https://charleseisenstein.net Airing every few weeks, the podcast which I call "A New and Ancient Story" features a conversation with someone who has inspired me with their work, their story, or their presence. Occasionally I also put out a recording of a speech, especially if it contains new material. Some of the conversation partners are well-known; others are seemingly ordinary people, or perhaps they are so far ahead of the curve that they won’t be well known for years. They include people pushing the edges in activism, science, healing of every kind, and technology (broadly conceived). Truly paradigm-breaking work often seems flaky, irresponsible, naïve, or otherwise suspect; we want to accept it and believe in it, but at the same time we are afraid to, lest we be a numbered among the dupes and the fools. Complicating the issue is that there are indeed a lot of ungrounded developers and practitioners of new-story technologies. As best as I am able, I curate this podcast to introduce you to innovators, visionaries, change-makers, edge-workers, and story-holders of integrity. no All rights reserved http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification alphavoice.io v1.0 en-US Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:24:53 +0000 Charles Eisenstein tech+45837@alphavoice.io (Charles Eisenstein) Wed, 17 May 2023 21:13:28 +0000 Charles Eisenstein tech+45837@alphavoice.io https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/why-we-care-charles-and-kennedy 237879dd-debc-4bfc-a137-a56be3173e3b 40:06 Wed, 17 May 2023 21:13:28 +0000 Description: Presidential candidate Robert F. Ken… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/swaady-martin-fugitivity-to-interconnection-e61 17829bd9-fa33-48aa-b1dd-b69aefe5e0d8 01:24:23 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:14:34 +0000 Swaady Martin is the daughter of a militant Black… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/daniel-raphael-the-wizards-path-e58 e94193d7-3ae6-45f9-9c11-3e1fbbdc941d 01:01:11 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 04:40:06 +0000 People call Daniel Raphael a "wizard," for reason… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/galina-angarova-cultural-survival-e53 b67fb761-419e-4cbe-897a-1e18194d49a5 58:16 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:15:26 +0000 Galina Angaraova is an indigenous rights activist… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/frtizi-step-inside-the-circle-e52 24f96e98-2771-4094-a9ba-f804ff2c7b94 01:07:30 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:46:45 +0000 Welcome to this moving conversation with prison a… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/fritizi-step-inside-the-circle-e52 91784805-7a5d-47c9-9d01-52f13dc05730 01:07:30 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:46:45 +0000 Welcome to this moving conversation with prison a… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/mellody-hayes-e-51 848b54dd-cc1e-4fa4-bd5e-e56f757f938d 01:36:03 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:20:45 +0000 This was a delightful conversation. We hadn't int… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/dr-e-ubuntu-chan-e-50 ddf753db-2da1-41fe-b25b-64f2423ea8ac 01:32:02 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 04:41:30 +0000 Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan has an unusual background -… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/zach-bush-life-is-a-community-e49 be534e5a-28cc-4129-9abe-b23db9d24e62 01:22:50 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:14:26 +0000 Here I talk with Zach Bush, MD, a doctor with a b… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/alnoor-ladha-e48 aa3d5919-0a9d-4129-a3b7-d5ddd457c534 01:11:38 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 20:47:09 +0000 This rich dialog treats the evolution of activism… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/vivian-dittmar-befriending-fear-e-47 3bb4f12e-4a57-481d-8b55-2d9bb3fd99cd 01:03:14 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:19:41 +0000 Vivian Dittmar is a teacher, speaker, and writer,… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/farmer-rishi-e-46 8ccf3697-9b6f-4e8b-84d9-c1f99ca1d607 55:47 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 20:12:16 +0000 Rishi Kumar(https://farmerrishi.com), a former so… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/sayer-ji-e-45 91bd2872-bdfb-4337-b609-d6c165506e0b 01:14:01 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:34:45 +0000 Sayer Ji is a prominent holistic health researche… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/luz-goncalves-brito-e44 39277881-1c85-47a8-ada4-1b3821eb9b85 01:13:18 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:19:04 +0000 Luz Gonçalves Brito is a Brazilian anthropologist… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/julie-esterly-mystery-of-life-death-earth-e43 e2ce4412-e05d-4616-ada5-15c99ededfa8 01:01:48 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:27:54 +0000 Julie Esterly is active in the death care movemen… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/gigi-coyle-what-is-mine-to-do-part-2-e42-2 cc1e781f-3e71-470c-a863-90fb97b2e7fc 44:53 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:13:09 +0000 Part Two of my conversation with Gigi Coyle explo… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/gigi-coyle-what-is-mine-to-do-part-1-e42-1 