Waterpeople Podcast
124 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 296 ratingsStories about the aquatic experiences that shape who we become back on land.
Listen with Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich as they dive into essential conversations of our global ocean culture through storytelling with some of the most adept waterfolk on the planet. Waterpeople is a gathering place for our ocean community to dive into the common themes of watery lives lived well: ecology, adventure, community, activism, science, egalitarianism, inclusivity, meaningful play, a sense of humour. And, surfing, of course.
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Watershed Chats: Mobilizing the Coastal Constituency with SEAN DOHERTY
May 24, 2020 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBDeconstruct strategies from the successful Fight for the Bight campaign with one of the movement's central voices, Sean Doherty, one of surfing's most celebrated storytellers. The campaign was a win not only for Australian marine life, livelihoods and coastlines, but also for the power of community to peacefully resist corporate insanity. Sean is a journalist and author who has spent more than three decades shaping the way we perceive the happenings of surf culture, identity, and industry,...
Watershed Chats: Getting Solution-Centric with Filmmaker DAMON GAMEAU
May 19, 2020 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBExplore the cultivation of critical thinking, harnessing hope by localising climate change actionables, and the transformative power of the experiential with filmmaker Damon Gameau. Damon is an actor and filmmaker. He directed That Sugar Film, an exposé on the personal and political impacts of consuming refined sugars, which became the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time. More recently, Damon wrote and directed 2040 a feature documentary that explores what the future woul...
Watershed Chats: Introduction
May 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBWelcome to our new series, Watershed Chats, conversational deep dives with experts and those having a go at building and dreaming new ways into fruition for a healthy and habitable future on Planet Ocean. We’ll pick up with our usual Waterpeople storytelling on July 7th, and until then, we’ll be releasing bi-monthly episodes of Watershed Chats, presented by The Waterpeople Podcast in collaboration with Patagonia. Watershed moments are traditionally understood as a division or distincti...
Watershed Chats: Introduction
May 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBWelcome to our new series, Watershed Chats, conversational deep dives with experts and those having a go at building and dreaming new ways into fruition for a healthy and habitable future on Planet Ocean. We’ll pick up with our usual Waterpeople storytelling on July 7th, and until then, we’ll be releasing bi-monthly episodes of Watershed Chats, presented by The Waterpeople Podcast in collaboration with Patagonia. Watershed moments are traditionally understood as a division or distincti...
Helena Norberg-Hodge: Our Local Futures
April 14, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBHelena Norberg-Hodge has experienced radical economic and cultural change before. In 1975, as a student of linguistics amongst the glacial melt of the Himalayas, Helena witnessed the rapid erosion of traditional culture that followed the introduction of Western ideas and ideals to the isolated territory of Ladakh, or "Little Tibet." As an economist, linguist and filmmaker, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for more than 30 years. Helena is a ...
Helena Norberg-Hodge: Our Local Futures
April 14, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBHelena Norberg-Hodge has experienced radical economic and cultural change before. In 1975, as a student of linguistics amongst the glacial melt of the Himalayas, Helena witnessed the rapid erosion of traditional culture that followed the introduction of Western ideas and ideals to the isolated territory of Ladakh, or "Little Tibet." As an economist, linguist and filmmaker, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for more than 30 years. Helena is a ...
Albe Falzon: Everything Is Surfing
December 27, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBSometimes loss never really leaves us. We can't stop those waves of emotion, longing or pain, but we can learn to ride them compassionately. Albe Falzon is one of surfing's great storytellers. His study of eastern spiritual traditions, and the wholistic commitment to a surfing life, have guided him through the inevitable tumult of human existence; through seasons of unthinkable loss, love, adventure, and solitude. Albe's celebratory films, including Morning of the Earth and Festivals of th...
