Clancy Martin

Clancy Martin (professor of philosophy, multiple suicide survivor) has tried – unsuccessfully, obviously – to depart this mortal coil a dozen-plus times and has just published a book, How Not to Kill Yourself, that explores the complexity of one the most fundamental question we can ever ask – why live? Clancy teaches philosophy at the University of Missouri, is a Guggenheim Fellow, bestselling novelist, a father and… “suicide addict”. In the wake of having lost one of my closest friends to suicide, I reached out to Clancy to get his insights and wisdoms on this challenging topic. He shares the mindsets that can change a despairing person’s mind, how to deal with the sense of betrayal and anger after a loved one takes their life and how his own “suicidal addiction” started at 3. This beautiful conversation is mostly a reminder to live fully and wildly and… to care (particularly for those who care so deeply they despair).Get hold of Clancy’s book How Not to Kill Yourself: My life in suicide.If you or someone you know is struggling, the suicide and crisis lifeline can be reached by diallingIn Australia, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 and the Suicide Call Back Service on1300 659 467In the US, call 988 and you will be connected to the National Suicide and Crisis LifelineIn the UK, contact the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 0800 689 5652If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my “about” pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clancy Martin (professor of philosophy, multiple suicide survivor) has tried – unsuccessfully, obviously – to depart this mortal coil a dozen-plus times and has just published a book, How Not to Kill Yourself, that explores the complexity of one the most fundamental question we can ever ask – why live? Clancy teaches philosophy at the University of Missouri, is a Guggenheim Fellow, bestselling novelist, a father and… “suicide addict”. In the wake of having lost one of my closest friends to suicide, I reached out to Clancy to get his insights and wisdoms on this challenging topic. He shares the mindsets that can change a despairing person’s mind, how to deal with the sense of betrayal and anger after a loved one takes their life and how his own “suicidal addiction” started at 3. This beautiful conversation is mostly a reminder to live fully and wildly and… to care (particularly for those who care so deeply they despair).Get hold of Clancy’s book <a href="https://amzn.to/3QLhdhV" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How Not to Kill Yourself: My life in suicide</a>.If you or someone you know is struggling, the suicide and crisis lifeline can be reached by dialling<ul><li>In Australia, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 and the Suicide Call Back Service on1300 659 467</li><li>In the US, call 988 and you will be connected to the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline</li><li>In the UK, contact the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 0800 689 5652</li></ul> If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my “<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>” pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

CLANCY MARTIN: How not to kill yourself

Susan Neiman

Susan Neiman (world-leading moral philosopher, socialist, Einstein Forum director) joins me to clear up a wholly frustrating and destructive dialogue stopper – wokeism. Susan is the Director of the Einstein Forum, in Potsdam, Germany. She has a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard and has written big, influential tomes on German guilt, the value of evil and how we all need to grow up, all through a philosophical lens. Her latest book is titled Left is Not Woke and in this episode, she explains why woke has become a loaded term, weaponised by the Right and has inverted to contradict Left or progressive principles. Susan plants the wild idea we need to abandon wokeism and become truly awake to the threat so much infighting is distracting us (sigh) from the rise of fascism. Much as Left infighting enabled Hitler to rise to power in the 1930s.The Show NotesLeft is Not Woke is available nowSusan mentions Paul Robeson’s performance at the Sydney Opera HouseI mention my Substack post listing centre-right writers, you can read it hereIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan Neiman (world-leading moral philosopher, socialist, Einstein Forum director) joins me to clear up a wholly frustrating and destructive dialogue stopper – wokeism. Susan is the Director of the Einstein Forum, in Potsdam, Germany. She has a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard and has written big, influential tomes on German guilt, the value of evil and how we all need to grow up, all through a philosophical lens. Her latest book is titled Left is Not Woke and in this episode, she explains why woke has become a loaded term, weaponised by the Right and has inverted to contradict Left or progressive principles. Susan plants the wild idea we need to abandon wokeism and become truly awake to the threat so much infighting is distracting us (sigh) from the rise of fascism. Much as Left infighting enabled Hitler to rise to power in the 1930s.The Show Notes<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3MaFXNM" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Left is Not Woke</a> is available now</li><li>Susan mentions <a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg7bPgrosAE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Robeson’s performance</a> at the Sydney Opera House</li><li>I mention my Substack post listing centre-right writers, you can read it <a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/p/a-heterodox-left-critical-commentariat" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></li></ul> If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

SUSAN NEIMAN: Left is not woke!

Frances Haugen (globally renowned whistleblower, author of The Power of One) singlehandedly created social media’s Big Tobacco moment. In 2021, the algorithms specialist exposed 20,000 internal documents to media and lawmakers that showed Facebook consistently and knowingly prioritised profits over public safety. A few months later, and at great personal risk, she “outed” herself on 60 Minutes and has worked tirelessly since to change laws on social media transparency around the world. What sees a 37-year-old woman do what hundreds of thousands of employees before her did not? Courage? Blind optimism? What fuels her commitment to truth? And what do we – the rest of us – need to do once we are armed with the truth? Frances also shares insights on The Zuck and what we should be doing instead of having an AI pause.Get hold of her book The Power of One.Frances and her team are building a movement to create social media that works for humanity, you can sign up here to hear about upcoming ways to get involved.If you want to learn more about the AI pause, and why many (women) oppose it, check out my post on substack 'Why we should NOT have a pause on AI'. If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frances Haugen (globally renowned whistleblower, author of The Power of One) singlehandedly created social media’s Big Tobacco moment. In 2021, the algorithms specialist exposed 20,000 internal documents to media and lawmakers that showed Facebook consistently and knowingly prioritised profits over public safety. A few months later, and at great personal risk, she “outed” herself on 60 Minutes and has worked tirelessly since to change laws on social media transparency around the world. What sees a 37-year-old woman do what hundreds of thousands of employees before her did not? Courage? Blind optimism? What fuels her commitment to truth? And what do we – the rest of us – need to do once we are armed with the truth? Frances also shares insights on The Zuck and what we should be doing instead of having an AI pause.Get hold of her book <a href="https://amzn.to/44omHCJ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Power of One</a>.Frances and her team are building a movement to create social media that works for humanity, you can sign up <a href="https://www.franceshaugen.com/get-involved" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to hear about upcoming ways to get involved.If you want to learn more about the AI pause, and why many (women) oppose it, check out my post on substack <a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/p/why-we-should-not-have-a-pause-on" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">'Why we should NOT have a pause on AI'</a>. If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

