Shambala Speaks
41 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago -Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia.
Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com
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Poetry Slam 2023 part 1
April 16, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes - 24.7 MBFrom lyrical luminaries to rising stars and everything in between, here’s part 1 of Sunday's Shambala poetry slam with more coming in part 2. Thanks to all our slammers, you dared to show us your poetic prowess and we are all the richer for it.
Harnessing Our Collective Intelligence
February 20, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this episode, we hear from neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow who shows us how our brains sychronise, ideas emerge and moral values align. Given the challenges we face, we need our best thinking and Hannah can show us how. https://hannahcritchlow.com/
The Language of Our Seas
January 16, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes - 25 MBTom Mustil was nearly killed by a breaching whale, which landed on his canoe. Mid air, perhaps on siting Tom, the whale tilted, possibly to miss him. It then re-emerged and looked at him - as if to check if he was ok. He became obsessed with trying to find out what the whale had been thinking. And so began an exploration into whale communication – what do they say and sing to each other? And can AI help us decode it? What would it mean if we were to make contact? Come with us on a journ...
Chats From The Shambala Shack - Dutty Moonshine & Dr. Meaker
December 19, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode, we hear from two bands – Dutty Moonshine – which were voted by you as best festival act in 2023. And much-loved Dr Meaker - another firm favourite. We find out what drives them, where they’ve come from and how their creative process unfolds. Starting with Mike and Maria from Dutty Moonshine, followed by Clive Meaker. We hope you enjoy going behind the scenes. https://www.drmeaker.co.uk/ https://www.duttymoonshine.com/
In Sankofas With Dizraeli
November 24, 2023 12:00 - 57 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this episode, we drop in to Sankofa's on Sunday afternoon, where we soak up Dizreali's conversations and hear performances by Blythe Pepino, Martin Carthy and the one and only Congo Natty... https://www.dizraeli.com/ https://www.blythepepino.com/ https://alanbearmanmusic.com/artists/martin-carthy/ https://www.instagram.com/congonatty_official/
Chats From the Shambala Shack: Chali 2na and A.Skillz
October 17, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 17.9 MBChali 2na and A.Skillz kick off the third season. We get a glimpse into their history, collaboration, life-defining moments plus some wisdom to help us on our way. Chali has played at Shambala many times and his Hands High track accompanied our 2017 film. A.Skillz is a producer, DJ and an all-round excellent humble human. You can find links to their work and art below.https://www.chali2na.com/ https://www.instagram.com/askillzofficial/
Sunday at Sankofas with Dizraeli and BCUC
August 04, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode we drop in to Sankofa's on Sunday afternoon, where we soak up Dizreali's conversations and hear performances from Luzmira Zerpa from Family Atlantica and the one and only BCUC...
Poetry Slam Part 2
July 07, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MBPrepare for your mind to stretch and your soul to fill. Here’s part 2 of our poetry slam episode. Just a heads up and trigger warning - part of this material is raw, sweary and contains descriptions of sexual assault. Thanks to our slammers: Kathy D, Nathan, Woody Rooster, Sennen Una Johnson, Lily, The Blonde Butterfly, Louise Stuart Daisy, Jay Mitra (our 2022 winner)
Poetry Slam Part 1.
June 02, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes - 20.5 MBFrom lyrical luminaries to rising stars and everything in between, here’s a selection of Sunday's poetry slam with more coming in part 2. Heads up: part of this material is raw, sweary and contains language which some may find offensive. Thanks to our slammers: Tony, Claire, Rory, One Inky Queer, Jay Mitra, Maisy, Alistair, Ann, Steph, Josh, Tia, Bex Gordon
Bridging the Generation Gap - Paul Cree
May 05, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 16 MBIn this heartwarming episode, we hear how music has helped to tie together threads of 3 generations… Produced by eventsinsound.com
A Pocket Guide to STOP ECOCIDE!
April 03, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBEcocide literally means “killing one’s home”. In this episode, we hear from Jo Jo Mehta the Co Founder and Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International. She updates us on the tremendous progress and profound changes that are taking place in making ecocide an international crime. To support this work and get involved, please head to https://www.stopecocide.earth/act-now where you'll find a whole host of ways to get involved.
Elkin Robinson - Performance
March 03, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MBElkin Robinson is a performer from the island of Old Providence in The Carribean. Elkin performs with his band and tells us about the origins of his music . Call in the spring with these sunshine songs! Produced by eventsinsound.com
Lockdown Lessons From Mark Grist
February 02, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MBMark Grist is an award winning poet, teacher and unlikely battle rapper - with millions of views for both his poetry and rap battles online. In this episode, he explores his experience as an artist during the pandemic, and how audiences and artists rely on each other - and how, when we're hungry for hope, we can find it in extraordinary places (plus a cheeky cameo from hip-hop hero Chali 2na, no biggie!)
