Effective Conversations

Explore the information warfare strategies of Ukraine and Russia. From President Zelenskyy's shirt colour to Putin's grip on power, we'll uncover the critical tactics used by Ukraine to gain worldwide support. We'll also examine what drives young Russians to join a losing battle and dive into the factors that determine who wins the information war. Join us to find out which message

Thomas Teuwen is a retired businessman who had 3 companies in the manufacturing, mining, energy and technology sectors. He developed a Pledge that has the potential to bring the establishment on board to talk about climate change. And help us overcome the different challenges our world is facing from climate catastrophes and advanced AI to our limitation in seeing our own biases.

This is the second episode with Eli Finer in which we explore Russia's actions and plans. We talk about their changing narrative, why the West finds it so hard to understand Russians and how the current war compares to WWII.

Kikila is a 43-year-old historian currently doing his PhD on how can we be a better allyship to indigenous people. We talk about how and why the oppressed people become the oppressors. He shares his perspective on the role of governments in controlling the population, limiting freedom and curtailing human rights in democracies today.

Unity is a 54-year-old general contractor, a land artist and an experienced first responder. After a near-death experience 15 years ago, he understood how life is a temporal journey. Deciding to dedicate himself to serving the highest good for his community going to Fairy Creek seemed an easy forgone decision. Unity’s time at Fairy Creek Blockade was invested in trying to co-crea

Finally got my husband Eli Finer to speak on the podcast about the war in Ukraine. He was born in Soviet Russia, his dad is from Ukraine and he has a very unique perspective on the whole situation. Welcome to our kitchen where we talk about these things all the time.

Fairy Creek series / Part 7 Wa-Ya is a white 24-year-old land defender, who spent about 4 months at the Fairy Creek blockade in the Summer of 2021. He was doing his best to integrate into the community and be the best ally he can. He shares the challenges he faced in building good working relationships with BIPOC people.

Sergeant Nate Holt is from the Nelson police department. This conversation is my first attempt to hear the police side in the environmental conflict. In the recent episodes, we heard a lot about police violence against land defenders, police misconduct and abuse of power and I felt it's about time to hear their side of the story.

David Lapp is the director of We The People Forum, a branch of Braver Angels, an NGO for depolarizing America. We have a fascinating conversation about conflict solving strategies, healthy debates, the erosion of trust, and apocalyptic thinking.

Fairy Creek series / Part 6 Driftwood is a fascinating and honest core figure at the Fairy Creek blockade who's been working to save the old-growth forest since the early days of the movement. We had a deep and intimate conversation in which we touched upon many topics like land conservation, indigenous protocols, funds use, and leadership style, which allowed integration of the ri