FRANCES HAUGEN: In which I speak to the Facebook whistleblower

Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer (bestselling travel writer; author of The Art of Stillness; Leonard Cohen’s close mate) studies the paradox of our desire to go out and explore foreign lands…and our need for stillness, the delicate dance between our outer and inner lives. Pico has spent 50 years writing about travel for more than 250 publications, but he also spent three decades living in monasteries and 48 years as a friend and travel companion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. And he concludes a bunch of things we cover off in this beautiful conversation: we move to feel moved; the benefits of global travel outweigh the carbon miles (understanding humanity is more important right now); and paradise is mostly lost. He also shares insights into how Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah, arguably the most stunning song ever recorded.Get hold of Pico’s new book The Half-Known Life: Finding Paradise in a Divided World.Read more of his work via his website and you can also find Pico on Twitter.Listen to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pico Iyer (bestselling travel writer; author of The Art of Stillness; Leonard Cohen’s close mate) studies the paradox of our desire to go out and explore foreign lands…and our need for stillness, the delicate dance between our outer and inner lives. Pico has spent 50 years writing about travel for more than 250 publications, but he also spent three decades living in monasteries and 48 years as a friend and travel companion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. And he concludes a bunch of things we cover off in this beautiful conversation: we move to feel moved; the benefits of global travel outweigh the carbon miles (understanding humanity is more important right now); and paradise is mostly lost. He also shares insights into how Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah, arguably the most stunning song ever recorded.Get hold of Pico’s new book <a href="https://amzn.to/3NDJ69C" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Half-Known Life: Finding Paradise in a Divided World.</a>Read more of his work via his <a href="https://picoiyerjourneys.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> and you can also find Pico on <a href="https://twitter.com/PicoIyer" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.Listen to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7yzbimr8WVyAtBX3Eg6UL9?si=38741806948f438f" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.</a>If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

PICO IYER: The spiritual case for travel

Tyson Yunkaporta (Indigenous knowledge expert and renegade) is an Aboriginal scholar and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Melbourne’s Deakin University. His prize-winning book Sand Talk explains how Indigenous methods are best calibrated for resolving the complex global crises we face today and it’s attracted fawning attention in sensemaking, complexity and integral circles globally. Tyson’s wild approach tips a stack of Western thinking on its head. He challenges…not just with ideas, but with the way, the how, of his knowledge sharing. We talk the IDW, wokism and red-pilling, but mostly how we in the West have forgotten how to read the patterns of the universe, which has seen Emu energy (narcissism) flourish, which then renders us unable to navigate complexity in an increasingly complex, multi-crisis world. This chat is big and challenging…so you know.You can buy Sand Talk here and Tyson’s new book Right Story Wrong Story is out in October.Discover more about the IK Systems Lab.Listen to the Douglas Rushkoff interview I reference.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyson Yunkaporta (Indigenous knowledge expert and renegade) is an Aboriginal scholar and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Melbourne’s Deakin University. His prize-winning book Sand Talk explains how Indigenous methods are best calibrated for resolving the complex global crises we face today and it’s attracted fawning attention in sensemaking, complexity and integral circles globally. Tyson’s wild approach tips a stack of Western thinking on its head. He challenges…not just with ideas, but with the way, the how, of his knowledge sharing. We talk the IDW, wokism and red-pilling, but mostly how we in the West have forgotten how to read the patterns of the universe, which has seen Emu energy (narcissism) flourish, which then renders us unable to navigate complexity in an increasingly complex, multi-crisis world. This chat is big and challenging…so you know.You can buy Sand Talk <a href="https://amzn.to/3X8cqYY" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and Tyson’s new book <a href="https://amzn.to/3N1hREm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Right Story Wrong Story</a> is out in October.Discover more about the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb3Bhm99xCM" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">IK Systems Lab</a>.Listen to the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gy/podcast/douglas-rushkoff-navigating-the-sad-mindset/id1548626341?i=1000605217076" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Douglas Rushkoff</a> interview I reference.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TYSON YUNKAPORTA: Indigenous knowledge can save the world!

