Our host Vicki Robin reflects on “What Could Possibly Go Right?” episode 24 with author and America's #1 progressive talk show, Thom Hartmann. She shares that despite any reluctance we might have, we are all political animals with a duty to engage and learn. In Thom’s words, "Democracy begins with you. Get out there. Get active. Tag, you're it!" Connect with Thom Website: thomhartmann.com Facebook: facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram Twitter: twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann YouTube: y...
Nov 26, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 24
For more than a decade, Thom Hartmann has been the #1 progressive talk show host in the United States. His show, The Hartmann Report , is aired on hundreds of radio and television stations across the country. He is also a New York Times best-selling author of 24 books and the founder of numerous commercial and charitable organizations. Recorded in the lead up to the US presidential election, Thom shares his thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? including: The Supreme Court decisions in the 1...
Nov 24, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Our host Vicki Robin ponders her interview with Vanessa Andreotti on “What Could Possibly Go Right?” She reflects on Vanessa’s perspective that there is an awakening and return to the essence as other elements of our lives are stripped away and we uncover the tender, painful places of our hearts. Connect with Vanessa Website: decolonialfutures.net Website: ubc.academia.edu/VanessadeOliveiraAndreotti Follow WCPGR on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast T...
Nov 19, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She has extensive experience working across sectors internationally in areas related to global justice, global citizenship, and Indigenous and community engagement. Drawing on different critiques of colonialism and human exceptionalism, her research examines the interface between historical, systemic and on-going forms of violence, and the materi...
Nov 17, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Our host Vicki Robin reflects on her conversation with long-time activist Kumi Naidoo, as heard on episode 22 of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” Connect with Kumi Naidoo Website: kuminaidoo.net Twitter: twitter.com/kuminaidoo Follow WCPGR on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/postcarboninstitute/ Learn more: https://bit.ly/pci-wcpgrseries *** Join us in December for a special...
Nov 12, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 22
" Let's not let those that brought humanity to this point of destruction get away with the injustices that it created." Kumi Naidoo is recognized internationally as a forceful advocate for human rights, gender equity, economic justice, and environmental justice. A seasoned activist in South Africa during its struggle against apartheid, his long career of deep commitment to people and the planet has included serving as Executive Director of Greenpeace International and as Secretary...
Nov 10, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Our host Vicki Robin considers Lynne Twist’s insightful response to “What Could Possibly Go Right?”, especially the importance of the stories we choose to tell ourselves. Connect with Lynne Website: soulofmoney.org Twitter: twitter.com/lynne_twist Facebook: facebook.com/TheSoulOfMoneyInstitute Instagram: instagram.com/soulofmoney Follow WCPGR on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbon Instagram: https://www.instagram...
Nov 05, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Lynne Twist is the Founder of the Soul of Money Institute and author of the best-selling book "The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life.” Over the past 40 years, Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries in the areas of fundraising with integrity, conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning, and having a healthy relationship with money. She is a Co-Founder of The Pachamama Alliance — a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower indigenous...
Nov 03, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Our host Vicki Robin is joined by Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and one of the world’s foremost educators on the need to transition away from fossil fuels. They reflect on the interview with Tzepora Berman, as heard on Episode 20. Connect with Tzeporah Website: Tzeporahberman.com Website: stand.earth Facebook: facebook.com/Tzeporah Facebook: facebook.com/standearth Twitter: twitter.com/Tzeporah Twitter: twitter.com/standearth Connect with Richard Heinberg Website: ...
Oct 28, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Tzeporah Berman has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over twenty years. She currently is International Program Director at Stand.Earth. She is an Adjunct Professor of York University Faculty of Environmental Studies and works as a strategic advisor to a number of First Nations, environmental organizations and philanthropic foundations on climate and energy issues. Tzeporah’s thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? include: That...
