Waking Youth

About Waking Youth

What does it mean to live with more wisdom? This is the question at the heart of Wiser Now. Expect podcast interviews with wise voices across our culture about becoming and vocation, about our metacrisis and regeneration, about solitude and community, about art and writing and the sacred. Former guests include author and doomster Jem Bendell, filmmaker and photographer Hannah Close, author Daniel Pinchbeck, and many unknown names who live quieter and equally precious callings. www.wisernow.org (https://www.wisernow.org/s/podcast?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Carlota Guedes

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Mar 2020

Latest episode

11 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

77 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Jul 2026

   What is Integral Yoga, Sri Aurobindo & Spirituality with Carmen Prema (Yoga Now Series)

   Carmen Prema has been studying and teaching Integral Yoga Teacher for over 35 years and personally, she’s my favorite yoga teacher, for the depth of her knowledge, the beauty of her being, and her rare wisdom. In this episode, we talk about how Carmen first got into yoga, what integral yoga is all about, what exactly can be considered yoga, and what is the relevance of traditional yoga in our meta-modern times. Check out Carmen's Yoga Teacher Trainings and events here (https://sundari-center.com/events/). About the show: Wiser Now is a podcast for those of us who feel called to live truer, wiser lives. Expect interviews with guests across vocations, about their stories of becoming, about their contribution to a wiser now, about how to cultivate the courage necessary to live whole lives in world that's breaking open. Producer & host: Carlota Guedes Sound editor: Carlos Sierra Music producer: Ariel Saponar About the host: I'm Carlota Guedes. I write essays and fiction. I teach integral yoga online. And I facilitate book clubs, retreats and gatherings around vocation, integrity, social healing, art and meaning in times of our metacrisis. Learn more and subscribe to my newsletter here (https://www.wisernow.org/). Follow me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/iamcarlotaguedes/). Follow me on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=iamcarlotaguedes&t=1779742473952). Join my weekly online yoga classes (https://www.carlotaguedes.com/integral-yoga). To hear more, visit www.wisernow.org (https://www.wisernow.org?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=show-notes-spotify-open-access)

2. 

   13 Jun 2026

   Ep40 - On Building (and Failing to Sustain) Intentional Community with Andreas Endries

   A conversation with Andreas Endries, co-founder of the land-based project and former intentional community Alma Ohana (https://www.instagram.com/alma_ohana_community/). I invited Andreas because I’ve been attempting (and failing) to build community myself. I wanted to listen to his story; learn why Andreas’ dream didn’t materialize: what broke, why it broke, and what they’d do differently. Together we talk about Andreas' roots: how a boy who didn’t fit in ended up dedicating their life to building belonging for others. We talk about Andreas experience of gender in their body, as someone who now identifies as two-spirit. We talk about the stuff of community life: the big vision, the core group that didn’t hold, the famous building permits, the moment you realize you can’t hold it alone anymore. We end with a question: What to do next, when you’ve poured your whole self into something, and it still didn’t work? Enjoy :) About the show Wiser Now is a podcast for those of us who feel called to live truer, wiser lives, as individuals and as a collective. Expect interviews about becoming and initiation, about purpose and vocation, about how to cultivate the courage necessary to live whole lives in a world that's breaking open. Producer & host: Carlota Guedes.Sound editor: Ariel Saponar.Music producer: Carlos Sierra. About the host I'm Carlota Guedes. I write essays and fiction (https://www.wisernow.org/s/essays). I host podcast conversations at Wiser Now. I teach integral yoga online (https://www.carlotaguedes.com/integral-yoga). I facilitate book clubs, retreats and gatherings (https://www.wisernow.org/s/programs-and-offerings) around the questions I'm animated by: self-development, vocation, creativity, and meaning in times of our metacrisis. To learn more visit wisernow.org (https://www.wisernow.org/). Follow me on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@iamcarlotaguedes), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/iamcarlotaguedes/) or TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@iamcarlotaguedes). To hear more, visit www.wisernow.org (https://www.wisernow.org?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=show-notes-spotify-open-access)

3. 

   24 Jan 2026

   Ep39 - Societal Collapse as Personal Initiation with Jem Bendell

   To say that a book has changed my life sounds like a cliché. There aren’t many that truly do, but Jem Bendell’s Breaking Together: a Freedom Loving Response to Collapse (https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/) is certainly one of them. So when I heard Jem Bendell (https://jembendell.com/) was coming to Lisbon for the launch of the Portuguese edition of Breaking Together (https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/), I had to try to interview him. We recorded this conversation in late 2024, the day after the book launch. My angle, as usual, was personal. Beyond asking Jem about societal collapse—which he’s spoken about widely elsewhere—I wanted to meet the human behind the thesis: Who is Jem Bendell? How did he become who he is? How did he get to do this important work? And what does it mean for him to live with more consciousness and wisdom, now? Guest Bio: Jem Bendell (https://jembendell.com/) is a world-renowned scholar on the breakdown of modern societies due to environmental change. For decades he worked in Sustainable Development—as a researcher, NGO manager, professor, and consultant to businesses, political parties, and UN agencies. In 2012, he was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and has since become one of the clearest critics of the globalist agenda on sustainable development. In 2018, after a sabbatical studying the latest climate science, he published Deep Adaptation (https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf)—an academic paper that went viral and is credited to inspiring the Extinction Rebellion movement. Since then, Jem has stepped away from the sustainability industry. He published Breaking Together (https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/) in 2023, moved to Bali, opened an organic farming school, became a singer-songwriter, and, in his own words, a militant mysticist. Links: * Buy Breaking Together: a Freedom Loving Response to Collapse (https://jembendell.com/2023/04/08/breaking-together-a-freedom-loving-response-to-collapse/) * Buy Juntos na Rutura (https://bambualportugal.pt/produto/juntos-na-rutura/), the Portuguese edition of Breaking Together * Download Breaking Together (https://lifeworth.com/BreakingTogetherEPUB.epub) for free * Subscribe to Jem Bendell’s blog (https://jembendell.com/) * Join Jem’s monthly Metacrisis meetings (https://jembendell.com/metacrisis-mondays/) Credits: * Music Audio Producer & Editor: Carlos Sierra (https://linktr.ee/charlesmachete) * Producer, Writer & Host: Carlota Guedes (https://www.carlotaguedes.com/) To hear more, visit www.wakingyouth.org (https://www.wakingyouth.org?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=show-notes-spotify-open-access)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

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Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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