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Episode 95 Early Intersections of Rock and Electronic Music   Playlist Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, “The Return of the Son Of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet In Two Tableaus)” from Freak Out! (1966 Verve). Bass, Guitarrón, Soprano Vocals, Roy Estrada; Drums, Jimmy Carl Black; Guitar, Vocals, Arranged By, Written-By, Leader, Musical Director, Frank Zappa; Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Elliot Ingber; Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Ray Collins. Having been gifted a copy of the Mother's album Freak Out! In 1966, it was apparently this song that stuck in Paul McCartney's mind, inspiring the “Carnival of Light” recording to follow. 12:15 The Beatles, “Carnival of Light” an unreleased track that was commissioned by the Million Volt Light and Sound Rave, an event held at the Roundhouse in London on January 28 and February 4, 1967. Recorded during a session for the song "Penny Lane" in January 1967. Working with the recording studio as a creative tool, this was a project brought to band by Paul McCartney who had been asked by the festival sponsors to create a tape to be featured at the event. It was reported later that McCartney explained the exercise to his bandmates by saying, "This is a bit indulgent, but would you mind giving me 10 minutes? I've been asked to do this thing. All I want you to do is just wander round all of the stuff and bang it, shout, play it." The result was this sound piece. The Beatles were already conditioned for turning out spectacular sound effects in the studio. This was before the Moog Synthesizer came to Abbey Road. Nonetheless, they had access to all manner of guitar effects, echo, reverb, a Mellotron, electronic piano, organ, Lesley speakers and other devices with which to improvise. 13:08 The Riders Of The Mark, “The Electronic Insides And Metal Complexion That Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg” from The Electronic Insides And Metal Complexion That Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg/Gotta Find Somebody (1967 20th Century Fox). I wish I knew more about this band, but I don't. They had this one single. It has sometimes been included on compilation of psychedelia. Rock music, tape reversal, tape echo, fuzz tones, guitars. 2:13 Pink Floyd, “Interstellar Overdrive” from The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967 Columbia). UK release of the formidable Pink Floyd, then making an impact with their first LP. No synthesizers, but there were electronic rock instruments galore and some imaginative stereo imaging, a benefit of working with tape in those days. Bass Guitar, Vocals, Roger Waters; Lead Guitar, Vocals, Syd Barrett; Drums, Nicky Mason; Piano, Organ, Rick Wright. 9:40 Bernard Parmegiani, “Pop'eclectic (1968)” from JazzEx (1999 Plat Lunch). Composed, produced, edited by Bernard Parmegiani. Parmegiani was one of the lesser-known composers associated with the French musique concrete school, although he was no less prolific in many genres, including electronic music for commercials. He was adept at experimenting across genres, providing musique concrete vividness to works for jazz and rock music. I always find his work to be refreshing and uncluttered by musical cliches. 11:03 (Frank Zappa) The Mothers of Invention, “Are You Hung Up?” from We're Only In It For The Money (1968 Verve). Arranged By, Composed By, Conductor, Concept By Conceived, Directed By Executed, Producer, Frank Zappa; Bass, Vocals, Other Asthma, Roy Estrada; Drums, Trumpet, Vocals, Other Indian Of The Group, Jimmy Carl Black; Drums, Vocals, Other Yak & Black Lace Underwear, Billy Mundi; Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Edited By, Other Weirdness, Frank Zappa; Piano, Woodwind, Other Wholesome, Ian Underwood; Saxophone, Other Weirdness & Teen Appeal, Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood; Sounds Snorks, Dick Barber; Voice Creepy Whispering, Engineer, Gary Kellgren; Voice Telephone, Suzy Creamcheese; Woodwind, “Mumbled Weirdness,” Bunk Gardner. 1:30 Silver Apples, “Velvet Cave” from Silver Apples (1968 Kapp). Composed and Arranged by, Dan Taylor, Simeon; Percussion, Dan Taylor; The Simeon (oscillators, filters), Simeon; Vocals, Dan Taylor, Simeon. “INSTRUCTIONS: Play Twice Before Listening.” This two-man group used a genius combination of drums and oscillators, a match made in heaven. 3:27 (Frank Zappa) The Mothers of Invention, “Nasal Retentive Calliope Music” from We're Only In It For The Money (1968 Verve). Arranged By, Composed By, Conductor, Concept By Conceived, Directed By Executed, Producer, Frank Zappa; Bass, Vocals, Other Asthma, Roy Estrada; Drums, Trumpet, Vocals, Other Indian Of The Group, Jimmy Carl Black; Drums, Vocals, Other Yak & Black Lace Underwear, Billy Mundi; Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Edited By, Other Weirdness, Frank Zappa; Piano, Woodwind, Other Wholesome, Ian Underwood; Saxophone, Other Weirdness & Teen Appeal, Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood; Sounds Snorks, Dick Barber; Voice Creepy Whispering, Engineer, Gary Kellgren; Voice Telephone, Suzy Creamcheese; Woodwind, “Mumbled Weirdness,” Bunk Gardner. 2:03 The United States of America, “The American Metaphysical Circus” from The United States of America (1968 Columbia). While the entire psychedelic scene in America was adding tape manipulation, fuzz tones, and echo to their recordings, The United States of America brought a blend of rock musicianship and serious tape collage work to the fore. The tape effects in their music were not the usual brief hooks or the sake of novelty, but fully composed blocks of electronic and found sounds integrated in the core of their tunes. Electric Bass, Rand Forbes; Keyboards, Electronics, Organ, Piano, Arranged, Electric Harpsichord, Calliope, Joseph Byrd; Lead Vocals, Dorothy Moskowitz; Organ, Piano, Calliope, Ed Bogas; Percussion, Drums Electric Drums, Craig Woodson; Producer, David Rubinson; Violin Electric Violin, Ring Modulator, Gordon Marron. 