Inspiring change through audio. The Campfire Podcast is the offspring from film platform Campfire Stories (campfire-stories.org (campfire-stories.org)), and is hosted by documentary filmmaker Mattias Olsson. The main question this show is wondering aloud about goes something like this: "If the world is currently headed in the wrong direction – ecologically and socially – then what might the beginnings of a right direction look like?".
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Dr. Vandana Shiva is a lifelong activist, standing up against GMO:s, seed patenting, fake food and poisonous and extractive methods of farming. She works for the freedom of farmers to save and share seeds, for small scale, organic and regenerative farming and for thriving eco systems. She's the author of over 30 books and the founder of the organic farm, learning center and seed bank Navdanya in India. She is also a Doctor of quantum physics. In this conversation the topics range from non-violence principles to disrupting multinationals in their pursuit of turning nature into money to GMO:s, fake food, seed saving, biodynamic farming and quantum mechanics. And, most importantly, Shiva discusses fearlessness, and how that’s a trait to cultivate and grow into.
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Watch the film On Biodynamic Farming (https://www.campfire-stories.org/on-biodynamic-farming) that is referenced in the episode.
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27 Dec 2023
Stephen Jenkinson | From the Ruins of a Greenhouse | Part 2
In the second part of this special podcast edition of the live event "From the Ruins of a Greenhouse", Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson continues his interview with activist, farmer and author Stephen Jenkinson. The set finishes with Stephen Jenkinson and Gregory Hoskins performing two pieces from their "Nights of Grief and Mystery"-show. This event was recorded live at the farming collective Under Tallarna in Järna, Sweden.
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Find out more about Gregory Hoskins here: https://gregoryhoskins.com/
Read more about Stephen Jenkinson and the Orphan Wisdom School here: https://orphanwisdom.com/
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26 Dec 2023
Stephen Jenkinson | From the Ruins of a Greenhouse | Part 1
In this special podcast edition of the live event "From the Ruins of a Greenhouse", Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson interviews activist, farmer and author Stephen Jenkinson. The evening opens with a song by Petronella Sjöö, followed by part one of the interview, where the topics range from farming to village mindedness to animism. The set is closed out by a live performance from Stephen Jenkinson and Gregory Hoskins' show "Nights of Grief and Mystery". This event was recorded live at the farming collective Under Tallarna in Järna, Sweden.
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Find out more about Gregory Hoskins here: https://gregoryhoskins.com/
Read more about Stephen Jenkinson and the Orphan Wisdom School here: https://orphanwisdom.com/
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13 Jun 2022
Dougald Hine – On Regrowing a Living Culture
Dougald Hine is a writer and social thinker, and one of the founders of the Dark Mountain Project. He and his partner Anna Björkman have recently bought an old shoe factory in a small community in Sweden, and are in the process of turning it into a home and a teaching house. In this interview with Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson, he speaks of what the Dark Mountain Project is, why it came about and how it’s intertwined with the Transition Movement.
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The song in this episode is called Till Skogen (https://open.spotify.com/track/46VWIY5TxB1iOxGRsMRMQF?si=24e43c7aef374aa7), by the band Kolonien
Click here (https://campfire-stories.org/kolonien-a-5-part-documentary-series/) to watch our documentary series about the band Kolonien
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Read more about Dougald Hine's A School Called Home (https://aschoolcalledhome.org/)
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28 Oct 2021
Rune Hjarno-Rasmussen | Animism in the Modern World
Rune Hjarno-Rasmussen is a historian of religion and a specialist on Nordic animism and shamanism. He doesn't believe that animism belongs in the dusty cabinets of the "ancient history museum of humanity", but rather wants to explore how we can merge an animistic worldview with modernity to move forward into planetary healing.
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The music in this episode comes from Daniel Reid (https://danielemma.se/).
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11 Jun 2021
Stephen Jenkinson | Origins of an Orphaned Culture
With author, poet and grief counsellor Stephen Jenkinson (https://orphanwisdom.com/), this episode revolves around the topics of Grief, Soil and the Origins of an Orphaned Culture – our culture. Our elder-bereft, drunk-on-efficiency, consumerist, clearcutting-of-forests, fracking-of-mountains, bottom-trawling-of-the-oceans culture. The unfortunate inheritance of Our Day. Some of the questions in this conversation are inspired from the interviewer’s recent reading of the book “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn (https://www.ishmael.org/). Others come from the pain of being a human in the time of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Please visit Campfire Stories (https://campfire-stories.org/) for our films and more.
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3 May 2021
Brigid LeFevre – On Life, Soil and Kimchi
Brigid LeFevre runs the community supported agriculture operation ”Förädlad” (roughly ”Enhanced”) in Järna, Sweden. It’s a biodynamic vegetable garden that focuses on fermenting the harvest in order to enrich it with lactic acid bacteria and to make it keep for a long time.