Will Storr

Will Storr (award-winning UK journalist and author) writes about humans in fun ways, and goes to lengths to do this, including joining holocaust denier David Irving (undercover) on holiday. His books The Heretics, and Selfie, are about how self-obsession changed the culture.Will's latest book is The Status Game and it argues that “Everyone alive is playing a game whose hidden rules are built into us and that silently directs our thoughts, beliefs and actions. This game is inside us. It is us.” Will chats through how his thesis can explain the rise of Nazi Germany, how the world might deal with dangerous humiliated men (Putin, Trump, gun massacrists) and how it can produce more empathy in the world.​I mention my WILD episode with Mary Ann Sieghart, author of The Authority Gap which you can listen to here.The Status Game is available to purchase now.Join Will on Twitter and read more about his work via his website.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" page.For more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Storr (award-winning UK journalist and author) writes about humans in fun ways, and goes to lengths to do this, including joining holocaust denier David Irving (undercover) on holiday. His books The Heretics, and Selfie, are about how self-obsession changed the culture.Will's latest book is The Status Game and it argues that “Everyone alive is playing a game whose hidden rules are built into us and that silently directs our thoughts, beliefs and actions. This game is inside us. It is us.” Will chats through how his thesis can explain the rise of Nazi Germany, how the world might deal with dangerous humiliated men (Putin, Trump, gun massacrists) and how it can produce more empathy in the world.​I mention my WILD episode with Mary Ann Sieghart, author of The Authority Gap which you can listen to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mary-ann-sieghart-smash-the-authority-gap/id1548626341?i=1000581560201" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.The Status Game is available to <a href="https://amzn.to/3qv5MzP" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">purchase</a> now.Join Will on <a href="https://twitter.com/wstorr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and read more about his work via his <a href="https://willstorr.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" page.For more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

WILL STORR: How to play the status game (a fresh way to fix the world!)

Tim Winton

Tim Winton (author + climate activist) is a four-time winner of Australia’s most prominent literary award, the Miles Franklin, several of his books (Cloudstreet, Breath, Blueback) have been turned into movies, he has an Australian fish named after him(!), and he has been declared a “living treasure” by the National Trust. Notoriously private,Tim now only emerges to do press to speak out on big issues – toxic masculinity, fossil fuel sponsorship of the arts (and the “nippers”) and saving Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef.In this conversation we talk this wild idea: Is Australia’s colonial past and capitalist fixation holding us all back from being adults?Ningaloo Nyinggulu is screening on ABC iView in Australia and as Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Australia’s Ocean Wonder on Now TV for Sky Nature in the UK, Germany and Italy, and on Love Nature in Canada and 130 other countries.Here’s the excerpt from the toxic masculinity speech Tim gave during the book tour of The Sheperd’s Hut.Here's the speech he made at the Perth Writers Festival.I mention getting involved in Save Our Marine LifeIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Winton (author + climate activist) is a four-time winner of Australia’s most prominent literary award, the Miles Franklin, several of his books (Cloudstreet, Breath, Blueback) have been turned into movies, he has an Australian fish named after him(!), and he has been declared a “living treasure” by the National Trust. Notoriously private,Tim now only emerges to do press to speak out on big issues – toxic masculinity, fossil fuel sponsorship of the arts (and the “nippers”) and saving Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef.In this conversation we talk this wild idea: Is Australia’s colonial past and capitalist fixation holding us all back from being adults?<a href="https://iview.abc.net.au/show/ningaloo-nyinggulu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ningaloo Nyinggulu is screening on ABC iView in Australia</a> and as Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Australia’s Ocean Wonder on Now TV for Sky Nature in the UK, Germany and Italy, and on Love Nature in Canada and 130 other countries.Here’s the excerpt from the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/09/about-the-boys-tim-winton-on-how-toxic-masculinity-is-shackling-men-to-misogyny" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">toxic masculinity speech</a> Tim gave during the book tour of The Sheperd’s Hut.Here's the speech he made at the <a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/03/05/big-daddy-gas/164639880013448" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Perth Writers Festival.</a>I mention getting involved in <a href="https://www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/#" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Save Our Marine Life</a>If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TIM WINTON: On wild colonial boys + Big Daddy Gas

Ingrid Newkirk

Ingrid Newkirk (founder of PETA, radical stuntwoman) is one of the most controversial – and wild - humans on the planet. After founding People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 1980 she campaigned to change animal cruelty laws, halted cosmetic and crash testing on animals and has largely rid the world of fur fashion.She didn’t take the mild, collaborative route, though. Ingrid has hung naked among pigs’ carcasses in London’s Smithfield market, famously raided Vogue HQ to protest their use of fur, along with a KKK meeting to stop the shooting of pigeons. Ingrid is now 74, her hobbies include Formula One racing (Michael Schumacher is a mate) and she is cited as a “hero” to countless celebrities, including Bill Maher (on her board) and Joaquin Phoenix (bought the film rights to her book Free the Animals). Ingrid reached out to me to chat on Wild. I’m not vegan and I wear wool. Our chat was both robustly challenging and moving.You can buy the 30th Anniversary Edition of Free the Animals here and read more about PETA Australia here.Here’s that Australian perspective data I mention, outlined in The Conversation essay and here’s a rebuttal written by another academic, also published in The Conversation.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ingrid Newkirk (founder of PETA, radical stuntwoman) is one of the most controversial – and wild - humans on the planet. After founding People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 1980 she campaigned to change animal cruelty laws, halted cosmetic and crash testing on animals and has largely rid the world of fur fashion.She didn’t take the mild, collaborative route, though. Ingrid has hung naked among pigs’ carcasses in London’s Smithfield market, famously raided Vogue HQ to protest their use of fur, along with a KKK meeting to stop the shooting of pigeons. Ingrid is now 74, her hobbies include Formula One racing (Michael Schumacher is a mate) and she is cited as a “hero” to countless celebrities, including Bill Maher (on her board) and Joaquin Phoenix (bought the film rights to her book Free the Animals). Ingrid reached out to me to chat on Wild. I’m not vegan and I wear wool. Our chat was both robustly challenging and moving.You can buy the 30th Anniversary Edition of Free the Animals <a href="https://amzn.to/3pXWhsu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and read more about PETA Australia <a href="https://www.peta.org.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.Here’s that <a href="https://theconversation.com/ordering-the-vegetarian-meal-theres-more-animal-blood-on-your-hands-4659" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Australian perspective data</a> I mention, outlined in The Conversation essay and <a href="https://theconversation.com/vegetarians-cause-environmental-damage-but-meat-eaters-arent-off-the-hook-6090" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here’s</a> a rebuttal written by another academic, also published in The Conversation.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