5:07 The United States of America, “Hard Coming Love” from The United States of America (1968 Columbia). Electric Bass, Rand Forbes; Keyboards, Electronics, Organ, Piano, Arranged, Electric Harpsichord, Calliope, Joseph Byrd; Lead Vocals, Dorothy Moskowitz; Organ, Piano, Calliope, Ed Bogas; Percussion, Drums Electric Drums, Craig Woodson; Producer, David Rubinson; Violin Electric Violin, Ring Modulator, Gordon Marron. No synthesizers as such, but Tom Oberheim built ring modulators and other devices for them. 4:48 Bernard Parmegiani, “Du Pop À L'âne (1969)” from JazzEx (1999 Plat Lunch). Composed, produced, edited by Bernard Parmegiani. Of special interest on this track is a sampled chunk of a song by the Doors that appears about 6 minutes in, altered and accompanied by editing and effects. This use of sampling speaks to the liberties that musique concrete musicians were taking with found materials. 10:14 Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier, “Prologue,” “Psyché Rock,” “Jéricho Jerk,” and “Teen Tonic” from Mass For Today / The Green Queen (1969 Limelight). Compilation of earlier works first released in 1967. These four works were part of “Mass for Today,” an electronic rock ballet.” This is a decent collection, with selections from other Henry musique concrete works. The electronic sounds and tape effects seem somewhat heavy-handed now, but at that time, this was what one could do without a synthesizer. Henry was already a maestro of musique concrete by that time so it's especially interesting to see what sounds he added without seeming trite or cliched. Réalisation Sonore, Pierre Henry; Written by, Michel Colombier, Pierre Henry. 9:54 Spooky Tooth and Pierre Henry, “Have Mercy” from Ceremony: An Electronic Mass (1969 Island). Bass Guitar, Andy Leigh; Composed by Gary Wright, Pierre Henry; Drums, Mike Kellie; Electronics, Realisation Sonore, Pierre Henry; Lead Guitar, Luther Grosvenor; Lead Vocals, Mike Harrison; Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Gary Wright. 8:10 The Free Pop Electronic Concept, “Pish! Pshaw!” from A New Exciting Experience (1969 Palette). From Brussels. Bass, James; Composed By, Recorded by Arsène Souffriau; Drums, Stu Martin; Electric Guitar, Jess; Organ, Scott Bradford; Percussion, Tumba, Vinagre. 4:47 The Free Pop Electronic Concept, “Cosmos Rhythms” from A New Exciting Experience (1969 Palette). From Brussels. Bass, James; Composed By, Recorded by Arsène Souffriau; Drums, Stu Martin; Electric Guitar, Jess; Organ, Scott Bradford; Percussion, Tumba, Vinagre. 3:01 Tommy James and the Shondells, “Cellophane Symphony” from Cellophane Symphony (1969 Roulette). This title track was a rare instrumental from this group normally associated with rock vocal hits. This is the only track in this podcast featuring the Moog Modular Synthesizer. There were certainly other examples of the Moog since it was first used in 1967, but I wanted to choose an example of how the synthesizer could be used by a rock band, rather than a pop artist such as Jean Jacques Perrey or Mort Garson. This is a terrific example that I would bet many of my listeners have never heard before. Tommy James, lead vocals, guitars, keyboards; Eddie Gray, lead guitar, backing vocals; Ronnie Rosman – keyboards, backing vocals; Mike Vale, bass guitar, backing vocals; Pete Lucia, drums, percussion, backing vocals. 9:37 West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, “As Kind as Summer” from Vol. 3 - A Child's Guide To Good & Evil (1968 Reprise). American psychedelic rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1965, broke up in 1969. Three teens (brothers Dan and Shaun Harris and their friend Michael Lloyd) teamed up with 30-year old Bob Markley, who got them a record deal with Reprise. Each of their albums was most bizarre, combining hummable pop tunes and spacey production. I included this particular track because it starkly demonstrates the use of tape loops and sound reversal. 1:10 Toshi Ichiyanagi, The Flowers, "Electric Chant” and “The Flowers (内田裕也とザ・フラワーズ)” from Opera "From The Works Of Tadanori Yokoo (1969 The End Record). Composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi and performed by the Japanese rock group The Flowers: Bass, Takeshi Hashimoto; Drums, Joji Wada; Guitar, Vocals, Remi Aso; Percussion, Backing Vocals, Yuya Uchida; Steel Guitar, Katsuhiko Kobayashi; Vocals, Hiroshi Chiba, Kento Nakamura. I'm including two pieces from this opera from 1969. The first, “Electric Chant” is electronic and includes tape collage while the second, “The Flowers” was performed by the Japanese pop rock band The Flowers and is loaded with distortion, echo, feedback, and reverberation, transforming the simple rock format into a discourse in electronic sound. 5:17 & 7:18 Tim Buckley, “Starsailor” from Starsailor (1970 Bizarre). Engineer, Stan Agol; Vocals, Producer, Written by, Tim Buckley. According to Larry Beckett, Buckley's chief lyricist and collaborator, who was there when they recorded this track, Buckley had a basic lyric track to which he recorded 18 additional vocals tracks on top of it. “He didn't write it out as a classical musician does, but it was thoroughly composed.” From the standpoint of rock music, this was more akin to composing with tone clusters than chord progressions. 4:34 Opening background music: Luc Ferrari, “Dialogue Ordinaire Avec La Machine (1984)” from Dialogue Ordinaire Avec La Machine / Sexolidad (2019 Elica). Composed and performed by Luc Ferrari. Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz. Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation. For additional notes, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