Brigid grew up in an anthroposophically inspired Camphill community in Northern Ireland where volunteers lived and worked together with people with special needs.
Growing up in a place where food production was separated from the economic market has had a big impact on Brigid’s philosophy as a farmer. And really, come to think about it, why should the global ups and downs of the economy determine the operating practices of local farms?
In Brigid’s garden it doesn’t. She grows and ferments vegetables for the members, who subscribe to her jars of delicious sauerkraut, kimchi and all sorts of lacto fermented pickles all year round. It’s a local, circular economy, which underpins an alive garden, buzzing and chirping, where the goal isn’t to turn a profit, but rather to make the soil more alive with the passing of each season.
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26 Jan 2021
Kristina Turner – On Home Birth
Kristina Turner is the author of the book "Natural Birth – A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding". She describes herself as a birth activist, and was one of the leaders during the occupation of Sweden's last midwife-led maternity ward when it was being shut down in 2016.
This episode is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories. To watch our documentaries visit: https://campfire-stories.org/ (https://campfire-stories.org/)
For more on Kristina Turner, check out www.braidoorganics.com (http://www.braidoorganics.com/) or www.fodalugnt.se (http://www.fodalugnt.se/)
For more on Stephen Jenkinson, who read that poem in the beginning, visit: https://orphanwisdom.com/ (https://orphanwisdom.com/)
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4 Nov 2020
Charles Eisenstein – On the Corona Crisis
A conversation with author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein about negative interest, universal basic income, nature’s rights and a reimagined school system. And of course about the Corona virus. This show is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories (https://campfire-stories.org/).
The music in this episode is As if we remember (https://open.spotify.com/track/2abXLayfYEtl7udB7Nf3Mq?si=eh95AH1VRtOFH5GNdELgbQ) by Ben Bushill (https://www.benbushill.com/).
There's a film at Campfire Stories about Ben Bushill titled One Poem to Catch it All (https://campfire-stories.org/one-poem-to-cover-it-all/). And there's one about Charles Eisenstein titled An Unlearning (https://campfire-stories.org/an-unlearning/). Enjoy!
Love from your host Mattias Olsson (https://campfire-stories.org/about-mattias-olsson/).
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16 Oct 2020
Stephen Jenkinson – On the Corona Crisis
The entry point for this conversation is the corona pandemic. But we'll also get to some other pretty interesting topics, including some phenomenon that made books fall out of the shelves in my living room recently. Plus we'll treat you to one of the tracks from Stephen Jenkinson's and Gregory Hoskins' album Dark Roads.
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24 Sept 2020
Stephen Jenkinson – Brushes with Death
Stephen Jenkinson interviewed at his farm in Canada on topics like burial practices, the meat industry and touring with Brother Blue. We’ll also hear Stephen describe some of his brushes with death, and what they’ve done to his relationship with life. This show is brought to you ad-free by the film platform Campfire Stories (https://campfire-stories.org/).
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4 Sept 2020
Happen Films – On Inspiring Change Through Film
What’s the role of filmmakers in times of ecological and social collapse? Can they in fact contribute to positive change through inspirational and solutions-focused films? Happen Films is a production company based in New Zealand that produces films on topics like permaculture, regenerative farming and waste-free living. Check out their work at https://happenfilms.com/
The films of Campfire Stories are available at https://campfire-stories.org/
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28 Aug 2020
Rob Hopkins – On the Transition Movement
Rob Hopkins of the Transition Movement in Totnes, UK. On how transitioning is done there and why it matters, both globally and locally. Interview by Mattias Olsson.
This podcast is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories (https://campfire-stories.org/).
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21 Aug 2020
Charles Eisenstein – On Interbeing
Charles Eisenstein is an author, philosopher and speaker. In his book "The Ascent of Humanity" he seeks to answer the question "How did we end up here – at the tipping point between an alive Earth, and a dead one?". His search for answers goes all the way to the root of the human existence, as he dissects the story which underwrites that which we call "normal". The myth of our time, if you will.
This interview was conducted by Mattias Olsson in Järna, Sweden, following Charles' visit to the 10 year anniversary of the Youth Initiative Program.
This podcast is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories (https://campfire-stories.org/).
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1 Aug 2020
Stephen Jenkinson – On Death and Dying
Stephen is an activist, teacher, author and farmer. He has a master’s degree in theology from Harvard University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Toronto. He worked for many years in what he refers to as the “death trade” (palliative care) at a hospital in Canada, and has guided hundreds, maybe thousands of people through their dying times.
When I heard Stephen was coming to Europe with his “Nights of Grief and Mystery” tour – a mix of storytelling and concert – I immediately booked a ticket. The day after attending the show in Portsmouth on the southern coast of England, I was fortunate enough to get the chance to interview him.
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