Best David Gilbertson Podcasts (2025)

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Jack Kloppenburg on Sharing Seeds in a World of Proprietary Agriculture 45:07

23d ago45:07

45:07

Jack Kloppenburg has been a leading figure in the fight to protect seed-sharing commons over the past forty years. It's a struggle that began in the 1980s as large ag-biotech companies have sought to make seeds privately owned and proprietary using all sorts of legal, technological, and market restrictions. Kloppenburg has been a professor at the U…

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Tom Llewellyn on the Many, Innovative Spheres of Organized Sharing 37:38

2M ago37:38

37:38

Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, describes the countless varieties of organized sharing that it supports through its journalism, organizing, and partnerships. In recent years, Shareable has helped amplify the work of mutual aid networks, expand the Libraries of Things concept, championed new forms of urban commoning, and develop new …

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Commoning within Arts Collectives, Episode #61 53:23

3M ago53:23

53:23

What are some of the distinctive ways that precarious arts collectives share resources, support each other, and make art? This episode hears from artists' collectives in three countries to learn how they organize their commoning practices. The three collectives are the "-" (dash) collective in Iran (with an artist who goes by the pseudonym "M" for …

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David Bollier on His New, Updated Edition of 'Think Like a Commoner' 39:59

4M ago39:59

39:59

Radio Kingston host and executive director Jimmy Buff interviews David Bollier about his new, updated and revised edition of 'Think Like a Commoner,' originally published in 2014. This popular introduction now includes material on the commons as a living, relational organism, bioregionalism and the relocalization of economies, governance of digital…

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Future Natures: On Seeing Commons through Popular Genres 36:07

5M ago36:07

36:07

Anthropologist Amber Huff, coordinator of the Centre for Future Natures at the University of Sussex in England, explains how popular genres like comic books, zines, social media, podcasts, and video, among others, can illuminate contemporary commons, enclosures, and the disorienting crises of capitalist modernity. What does this moment of crisis an…

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Pirate Care as a Revolutionary Act: Valeria Graziano & Tomislav Medak 43:31

6M ago43:31

43:31

Pirate Care is a term used to describe creative, public acts that challenge the "organized abandonment" of people in need. In the tradition of civil disobedience, pirate care activists intervene to show compassion and social solidarity for ordinary people. Pirate Care also highlights how the state, markets, or patriarchal families have politicized …

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Yuria Celidwen on Applying Indigenous Wisdom Traditions to Modern Challenges 49:40

7M ago49:40

49:40

Yuria Celidwen, an Indigenous researcher in the Department of Psychology at University of California Berkeley, discusses how contemplative practices in Indigenous traditions can expand mindfulness, heartfulness, compassion, and planetary flourishing. Her new book, 'Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Foundations for Collective Well-Being,' argues that rela…

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Zoe Gilbertson on Bioregional Fibersheds & New Fashion Commons 44:33

8M ago44:33

44:33

Zoe Gilbertson is a British fashion ecologist who is re-imagining the fashion industry from the ground up, literally. In an effort to curb the ecological harms of fast fashion, global supply chains, and relentless consumption of clothes, Gilbertson is figuring how fiber crops like hemp and flax could be grown bioregionally to produce textiles and, …

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Stefan Gruber's Global Portfolio of Urban Commons 42:36

9M ago42:36

42:36

Stefan Gruber, a Carnegie Mellon University professor of architecture and urbanism, sees cities as a prime site of struggle between capitalism and commons, and therefore an important incubator of just, regenerative, self-determined communities that move beyond the market/state paradigm. The traveling international exhibit, 'An Atlas of Commoning,' …

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Brandon Letsinger on Cascadia and Bioregional Activism 53:07

10M ago53:07

53:07

Brandon Letsinger, a Seattle organizer and cofounding director of the Cascadia Department of Bioregion, discusses the history of bioregional activism in Cascadia and current challenges and strategies. Cascadia consists of three watersheds in the Pacific Northwest extending from British Columbia to northern California. For more than 40 years, Cascad…