Bad Boys For Life at the loft! Directors Adil & Bilall take time out of their packed schedule to talk to Dominique Nzevimana about their latest fantastic theatrical release 'REBEL'.  The three examine creating art at the intersection of culture, religion and race but still making it pop.  Over the years Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have made seismic waves and box office gold with their big, bold films that don't flinch in the face of explosive action as well as put forward commentary on class and crime. From Brussels film school to Marvel to Disney to Netflix to NAACP Awards & half-a-Billion-dollar-generating movies, they are the blueprint of undeniable talent meeting hard graft and manifestation. The duo discuss why they make the movies they do and how they knew they were ready to make their paranoia inducing whirlwind feature 'REBEL'. Dominique wants to explore their poignant portrayal of motherhood and family and dive into their proces for writing convincing & complex Muslim characters.  Of course you will hear all about what it meant making ‘Bad Boys For Life' and we get to hear some pivotal lessons from Will Smith. Follow Adil El Arbi here. Follow Bilall Fallah here. WATCH 'REBEL' in cinemas now! Watch ‘Image', ‘Black', ‘Soil' and on Netflix. Watch ‘Bad Boys For Life' on iTunes. Watch ‘Snowfall' and ‘Ms. Marvel' on Disney+. THE MOST MERCH is here!  Subscribe to the newsletter to get 15% off. 