Liz Clark: Re-inventing Rites of Passage
December 08, 2019 14:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBLiz Clark has sailed and surfed 25,000 nautical miles across and around the Pacific. Mostly solo. She is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. But before all of that, Liz started with a simple dream to explore by sea. That seemingly simple dream turned into more than a decade of rich and complex ocean life, and became a transformative rite of passage of her own making. Liz shares a story from being pushed to her limits during a 1300 mile solo crossing and the salty, rough conditio...
Madison Stewart: Shark Girl
November 20, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB"I work to take back what I believe is mine, and that is a future in an ocean that has sharks.” At 14, Madison Stewart had a transformative experience with sharks on the Great Barrier Reef that set her on a path to marine science and conservation work. She is a dive master, filmmaker, 2017’s Australian Geographic Society Young Conservationist of the Year and author of The Australian Guide to Surfing with Sharks. Madison is a young filmmaker and entrepreneur who knows sharks as both gnarly ...
Madison Stewart: Shark Girl
November 20, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB"I work to take back what I believe is mine, and that is a future in an ocean that has sharks.” At 14, Madison Stewart had a transformative experience with sharks on the Great Barrier Reef that set her on a path to marine science and conservation work. She is a dive master, filmmaker, 2017’s Australian Geographic Society Young Conservationist of the Year and author of The Australian Guide to Surfing with Sharks. Madison is a young filmmaker and entrepreneur who knows sharks as both gnarly ...
Jake Mackenzie: More, more, more
November 03, 2019 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB"One is too many and a thousand isn’t enough," says Jake Mackenzie, of his adventurous, but addictive tendencies. Jake is an all-around waterman, and an entrepreneur. Jake shares a story of the spiritual awakening that led him back to the sea, after descending into "a vampire lifestyle" of addiction, hallucination and off-the-rails experimentation. A single moment sent him packing for a slow-moving journey of detox and healing though Europe and, eventually, to the Mediterranean. He knew t...
Hayley Talbot: Paddling in the Dark
October 19, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBHayley Talbot is the first person to solo kayak the great Clarence River (Boorimbah) from source to sea, a 400 kilometre voyage. She's a former competitive surfer and lawyer who found her home in fresh water. In 2017, Hayley Talbot found herself mired in the monotony of raising two young children. She’d yearned to know more about the source of the Clarence River, where she’d grown up and surfed around the river mouth. She wanted to know where it came from. Hayley spent two years preparin...
Derek Hynd: Conducting Chaos
October 02, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBCulture shaper and former world Tour Surfer Derek Hynd has always felt like an outsider looking in. In Episode 8, he talks far field theory, seeing magic in the mundane, how style has been made irrelevant in modern competitive surfing and the impact of vanishing hipsters. He also boils down the gender performance gap to one singular element. It's a meandering conversation with many delightful twists and turns that'll make you want to revisit your surf history. Several months after recordin...
Zara Noruzi: Surfing in Exile
September 15, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBZara was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Iranian government for her activism. The ocean helped her find a path toward belonging after fleeing her homeland. Zara Noruzi was born an upper middle class girl with political subversion in her blood. She lived through the devastating war between Iraq and Iran. At university she wrote feminist articles and participated in student protests, begging for answers about why women were being denied basic human rights after the regime change. Zara detai...
Peter Whish-Wilson: Senator Surfer
September 01, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBPeter Whish-Wilson walked away from a big shot banking career in NYC to honor a deep responsibility to protect wild spaces and species. He's now a surfing senator for the great, wild Australian state of Tasmania. What do we do when we've made life choices that make us miserable? Listen as Peter Whish-Wilson shares about the moments that changed his life and livelihood, inspired by the freedom and connection surfing revealed for him. Peter speaks candidly about internalising the stress of...
Peter Whish-Wilson: Senator Surfer
September 01, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBPeter Whish-Wilson walked away from a big shot banking career in NYC to honor a deep responsibility to protect wild spaces and species. He's now a surfing senator for the great, wild Australian state of Tasmania. What do we do when we've made life choices that make us miserable? Listen as Peter Whish-Wilson shares about the moments that changed his life and livelihood, inspired by the freedom and connection surfing revealed for him. Peter speaks candidly about internalising the stress of...
