Shades of Life Podcast

About Shades of Life Podcast

Podcast hosted by Ingrid Lung, Editor-in-Chief Scarlet Red Magazine. With the need to drive and accelerate both social and environmental change, this podcast gives a voice and a platform to the Change-Makers of today and tomorrow who dream and show that another world is possible. Whether they are entrepreneurs or explorers, scientists, or artists, our guests share their passion for their craft but also for life on the planet and provide useful solutions and transformational inspiration to take significant steps forward. Through their kaleidoscopic stories, we start seeing a mood board taking shape, a colourful world map made of their different visions and missions showing that everyone and everything is interconnected and that it is in our diversity and in us coming together that we can be part of the solutions. We hope these stories will inspire the next generation of change-makers and support you in your own impact journey, no matter what stage you are at in your life.

Publisher

Ingrid Lung

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jun 2024

Latest episode

2 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Dec 2025

   Channeling Spirits: When Creativity Meets The Unseen. Art, Ancestry & Mother Earth. Deborah Anderson

   In this conversation, acclaimed artist and award-winning filmmaker Deborah Anderson shares how her gifts as a channel and spirit weaver shape her creative work, from Women of the White Buffalo, which gives voice to Lakota women and their resilience, to her upcoming project The Lost Language of Her, a journey listening deeply to Mother Earth and the wisdom of elders across the Americas. We also explore her ORA Pathway method, the vital role of women in global healing, and the importance of reconnecting with ancestral guidance and the unseen at a time of profound change.

2. 

   21 Nov 2025

   The New Regenerative Architect: Net-Zero Data Centers, Smart Cities & Eco-Resorts | Joe MacDonald

   Architect Joe MacDonald — founder of Urban A&O, former Harvard professor, and early pioneer of regenerative design — shares how innovations from net-zero data centers to smart cities and eco-resorts are redefining sustainable architecture worldwide. Drawing on his journey from working with Zaha Hadid to leading a firm that embeds SDGs into every project, he shows how transformative, low-carbon, and climate-resilient design is already reshaping the built environment for a more sustainable 2050.

3. 

   13 Aug 2025

   Extreme Frontiers: Global Warrior in Earth’s Harshest Places to Fight Climate Change | Jim McNeill

   In this episode, Explorer and Founder of Global Warrior, Jim McNeill, shares his journeys from frontline polar expeditions to the depths of the ocean and his ambitions to explore deserts, mountains, and jungles, revealing how the planet's five extreme environments expose the real impacts of climate change and inspire action. Through his Ice Warrior and Ocean Warrior projects, Jim reveals how ordinary people can contribute to vital scientific research, the power of purpose-driven exploration, and why storytelling is key to motivating change for our planet.

Who has been a guest on Shades of Life Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tabi Joda
• Karishma Navsaria
• Deej Phillips
• Richard Mudariki
• Benjamin R Nathan

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

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Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

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