From Brussels to Warsaw, Professor Janusz Bujnicki is helping to shape the future of scientific advice. In this episode, he compares his experiences advising the European Commission with current efforts to develop more high-level science advice mechanisms in his home country of Poland. With Toby Wardman of SAPEA, he discusses the value of transparency versus discretion, the distinction between policy-for-science and science-for-policy, and how to make mistakes gracefully as part of the learning process.

Het is weer even gelezen, maar jawel, jullie favoriete Belgische muziek podcast is er nog steeds hoor! Aflevering 31, bestaat nu goed en wel, want we doen weer haasje over met aflevering 30, die hebben jullie nog van ons te goed. In deze aflevering: een man met een gitaar, jeugd nostalgie, sekssymbolen, een Joe, Radio Willy, hogere krachten, de festivals, en ten slotte moeders, of toch niet? Twee bonussen van deze aflevering: (1) waarom Rooie Jim een Arsenal fan is en (2) de beste synthesiser melodie van de Belgische muziek! From Brussels with muchos love, Jim en Jan xoxo

Het is weer even gelezen, maar jawel, jullie favoriete Belgische muziek podcast is er nog steeds hoor! Aflevering 31, bestaat nu goed en wel, want we doen weer haasje over met aflevering 30, die hebben jullie nog van ons te goed. In deze aflevering: een man met een gitaar, jeugd nostalgie, sekssymbolen, een Joe, Radio Willy, hogere krachten, de festivals, en ten slotte moeders, of toch niet? Twee bonussen van deze aflevering: (1) waarom Rooie Jim een Arsenal fan is en (2) de beste synthesiser melodie van de Belgische muziek! From Brussels with muchos love, Jim en Jan xoxo

Het is weer even gelezen, maar jawel, jullie favoriete Belgische muziek podcast is er nog steeds hoor! Aflevering 31, bestaat nu goed en wel, want we doen weer haasje over met aflevering 30, die hebben jullie nog van ons te goed. In deze aflevering: een man met een gitaar, jeugd nostalgie, sekssymbolen, een Joe, Radio Willy, hogere krachten, de festivals, en ten slotte moeders, of toch niet? Twee bonussen van deze aflevering: (1) waarom Rooie Jim een Arsenal fan is en (2) de beste synthesiser melodie van de Belgische muziek! From Brussels with muchos love, Jim en Jan xoxo

Het is weer even gelezen, maar jawel, jullie favoriete Belgische muziek podcast is er nog steeds hoor! Aflevering 31, bestaat nu goed en wel, want we doen weer haasje over met aflevering 30, die hebben jullie nog van ons te goed. In deze aflevering: een man met een gitaar, jeugd nostalgie, sekssymbolen, een Joe, Radio Willy, hogere krachten, de festivals, en ten slotte moeders, of toch niet? Twee bonussen van deze aflevering: (1) waarom Rooie Jim een Arsenal fan is en (2) de beste synthesiser melodie van de Belgische muziek! From Brussels with muchos love, Jim en Jan xoxo

Het is weer even gelezen, maar jawel, jullie favoriete Belgische muziek podcast is er nog steeds hoor! Aflevering 31, bestaat nu goed en wel, want we doen weer haasje over met aflevering 30, die hebben jullie nog van ons te goed. In deze aflevering: een man met een gitaar, jeugd nostalgie, sekssymbolen, een Joe, Radio Willy, hogere krachten, de festivals, en ten slotte moeders, of toch niet? Twee bonussen van deze aflevering: (1) waarom Rooie Jim een Arsenal fan is en (2) de beste synthesiser melodie van de Belgische muziek! From Brussels with muchos love, Jim en Jan xoxo

Confie-nous tout c'est toujours la même recette : on passe 25-30min ensemble pour parler d'un album, artiste, plaisir coupable, bande originale, compilation, p'tite vanne et sourires tous les matins aussi en streaming sur Twitch & Facebook ! 9h30 sur Tsugi Radio et avec Groover  Aujourd'hui, From Brussels with Love compil du label Les Disques du Crépuscules ⛳ Découverte de fin : ML