1665a520-3666-4e22-8972-a4b997d65c6b 01:21:07 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:09:47 +0000 What is mine to do? This is the mantra of Gigi Co… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/zack-geist-dispelling-the-mystery-of-debt-e41 e5eb6f5f-e154-4b07-90d8-1219e582b4d4 58:03 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:12:51 +0000 This conversation with Zack Geist addresses the p… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/robin-mckenna-gift-e40 fc687735-dcee-48cb-b684-8620a8c8aff9 55:15 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:12:56 +0000 In this conversation, filmmaker Robin McKenna and… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/kelly-brogan-get-real-get-well-get-free-e39 a1857126-db21-4b98-97e4-086b014d5e9f 01:15:04 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:59:27 +0000 I describe Kelly Brogan as a “renegade psychiatri… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/cynthia-jurs-on-synchronicity-and-sacrifice-e38 667d5580-73f7-4f06-8837-901567a07aad 01:03:36 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:25:35 +0000 This conversation with my good friend Cynthia Jur… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/lynne-twist-a-conversation-about-living-in-the-gift-e37 de90734a-29e8-4416-ad3d-14d53ea7b03c 58:14 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:23:15 +0000 Lynne Twist is the author of The Soul of Money an… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/helena-norbert-hodge-local-is-the-future-e36 ca6b0d15-de7b-4cfa-bcaa-0080e0a121da 01:13:58 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:37:28 +0000 Helena Norberg-Hodge is a revered elder in the mo… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/helena-norberg-hodge-local-is-the-future-e36 d6f3f1b5-f99e-4bee-ab2e-9853d941df30 01:13:58 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:37:28 +0000 Helena Norberg-Hodge is a revered elder in the mo… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/brian-swimme 758e7c8d-1cab-4155-ac73-b84617160ac0 01:05:06 Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:40:47 +0000 Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist and ph… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/daniel-schmachtenberger 57139ace-d5eb-44e1-a96d-6f9b152e0c8a 01:39:02 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:57:04 +0000 Daniel Schmactenberger is a brilliant and innovat… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/brock-dolman 865d2fb9-a074-44c8-ba8d-99eaed0551e1 58:46 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:31:00 +0000 Brock Dolman is the founder of Occidental Arts & … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/philip-munyasia fc4a05c2-c1ed-43b1-b857-3fab22f1f514 57:20 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:05:59 +0000 Philip Munyasia is the founder of Otepic, a perma… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/orland-bishop-1 b9319422-ec35-4573-800f-2eee6dbc7f60 01:25:57 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 03:01:58 +0000 Orland Bishop is in my eyes a treasure on this ea… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/judith-schwartz-ecological-healing-with-water-030 18dde518-f731-43e7-9c59-5afdd1bb11e8 01:11:47 Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:08:28 +0000 Judith Schwartz is the author of several books, m… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/laura-delano-sanity-in-an-insane-world 183b6b33-9c4d-4e7d-9e12-c6914658ec9b 01:33:29 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 This conversation explores the contentious subjec… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/orland-bishop-part-2-e27 4e3fb642-03ed-4eca-a0a9-cadb52c34099 01:24:30 Sun, 20 May 2018 19:55:22 +0000 Part 2 of Charles' conversation with Orland Bisho… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/orland-bishop 61a00729-1fc8-4699-aba6-51d90c1ba07d 01:16:02 Fri, 18 May 2018 02:43:34 +0000 Charles Eisenstein in conversation with Orland Bi… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/eivind-skjellum 180137d7-bc3e-40b4-9acf-659c300cbaa0 45:11 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:35:50 +0000 Eivind Skjellum is the creator of Reclaim your In… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/severine-von-tscharner-fleming-e24 5b2b41ab-f7ad-47d4-8e23-a4b0f389ac3d 40:58 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:30:46 +0000 Severine von Tscharner Fleming is a kind of farmi… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/gigi-coylemp3 2c1a5982-efc5-4e11-9366-14ce88563f55 01:25:29 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:25:27 +0000 This conversation with the amazing Gigi Coyle was… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/joanna-harcourt-smith-e22 24eb4848-61dc-4e1d-9c27-3b9c9a2e70ca 01:13:48 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:22:41 +0000 In this episode, Charles talks with author, podca… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/helena-norberg-hodge 16f2af8b-7902-4ee1-8454-413660bafe78 59:58 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:45:38 +0000 This is a conversation with the political thinker… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/an-evening-with-satish-kumar-e20-a-new-and-ancient-story f13666cf-bbed-41d0-b51d-7e216b5f12de 01:56:38 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 