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Bram Büscher: Bridging the Human/Nature Divide through Convivial Conservation 51:32

11M ago51:32

51:32

Bram Büscher, an activist-scholar in sociology at Wageningen University in The Netherlands, has launched an ambitious international project to invent noncapitalist forms of land conservation. He calls it "convivial conservation." Instead of locking up land as wilderness or using it to make money through ecotourism and genetic patents, "convivial co…

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Safouan Azouzi: Lessons of Desert Oases for Eco-Resilient Transformation 49:46

12M ago49:46

49:46

Safouan Azouzi, a Tunisian scholar of the commons and participatory social design, discusses how cultural traditions in desert oases hold important socio-ecological lessons for the world. For the Global South, long victimized by colonialism and capitalist extraction, oases culture embodies an eco-friendly, alternative vision of development. For the…

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507: Unlocking Business Succession: The Power of ESOPs with Keith Butcher 24:48

1y ago24:48

24:48

In an interview with Jason Hartman, Keith Butcher, founder of Butcher Joseph, discusses business succession and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). With many business owners approaching retirement, ESOPs offer a tax-efficient way to transition ownership to employees. This model enhances employee retention and loyalty, providing long-term retire…

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Camila Vergara's Vision of Plebeian Constitutionalism 53:28

1y ago53:28

53:28

Chilean political philosopher Camila Vergara boldly argues in her book 'Systemic Corruption' that decay and corruption are inevitable even in liberal, representative systems because oligarchs end up capturing state governance and law. Ordinary people rarely have their own plebeian institutions to express their interests and curb the abuses of the e…

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Cooking Sections Serves Up Art, Eco-Activism & Local Food 47:00

1y ago47:00

47:00

The artistic duo known as Cooking Sections -- Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernández Pascual of the Royal College of Art in London -- use their virtuoso visual, performance, and installation artworks to jolt people into new understanding of local ecosystems, capitalism, and food. Their work, shown at prestigious venues around the world to great acclaim,…

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Nathan Schneider on Building Democratic Governance on the Internet 50:18

1y ago50:18

50:18

To counter the "implicit feudalism" that is the norm on the Internet, activist-scholar Nathan Schneider explains the potential of democratic governance in online life and its importance to "real world" democracy. A professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, Schneider argues that "online spaces could be sites of creative, radi…

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WIll Ruddick on 'Commitment Pooling' to Build Economic Commons 52:00

1+ y ago52:00

52:00

Will Ruddick, development economist and founder of Grassroots Economics, has spent the past 16 years in Kenya developing innovative "community inclusion currencies" for dozens of poorer communities. By combining ancient mutual aid practices with credit vouchers (circulating as a kind of money) and digital ledger technologies (to expand the scale of…

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Kathryn Milun: Sharing the Sun's Energy through Solar Commons 42:25

1+ y ago42:25

42:25

Kathryn Milun, a community-engaged scholar, writer, and energy democracy advocate at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, has spent the past 15 years developing the innovative Solar Commons model. This powerful prototype uses decentralized solar arrays to generate steady revenue streams to build community wealth. Through partnership agreements, fou…

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Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann's Project to Reimagine Economics Education 40:11

1+ y ago40:11

40:11

Appalled by the dismal state of economics education for young people, Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann, an international secondary school educator, has launched an open, collaborative project to develop a comprehensive Regenerative Economics syllabus. Instead of framing "the economy" as a growth-obsessed machine standing apart from society and nature,…

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506: Navigating the Storm: A CEO's Tale of Business Triumph in Turbulent Times 20:45

1+ y ago20:45

20:45

Jason interviews Johnny Serpilla, former President of Camping World, about his book, "Life is Hard, but I'll be Okay", and his experiences in leadership and business. Johnny emphasizes the importance of approaching life with one heart and mind, the role of gratitude in leadership, and the impact of personal problems on work. Johnny also discusses t…

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Aaron Perzanowski on Bottom-up Creativity & the Right to Repair 51:04

