What Could Possibly Go Right?

Vicki Robin, the once and possibly future host of What Could Possibly Go Right?, breaks her hiatus to share the first episode of We Are the Great Turning [https://resources.soundstrue.com/we-are-the-great-turning-podcast/], an intimate kitchen table conversation with the elder ecophilosopher and guide Joanna Macy. As Joanna approaches the end of a long life dedicated to healing our imperiled planet, she begins the conversation with Jessica Serrante, her student and dear friend, “standing afresh with what it’s like to live on Earth at this moment.” As we look into the face of the climate crisis, injustice, and war, difficult feelings arise; all are welcomed. You are invited to join them at Joanna’s kitchen table, and invited into a deeper sense of your belonging and love for our world. In this episode you'll find: * How to connect with the great possibilities that still exist for us even in these precarious times Joanna reflects on her awakening of environmental consciousness * Jess reflects on how meeting Joanna changed her life * Love, laughter, heartbreak, and the Work That Reconnects * Bonus Exercise: “Open Sentences”—a practice for partners [https://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/s1-bonus1-we-are-the-great-turning-podcast] Check out the full podcast here [https://resources.soundstrue.com/we-are-the-great-turning-podcast/] or search for "We Are the Great Turning" in your podcast app of choice. Support the show [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/] Complete Show Notes [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/]

Douglas Rushkoff makes another appearance on our podcast, sharing his latest thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right?  Listen to his previous interviews in episodes 52 [https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-08-11/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-52-douglas-rushkoff/], 84 [https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-06-20/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-84-douglas-rushkoff/], and 97 [https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-12-20/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-97-douglas-rushkoff/]. Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. Rushkoff’s work explores how different technological environments change our relationship to narrative, money, power, and one another. Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, his twenty books include Team Human [https://rushkoff.com/teamhuman], based on his podcast. Enjoy this casual chat between Douglas and Vicki, including themes of: * Re-socialization and finding connection for well-being * Putting the soul back into our interactions * Questioning our social constructs and triggering our agency to create change * How experiences of awe can have profound impacts Support the show [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/] Complete Show Notes [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/]

Laura Oldanie is a green living and money coach who blogs at Rich & Resilient Living, where she explores money and lifestyle choices for a regenerative future. Her goal is to help people achieve financial freedom and live their best lives in socially and environmentally conscious ways that equally value people, planet, and profit.  She received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009 and has been exploring how to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money to bring about the change she wants to see in the world ever since. She has been a sought-after source of knowledge on regenerative investing, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Your Money or Your Life, Good Housekeeping, CNBC, All Star Money, ChooseFI, The Firedrill Podcast, the Permaculture podcast, and many others! She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including: * The “possibilities for us to think more holistically, more resourcefully about wealth and what constitutes wealth” * The need to “think about retirement planning on a climate challenged planet”, and to build resilient homes and communities * The self-actualization and joy elements that come from resourcefulness and creative frugality * Thinking beyond socially responsible investing to more regenerative and meaningful opportunities Support the show [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/] Complete Show Notes [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/]

For over fifty years, through twenty books and one Pulitzer Prize finalist, Susan Griffin has been making unconventional connections between seemingly separate subjects. Whether pairing ecology and gender in her foundational work Woman and Nature, or the private life with the targeting of civilians in A Chorus of Stones, she has shed a new light on countless contemporary issues, including climate change, war, colonialism, the body, democracy, and terrorism. She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including: * An exploration of the boundaries or “binding” of gender  * The relationship between matter and spirit * The value of writing, “a sort of miracle, of something being created” * That “people need meaning… as much as food, water, and air” and that meaning often comes through stories Support the show [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/] Complete Show Notes [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/]

Margaret Wheatley, Ed.D. began caring about the world’s peoples in 1966 as a Peace Corps volunteer in post-war Korea. As a consultant, senior-level advisor, teacher, speaker, and formal leader, she has worked on all continents (except Antarctica) with all levels, ages, and types of organizations, leaders, and activists. Her work now focuses on developing and supporting leaders globally as Warriors for the Human Spirit. Margaret has written ten books, including the classic Leadership and the New Science, and been honored for her pathfinding work by many professional associations, universities, and organizations. She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including: * The idea of life affirming leadership, “on what cultivates life, what cultivates growth” and “adapting to circumstances”. * The call to be “of dedicated service at the local level where we can still create good lives… embodiments of good human beings, which is the ultimate gift that we can offer.” * The need to “get our egos out of the way” and move to a “place of right action and right work” * The question of seeing “what's needed here, and then, am I the right person to contribute at this time?” Support the show [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/] Complete Show Notes [https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/]