR Special
Will technology affect workers in the Global South and North in similar ways? One ofour guests lives in Indonesia, the other hails from New York City. One steeped in trade, agriculture, and justice;…
S1E18 A Bucky Fuller Conversation
The lives of Michael Ben-Eli and Jaime Snyder were both deeply shaped byBuckminster Fuller. Jaime is an educator, writer, filmmaker, singer-songwriter,Fuller’s grandson, and co-founder of the…
S1E17 The Life and Work of Buckminster Fuller!
Buckminster Fuller comes to life through stories from his students, biographer, and a new generation inspired by his legacy.From geodesic domes to three-wheeledcars, from doing more with less to…
S1E16 A Catalysta Conversation
Chickie Munch and Binnie Bunny Munch (with MD) host a wide-ranging conversation withJessica Rose on censorship, health policy, and AI.And... Charles Michel guides a meditation on tasting…
S1E15 People Get Ready | episode 4
Let’s have a look under the hood of democracy and consider its hidden machinations. Seven guests guide a tour through neoliberalism, precarious employment, fudged economics, unions, and…
S1E14 People Get Ready | episode 3
If democracy is a house, democratic infrastructure is the foundation. This episodealso takes up the topic of fascism—a term much bandied about. A compelling panel of voices gathersto examine the…
S1E13 Food & Spirit | Charles Michel
Charles Michel is a chef and activist who sees conscious eating as a pathway to self-knowledge, interpersonal development, and alignment with the living world.Have a seat at the table and bon…
S1E12 The Future of Healthcare | A PGR Special
Who speaks up on the impact of technology in a for-profit healthcare world? Our guests! Robbie Davis-Floyd is a renowned birth anthropologist, and Gerard Brogan is a Director of Nursing Practice at…
S1E11 Biodiversity | part 2
Vandana Shiva joins our biodiversity panel to consider human population, a rareperspective on renewable energy, and the role of beliefs and attitudes inbiodiversity loss. Dr. Shiva shares her…
S1E10 Biodiversity | part 1
What protects biodiversity loss from being seriously addressed? Are there keyinsights that could shuffle the deck toward real solutions? William E. Rees and colleaguesapproach ecological limits and…
S1E9 On Birth | The Second Conversation
Let’s expand the birth frontier to include who we are throughout our lives. Our special guests, Becca Tarnas and Sean Kelly, discuss the archetype of birth, C.G. Jung, Stan Grof, and the origins of…
S1E8 On Birth | The First Conversation
A doula, a midwife, and a birth anthropologist walk into a podcast studio... but not just any doula, midwife, and birth anthropologist. These are among the world’s finest,gathered to converse on some…
S1E7 On Birth | The Transformation
Does anything need to transform when it comes to birth? Education? Practice? Policy?A reduction in anxiety and pain?In search of guidance, we hear frommidwives, doulas, and birth practitioners…
S1E6 On Birth | The Situation
What’s happening in birth today? What is a matrist society? Who rules birth? Ready for eBirth? In this episode we discover Saharasia,uncover the inventor of obstetrics, and drop in on Hollywood’s…
S1E5 On Birth | The Essence
There’s no instruction manual for birth, but there are ways to deepen our understanding. On Birth is just such a way.The Essence explores the complete arc from preconception to conception, pregnancy,…
S1E4 A Very Short History of Automation | A PGR Special
The Catalysta Players take to the Centrale stage to enact a day in the life of the Luddites, a visit with Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury crowd, a step behind the sceneswith Walter Reuther, and a…
S1E3 People Get Ready | episode 2
Three vital voices speak on the gusher that is technological innovation. We’re pleased to welcome Noam Chomsky, Dan McQuillan, and Daniel Broudy as they reflect on how to nourish a democratic…
S1E2 People Get Ready | episode 1
People Get Ready explores a book called, what else? People Get Ready: The FightAgainst a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. This timely work connects the dots between rapidly accelerating…
S1E1 Season One Intro | Welcome to Catalysta Centrale
Welcome to the first season of Catalysta. Bienvenue from the founders of Catalysta, Chickie Munch and Binnie Bunny Munch. Willkommen from Schmutz Munch. G’day from Wally Koala.Bienvenido to this…
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Catalysta has published 20 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Society & Culture.
Catalysta is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 12m.
