THITPIN
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThitpin podcast is a fun and exploratory mission to uncover the layers of landscape, our relationship towards it and beyond what we define as our landscape to unearth and connect with people and places, ideas and history thereby connecting ultimately with landscape itself.
Each month brings a range of guests such as, from a monk to an environmental journalist, designers and artists, whose expertise, passion and knowledge will give us all the perspective of what it is like to experience the landscape from their standpoint.
A combination of factual research with intimate, personal and passionate conversations, this podcast is a must listen for curious minds that want to go in depth on a journey of uncovering and exploring the landscape around us.
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Episodes
9 | Tobiloba Akibo [Part I]: The Deeper Why of Our Professional Lives
July 12, 2020 12:39 - 47 minutes - 87 MBThis is Part 2 of the two part episodes of my conversation with Tobiloba Akibo. We delved deep into the whys - why is there an inferiority/ identity crisis present in the Landscape Architecture profession? Why do we do the work that we do and does that matter? Are we going through the motions or making the difference that we want to make?
8 | Tobiloba Akibo [Part I]: Why Advocacy and Activism for Environmental Justice Matters
May 25, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 94 MBTobiloba Akibo is a Landscape Architect in Nigeria. For her, this work gives access to resolving some of the injustice she has seen and experienced. Advocating for, and working towards, environmental justice has become a purposeful direction in her life. In this episode, we talk about the diverse landscapes in Nigeria, the current opportunities and crisis that exist, and a passionate discussion on why advocacy matters.
7 | Fran Zuch: Germany to Alaska to Bath - Exploring and Community Building
April 18, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBFran Zuch is a Bath Girl who is Geeky for all things tech and science. She is also a natural community builder and in this episode, during the times of social-distancing, I have a conversation with her about her travels and how that has shaped her experiences with the landscape to building communities. Music by Bensound - Tomorrow
Fran Zuch: Germany to Alaska to Bath - Exploring and Community Building
April 18, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBFran Zuch is a Bath Girl who is Geeky for all things tech and science. She is also a natural community builder and in this episode, during the times of social-distancing, I have a conversation with her about her travels and how that has shaped her experiences with the landscape to building communities. Music by Bensound - Tomorrow
7 | Fran Zuch: Germany to Alaska to Bath - Exploring and Community Building
April 18, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBFran Zuch is a Bath Girl who is Geeky for all things tech and science. She is also a natural community builder and in this episode, during the times of social-distancing, I have a conversation with her about her travels and how that has shaped her experiences with the landscape to building communities. Music by Bensound - Tomorrow
The Smallest Hummingbird
April 12, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 41.7 MBThis is a storytelling episode. It is called "The Smallest Hummingbird"; it is a story about courage and bravery, teamwork and unity; it is a story of the landscape above us, the sky. Music from Bensound - Instinct.
Poetry Sunday: Of Many Worlds in This World by John Dryden
March 15, 2020 09:00 - 12 minutes - 23.5 MBOf Many Worlds in This World by John Dryden (1631-1700) Just like as in a nest of boxes round, Degrees of sizes of each box are found: So, in this world, many many others be Thinner and less, and less still by degree: Although they are not subject to our sense, A world may be no bigger than two-pence. Nature is curious, and such works may shape, Which our dull senses easily escape: For creatures, small as atoms, may be there, If every one a creature's figure bear. If atoms four, a world can ...
Dimitrij Burakevic: Why the Answers Lie in Exploring Questions Within Space Technology
March 14, 2020 17:45 - 1 hour - 176 MBDimitrij Burakevic is an Architect and founder of Think Imagine Question Initiative. Using scientific research and artistic expression, his work with TIQ is trying to push the physical and mental boundaries of design thinking in order to prepare for extreme climatic shifts. From the Amazon rainforest wildfires to hurricanes, we have started to witness critical experiences on Earth where the solutions to resolve it will also exist in the questions that are being explored in developing space te...
6 | Dimitrij Burakevic: Why the Answers Lie in Exploring Questions Within Space Technology
March 14, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 176 MBDimitrij Burakevic is an Architect and founder of Think Imagine Question Initiative. Using scientific research and artistic expression, his work with TIQ is trying to push the physical and mental boundaries of design thinking in order to prepare for extreme climatic shifts. From the Amazon rainforest wildfires to hurricanes, we have started to witness critical experiences on Earth where the solutions to resolve it will also exist in the questions that are being explored in developing space te...