This week, we take a look back at 2021 and the most crucial stories to emerge from the Indo-Pacific. Up first, our business and markets reporter Jack Stone Truitt reviews the year's most popular stories. Then, our feature presentation -- Asia Stream's first Editors & Reporters Roundtable: an in-depth discussion with an all-star panel about what's ticking in Asian news. From Brussels, we are joined by executive editor Michael Peel From New York .U.S. editor Ken Moriyasu weighs in. And our award winning duo of tech reporters, Cheng Ting-Fang, and Lauly Li will join us from Taiwan. Read Nikkei Asia's most read stories of the year Click here for an exclusive offer to save 83% for a Nikkei Asia subscription Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat Khan, our digital editor in New York City, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone Truitt. From this episode: China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed COVID case by Masaya Kato Young, creative and angry: Myanmar's youth pushes back by Thin Lei Wen Cyber slavery: inside Cambodia's online scam gangs by Shaun Turton US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions by Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li All-Turkic corridor heralds rise of new Eurasian political bloc by Sinan Tavsan China's Luxshare builds iPhone mega-plant to challenge Foxconn by Lauly Li, Cheng Ting-Fang, and Shunsuke Tabeta

For this final episode of the season, we welcome Satish Kumar, one of the great peace activists of our time and founder of Schumacher college, a renowed international center for ecological studies. Together with Satish we explore the role of trust and courage in leading personal and societal transformation. About Satish KumarSatish is highly regarded for his peace walk in the 1970s advocating for nuclear disarmament by walking 8000 miles to the nuclear capitals of Moscow, Paris, London and Washington D.C. Having founded Schumacher college in 1981, Satish is also Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine which he has been editing for more then 40 years. Satish advocates that reverence for nature should be at the heart of every political and social debate. You can find more information on Satish at his page with Resurgence Magazine here.  About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  Resources: You can find all of Satish´s writings within the catalogue of Resurgence Magazin here.  In the podcast we talk about the Anthology published for the anniversary of Schumacher college: Transformative Learning - Reflections of 30 years of Head, Heart and Hands at Schumacher College.  Satish´s latest book is called: Elegant Simplicity - The Art of living well  All information on Schumacher college and the courses offered.  The collection of Earth-Talks  at the college. Independence The Inner Green Deal is a non-profit initiative of training and leadership development company Awaris. The Inner Green Deal is in the process of establishing itself as an independent non-profit initiative. Neither the Inner Green Deal nor this podcast episode has been funded by any of the guests or their organisations.  Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

We welcome Matt Scott, expert in green finance and explore how the financial world is coming to terms with Climate Change. Matt talks passionately about risk management but also stewardship, mindset change and the role of compassion. About Matt ScottMatt is Senior Director of the Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory firm. Before that he led the Bank of England´s Climate Hub. Matt holds an MBA from Stanford and teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Oxford´s Saïd business school. Matt on: LinkedIn    About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here. Reflective questions: For this episode we invite you to contemplate together with us on the following: - Awarenes: what are the risks and opportunities for myself and my organisation while we are transitioning to a sustainable economy? - Alignment of intention: what is my intention? What are our intentions and how do we align these? - Agency: how can I empower myself and everybody around me to take the action we need? Resources: more on Climate Stewardship  more on the Climate Transition Index more on Climate Transition Pathways The Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition People as the ‘stewards' of climate strategy Central Banks Network for Greening the Financial System The Task force for climate related disclosure Speech by Mark Carney ( former govenor of the bank of England) - Breaking the tragedy of the horizon More On the book "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson Independence The Inner Green Deal is a non-profit initiative of training and leadership development company Awaris. The Inner Green Deal is in the process of establishing itself as an independent non-profit initiative. Neither the Inner Green Deal nor this podcast episode has been funded by any of the guests or their organisations. Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

We welcome Heather Grabbe, expert in societal change and reflect on what is needed to rise above populist sentiment, overcome polarisation and inspire people to embrace positive change. About Heather Grabbe Heather is the director of the influential Open Society European Policy Institute and advocate for democratic pluralism and open societies. From 2004 to 2009 she was senior advisor to then European Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn. She conducted research at the European University Institute (Florence), Chatham House (London), Oxford and Birmingham universities, and taught at the London School of Economics. Heather on: linkedin / twitter  About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  For this episode we invite you to contemplate together with us on these reflective questions: How can I start to prepare for the change ahead so my brain will not go on red alert? How can I be part of the solution instead of feeling as part of the problem? What role do mindfulness and compassion play in my life and how can they help me to not get cynical but actually stay in touch and be touched by what I see around myself? Resources: Open Society European Policy Institute  Heather´s remarkable Ted Talk (including the brain on red  alert) Finnish Fund for the Future - Sitra ( as mentioned in regard of the sust ainability questionaire) Read how to manage the politics of a fair climate transition in Europe @ Carnegie Europe  Heather´s piece on How to built lasting support for the EU´s green deal @ politico  Independence The Inner Green Deal is a non-profit initiative of training and leadership development company Awaris. The Inner Green Deal is in the process of establishing itself as a separate and independent non-profit initiative. Neither the Inner Green Deal nor this podcast episode has been funded by any participant. Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