INGRID NEWKIRK: The PETA founder challenges my meat eating

Genevieve Bell

Genevieve Bell (“superstar” Silicon Valley futurist, cybernetician) is possibly the world’s best-placed human to tell us what the future of AI holds for us. She is a Stanford cultural anthropologist, the Vice President of Intel, has been dubbed “technology’s foremost fortune teller” and has been inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame. Oh, and she has been South Australia’s thinker in residence. And holds a lazy 13 patents!Genevieve is now based at Australia’s ANU where she’s the head of the School of Cybernetics and in this episode, we wrangle with the idea of whether AI will kill us, do we need a global “pause” and how indigenous systems thinking could save us.Catch up on the Wild episode with David Whyte that I mention here.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Genevieve Bell (“superstar” Silicon Valley futurist, cybernetician) is possibly the world’s best-placed human to tell us what the future of AI holds for us. She is a Stanford cultural anthropologist, the Vice President of Intel, has been dubbed “technology’s foremost fortune teller” and has been inducted into the <a href="http://www.witi.com/center/witimuseum/halloffame/248075/Genevieve-Bell,-Ph.D.-Intel-Fellow%3B-Director,-User-Interaction-and-Experience,-Intel-Labs-Intel-Corporation/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Women in Technology Hall of Fame</a>. Oh, and she has been South Australia’s thinker in residence. And holds a lazy 13 patents!Genevieve is now based at Australia’s ANU where she’s the head of the <a href="https://cybernetics.anu.edu.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">School of Cybernetics</a> and in this episode, we wrangle with the idea of whether AI will kill us, do we need a global “pause” and how indigenous systems thinking could save us.Catch up on the Wild episode with David Whyte that I mention <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/david-whyte-the-insta-calm-of-poetry-and/id1548626341?i=1000542083117" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my <a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Substack newsletter</a>, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

GENEVIEVE BELL: Will AI wipe out humanity?

Roy Baumeister

Roy Baumeister (infamous willpower psychologist + NYT bestseller) ​is one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists. He has published 700-plus scientific works, including more than 40 books, and has received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science for his lifetime achievements. He is the guy who coined the term “negativity bias” and “decision fatigue”, and writes about why we do stupid things, the psychology of heartbreak and S&amp;M.​ ​Roy also, somewhat notoriously, wrote the book Willpower, which saw life-hackers worldwide take up morning routines and inspired Barack Obama to wear the same two suits for the entirety of his presidency. In this episode Roy, who’d been based out of Queensland until the pandemic took him back to the States, talks ​about ​all of the above and how it feeds into chocolate, radishes and the economic power of the female orgasm…and the tragedy of ​​male sex drive.If you want to catch up on the episode with Joseph Henrich talking about the WEIRD phenomenon of psychological studies, here it is.Read the Pew Research​ ​about young people having less sex​.​Buy Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength​You can follow Roy Baumeister’s work​ here.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roy Baumeister (infamous willpower psychologist + NYT bestseller) ​is one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists. He has published 700-plus scientific works, including more than 40 books, and has received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science for his lifetime achievements. He is the guy who coined the term “negativity bias” and “decision fatigue”, and writes about why we do stupid things, the psychology of heartbreak and S&amp;M.​ ​Roy also, somewhat notoriously, wrote the book Willpower, which saw life-hackers worldwide take up morning routines and inspired Barack Obama to wear the same two suits for the entirety of his presidency. In this episode Roy, who’d been based out of Queensland until the pandemic took him back to the States, talks ​about ​all of the above and how it feeds into chocolate, radishes and the economic power of the female orgasm…and the tragedy of ​​male sex drive.If you want to catch up on the episode with Joseph Henrich talking about the WEIRD phenomenon of psychological studies, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/joseph-henrich-you-are-weird-heres-the-scientist-who/id1548626341?i=1000568304677" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here it is.</a>Read the <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/08/for-valentines-day-5-facts-about-single-americans/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pew Research</a>​ ​about young people having less sex​.​Buy <a href="https://amzn.to/3NT4S9M" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength</a>​You can follow Roy Baumeister’s work​ <a href="https://roybaumeister.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