1+ y ago51:04

51:04

Professor Aaron Perzanowski of the University of Michigan Law School explains how many artistic communities flourish as commons, without copyright protections that privilege private ownership and marketization. Tattoo artists, fashion designers, chefs, and stand-up comedians are among the communities that don't strictly own their primary creative w…

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Shane O'Donnell: The Breakthrough Insulin Device Developed by Commoners 41:09

1+ y ago41:09

41:09

Shane O'Donnell, a sociologist and researcher, has been at the forefront of the "device activism" and #WeAreNotWaiting movement, a globe-spanning community of techies and people living with diabetes who have pioneered patient-led innovations in medical devices and healthcare. Outflanking a stodgy, risk-averse medical device industry, the movement h…

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Mihnea Tanasescu on the Need for 'Ecocene Politics' 43:40

1+ y ago43:40

43:40

The best term for this era of geological history is not the Anthropocene, says Mihnea Tănăsescu, a research professor at the University of Mons in Belgium, but the Ecocene. "The increasingly frequent intrusion of ecological processes into political life” requires us to shed our anthropocentric notions, and recognize our deep, entangled relationship…

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Hannes Gerhardt: Compeerism as a Path from Capital to Commons 43:47

2y ago43:47

43:47

Hannes Gerhardt, a professor of geography at the University of West Georgia (US), talks about his new book, 'From Capital to Commons: Exploring the Promise of a World Beyond Capitalism', especially as it applies to digital technology and online life. While Big Tech monopolies have crushed the hopeful experimentation that once prevailed in Internet …

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Natasha Hulst: The Campaign for an Amsterdam Food Park 44:01

2y ago44:01

44:01

Natasha Hulst, Director of the European Land Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, describes a spirited campaign by commoners to build an urban farm and green space, Voedselpark, or Food Park, on the edge of Amsterdam. While climate change and global economics argue for relocalizing agriculture, city officials and businesses are det…

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505: Protecting Your Online Reputation: Expert Insights from Matt Earle | Reputation.ca 27:38

2y ago27:38

27:38

In this interview, Matt Earle from Reputation.ca discusses the problem of online reputation damage and how it can affect individuals and businesses. When negative or false information appears in Google search results, it can harm a person's reputation. Reputation.ca focuses on deleting harmful content whenever possible, but it's challenging when de…

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Thomas Linzey on Nature's Rights and Self-Owning Land 51:47

2y ago51:47

51:47

Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel at the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, has been at the forefront of ambitious campaigns to create novel legal doctrines for "community rights," "the rights of nature," and more recently, "self-owning land." The primary goal is to expand democratic self-determination, especially at the local level,…

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Alnoor Ladha & Lynn Murphy on Post-Capitalist Philanthropy 50:45

2y ago50:45

50:45

Long-time activist Alnoor Ladha and former program officer Lynn Murphy explain why so many philanthropies aren't really interested in system change. In their book 'Post Capitalist Philanthropy', they explain how large foundations are more intent on reproducing capitalist modernity and its norms than in moving beyond the growth economy. The real cha…

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Leah Penniman on 'Black Earth Wisdom' 52:19

2y ago52:19

52:19

Leah Penniman, cofounder of Soul Fire Farm in the Hudson Valley, New York, showcases the history of African-American farming and Indigenous land traditions in her new book 'Black Earth Wisdom' in which sixteen Black elders of various backgrounds discuss the intertwined fate of the earth and our spiritual lives. The book brings attention to often-ne…

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Christian Iaione & Sheila Foster on Urban Commoning Initiatives 42:19

2y ago42:19

42:19

How might the commons paradigm be applied to cities in a more focused, effective way? Professors Sheila R. Foster of Georgetown University and Christian Iaione of Luiss Carli University in Rome, share their insights into this topic after years of study and collaborative experimentation. Their new book, 'Co-Cities: Innovative Transitions Toward Just…

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Dorn Cox: When Open Source Meets Regenerative Agriculture 47:39