Leah Dawson: Discovering Femininity
August 15, 2019 01:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBFreesurfer Leah Dawson peels back the layers and dares to ask: "What makes me feel most like myself?" and "How is my surfing an extension of that self?" There are many ways to be male, and many ways to be female. Though our culture is full of prescriptions for how to do it the “right” way. Leah Dawson thanks surfing for leading her along the path to honouring her femininity. Exploring retro-to-modern single fins, twin fins, finless boards, and shaping herself, Leah is among a small handful ...
Leah Dawson: Discovering Femininity
August 15, 2019 01:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBFreesurfer Leah Dawson peels back the layers and dares to ask: "What makes me feel most like myself?" and "How is my surfing an extension of that self?" There are many ways to be male, and many ways to be female. Though our culture is full of prescriptions for how to do it the “right” way. Leah Dawson thanks surfing for leading her along the path to honouring her femininity. Exploring retro-to-modern single fins, twin fins, finless boards, and shaping herself, Leah is among a small handful ...
Mark Healey: Confronting Discomfort
July 31, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBLegendary waterman Mark Healey lost three friends to heavy water situations through the course of the early 2000s. He speaks candidly about the ways these experiences rewired his process of risk assessment, while maintaining his relationship with the water and his career as a professional risk taker: chasing big waves, free diving, spearfishing, shark tagging, bow hunting, and working as a Hollywood stuntman. Mark also shares about relying on instincts in heavy situations, the importance o...
Mark Healey: Confronting Discomfort
July 31, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBLegendary waterman Mark Healey lost three friends to heavy water situations through the course of the early 2000s. He speaks candidly about the ways these experiences rewired his process of risk assessment, while maintaining his relationship with the water and his career as a professional risk taker: chasing big waves, free diving, spearfishing, shark tagging, bow hunting, and working as a Hollywood stuntman. Mark also shares about relying on instincts in heavy situations, the importance o...
Kimi Werner: Flipping Your Instincts
July 19, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBAt the height of her competitive spearfishing career, Kimi Werner began battling with inner demons that turned the once-solace of the ocean into a cacophony of self-criticism. Kimi’s is a story about attaining dreams, losing love, wrestling with dissatisfaction and, ultimately, finding love again in the deep. Our conversation dives into reckoning with fear, flipping your instincts in heavy water situations, and the beauty of knowing where your food comes from. Kimi Werner is a former U...
Introduction to The Waterpeople Podcast with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich
July 17, 2019 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBOn The Waterpeople Podcast, we're delving deep into the intricacies of how the world's most adept waterpeople make lives of great meaning through meaningful play. In this episode Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich elucidate the the 'whys' of making the podcast, reveal about their highlights from Season One, and welcome you to their watery world. ... The Waterpeople Podcast is a gathering for our global ocean community to dive into the critical conversations of our culture through storytel...
'Overcoming:' Live at Byron Bay Surf Festival 2019
July 17, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBStories of triumph, challenge and the sea, brought to you live from Byron Bay Surf Festival. Listen as five brave waterfolk share their real and raw stories of overcoming or being overcome: finding surfing later in life, realising purpose after a life changing injury, living with cancer, searching for an unknown family member, wrestling with the death of a parent – and finding the dark humour. The ocean buoyed them amidst some of the most tumultuous experiences of their lives. With live mus...
Introduction to The Waterpeople Podcast with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich
July 17, 2019 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBOn The Waterpeople Podcast, we're delving deep into the intricacies of how the world's most adept waterpeople make lives of great meaning through meaningful play. In this episode Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich elucidate the the 'whys' of making the podcast, reveal about their highlights from Season One, and welcome you to their watery world. ... The Waterpeople Podcast is a gathering for our global ocean community to dive into the critical conversations of our culture through storytel...