To kick off our new series no better man to have than the wise monk himself - Manchán Magan. And guess what, it was in person! Whoop! Genuinely what a treat, and you can really tell! His name, Manchán, literally means ‘little monk’ and if you were to meet him, there really is no better fitting name - Even how he holds himself has an air of soft wise intellect. We began thinking we were going to dive deep into the Irish language and all its nuances but wow did we get so so much more. Manchán, is ...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 1
“We are victims of our own success” Has economic growth destroyed us all? Usually economic growth is seen as a good thing right? Or at least that is what politicians would have us believe. In this episode prepare yourselves! Put your seat belts on! As Richard Heinberg does not hold back. There is no softness or sugar coating here, he has been spreading the word of our impending climate crisis for many many years… Richard is Senior Fellow-in-Residence of the Post Carbon Institute , and is regarde...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Do you talk to strangers? When you think of the word ‘stranger’, does danger come to mind? This week we talk to the insightful Joe Keohane, a veteran journalist who has held high-level editing positions at Medium, Esquire, Entrepreneur , and Hemispheres . His writing—on everything from politics, to travel, to social science, business, and technology—has appeared in New York magazine, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Wired, Boston magazine, The New Republic, and several textbooks. An avid parall...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 9
This week we are thrilled to say we have our friend, the eco-warrior, Davie Philip. Davie is a community catalyst and facilitator at Cultivate.ie , the sustainability cooperative based in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, and a network weaver with ECOLISE.eu , the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability. He is the coordinator to the Open Food Hub at Cloughjordan Community Farm and the chair of Open Food Network Ireland. Davie brings us through his fascinating n...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 8
This week we are delighted to give you the brilliant John Stewart. John is a sought-after speaker, author and educator, with over 25 years of international experience. He was the Head of Green School Bali (Voted The World’s Greenest School) and literally wrote the book on ‘ Thriving at School '! Having won numerous awards within the educational world, John recently took on the biggest undertaking of all by becoming the conductor of Living School Lismor, where he literally repurposed his own hous...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Prepare yourself, we are the ULTIMATE fans of our latest guest… Steve even claims that in his teenage years he dreamt of being married to one of his songs. If you are over the age of 30 you probably “made out” to at least one of his many hits. The song “Everything I do”, still holding the longest consecutive reign for the Number 1 hit single in chart history! We are thrilled to announce that this week's podcast is with fellow vegan and animal lover, the wonderful, amazing, and magical - Bryan Ad...
Jul 13, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 6
“I am a storyteller; that’s what I do…” Welcome to this week’s episode with the delightful, insightful and charming, Professor Jonathan Dawson. Jonathan might describe himself as a storyteller, however, in this episode it is not Jonathan telling the story: we deconstruct “The Story” or many narratives that we have all been told, which play a huge part in the cause of our climate crisis. “The key narrative that we live within, that really needs to be challenged, is that which governs how we exper...
Jul 06, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 5
For episode 4 of our Community series, we present to you the very man who changed our own perspective on community living years and years ago. The co-founder of the Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, Mr Rob Hopkins! To give you a bit of background on Rob, he is the author of numerous books including, The Transition Handbook, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently, From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want . He presents the podcast s...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Bruce Parry, Bruce Parry, Bruce Parry! What a gent! How often do you get to speak with someone who has fully immersed themselves in 15 different indigenous tribes all across the world? He ate what they ate including maggots and insects, he slept where they slept at times on hard dirt floors tangled between legs and arms and mosquitos crawling at his skin, he took part in ceremonial practices and plant medicines awakening his soul to all kinds of other realms, but most importantly he opened his m...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 3
For our second episode in our Community series, we are delighted to present the magical Dan Buettner! Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and a New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world—dubbed Blue Zones—where people live the longest, healthiest lives. Buettner now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to implement Blue Zones Projects (well-being ...
Jun 15, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 2
As the first guest of our new season titled Community, we are delighted to give you “Mother Earth” herself - Helena Norberg-Hodge. To say we were blown away is an understatement - Dave announced at least three times that he was her new biggest fan! Helena is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local ...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This week's podcast is with the brilliant Professor Paul Dolan. Paul is a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also is an author and hosts his own popular podcast called Duck-Rabbit We had a great laugh with Paul, our conversation focused on the many facets of Happiness and how one glove does not fit all. “This idea that one size fits all approach to living well, would be evolutionarily stupid. We would never evolve to be where we are if ev...
Jun 01, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Wow, to say our minds were blown is an understatement! This week we are delighted to present to you our wonderful guest and friend, the mighty brain that is Zach Bush MD. For those who don’t know Zach, he is a renowned, multi-disciplinary physician of internal medicine, endocrinology, hospice care, and internationally recognised educator on the microbiome as it relates to human health, soil health, food systems, and a regenerative future. And if all that wasn’t a mouthful… Brace yourselves, you ...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 9
For any of you who haven't had the pleasure of listening to Doctor Alan Desmond, this is a real treat. In many ways, we feel he is our 'Father of Gut Health'! A great friend of ours that we have had the pleasure to work with on a number of occasions, including on our own Healthy Gut Course . For over 17 years Dr Al has been studying the gut. Not the easiest undertaking as you'll hear from this episode. He voices the connection between your gut, your immune system, your mental health and how the ...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week we are delighted to bring you, YouTubers and VanLifers, Eamon & Bec! As their title suggests, Eamon and Bec are a couple who spend their time traveling around in their customised van. Earning their money from their popular youtube channel which follows all their adventures. “The overnight success that took 10 years to build - that couldn’t be more true for us! You could look at our channel now and think wow that looks like a great living… for us it has been a very very slow burn. H...