ROY BAUMEISTER: How the female orgasm shapes the world

Sarah Wilson chats wild ideas for a fired up life.The multi-New York Times bestselling author, activist, minimalist and former news journalist who founded the global phenomenon ‘I Quit Sugar’ travelled the world for 10 years (living out of one bag) to explore the freshest ways to live fully…and to save this one wild and precious life we have together.She riffs with philosophers, creatives, poets, scientists (and at least one nun!) on the Big Questions that haunt us. What goes through the mind of a prisoner on death row? How does Sia invent her art? Will we die from climate change and can our rage save us? Is being Australian a mental health crisis? Join Sarah as she wrestles a path to the answers… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Mayo (maritime union worker, author, official advocate for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament) joins me to answer your questions regarding the upcoming referendum to amend the constitution to recognise a Voice. It’s a big, historic and profoundly important moment for every Australian voter. We talk through the basics and drill down into the counterarguments – is there a need for more detail (short answer = no, it’s constitutionally inappropriate to provide more), does it veto laws (no, it advises only), does it give First Nations Peoples more rights (no, it grants no rights). I’ve designed things so you can be best prepared for the vote at the end of the year and for the conversation leading up to it. Also, as an episode to share widely!I encourage you to read the Uluru Statement from the HeartHere’s the referendum question: A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.Do you approve of this proposed alteration?Get hold of Thomas Mayo’s books, including The Voice to Parliament Handbook written with ABC journalist Kerry O’Brien, and his children’s book about the Uluru Statement, Finding Our Heart.Check out my Wild conversation with Prof Megan Davis and my interview with The Ethics Centre’s Simon Longstaff who talks about the ethical way to view your vote.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Mayo (maritime union worker, author, official advocate for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament) joins me to answer your questions regarding the upcoming referendum to amend the constitution to recognise a Voice. It’s a big, historic and profoundly important moment for every Australian voter. We talk through the basics and drill down into the counterarguments – is there a need for more detail (short answer = no, it’s constitutionally inappropriate to provide more), does it veto laws (no, it advises only), does it give First Nations Peoples more rights (no, it grants no rights). I’ve designed things so you can be best prepared for the vote at the end of the year and for the conversation leading up to it. Also, as an episode to share widely!I encourage you to read the <a href="https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/sites/default/files/2017-05/Uluru_Statement_From_The_Heart_0.PDF" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Uluru Statement from the Heart</a>Here’s the referendum question: A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.Do you approve of this proposed alteration?Get hold of Thomas Mayo’s books, including <a href="https://amzn.to/3AJy1wf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Voice to Parliament Handbook</a> written with ABC journalist Kerry O’Brien, and his children’s book about the Uluru Statement,<a href="https://amzn.to/44lgZCf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Finding Our Heart</a>.Check out my Wild conversation with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/this-wild-election-ep-11-why-we-must-vote-for-a/id1548626341?i=1000561637854" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Prof Megan Davis</a> and my interview with The Ethics Centre’s <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/dr-simon-longstaff-the-world-needs-ethical-heroes/id1548626341?i=1000598708430" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Longstaff</a> who talks about the ethical way to view your vote.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

THOMAS MAYO: The beautifully wild Voice to Parliament, explained

Angela Saini

Angela Saini (One of the “World’s Top 50 Thinkers”, a leading UK Science Journalist + Author) is a misinformation expert whose intellectual range is truly wild.Angela has a masters from The Department of War Studies at Kings College London; she’s made documentaries on the climate crisis, birdsong (!) and eugenics; her previous books have tackled race science and gender inequality; she founded “Challenging Pseudoscience” as part of London’s Royal Institution and sits on a bunch of other esteemed British and global scientific boards. Of course, she was named one of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers by Prospect Magazine in 2020 and in 2018 she was voted one of the most respected journalists in the UK!In this WILD episode, we talk about the theme of her latest book The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule. We smash the patriarchal idea that patriarchies have always existed; show how matriarchies tended to be cooler with gender fluidity; and how we ALL have a part to play in keeping the status quo propped up.Purchase The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule and read more of Angela's work here and join her on socials here.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angela Saini (One of the “World’s Top 50 Thinkers”, a leading UK Science Journalist + Author) is a misinformation expert whose intellectual range is truly wild.Angela has a masters from The Department of War Studies at Kings College London; she’s made documentaries on the climate crisis, birdsong (!) and eugenics; her previous books have tackled race science and gender inequality; she founded “Challenging Pseudoscience” as part of London’s Royal Institution and sits on a bunch of other esteemed British and global scientific boards. Of course, she was named one of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers by Prospect Magazine in 2020 and in 2018 she was voted one of the most respected journalists in the UK!In this WILD episode, we talk about the theme of her latest book The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule. We smash the patriarchal idea that patriarchies have always existed; show how matriarchies tended to be cooler with gender fluidity; and how we ALL have a part to play in keeping the status quo propped up.Purchase <a href="https://amzn.to/3WmxidB" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule</a> and read more of Angela's work <a href="https://www.angelasaini.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and join her on socials <a href="https://www.instagram.com/angeladsaini" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

ANGELA SAINI: How men came to rule the world

Ethan Kross

Ethan Kross (University of Michigan neuroscientist, author of bestseller Chatter) is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the mind. I came across his work while researching anxiety and found his perspectives on when and how to tame our relentless head chatter (or monkey mind) refreshing. And wild. Ethan is all about appreciating the “beast” that is the fretty voice in our head, while modulating it artfully. We chat through some seriously effective tools such as talking to ourselves in the second and third person, temporal distancing, sorting your sock drawer and, yep, going for a hike. A life-hack-ish episode, but with scientific grunt.Check out Ethan’s new book Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters and How to Harness ItYou can catch up on his work hereIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ethan Kross (University of Michigan neuroscientist, author of bestseller Chatter) is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the mind. I came across his work while researching anxiety and found his perspectives on when and how to tame our relentless head chatter (or monkey mind) refreshing. And wild. Ethan is all about appreciating the “beast” that is the fretty voice in our head, while modulating it artfully. We chat through some seriously effective tools such as talking to ourselves in the second and third person, temporal distancing, sorting your sock drawer and, yep, going for a hike. A life-hack-ish episode, but with scientific grunt.Check out Ethan’s new book <a href="https://amzn.to/3XZZzHl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters and How to Harness It</a>You can catch up on his work <a href="https://www.ethankross.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