Finding Resilience in a Changing World
January 02, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 23.1 MBGareth Owen is the Humanitarian Director of Save the Children UK. In this episode, we hear how he manages to match the resilience of those he’s helping on the front lines. His book When the Music's Over is out now. Part memoir, part history and part politics, its also a story about human connection in desperate circumstances. https://repeaterbooks.com/product/when-the-musics-over-intervention-aid-and-somalia/
The World of Joelle Taylor *EXPLICIT LANGUAGE*
December 02, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBJoelle Taylor is a poet, author and playwright. In this episode, we get a glimpse of butch counterculture, where we feel the bonds, the bravery and the abuse… Joelle’s most recent book, Cunto and Othered Poems, won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2021. Produced by eventsinsound.com
Rivers and the Right to Roam
November 04, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBNick Hayes and Amy-Jane Beer work together on the Right to Roam campaign. This argues for greater equality and access to green and blue space. Nick and Amy-Jane ask why do we need the right to roam and why is river access in England so restricted? Nick Hayes is author of The Sunday Times bestseller: The Book of Trespass and The Trespasser’s Companion: A Field Guide to Reclaiming What is Already Ours. Amy-Jane Beer is author of The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness: https://linktr.ee/right...
The Power of Play
July 08, 2020 09:46 - 23 minutes - 28 MBIn This episode we learn the true value of play and hear how Ash Perrin, once a clown to the wealthy, found his true purpose in bringing love and smiles to those most in need. You can read more about this work in his book The Real Play Revolution: https://cygnusreview.com/cart Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsi...
Unrequited Love
June 08, 2020 09:41 - 24 minutes - 28.9 MBYou may recognise Kash’s voice from episode 6 of Shambala Speaks where he told us a beautifully bittersweet story about the death of his Grandmother. In this episode, Kash Raja picks up the story; to muse upon the happiness to be found in unrequited love. This story was recorded live at Natural Born Storytellers, in the Imaginarium at Shambala 2019 - if you liked this story, check out their amazing podcast where you can listen to loads more. Highly recommended listening. https://www.natural...
Unrequited Love
June 08, 2020 09:41 - 24 minutes - 28.9 MBYou may recognise Kash’s voice from episode 6 of Shambala Speaks where he told us a beautifully bittersweet story about the death of his Grandmother. In this episode, Kash Raja picks up the story; to muse upon the happiness to be found in unrequited love.
Psychedelics and The Climate Crisis
May 08, 2020 09:30 - 17 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode we hear Dr Gail Bradbrook of XR and Stephen Reid of The psychedelic Society talk about their own mind-expanding experiences, how psychedelics have been useful in their lives and how they could be used as a tool in addressing the climate crisis. For more information see the links: https://www.psychedelicsociety.org.uk/ https://rebellion.earth/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the S...
Homelands and Hinterlands: a slice of Luke Wright
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode Comic poet Luke Wright pulls us through his homelands and gives us an idea why we need to see beasts in the shadows. This is a little slice of Luke’s hour-long rollercoaster set delivered to a packed crowd in the Imaginarium. His collection of poems ‘After Engine Trouble’ is available from his website: http://www.lukewright.co.uk/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festiv...
The Children's Fire
March 08, 2020 10:22 - 17 minutes - 22.2 MBOne of the guiding principles of Shambala is the Children's Fire. Mac Macartney tells us about the wisdom imparted to him from Native American elders and how this simple principle could help us repair, protect and better care for the world we have inherited and we’ll leave behind. Mac Macartney’s book is called the Children’s Fire: https://macmacartney.com/portfolio/thechildrensfire/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken und...
Food For Thought
February 08, 2020 10:17 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode we dip into the Garden o’ Feeden to hear Lauren Lovatt tell us about the tragic events that lead her on a journey of discovery into how food can help our mental health. We also get a couple of her special recipes that combine chocolate with medicinal mushrooms, and Kale with CBD oil. https://laurenlovatt.com/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in u...
Love, Life, Death: and the colours in between
January 08, 2020 10:11 - 27 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode we hear some of the wonderfully rich short poems that were voiced in this year’s poetry slam - sit back and enjoy musings on love, life, death and the wonderful bits in between. Thanks to Shaun Hill, Ali P, Vicki MacWinyers aka Pixievic, Kat from Bristol, Jenny (moon Twiglet), Granma Rapster, Georgia L Stride and GPS. Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adven...
Cider Battle
December 08, 2019 10:07 - 21 minutes - 25.8 MBTwo counties, two rich traditions, two advocates. In this episode we learn from two cider experts Dan Heath and Gabe Cook about our national liquid gold while they try to convince a Shambala audience to decide which county makes the best cider: Somerset or Herefordshire? https://www.theciderbox.com/ http://www.theciderologist.com/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventu...
