THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCAST

Dan Burgess
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Feb 13, 2024 • 17min

Updated Episode 78: The Future of this Podcast

In this very short episode, I set out some news on the future of The Spaceship Earth Podcast which I’ve been hosting since 2018.The podcast and the writing here has always been offered in the spirit of the gift, self-funded.However in 2024 we need to find ways to support the time and costs involved in recording and releasing these offerings, as we up our schedule to two episodes a month and publish more writing and community offerings here on Substack.We are living in extraordinary times and mainstream media is becoming more and more limiting as we look for sense and meaning in these unravelling times.We need spaces for conversations which go deeper, which ask different questions of these times, which explore other possibilities, which don’t claim to have answers for everything, and encourage and cultivate imagination, humility, connection, participation and community.We will be bringing you brilliant guests, conversations and ideas from the leading edges of regenerative change, folks growing life-centric cultures, humans upholding the spirit of ‘becoming crew’ through their actions, work, humanity and creativity.These stories and conversations can help inspire us to explore new ways of thinking, being, relating and organising on Spaceship Earth, to live more beautifully and peacefully with ourselves, each other and with nature - our more than human family.We are moving the podcast hosting over to Substack to help support this and also to encourage more community, dialogue and connection around episodes and ideas.But in the spirit of becoming crew - WE NEED YOU.To help support the ongoing costs.For the monthly price of about one pint of beer in a British pub or two takeaway coffees you can help make this happen.And to share your thoughts here on episodes and topics if we inspire them.To spread the word on what we’re doing if you’re getting something from it.It’s the spirit of reciprocity.And its’s how life actually works on Spaceship Earth.With much appreciation and gratitudePeace and OutDanSupport and subscribe:https://becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe#thespaceshipearthpodcast #becomingcrew Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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Nov 5, 2023 • 1h 8min

Episode 77 - Earth Sessions - Samhain deep - Dan Solo Mix

It’s been a year since the last Earth Sessions mix.I finally got it together to record this.Mixed live in my garden studio while humanity continues to implode.Violence, suffering and despair spilling over on this Earth.These last few weeks have been overwhelming.But I remember today the power of music and dancing as one way to move the body and mind through dark timesHeart vibes, to connect to a deeper source within and to unite into new ways of being.This mix signals the crossing of a threshold into darker mysterious times, towards winter.To acknowledge the Celtic festival of Samhain (a few days ago) pronounced Sow (as in Cow)InnA time for dropping into mystery, decay, shedding, breaking down, letting go and composting.Going dark and in deep in preparation for seeding new life.Love in cycles.This is an offering for this moment.It’s deep, dark, trippy, fairly pumping, emotional.Play in the dark, loudly. For running, dancing, crying and moving through darker times.Respect to all the producers featured in this mix. Thank you for your beautiful sonic offerings.Full tracklist on site Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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Oct 26, 2023 • 1h 19min

Episode 76 - The Remix 2023 - Audio Artefact - (un)learning adventure for story rebels

Explore the power of cultural stories, the significance of narratives, and the importance of connecting to ancestors and land. Discover the misunderstood goddess of nemesis and indigenous ways of knowing. Experience the rhythms of the earth during the summer solstice and let go of old stories. Acknowledge the power of stories in shaping communities and cultures.
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Aug 10, 2023 • 1h 11min

Episode 75 - Dan Burgess - Rambling in the Woods - Reflections from the heart in unravelling times

Episode 75 is a reflective ramble in the woods from me your podcast host Dan Burgess.There are no guests (apart from wind, trees, a buzzard and a pigeon)The episode marks an end to this season of recordings and also to the format of conversations this year.And brings a pause in episodes until early Autumn.For me this episode was a chance to honour some shifts, reflect deeply, and to try and speak from my heart intelligence. So this is a spontaneous, personal honest, open, vulnerable, meandering, reflective share. And some of my opinions on this moment in time.Firstly where I find myself with my own inquiring, work and the context we find ourselves in at this moment as climate breakdown becomes seemingly impossible to ignore. How I am deepening my own learning, practices and offerings through deeper relational intentionality with the more than human world, including the impact of a recent Vision Quest I completed and participation as a co-learner in a new 18 month learning journey exploring ‘Kincentric Leadership’.And how all this is shaping the future of the podcast, the work I offer to others and the work of Becoming Crew.Finally I wanted to reflect on my key takeouts and learnings from the podcast conversations with my amazing guests this year and why they feel important and really useful for these times we are facing into.I also share what next for the podcast in the Autumn (loads) and from Becoming Crew.To be honest I recorded this episode for me, but I hope you find something in it for you, let us know, we’d love to hear from you.A big thanks to all the guests, contributors and our crew for making this podcast happen and to all our beautiful listeners for supporting us. Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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Aug 5, 2023 • 12min

Episode 74 -Stories for Life - Christina Williams - Love stories/horror stories

This episode contains two short audio essays from Christina Williams, a writer exploring the pathways that can connect us more deeply with the more-than-human world. She is passionate about complexity, systems change, and how narrative shifts can drive movements for change. Christina took part in The Remix 2023, our Stories for Life themed learning journey from Becoming Crew.She is based in Amsterdam.https://newfutures.substack.com/https://stories.life/https://www.becomingcrew.com/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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Jun 26, 2023 • 1h 21min

Episode 73 - Becoming Crew - Whats Yours to Do ?