Oct 27, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Our host Vicki Robin is joined today by Asher Miller, Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute and co-host of Crazy Town . They reflect on Alnoor Ladha’s interview from What Could Possibly Go Right? Episode 19, touching on future designs needed for society, the power of language, and our connection to spirituality. Connect with Alnoor Ladha Political Strategist, Writer, Activist & Board Member at Culture Hack Labs Website: culturehack.io Twitter: twitter.com/alnoorladha Twitter: twitter.c...
Oct 22, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Alnoor Ladha is a political strategist, writer and activist, with a focus on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking, structural change and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rules (TR), a global network of activists, organizers, and others focused on changing the rules that create inequality, poverty and climate change. He is a co-founder of Tierra Valiente , a post-capitalist community and healing center in the jungle of northern Costa Rica. ...
Oct 20, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Vicki Robin and Jason Bradford, Post Carbon Institute Board Director, reflect on her interview with Severine von Tscharner Fleming on Episode 18. Connect with Severine Website: greenhorns.org Twitter: twitter.com/greenhorns Facebook: facebook.com/thegreenhorns Instagram: instagram.com/thegreenhorns Follow WCPGR on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/postcarboninstitute/ Learn ...
Oct 15, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Severine von Tscharner Fleming is a farmer, activist, and organizer based in Downeast Maine. She runs Smithereen Farm, a MOFGA certified organic wild blueberry, seaweed, and orchard operation which hosts summer camps, camping, and educational workshops. She is a founder and board member of Agrarian Trust and current director of the Greenhorns, a 13 year old grassroots organization whose mission is to recruit, promote, and support the incoming generation of farmers in America. Severine brings her...
Oct 13, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Our host Vicki Robin reflects on politics and our role in democracy, following her interview with Claudine Schneider on Episode 17. Connect with Claudine Schneider Website: www.ClaudineSchneider.com / www.RepublicansforIntegrity.org Twitter: twitter.com/GOP4Integrity Facebook: facebook.com/RepublicansForIntegrity Follow WCPGR on Social Media Twitter: twitter.com/postcarbon Instagram: instagram.com/postcarboninstitute Learn more : https://bit.ly/pci-wcpgrseries Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so y...
Oct 08, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Claudine Schneider was the first woman elected from Rhode Island to the U.S. House of Representatives and was the first Republican Representative to serve the state in more than 40 years. She is Co-Founder of the Republicans for Integrity and is a progressive leader in policies related to climate, energy, environment and ecological economics. Claudine brings the themes of racial inequality, job development, politics and the environment to this conversation on “What Could Possibly Go Right?, incl...
Oct 06, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Our host Vicki Robin reflects on her conversation with Jane Davidson, as heard on Episode 16. Connect with Jane Website: www.janedavidson.wales Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneBryngwyn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Futuregenlessons-from-a-small-country-103201268058732/ Follow WCPGR on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/postcarboninstitute/ Learn more: https://bit.ly/pci...
Oct 02, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Jane Davidson is the author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country , the story of why Wales was the first country in the world to introduce legislation to protect future generations. She is Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. From 2000-2011, Jane was Minister for Education, then Minister for Environment, Sustainability in the Welsh Government. Jane shares her thoughts on “What could possibly go right?” including: The desire to take out short termism ...
Sep 29, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Today, our series host Vicki Robin answers the question herself of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” In interview with Amy Buringrud of Post Carbon Institute, Vicki shares what she’s learned from the series’ guests so far, including: That this moment of humility has us recognizing that our cleverness fits on the head of a pin and our ignorance is vast. That his period of time has revealed to us the shadow of our bright light; removing our blinkers and bringing many to an embarrassed awakening of “...
Jul 29, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Rob Hopkins is an author and a Co-Founder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network. He approaches the question of “What could possibly go right?” with a fascination in the power of imagination for our future. His insights include: That we need to create the conditions for the human imagination to re-emerge. That trauma, anxiety, loneliness and systemic problems have caused our imaginations to shrink, which can put at risk our ability to reimagine everything needed in these times. That to...