Feeding Ourselves Beyond Brexit
November 08, 2019 10:01 - 22 minutes - 27.2 MBThere are many aspects of our lives that are hard to imagine beyond Brexit. And in this fascinating episode Humphrey Lloyd walks us through the opportunities, threats and options that this change could present for our food system. https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/
Extinction Rebellion
October 08, 2019 08:34 - 25 minutes - 29.4 MBAs another mass civil disobedience begins this week, Dr Gail Bradbrook, one of the co founders of Extinction Rebellion shares some timely insights to help us rebel. For more information: https://rebellion.earth/ Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/
Newport Free Festival
July 25, 2019 17:58 - 11 minutes - 17.1 MBPutting a free festival on can expose communities that other wise have a limited access to new and exciting music and culture, but putting one on, especially a free one is never easy as Jools Constant tells us in this story about the fight for Newport Festival. Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com
Newport Free Festival
July 25, 2019 17:58 - 11 minutes - 17.1 MBPutting a free festival on can expose communities that other wise have a limited access to new and exciting music and culture, but putting one on, especially a free one is never easy as Jools Constant tells us in this story about the fight for Newport Festival.
Epiphanies: Karma, Love and Death
June 25, 2019 10:10 - 6 minutes - 12.4 MBIn this second part of our epiphanies stories Kash Raja tells us a story about his beautiful relationship with his grandmother and how he’s struggling with blaming himself for something that happened at the end of her life.
Epiphanies: Karma, Love and Death
June 25, 2019 10:10 - 6 minutes - 12.4 MBIn this second part of our epiphanies stories Kash Raja tells us a story about his beautiful relationship with his grandmother. A split second misjudgement leads to his grandmother having an accident he feels responsible for. His fear of karmic retribution in the aftermath leads him to avoid driving and air travel - until he has an epiphany at her bedside... This story was recorded live at Natural Born Storytellers, in the Imaginaruym at Shambala 2018 - if you liked this story, check out th...
Bonus Episode - The Trial of Daisy The Cow
May 30, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBIn this very special bonus episode of the Shambala Speaks podcast, we take you inside the appeal of Daisy The Cow, on site at Shambala 2018. The initial Trial of Daisy The Cow took place in 2017, in Shambala's Garden O'Feeden venue, where Daisy (representing the global livestock industry) was put on trial for crimes against the earth. Daisy was found guilty, but launched an appeal. Delve into this courtroom drama to hear from experts, scientists and even hedgehogs - to explore how what we eat...
Bonus Episode - The Trial of Daisy The Cow
May 30, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBIn this very special bonus episode of the Shambala Speaks podcast, we take you inside the appeal of Daisy The Cow, on site at Shambala 2018. The initial Trial of Daisy The Cow took place in 2017, in Shambala's Garden O'Feeden venue, where Daisy (representing the global livestock industry) was put on trial for crimes against the earth. Daisy was found guilty, but launched an appeal. Delve into this courtroom drama to hear from experts, scientists and even hedgehogs - to explore how what we ea...
Epiphanies: a doctor's job
May 23, 2019 11:00 - 6 minutes - 12.7 MBIn this first part of our epiphanies stories, Dr. Stephen Fabes tells us about how a tragic event helped him fully understand how to be a doctor… This story was recorded live at Natural Born Storytellers at Shambala - if you liked this story, check out their amazing podcast where you can listen to loads more. Highly recommended listening. https://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/podcast Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken ...
Not Your Average Girl Band
April 25, 2019 10:00 - 7 minutes - 13.2 MBFor this episode we duck into the Shambala home of grass roots activism, the Rebel Soul tent to hear from the members of the band Grrrl… Grrrl are a group of women musicians from marginalised communities around the world, brought together by the project ‘In place of War’ to tell their stories of life, conflict, inequality and change with a powerful collective voice. Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of...
The Founder of Carbon Neutral
March 28, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBWho knew that the history of Carbon Offsetting was so rock and roll? Dan Morrell, the founder of Carbon Neutral tells his story - from a wild night out with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to a terrifying car accident, a near death experience and a talking healing tree. Throw in Joe Strummer, the Foo Fighters, Damien Hirst and a little pet shop in Castle Cary and you have one helluva tale. Buckle up! Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories...
The Founder of Carbon Neutral
March 28, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBCarbon offsetting with tree planting is a globally recognised concept now, but once upon a time Dan Morrell made an agreement with The Healing Tree after a car crash that nearly killed him…
The Year of Psychedelics
February 28, 2019 11:18 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MB2018 is the year that psychedelics went mainstream, yet our native ‘magic’ mushrooms are steeped in mystery. Dr. Andy Letcher takes us on a journey that ends with some pretty interesting ideas on how psychedelics could guide us out of the global climate crisis.
The Year of Psychedelics
February 28, 2019 11:18 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MB2018 is the year that psychedelics went mainstream, yet our native ‘magic’ mushrooms are steeped in mystery. Dr. Andy Letcher takes us on a journey that ends with some pretty interesting ideas on how psychedelics could guide us out of the global climate crisis. Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com
Adventures in Dystopia
January 18, 2019 15:20 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBShambala’s ethos is to create adventures in Utopia, and in this episode Documentary filmmaker James Jones reminds us that to understand what a utopia looks like it’s pretty useful to understand what a dystopia looks like.
Adventures in Dystopia
January 18, 2019 15:20 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBShambala’s ethos is to create adventures in Utopia, and in this episode Documentary filmmaker James Jones reminds us that to understand what a utopia looks like it’s pretty useful to understand what a dystopia looks like. Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com