Poetry Sunday: Haiku Poem by Win Phyo
March 08, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.5 MBHaiku Poem by Win Phyo Spring's Cherry Blossoms Carry Small Fleeting Wonders Such is Your Long Life Spring's Cherry Blossoms Deliver Fleeting Wonders On a Windy Day Everything Changes Rain will Greet the Bright Sunlight Sunlight to the Moon
Barry Cullimore: Night Hike along the Jurrasic Coast
March 08, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 69.3 MBFrom Devon to Dorset, the Jurrasic Coast stretches 95 miles. I ventured on a night hike with Barry Cullimore, an experienced and highly knowledgeable Airbnb host (alongside his wife Julia) and experience provider. During the hike, Barry told tales of smugglers and of the constellations, weaving in the art of verbal storytelling and sense of adventure, as we hiked our way through deep set valleys, cliff tops, village lanes and hauntingly beautiful disused quarries. We ended the journey in a lo...
5 | Barry Cullimore: Night Hike along the Jurrasic Coast
March 08, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 69.3 MBFrom Devon to Dorset, the Jurrasic Coast stretches 95 miles. I ventured on a night hike with Barry Cullimore, an experienced and highly knowledgeable Airbnb host (alongside his wife Julia) and experience provider. During the hike, Barry told tales of smugglers and of the constellations, weaving in the art of verbal storytelling and sense of adventure, as we hiked our way through deep set valleys, cliff tops, village lanes and hauntingly beautiful disused quarries. We ended the journey in a lo...
Poetry Sunday: Social Masks by Allie Michelle
March 01, 2020 07:00 - 5 minutes - 9.96 MBSocial Masks by Allie Michelle There was once a fish who wandered the desert for miles It tried so very hard to keep up with the camels Each day it passed on through an ocean of dry sand Wondering why everything felt so wrong Until they reached the desert's edge And in front of them stretched the sea The fish dove beneath the water Breathing for the first time Feeling it was finally home
Poetry Sunday: Song of the Rain by Khalil Gibran
February 23, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 22.5 MBSong of the Rain by Khalil Gibran I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn Her fields and valleys. I am beautiful pearls, plucked from the Crown of Ishtar by the daughter of Dawn To embellish the gardens. When I cry the hills laugh; When I humble myself the flowers rejoice; When I bow, all things are elated. The field and the cloud are lovers And between them I am a messenger of mercy. I quench the thirst of one; I cure the ailment of t...
Poetry Sunday: A Walk by Rainer Maria Rilke
February 16, 2020 14:50 - 9 minutes - 17.5 MBA Walk by Rainer Maria Rilke My eyes already touch the sunny hill. going far beyond the road I have begun, So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp; it has an inner light, even from a distance- and changes us, even if we do not reach it, into something else, which, hardly sensing it, we already are; a gesture waves us on answering our own wave… but what we feel is the wind in our faces.
Poetry Sunday: A Walk by Rainer Maria Rilke
February 16, 2020 14:50 - 9 minutes - 17.5 MBA Walk by Rainer Maria Rilke My eyes already touch the sunny hill. going far beyond the road I have begun, So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp; it has an inner light, even from a distance- and changes us, even if we do not reach it, into something else, which, hardly sensing it, we already are; a gesture waves us on answering our own wave… but what we feel is the wind in our faces.
4 | Kaye Tong: Cognitive and Physiological Benefits of Nature
January 04, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBIn this episode I sit down with Kaye Tong, a research psychologist and landscape architect, to have a conversation about the cognitive and physiological benefits of positive landscapes. Kaye explains why it is important for us to understand why nature heals us in these both ways so that we can increase demand for more restorative landscapes. This is an entertaining, useful and thoroughly perceptive episode as she shares her understanding through the latest research available. Kaye is indeed a...
Kaye Tong: Cognitive and Physiological Benefits of Nature
January 04, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBIn this episode I sit down with Kaye Tong, a research psychologist and landscape architect, to have a conversation about the cognitive and physiological benefits of positive landscapes. Kaye explains why it is important for us to understand why nature heals us in these both ways so that we can increase demand for more restorative landscapes. This is an entertaining, useful and thoroughly perceptive episode as she shares her understanding through the latest research available. Kaye is indeed a...
