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Toby Hemenway on Permaculture: Reaching Beyond Sustainability

jritch — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:30:17 +0000

This week’s Deconstructing Dinner podcast featured a fantastic talk by Toby Hemenway on agriculture systems and permaculture. While we speak about sustainability as an alternative to the currently implemented degenerative systems, what we really need to talk about are regenerative systems. Toby says, “If you ask how a marriage is going and you answer that it is being sustained, that’s not what you’re aiming for.” (a rough paraphrase on my part)

Toby goes on to speak about evidence regarding the hunter gatherer lifestyle vs. the sedentary agriculturalists lifestyle and presents the usual evidence that our ancestors were in better health than we thought. Well worth a listen even if you are familiar with many of the cases for permaculture.

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talking educational philosophy on the Shift podcast

jritch — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:00:32 +0000

The second half of my interview with Rusty McLellan on the Shift podcast is out. Rusty did an amazing job editing because I was about half way through and was starting to think, “Wow, I totally resonant with what that guy is saying” and then I remembered it was me. So yes, I owe that to Rusty’s questioning and editing because I definitely don’t think the things I say are that coherent on a regular basis, especially in my head in least. I also like how he used the theme from my blog as the theme for the episode. So give it a listen and enjoy!

talking energy issues on the Shift podcast

jritch — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:00:45 +0000

This week’s Shift podcast is out and it features my interview with host Rusty McLellan where we talk about energy issues, technology and oil supplies. Rusty did a great job putting it all together and that gets me excited about the next episode which will feature our discussion on education systems.

Mysterious Universe is back!

jritch — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:00:16 +0000

The first podcast I subscribed to when I bought my Creative Zen Vision: M in 2006 was Mysterious Universe. One of the things that got me through the work week was listening to Ben Grundy’s reports on the mysterious and the paranormal.

After his mysterious exit from the podcasting world, pledging to record a final episode and then never recording it… he’s back! The new podcast has has retained its slick production value and Australian accent. My favorite excerpt from this episode were the accounts of grinning man sightings.

I’m happy to have this show back in my weekly playlist.

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Mike Collins talks Charlotte 49er Football with Judy Rose

jritch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:24:47 +0000

Much of my undergraduate career was devoted to building student support for football at UNC Charlotte through the Student Government Association and as ’07-’08 Student Body President.

Disclaimer: I think that the collegiate athletic scene in the United States is ridiculous. I prefer the international model of investing in students as opposed to sports. But a simple reality check demonstrates that quality institutions like Charlotte won’t be able to gain any sort of quality notoriety locally or in the south without a football team. Additionally, students and alums want to pay for it so why not?

If you are new to Charlotte and want to know the history and story behind UNC Charlotte football, check out this great interview with Charlotte 49ers Athletic Director Judy Rose and WFNZ’s Mike Collins. At 23 minutes in, Judy and Mike talk UNC Charlotte Student Government.

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My furniture is famous

jritch — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:14:14 +0000

I had the surprise of talking with NPR’s Laura Davidson via the Planet Money Podcast last Friday about a trend my roommates and I noticed when buying our new living room furniture, the interview starts about 1:30 in,

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via Planet Money

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