Jul 23, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Lyla June, musician, anthropologist, and activist, introduces us to the Seven Generations New Deal and how applying this has the potential to create “what could possibly go right”. Her interview insights included: That it’s hard to imagine what the world could be like, when we're so busy fighting what it's like. That economy is inseparable from ecology; you can destroy ecology to help the economy for only a short time, before your whole house of cards collapses. That the systems and co...
Jul 23, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Peter Buffett is a musician, author, philanthropist and co-president of NoVo Foundation. With his varied background, he presents his thoughts on “What could possibly go right?” including: That we are in a rebirth moment, though this beauty and change can be a painful process. That we are “a species out of context” and the pandemic is changing our relationship to education, food, neighbors; everything is up for grabs. That homeschooling has children and parents alike reconsidering what education ...
Jul 23, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Nina Simons considers our question of “What could possibly go right?” from her view as Co-Founder of nonprofit, Bioneers . As she does a joy dance that the not-so-great normal may be over, she shares these thoughts: That COVID-19 is presenting an opportunity to shift from an "I" consciousness to a "We" consciousness; to recognize we are all one family on this Earth. That a culture informed by patriarchy, capitalism and an extractive economy has oriented us towards activity an...
Jul 16, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 11
President & Founder of Hip Hop Caucus , Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., brings his perspectives on racial justice, youth empowerment, climate change, and faith to the big question of “What could possibly go right?” His insights include: How young people are communing with their spirituality and are using it to focus their fight for justice. How the current state of the country now is akin to a heart attack for someone who has been ignoring the things that make themselves healthy. How we've be...
Jul 16, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
For today’s “What Could Possibly Go Right?” Carolyn Raffensperger brings her perspective as an environmental lawyer and Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health . She shares these ideas: The impact of applying the "precautionary principle" towards preventing suffering; this idea of taking positive action in the face of scientific uncertainty and the likelihood of harm. That there is an opportunity to rethink what government is for; working to avoid preventable sufferi...
Jul 16, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Heather Cox Richardson addresses the question of What Could Possibly Go Right? with a political focus. Her insights include: That the current condition is waking people up from autopilot and creating the realization they need to pursue change personally to create the society in which they want to live. A reminder that the beauty of a democratic system is getting to choose which direction to go. That the desire for equality of opportunity and access should no longer be pushed to the narrative of ...
Jul 09, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Activist Tim DeChristopher presents his views on our big question with themes of identity, environmentalism and spirituality. How the pandemic has disrupted the flimsy “identity-making” of capitalist culture, as people feel called toward more authenticity and human connection. How social media may hinder creativity and empowerment, including in responses to social crises. How a renewed relationship to mortality and vulnerability will have a profound impact on how we move into the next period of ...
Jul 09, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In today’s episode, Severn Cullis-Suzuki gives her perspective that spans from addressing the UN at age 12 through to her life-long activism for environment and Indigenous rights. Her insights include: The serendipity that led to speaking at the UN’s Earth Summit in 1992 and the impact of this message that went viral. The disconnect between what we value as individuals and what our society upholds. The care of earth and its natural systems as fundamental to indigenous values. The opportunity wit...
Jul 09, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Dr. Susanne Moser brings her work’s emphasis on climate change adaptation to the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” Her insights include: That hope requires uncertainty. “If you're completely convinced that we're doomed, or if you're completely convinced all is going to be fine, you don't need hope... Only if the future isn't written can we possibly wish for hope.” How these last few months are encouraging people to open up conversation in areas that previously ...
Jun 30, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Food Revolution Network Co-Founder Ocean Robbins shares his vision and recent observations of our world, including: The complexity and ingenuity within us and all lifeforms, supporting resilience and the ability to meet challenges in creative ways none of us could have imagined. Calling in as much joy, love and beauty as possible into our world, within a greater context of awe, respect and reverence. Acknowledging our moral obligation to be on the right side of history and bring our lives into a...
Jun 30, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 4