ETHAN KROSS: How to tame your head chatter

Bo Seo (world champion debater, author of Good Arguments) knows how to argue really very well. The Australian immigrant, now based out of Harvard, is the two-time world debating champion and his new book applies his secret debating sauce to the meatloaf that is this polarised, bifurcated, relentlessly bickering world we now live in. Bo’s wild point is that the problem of polarization isn’t that we disagree, it’s that we need to disagree more. But I need to learn how to do it way better and kinder. He talks us through how to make killer points; how to combat bullshitters, neg’ers and bullies; when to walk away; plus how to argue with your partner and not lose your shit. He also warns against not arguing. “The cost of being too agreeable is a small life,” he says. At a broader level, the cost is a world unhinged.Connect with Bo’s work hereGet hold of his book Good ArgumentCatch up on my interview with Sara Ness: How to “win" difficult conversationsIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious Life Let’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bo Seo (world champion debater, author of Good Arguments) knows how to argue really very well. The Australian immigrant, now based out of Harvard, is the two-time world debating champion and his new book applies his secret debating sauce to the meatloaf that is this polarised, bifurcated, relentlessly bickering world we now live in. Bo’s wild point is that the problem of polarization isn’t that we disagree, it’s that we need to disagree more. But I need to learn how to do it way better and kinder. He talks us through how to make killer points; how to combat bullshitters, neg’ers and bullies; when to walk away; plus how to argue with your partner and not lose your shit. He also warns against not arguing. “The cost of being too agreeable is a small life,” he says. At a broader level, the cost is a world unhinged.Connect with Bo’s work <a href=" https://www.helloboseo.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>Get hold of his book <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZWg4VA" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Good Argument</a>Catch up on my interview with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sara-ness-how-to-win-difficult-conversations/id1548626341?i=1000556339108" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sara Ness: How to “win" difficult conversations</a>If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a> Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

BO SEO: How to fix polarization? By disagreeing…more!

Marcus Buckingham

Marcus Buckingham (British pop trend researcher, New York Times bestselling author of Standout Strengths) has researched the paradox of female unhappiness - which sees women get more miserable the more freedoms and choices they have - for several decades now (and used to contribute to Cosmopolitan magazine back when I was editor). Specifically – and inversely -  Marcus has worked to determine the thing that the happiest women are doing right. The results are jolting. Far from trying to find balance in their lives, they explicitly seek imbalance. They embrace the chaos, and the competing responsibilities and choose to “tilt” toward the stuff that strengthens them, or that brings them joy and love. In this chat, we establish how to work out what you love, how to tilt and why it’s imperative that we do so. As Marcus says, “Your brain on love is smarter”. You can read more about Marcus’s work here and join him on Twitter. Purchase Love &amp; Work here.I mention other, wise wild people that I have “hunted down” after writing about their wisdom in one of my books:The Lady in RedJames HollisSheena Iyengar - discusses the paradox of choiceIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious Life Let’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcus Buckingham (British pop trend researcher, New York Times bestselling author of Standout Strengths) has researched the paradox of female unhappiness - which sees women get more miserable the more freedoms and choices they have - for several decades now (and used to contribute to Cosmopolitan magazine back when I was editor). Specifically – and inversely -  Marcus has worked to determine the thing that the happiest women are doing right. The results are jolting. Far from trying to find balance in their lives, they explicitly seek imbalance. They embrace the chaos, and the competing responsibilities and choose to “tilt” toward the stuff that strengthens them, or that brings them joy and love. In this chat, we establish how to work out what you love, how to tilt and why it’s imperative that we do so. As Marcus says, “Your brain on love is smarter”. You can read more about Marcus’s work <a href="https://www.marcusbuckingham.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and join him on <a href="https://twitter.com/mwbuckingham" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Purchase Love &amp; Work <a href="https://amzn.to/3m1GKWV" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.I mention other, wise wild people that I have “hunted down” after writing about their wisdom in one of my books:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-lady-in-red-special-episode/id1548626341?i=1000542829570" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Lady in Red</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/james-hollis-the-jungian-take-on-2021/id1548626341?i=1000511296707&amp;l=tr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">James Hollis</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/sheena-iyengar-how-to-choose-the-best-option/id1548626341?i=1000564739850" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sheena Iyengar</a> - discusses the paradox of choiceIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a> Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

MARCUS BUCKINGHAM: What do the “happiest women in the world” get right? They tilt!

Stephen Jenkinson

Stephen Jenkinson (Harvard-trained theologian, activist and elder) is an expert in dying. During his 20 years working in “the death trade” he counselled more than 1500 people to their death. He is also the founder of The Orphan Wisdom School, a teaching house for the skills of deep living, he's the subject of the documentary Griefwalker and author of Die Wise: A Manifesto For Sanity and Soul.Stephen's wild idea is that we must learn to die well…so that we can live well. This is a challenging and poetic conversation. We cover euthanasia (it's death-phobic), elderhood (current boomers have failed at it) and not being “too late” to work it all out. Stephen reads from his book A Generation’s Worth and we reference his recent books Die Wise and ReckoningYou can get hold of all three at Orphan WisdomStephen is touring his Nights of Grief and Mystery show internationallyIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious Life Let’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jenkinson (Harvard-trained theologian, activist and elder) is an expert in dying. During his 20 years working in “the death trade” he counselled more than 1500 people to their death. He is also the founder of The Orphan Wisdom School, a teaching house for the skills of deep living, he's the subject of the documentary Griefwalker and author of Die Wise: A Manifesto For Sanity and Soul.Stephen's wild idea is that we must learn to die well…so that we can live well. This is a challenging and poetic conversation. We cover euthanasia (it's death-phobic), elderhood (current boomers have failed at it) and not being “too late” to work it all out. Stephen reads from his book A Generation’s Worth and we reference his recent books Die Wise and ReckoningYou can get hold of all three at <a href="https://orphanwisdom.com/shop/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Orphan Wisdom</a>Stephen is touring his <a href="https://orphanwisdom.com/events-list/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Nights of Grief and Mystery</a> show internationallyIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a> Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