2+ y ago47:39

47:39

Dorn Cox is a New Hampshire family farmer who has long been in the vanguard of improving regenerative agriculture with open source technologies. He sees participatory science and knowledge commons as powerful tools for improving crop yields, soil health, and ecosystem resilience, especially in the face of climate change. Here, Cox talks about his n…

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Binna Choi: Curating Art through Commoning 31:23

2+ y ago31:23

31:23

As Director of the Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons, Binna Choi is in the vanguard of exploring how commoning can be used to make art and curate exhibitions. Choi and her colleagues in Utrecht, Netherlands, see commoning as an organizing principle for how artists can produce art collaboratively, in service to the community. As the Insti…

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John Thackara on Designing for Life 45:54

2+ y ago45:54

45:54

John Thackara is one of the brilliant irregulars exploring how humankind can make the transition to a climate-friendly, relocalized, post-capitalist world. A Brit with extensive academic and journalistic background in design, Thackara is an independent writer, activist and thinker who is probing the idea of "designing for life." For him, this means…

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Joe Brewer's Bold Quest to Restore a Bioregion 1:00:53

2+ y ago1:00:53

1:00:53

Joe Brewer, an American activist with extensive background in earth sciences, embarked on a journey to heal the Earth, and ended up in Barichara, Colombia, helping to catalyze a bold effort to restore an arid tropical forest in the northern Andes. Here, Brewer describes his formal training in ecological sciences and complex systems; the techniques …

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David Sloan Wilson: What Evolutionary Science Says about Prosocial Groups 46:26

2+ y ago46:26

46:26

David Sloan Wilson is a renowned evolutionary biologist with pathbreaking insights into the role of cooperation in the evolution of life. A professor emeritus at State University of New York, Binghamton, Wilson has investigated how natural selection occurs among groups and even ecosystems, and not only at the level of genes and individuals. In this…

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Greg Watson on Buckminster Fuller, the World Grid and World Game 46:48

2+ y ago46:48

46:48

Drawing upon the pioneering work of Buckminster Fuller, Greg Watson, Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, explains his work promoting a "World Grid" -- a global infrastructure that would integrate electricity production and distribution into a single global network of networks. A free flow of electrici…

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Konda Mason on Land, Race, Money & Spirit 43:05

3y ago43:05

43:05

BIPOC farmers -- many afflicted by the persistent legacy of slavery, racism, and land theft -- generally do not have an easy path forward. To help inaugurate a different history, Jubilee Justice, a small Louisiana organization, is developing an ambitious array of commons-oriented projects. As cofounder and president Konda Mason explains, these stra…

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504: How to Self-Publish Your Book! Chandler Bolt, Self-Publishing School 20:36

3y ago20:36

20:36

A book is the new business card and a great way to grow your business! Chandler Bolt is an investor, advisor, the CEO of Self-Publishing School & SelfPublishing.com, and the author of 6 bestselling books including his most recent book titled “Published.” Self-Publishing School is an INC 5000 company the last 3 years in a row as one of the 5,000 fas…

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Farid Rakun & ruangrupa Reinvent Artistic Curation at documenta 15 39:57

3y ago39:57

39:57

When the Indonesian artists collective ruangrupa was selected to curate the prestigious international art exhibition Documenta, held every five years in Germany, the group made a bold choice: to prototype a new type of commons-oriented political economy for art-making. In this episode, Ruangrupa member Farid Rakun explains how the exhibition not on…

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503: Todd Duncan & High Trust Selling: The Holy Grail of Sales Influence 42:27

3y ago42:27

42:27

It takes a lifetime to build trust, and a minute to lose it. Jason Hartman welcomes Todd Duncan, author, speaker and the world’s leading authority on trust! People thrive on trust and the bigger the financial decision, the more trust is necessary. How can you create that? Todd also reminds us that nobody gets a paycheck for being busy! Managing you…

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Guy Standing: How Blue Commons Can Transform the Economy of the Sea 50:08

3y ago50:08

50:08

Guy Standing, an economist and scholar of the commons at SOAS University of London, talks about his new book, 'The Blue Commons: Transforming the Economy of the Sea'. He argues that overfishing and destructive deepsea mining are predictable results of 'rentier capitalism', the market/state system that privileges expansive property rights, financial…