4 | Kaye Tong: Cognitive and Physiological Benefits of Nature
January 04, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBIn this episode I sit down with Kaye Tong, a research psychologist and landscape architect, to have a conversation about the cognitive and physiological benefits of positive landscapes. Kaye explains why it is important for us to understand why nature heals us in these both ways so that we can increase demand for more restorative landscapes. This is an entertaining, useful and thoroughly perceptive episode as she shares her understanding through the latest research available. Kaye is indeed a...
3 | Maxwell Ayamba: On Creating Personal Empowerment and Societal Change for BME Communities
December 14, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBToday, I talk to the Environmental Journalist and researcher Maxwell Ayamba about how he is breaking myths and barriers that inhibit Black and Minority Ethnic communities to connect with their surrounding natural landscapes. Maxwell makes us all see the danger in generalising this whole topic. This is a lively conversation, exploring this issue from many angles such as: history of migration within BME communities; mental health amongst black men; challenges that lie in gaining physical access...
Maxwell Ayamba: On Creating Personal Empowerment and Societal Change for BME Communities
December 14, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBToday, I talk to the Environmental Journalist and researcher Maxwell Ayamba about how he is breaking myths and barriers that inhibit Black and Minority Ethnic communities to connect with their surrounding natural landscapes. Maxwell makes us all see the danger in generalising this whole topic. This is a lively conversation, exploring this issue from many angles such as: history of migration within BME communities; mental health amongst black men; challenges that lie in gaining physical access...
Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasmi Part II: How to improve our connection with the natural environment
November 19, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBAt Thitpin Podcast, we like to get deep into the subject! Today, we truly dive deeper to get answers to the following three main questions. Why do people have a disconnection with nature? How can we do walking meditation and become more connected with our relationship to the natural environment? What are the approaches to the design process with Buddhist philosophies? Get settled, grab a notebook and uncover the answers in the second part of my conversation with Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami.
2 | Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasmi [Part II]: How to improve our connection with the natural environment
November 19, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBAt Thitpin Podcast, we like to get deep into the subject! Today, we truly dive deeper to get answers to the following three main questions. Why do people have a disconnection with nature? How can we do walking meditation and become more connected with our relationship to the natural environment? What are the approaches to the design process with Buddhist philosophies? Get settled, grab a notebook and uncover the answers in the second part of my conversation with Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami.
Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasmi Part I: On Monkhood and Depending on Society
November 17, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MBWhy is mindfulness meditation required to truly connect with nature? Today, I begin to uncover this subject by speaking with Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami, a Theravada Buddhist monk and Vipassana meditation teacher- principally learning about the monkhood lifestyle and facing fears and uncertainty in our daily life, such as within the workplace. Music by the talented guitarist and composer, Vlad Cuiujuclu. The track name is "Nocturne for Anastasiya".
Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami Part I: On Monkhood and Depending on Society
November 17, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MBWhy is mindfulness meditation required to truly connect with nature? Today, I begin to uncover this subject by speaking with Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami, a Theravada Buddhist monk and Vipassana meditation teacher- principally learning about the monkhood lifestyle and facing fears and uncertainty in our daily life, such as within the workplace. Music by the talented guitarist and composer, Vlad Cuiujuclu. The track name is "Nocturne for Anastasiya".
1 | Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami [Part I]: On Monkhood and Depending on Society
November 17, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MBWhy is mindfulness meditation required to truly connect with nature? Today, I begin to uncover this subject by speaking with Venerable Dr Khammai Dhammasami, a Theravada Buddhist monk and Vipassana meditation teacher- principally learning about the monkhood lifestyle and facing fears and uncertainty in our daily life, such as within the workplace. Music by the talented guitarist and composer, Vlad Cuiujuclu. The track name is "Nocturne for Anastasiya".
Introducing the Thitpin Podcast
September 28, 2019 22:00 - 2 minutes - 4.66 MBThis introduction gives you a sneak peak of what to expect in the upcoming episodes. Music by the talented guitarist and composer, Vlad Cuiujuclu. The track name is "For The Girls in Kyoto".