Category Archives: Audio

Hawaii is a microcosm of the world: A conversation with co-host Eugene Bible

on August 15, 2022 in Audio, Nature

I hope you listen to Eugene Bible’s This Sustainable Life branch called Solve for Nature. Trained as an engineer and working in construction, he focuses more on engineers and problem-solvers, though expanding. He moved to Hawaii last year from Japan and shared with me his concerns about buying a house where building meant chopping down once pristine forest. How much was he contributing to a trend he disliked? How would[…] Keep reading →

Hear me live 9pm eastern on America Out Loud After Dark (conservative radio) on living off the electric grid

on August 2, 2022 in Audio, Nature

Longtime readers know my inclination to speak to people with different views, not disconnect. Rob and Andrew host After Dark on the conservative America Out Loud network and we connect on communicating more, not less. They’ve been guests on my podcast and I’ve been a guest on their show. We agree on various issues and disagree on others and have become friends. Rob lives in New York City. He and[…] Keep reading →

Reading and listening to the Christian Bible

on April 21, 2022 in Audio, Nonjudgment

I’ll tell you a great relieving feeling of my life. It comes from stories non-straight friends have shared, as well as stories from non-straight people I’ve read. They tell me of being raised in a mostly straight world, expected to be straight. Everyone’s story is unique, but several have shared of realizing they never were straight. They may have gone through the motions and even felt it at times, but[…] Keep reading →

“It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

on April 20, 2022 in Audio, Freedom, Leadership

Today, April 20, in 1964, Nelson Mandela, on trial for sabotage with about a dozen other men, for which they would be found guilty, instead of a defense, spoke for almost four hours, closing with the words entitling this post. Here is the full text he read from. I recommend taking a moment today to review the story. Here is one video among many others and the Rivonia Trial Wikipedia[…] Keep reading →

Hear me speak on population on the Post-Growth Australia podcast

on January 2, 2022 in Audio, Nature

Have you heard the phrase “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.”? It sounds extreme. Then it makes sense and you can’t see it otherwise. Similarly: nothing in sustainability works except if we first address and solve population. If you’re like most people, including me until I learned of Mechai Viravaidya and his peers, you reflexively think of China’s One Child policy or eugenics when anyone[…] Keep reading →

Hear me on America Out Loud’s After Dark: “Single White Straight Male Living In America”

on December 18, 2021 in Audio, Nonjudgment

I appeared as a guest again on After Dark with Rob and Andrew. Both have been guests on This Sustainable Life and I’ve appeared on their show before. They invited me this time after my post, Why do so many people lecture me on what it’s like to be a straight white male?. You’ll hear Rob does most of the talking, about a war on men. I spoke less and[…] Keep reading →

Hear me speak on Initiative on Moving Mountains with Sasha Laghonh

on July 19, 2021 in Audio

Sasha hosted me before, speaking on my first book, Leadership Step by Step. This time we spoke about my second, Initiative, and unearthing our passions. If you want more passion or love in your life, for projects or people, I don’t recommend just waiting for it to strike. Working on it creates it. The book gives you a structured way to do it. Our conversation covers how it came to[…] Keep reading →

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