02:55:02 +0000 Satish Kumar is, in the truest sense of the word,… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/martin-shaw-naas-19 92aabf4a-ffcb-436d-9916-966475f842a9 01:02:58 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:11:27 +0000 Martin Shaw is a mythologist and storyteller from… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/orland-bishop-word-gift-and-money 2c2ad1e6-788a-41db-828d-33e8ca6fd8b8 49:12 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:44:02 +0000 This podcast is a public conversation between me … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/kelly-brogan-restoring-blunted-consciousness-naas-18 47015e2d-e7d3-4215-bc62-f7c431e2be13 50:02 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:05:21 +0000 Kelly Brogan is a psychiatrist who made a radical… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/in-conversation-with-rupert-sheldrake 68ede853-9cc7-4587-af1d-8b8860396d04 02:07:03 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:17:11 +0000 This podcast is a recording of a second conversat… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/st-jamestalk 9c135f15-badb-48c5-8e8c-7171cfc11943 01:21:31 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:19:49 +0000 St.JamesTalk by Charles Eisenstein https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/st-james-church-piccadillylondon-10-2016 7c43b1bb-f281-4b34-9652-667cadfff73a 01:21:31 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:18:29 +0000 The Fertile Ground of Bewilderment was the title … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/marietta-schurholz-reinventing-ritual 1d977353-310d-4b86-904a-1d0c2e8c592b 01:08:49 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 02:45:11 +0000 This interview with the filmmaker Marietta Schürh… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/rex-brangwyn-building-erotic-intelligence-e10-a-new-and-ancient-story 6e88831a-37f1-47d4-ba53-f068f673cb62 01:32:41 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 03:40:15 +0000 This conversation I recorded with Rex Brangwyn wa… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/eivind-skjellum-the-inner-throne 83a97a68-6b3e-4231-b362-ac38216cd89f 01:38:16 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 02:04:58 +0000 This conversation with the Norwegian men's coach … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/carolbowman-three-stories 705b4598-3d8b-4f8e-b82a-c5dff29e61d1 01:06:09 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 What would you think if your 4-year-old displayed… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/lyla-june-johnstone 00c3e55e-d297-46f6-b1ad-9fdaf3fec0f1 01:12:05 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:51:25 +0000 What are the perils of working "in the system" as… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/e09-part2-a-new-and-ancient-story 0a2abb1c-1393-45b3-9519-03872a307edf 53:32 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 This podcast was recorded in late November 2015 a… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/e09-a-new-and-ancient-story 8ef43eb2-b5dc-48c0-8357-1271973f073f 59:30 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 This podcast was recorded in late November 2015 a… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/seppis-place-final 0ccd50a8-5f16-4387-a307-54e4efcb0e8c 01:05:57 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Here is a conversation with a group gathered for … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/the-crisis-of-science-e06-a-new-and-ancient-story d8af39f9-a4f1-4a59-907f-51a16830d8f5 01:06:20 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Rupert Sheldrake is one of the most thoughtful, l… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/healing-with-nature-a-new-and-ancient-story 98915973-4f51-4c21-80c9-4af1ca1a5762 01:06:17 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Charles speaks with Brown Koroskenyi and Pamela L… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/julio-olalla-a-new-and-ancient-story b4a02a54-df41-4d27-a0d1-37b431010197 01:08:01 Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Charles speaks with life coaching legend Julio Ol… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/deep-wealth-and-transformation-description-e03 e342ab09-213f-486a-88b7-19d7c545ff79 01:02:47 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 A conversation with Chris Martenson, creator of t… https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/synchronicty-and-the-impossible-e03 6ad55f98-e068-4ba5-98fc-ae0585a2e821 01:16:06 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 A conversation between Charles and Amy Lansky, a … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/new-and-ancient-story-nipun-mehta 9fc90fdd-6169-450c-a375-5aab777f934f 55:27 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 18:18:29 +0000 This is a podcast featuring a discussion between … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/francis-weller-e04 eab881a3-0e7b-4738-80f8-6234a93ca58d 01:02:41 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Charles talks with Francis Weller about grief as … https://soundcloud.com/charleseisenstein/reconnecting_to_the_strength d79fb439-b9c7-4274-a92d-86595e50c8bd 50:45 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 22:25:38 +0000 This is a conversation with Maria Scordialos, an …