This episode is a basecamp crew conversation between Dan and fellow Becoming Crew guides Evva Semenowicz and Mark Sears.It speaks to this moment in time, where planetary boundaries are being crossed, Earth system tipping points are approaching, climate and ecological breakdown is being experienced all over western societies and yet the culture of denial, divisiveness and inaction is still dominant in government, media, and corporates.What is true and what is real ?What will it take for more people with influence to step fully into this moment and begin to step into service to life on our home planet, for a sense of collective action to spread ?We speak especially to the inaction in organisations and business, beyond their own agendas, why are orgs still so passive when it comes to responding to these crises, when the very conditions that enable their businesses to function are unravelling fast.We unpack ‘What’s Yours to Do?’ - a new one day offer from Becoming Crew to support organisations to begin to step into this new reality and cultivate courage for their own unique forms of activism and participation towards halting the destruction of our living Earth and accelerate the shift towards life-sustaining cultures.Recorded in a meadow in Somerset at sunset on a very dry June day the conversation picks up from our last session in Episode 63 in January, reflects on the launch of The Remix - (un)learning adventure for story rebels and then into this moment and what is being called for from business and organisations and our offer of What’s Yours to Do ?https://www.becomingcrew.com/1day Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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Jun 16, 2023 • 1h 26min

Episode 72 - Matt Hocking - Business from the heart

How might we make a habit of moving into uncomfortable spaces to begin cultivating new ways of being? What stories would the living world share if they had a seat at the table? What does a business in service to planet Earth look like? How might business unite behind forms of activism that can benefit the whole of society ?Matt Hocking is an extraordinary force of nature, a generous and humble being who has dedicated himself to serving our planet. As a designer, curator and connector he has channelled his energy into the creation of forward thinking, ecologically inspired, design agency Leap; developing Goodfest, a gathering for creative change makers in Cornwall, and as an ambassador for BCorp, encouraging more creative businesses to join the movement. Matt is a galvanising individual, a catalyst for interesting journeys and an advocate for challenging our settled concepts of 'sustainabilty'. In a little pocket of ancient woodland in Bath, Smallcombe Woods, Dan invites Matt in the company of two ancient oaks, surrounded by the aroma of wild garlic and the pitter patter of rain drops to delve into an exploration of Matt’s service to planet Earth and their common threads of inquiry.The conversation weaves many threadsA reflection on the state of Britain’s natural world as a result of an ingrained colonial destructive and separation logic.The importance of a sharing economy beyond material thingsAppreciation for Goodfest, in creating a space where youth wisdom sits alongside elder wisdom. Bringing the voices of the living world into our discussions on climate action,The dance of perfect imperfection along the journey to new, creative imaginings How businesses can take courageous action towards systemic change. Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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Jun 14, 2023 • 7min

Episode 71 - Stories for Life - Mark Sears - Fox Woman Dreaming

This offering comes from Becoming Crew Guide Mark Sears. It is an ancient myth from the Inuit tradition. It emerged from the back of the cave following our first session of our learning adventure The Remix and a provocation from Bayo Akomolafe. He invited us to consider the possibility of shapeshifting and the idea that it is only through strange encounters beyond our comprehension that new stories might emerge. This is a short tale, but a deep one and it begs the question - 'what have we sent into exile that we might need to reclaim right now in our culture where we find ourselves as lonely hunters at the doorway of our huts.'As you listen perhaps you might want to ask yourself, where do you find yourself in the story? Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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May 19, 2023 • 1h 27min

EP 70 - Ocean Mic - Easkey Britton - Ebb and Flow

What if the health of the wild waters of the Earth are a reflection of human health?What if restoring our relationship with the wild waters on this earth was a way to restore and heal our own health ?How might moving into a more intentional relationship with water within us and around us help us through these times of fear, grief and complexity?How might cultivating practices and rituals with water today begin to catalyse cultural shifts towards a return of the sacredness between humans and the waters on this Earth?Easkey Britton is a surfer, scientist, academic, social ecologist, activist, writer and artist who has dedicated her life to exploring connection with the ocean and wild waters of this Earth and understanding our human relationship with water as watery beings.This is Easkey’s third time on the podcast and this episode is in honour of her new book Ebb and Flow, Connect with the Patterns and Power of Water.An essential book for this moment, as we are beginning to understand through witnessing the health of the rivers and ocean around us - what we do to the wild waters of this Earth ultimately we do to ourselves.Packed with wisdom and practices to restore health to ourselves and the wild waters around us, Easkey has weaved together insight and intelligence from her own deep experiences and those of wisdom keepers, water guardians, scientists, activists and indigenous scholars from all over Spaceship Earth.This conversation riffs on a number of threads in the book.This is an Ocean Mic episode in collaboration with FinisterrePlay-out track‘Landscape’ by East Forest and Peter Broderick Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe
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May 16, 2023 • 5min

Stories For Life - Mike Benson - GDP - Seems kind of Gross

Welcome to this first Stories for Life minisode from The SpaceShip Earth Podcast.The intention with these mini episodes is to serve up short form sonic offerings - poems, stories, readings, meditations and musical gifts.These offerings will either be riffing on 'love stories', helping us relate to ourselves, to each other and to this more than human world that we inhabit in more entangled, mysterious, interconnected and life sustaining ways.Or drawing our attention to 'horror stories' in our modern cultures that through their deeply ingrained pervasiveness keep us trapped in the destructive and divisive story of separation.This first offering comes from writer and poet Mike Benson, a poem entitled - GDP: seems kind of Gross. Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

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