STEPHEN JENKINSON: How to die well

Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff (author, cyberpunk OG (!) and documentarian) is named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, and studies humans struggling to live in an increasingly unhuman world. Which is to say most of us in 2023. I tracked down this big, excitable mind to continue an earlier WILD chat about billionaire apocalypse preppers (August 2022, with Mark O’Connell). Rushkoff has a wild theory – which he spells out in his latest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires - for why it is all such a “thing”. It’s The Mindset. He also has an antidote, equally wild: we just need to be more human. We get chatting circular economies, Timothy Leary and how fleeing to Mars is fear of the feminine. Also, stay tuned for a follow-up bonus episode (for my Substack subscribers) in which Rushkoff bangs out intimate life hacks. Do listen to Douglas' podcast Team Human Get your copy of Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech BillionairesListen to my previous chat with Mark O'ConnellIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious Life Let’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Douglas Rushkoff (author, cyberpunk OG (!) and documentarian) is named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, and studies humans struggling to live in an increasingly unhuman world. Which is to say most of us in 2023. I tracked down this big, excitable mind to continue an earlier WILD chat about billionaire apocalypse preppers (August 2022, with Mark O’Connell). Rushkoff has a wild theory – which he spells out in his latest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires - for why it is all such a “thing”. It’s The Mindset. He also has an antidote, equally wild: we just need to be more human. We get chatting circular economies, Timothy Leary and how fleeing to Mars is fear of the feminine. Also, stay tuned for a follow-up bonus episode (for my Substack subscribers) in which Rushkoff bangs out intimate life hacks. Do listen to Douglas' podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/team-human/id1140331811" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Team Human </a>Get your copy of <a href="https://amzn.to/3n78A4m" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires</a>Listen to my previous chat with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mark-oconnell-meet-the-apocalypse-preppers/id1548626341?i=1000577133305" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mark O'Connell</a>If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "<a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">about</a>" pageSubscribe to my<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book,<a href="https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> This One Wild and Precious Life</a> Let’s connect on<a href="http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram!</a> It’s where I interact the most  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF: Navigating the sad “Mindset” of the billionaire tech bros

Dr Michael E. Mann (super notorious climate scientist; El Niño expert) is a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth &amp; Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (and more such academic titles). But he is best known for bringing the world the “hockey-stick graph” back in 1999, which showed a sharp “uptick” in global temperatures since the industrial age and signalled to the world “humans did it!”.This conversation, however, goes to a new chapter in the climate fight. We cover two doozies: the role of Russian interference in the Australian carbon pricing fight and the terrifying El Niño event set to hit as early as July. I also push Michael to be honest - does he have hope, or is it a professional front…Michael is touring Australia with Think Inc. in May/June 2023Pre-Order a copy of Michael’s book The Climate War hereIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageSubscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram! It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Michael E. Mann (super notorious climate scientist; El Niño expert) is a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth &amp; Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (and more such academic titles). But he is best known for bringing the world the “hockey-stick graph” back in 1999, which showed a sharp “uptick” in global temperatures since the industrial age and signalled to the world “humans did it!”.This conversation, however, goes to a new chapter in the climate fight. We cover two doozies: the role of Russian interference in the Australian carbon pricing fight and the terrifying El Niño event set to hit as early as July. I also push Michael to be honest - does he have hope, or is it a professional front…Michael is touring Australia with <a href="https://thinkinc.org.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Think Inc.</a> in May/June 2023Pre-Order a copy of Michael’s book The Climate War <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/New-Climate-War-fight-planet/dp/1922310654?crid=P7M2XSXCYM30&amp;keywords=THE+NEW+CLIMATE+WAR:+THE+FIGHT+TO+TAKE+BACK+OUR+PLANET&amp;qid=1677107384&amp;sprefix=the+new+climate+war+the+fight+to+take+back+our+planet,aps,214&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=sarahwilsonau-22&amp;linkId=726518fbc7c6ae152305c34582772a81&amp;language=en_AU&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my <a href="https://www.sarahwilson.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">"about"</a> pageSubscribe to my <a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Substack newsletter</a> for more such conversationGet your copy of my book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/1760556734/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=247&amp;creative=1211&amp;creativeASIN=1760556734&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sarahwilsonau-22&amp;linkId=c48d7d5d91c596799db4a6e99f67e160" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">This One Wild and Precious Life</a>Let’s connect on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! It’s where I interact the most Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