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Stephan Harding on Gaia Alchemy & the Animate Earth 50:35

3y ago50:35

50:35

Dr. Stephan Harding, a cofounder of Schumacher College (England) and senior lecturer in holistic science, is a pioneering scientist focused on earth sciences, deep ecology, and the theory of Gaia. His work stands on the shoulders of his friend and colleague James Lovelock, the originator of Gaia theory, and microbiologist Lynn Margulis, who bravely…

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Alanna Irving of Open Collective: Distributed Leadership & Infrastructures for Commoning 58:40

3y ago58:40

58:40

It takes a lot of hard work to get small-scale commons started, especially with complications of managing money, budgets, and tax and legal compliance. These challenges have gotten easier since the rise of Open Collective, a nonprofit platform that acts a kind of commons-enabling infrastructure. In this episode, Alanna Irving, Chief Operating Offic…

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Sam Moore of The Radical Open Access Collective 40:07

3y ago40:07

40:07

Open access is a term used to describe academic books, journals, and other research that can be freely copied and shared rather than tightly controlled by large commercial publishers as expensive, proprietary product. Over the past 20 years, this vision has fallen far short of its original ambitions, however, as large publishers have developed new …

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502: Dr. Peter McCullough, Mandates, Misinformation, Censorship & The Thought Police 38:51

3y ago38:51

38:51

Join Jason today as he welcomes Dr. Peter McCullough, MD. Dr. McCullough has over 50 peer-reviewed papers and is an extremely credible person in the medical field. You can also watch the video NOT on YouTube (having been censored) but on Jason’s other video sites: JasonHartman.com/Rumble JasonHartman.com/Bitchute JasonHartman.com/Odysee After recei…

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501: Russia’s War on Ukraine: Peter Zeihan & Russian New World Order, NATO, Economic & Agricultural Fallout 27:55

3y ago27:55

27:55

Today, Jason welcomes geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan to the show today to discuss the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Peter discusses Putin’s motivations, Russia’s demographics and energy exports and if the response from the West will be enough to stop this conflict. What are the short and long term economic and agricultural implications …

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500: Mark Victor Hansen, Ask! The Bridge From Your Dreams to Reality, Jason Hartman University Live Event 29:50

3+ y ago29:50

29:50

The legendary Mark Victor Hansen, best selling author, real estate investor and entrepreneur is Jason's guest in today's 10th episode, talking about his new book, Ask!: The Bridge from Your Dreams to Your Destiny. Most people have beautiful dreams deep inside—the things they would like to have, the relationships they’d love to enjoy, and the wellne…

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Ruth Catlow of Furtherfield: Art, Play and the Imagining of New Worlds 47:05

3+ y ago47:05

47:05

Ruth Catlow is an artist, curator, and co-leader of Furtherfield, a London-based arts collective that has been convening playful, participatory art projects for more than 25 years. The group's artistic experiments -- deeply rooted in open source technologies and philosophies -- use digital platforms and its green space and gallery in Finsbury Park …

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Sara Arnold & Sandra Niessen on Moving Toward Defashion and Degrowth 53:42

3+ y ago53:42

53:42

British activist Sara Arnold and Dutch fashion scholar/activist Sandra Niessen explain their vision for "a radical defashion future" driven by degrowth, decolonization, and commoning. As two leaders of Fashion Act Now, they are part of a growing network of dissident fashionistas trying to make the global clothing industry more ecologically responsi…

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499: Franchising with Jon Ostenson of Franbridge Consulting 24:06

3+ y ago24:06

24:06

Register for the VIRTUAL LIVE Creating Wealth conference on January 28 and 29, 2022.Visit JasonHartman.com today! Meet Jon Ostenson of Franbridge Consulting. Today, he and Jason talk about the world of NON-FOOD franchising and how more and more people are discovering how lucrative owning a franchise can be. Franchising is the better path for many w…

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