May 11, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 7
This weeks podcast is with the delightful Dr Gemma Newman. Gemma is a friend of ours, a GP with a special interest in the environment, women’s health, and nature. We have had the pleasure of working with her on a number of health courses, including our recent The Happy Skin Challenge . This was a very informative chat to say the least. We covered so many topics from antibiotic resistance, agriculture and soil regeneration; to the importance of nature. “The UN warns us that by 2050 we could have ...
May 04, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Philippa Perry, what an amazing person. The type of person you always want on your side in an argument! She is a psychotherapist and author of many books, including the most recent no. 1 best selling “The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did)” I believe the title says it all! In our chat Philippa really puts us in our box and made us rethink our basic approach to parenting, which hopefully it's not too late to start implementing now :) “Teenagers biolo...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 5
This weeks episode is with our good friend Tony Riddle. Tony is a natural lifestyle coach, author and record-breaking barefoot endurance athlete. Regarded as a trailblazer within the field of natural movement and lifestyle, Riddle is the creator of the Natural Lifestyle Philosophy, that encourages modern urbanites to reconnect with certain innate, ‘wild’ behaviours in order to increase physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellness. Having overcome clubfoot as a child, which involved years o...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
What a story! Where to start? A 22 year old armed robber who ended up in highest security prison with two life sentences. Whilst in prison he broke two world records, eventually leading to becoming an ultra athlete. Now Nike sponsored and to top it all off he’s gone vegan! John has an amazing outlook on life, and is a true example of how the positive impact of sport and movement can have on your well being and even the choices you make. “If there is hope for me there is hope for everyone, I was ...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This weeks podcast is with the man who has lived many lives, the infamous, Glen Hansard! I mean where do we start? For those who aren’t familiar, Glen is an Irish songwriter, actor, vocalist and guitarist for The Frames, and one half of duo The Swell Season Having played roles in the BAFTA-winning film The Commitments , as well as starring in the film Once , which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Song. You could say he began his singing career at the age of 13, when he left school t...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This week we talk to the delightful Venetia La Manna, a great friend and truly inspiring woman. Venetia is a podcaster, slow fashion campaigner and co-founder of Remember Who Made Them , which is helping to energise a new solidarity economy in fashion. Venetia tries to bring mindfulness and compassion to all that she does. In her new podcast, “All The Small Things” she chats to inspiring people and thought leaders about finding joy in the small moments, and learns more about their routines, habi...
Mar 30, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 1
“Most people really struggle with just slowing their thoughts down . So, I always say ‘What’s your favourite song?” . If you close your eyes, and you can hear the creeks in the piano of the song and hear feet moving on the ground, all of the sudden, you are in that space. That’s meditation and that mindfulness.” This week’s episode is with the incredible Niall Breslin A.K.A Bressie. What can we say about this man? We admire him so much. You would be incredibly hard pressed to find something Nial...
Mar 23, 2021•53 min
“Don’t create another committee. Talk to people where they already gather. Share ideas and that ripple effect will build and build and build.” Our guests on this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is the amazing duo of Dr Tara Shine & Madeleine Murray, of Change by Degrees. Tara and Madeleine are wonderful humans. Tara has spent 20 years as an international climate change negotiator and advisor to governments and world leaders on environmental policy, most notably as a Special Advisor to the ...
Mar 16, 2021•50 min
“We aren't weak. We don’t lack will power. We’re just humans trying to get by each day. The world is tough. It is difficult at the moment. We don’t need to beat ourselves up. Let’s be kind and compassionate to ourselves.” Our guest on this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is the amazing Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Rangan is a breathtaking human. He is a physician, author, television presenter, podcaster and much more. He has also been a medical doctor for more than 20 years and is a pioneer in the em...
Mar 09, 2021•47 min
“Health is so simple. We can make it so complicated, but at the base of it is simplicity. That's what I have been focusing on and I can’t tell you the difference it has made” Our guest on this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is the amazing Ella Mills, founder and driving force behind the brand Deliciously Ella. Ella is all about using her platform to share simple and delicious ways to take the complication out of healthy living and to feel better. Starting from a personal blog, Deliciously Ell...
Mar 02, 2021•51 min
“Your body isn’t just for show, it does a million things for you every single day that you take for granted and by punishing it or wanting another body is never going to make that relationship better. I tried every single diet fad, every quick fix out there and I never went, 'now I’m happy'” - Roz Purcell Our guest in this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is the amazing Roz Purcell. Roz is an author, chef, blogger, entrepreneur, podcast host, charity worker, former miss universe, a dear friend,...
Feb 16, 2021•44 min
“Yes, you might want to lose weight, yes, you might want to build muscle, but right now, you are enough. The moment you start to look in the mirror and feel inspired by the person you see is the moment you take your own power back.” - Gerry Hussey This episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is with the great Gerry Hussey. Gerry is a performance psychologist and has been in the human health and performance field for almost 20 years. In more recent times, he has been coined ‘The Soul Coach’. Gerry has ...
Feb 09, 2021•40 min
If you don't have good gut health, then it doesn’t matter how good your diet is. If your gut lining isn’t strong, then no matter how healthy you are, your body is not going to be able to digest and extract what you need from your food. This is the key message from our guest on this episode of The Happy Pear podcast. Dr Megan Rossi, also known as The Gut Health Doctor, founded The Gut Health Clinic in London to make an evidence-based approach more accessible and get people’s guts back on track. H...
Feb 02, 2021•42 min
Joe Wicks is one of the world’s best-known health and fitness professionals. Author of 9 books, including Lean in 15 and a kids focused one called Wean in 15, Joe has played a central role throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, keeping millions of kids and grown ups fit and healthy through his ‘PE with Joe’ workouts on YouTube. In this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast, Joe describes his early years, his personal struggles, how he found his real passion in life, and how he balances personal family...
Jan 26, 2021•37 min