DR MICHAEL E MANN: There is a new climate war and you need to get armed

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is best known for her mega-bestselling dystopian fiction, including the Booker Prize-winning novels “The Blind Assassin” and “The Testaments”, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and, most recently, the essay collection “Burning Questions”. The Canadian firebrand imagines future societies, specifically the worst scenarios in these future societies, worlds of genetic modification, pharmaceutical and corporate control, human-made disasters and theocracies where women’s bodies are controlled by capitalist overlords. And this is the thing – her dark fantasies have a horrifying habit of coming true, Exhibit A: “The Handmaid’s Tale”, a portent for the new abortion laws in the US, the erosion of American democracy, even the January 6 insurrection.However, at age 83 Margaret, dubbed “the prophet of dystopia”, is turning her vibrancy and wild care to creating… utopias. Or rather, she is trying to find a way to save the world via an online program where participants work with experts to develop solutions to all the wicked problems we’ve created. Today we discuss how the subordination of women and theocracies follow particular economic cycles, why she’s not quitting Twitter (yet) and what hope will need to look like. We mention Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Dark and Paul Hawken's book Drawdown, as well as Martha Gellhorn: A LifeFollow Margaret on SubstackCheck out Practical Utopias here  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Margaret Atwood is best known for her mega-bestselling dystopian fiction, including the Booker Prize-winning novels “The Blind Assassin” and “The Testaments”, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and, most recently, the essay collection “Burning Questions”. The Canadian firebrand imagines future societies, specifically the worst scenarios in these future societies, worlds of genetic modification, pharmaceutical and corporate control, human-made disasters and theocracies where women’s bodies are controlled by capitalist overlords. And this is the thing – her dark fantasies have a horrifying habit of coming true, Exhibit A: “The Handmaid’s Tale”, a portent for the new abortion laws in the US, the erosion of American democracy, even the January 6 insurrection.However, at age 83 Margaret, dubbed “the prophet of dystopia”, is turning her vibrancy and wild care to creating… utopias. Or rather, she is trying to find a way to save the world via an online program where participants work with experts to develop solutions to all the wicked problems we’ve created. Today we discuss how the subordination of women and theocracies follow particular economic cycles, why she’s not quitting Twitter (yet) and what hope will need to look like. We mention <a href="Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Dark " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Dark</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3l4JD8w" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Hawken's book Drawdown</a>, as well as <a href="https://amzn.to/40CloPx" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Martha Gellhorn: A Life</a>Follow Margaret on <a href="https://margaretatwood.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Substack</a>Check out Practical Utopias <a href="https://www.discostudios.com/learn-live-with-margaret-atwood-course" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

MARGARET ATWOOD: The Doyenne of Dystopia turns to creating climate utopias

Jordan Peterson

Helen Lewis

Helen Lewis (internet famous for her GQ interview with Jordan Peterson, pop culture expert) is a British journalist, BBC broadcaster and currently a staff writer for Atlantic magazine. Her work covers the rise of TikTok tics in teenagers, Harry-and-Meghan, Andrew Tate, the absurdities of US and UK politics…you know, all the chunky bits of life in 2023. She also wrote the best bestseller Difficult Women, A History of Feminism in 11 Fights and just released the BBC podcast series The New Gurus. However, Helen is probably best known for her 2018 GQ interview with Jordan Peterson, the controversial Canadian psychologist and messiah of the manosphere (the video version has been viewed 60 million times). My conversation with Helen was fast and intense and we cover the IDW, Andrew Tate (she declined an invitation to debate him), tactics for arguing with Galaxy Brains and why we don’t use pronouns in our bios. This episode is extra-long because Helen’s riff is that good.BONUS  Join Helen and I over at my Substack, (this is precious) as we talk through our tips for remaining sane amid the noise – a productivity tip, a writing tip, two podcasts, two Substack follows, the book to read and the journalist to follow. Available only on Substack, Friday 3rd March.Subscribe to Helen’s Substack The Bluestocking – it's a good place to follow her writing and projectsThe New Gurus series can be downloaded here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis (internet famous for her GQ interview with Jordan Peterson, pop culture expert) is a British journalist, BBC broadcaster and currently a staff writer for Atlantic magazine. Her work covers the rise of TikTok tics in teenagers, Harry-and-Meghan, Andrew Tate, the absurdities of US and UK politics…you know, all the chunky bits of life in 2023. She also wrote the best bestseller Difficult Women, A History of Feminism in 11 Fights and just released the BBC podcast series The New Gurus. However, Helen is probably best known for her 2018 GQ interview with Jordan Peterson, the controversial Canadian psychologist and messiah of the manosphere (the video version has been viewed 60 million times). My conversation with Helen was fast and intense and we cover the IDW, Andrew Tate (she declined an invitation to debate him), tactics for arguing with Galaxy Brains and why we don’t use pronouns in our bios. This episode is extra-long because Helen’s riff is that good.BONUS Join Helen and I over at my Substack, (<a href="https://sarahwilson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">this is precious</a>) as we talk through our tips for remaining sane amid the noise – a productivity tip, a writing tip, two podcasts, two Substack follows, the book to read and the journalist to follow. Available only on Substack, Friday 3rd March.Subscribe to Helen’s Substack <a href="https://helenlewis.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Bluestocking</a> – it's a good place to follow her writing and projectsThe New Gurus series can be downloaded <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-new-gurus/id1659385785" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

HELEN LEWIS: On slaying Jordan Peterson + declining Andrew Tate

Sarah Wilson chats wild ideas for a fired up life.The multi-New York Times bestselling author, activist, minimalist and former news journalist who founded the global phenomenon ‘I Quit Sugar’ travelled the world for 10 years (living out of one bag) to explore the freshest ways to live fully…and to save this one wild and precious life we have together.She riffs with philosophers, creatives, poets, scientists (and at least one nun!) on the Big Questions that haunt us. What goes through the mind of a prisoner on death row? How does Sia invent her art? Will we die from climate change and can our rage save us? Is being Australian a mental health crisis? Join Sarah as she wrestles a path to the answers… Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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