We welcome Matthias Berninger, Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Sustainability at Bayer and explore with him the role companies can play in transforming the global food system. And, to what extent the activities of Bayer and the Monsanto business it bought in 2018, enable or contradict its efforts to improve biodiversity and sustainability.  About Matthias Berninger Matthias has over 30 years of experience in sustainability and knows politics and industry inside out. He was elected four times as a Member of the German Federal Parliament for the Green Party and following his time in politics, he joined the Mars company and then in 2019 joined Bayer, a life science company in the area of healthcare and agriculture.   About Matthias: linkedin / twitter  About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  UN initiative to change the Global Food System The Inner Green Deal is collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme on their Conscious Food Systems Alliance  to explore how mindset, consciousness and inner qualities can help to transform the food system from within. If you are also interested to partner with the UN on this vital initiative, do contact us.   Reflective questions for this episode: For this episode we invite you to contemplate together with us on theses questions: How can I become more aware of the carbon food-print of the food that I eat? To what extent do my professional activities impact biodiversity? What simple things could I change to improve my carbon footprint and impact on biodiversity? Resources: About Bayer's sustainability efforts  COP26 outcome from Matthias  Bayer's ranking on the Food & Agriculture Benchmark by the World Benchmarking Alliance  Independence The Inner Green Deal is a non-profit initiative of training and leadership development company Awaris. The Inner Green Deal is in the process of establishing itself as a separate and independent non-profit initiative. Neither the Inner Green Deal nor this podcast episode has been funded by Bayer. Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

We welcome Volker Quaschning, professor for renewable energy at HTW Berlin, founding member of Scientists for Future and plaintiff in the historical climate case against the German government. He shows us the interconnections between science, activism and politics and explores with us how we can transition to clean energy within one decade. About Prof. Volker Quaschning You can find out more about Prof.  Quaschning on his personal website.  There you will also find links to his youtube channel and his own podcast (in German). About the Inner Green Deal: The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  Reflective questions for this episode: If you have been touched by what Prof. Quaschning had to say and you would like to put your inspiration into practice, we invite you to reflect on these questions over the course of this week: What is my resposibilty, something that I can do so I am able to look into the mirror years from now, knowing that I really took care and acted upon it? Resources: Guadrian article on the historic court ruling in Germany  Official release from the German supreme constitutional court  Scientists 4 future statement on the floods in Germany  Scientists 4 future founding statement (pdf)  Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

We welcome Eva Karlsson, CEO of Houdini, a Swedish outdoor brand. Eva has led Houdini since 2001 and is a recognised and award winning leader in sustainability and the circular economy.   She shares how sustainability is "lived" in the company and talks about the value of being bold and uncompromising while never giving up on being curious and open to learn new things. This is part 2 of the COP26 episode where we explore the leadership qualities that are needed now.  If you enjoyed this, please also listen to part 1 with a live panel discussion from COP26 together with Eva, Prof Christine Wamsler from Lund University and Clara de la Torre, Deputy Director-General for the DG for Climate Action in the European Commission. About Eva Karlsson You can find out more about Eva in this article about winning the NMC sustainable leadership  award. Eva also wrote a remarkable article on corporate sustainability at Houdini on ISPO. About the Inner Green Deal: The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  Reflective questions for this episode: We would like to share the intriguing question that Mark Aink raised during the COP26 event in the session chat but which did not make it into the life stream due to time constraints: "If transformation means we will have to change our culture, and we change the paradigm of separation to inter-being, what is the no.1 value that is the most important to you ?" More practical questions can be found at Houdini´s designer checklist:  Does this product deserve existence? Will it last long enough? Is it versatile enough? Will it age with beauty? Nothing added that isn't needed, right? Will it be easy to repair? Is it durable enough for our rental program? Do we have an ”end-of-life” solution? Resources: Houdini: Here you find more on Houdini´s Open Source campaign, which we talk about in the beginning.  The values of Houdini are written down in their manifesto.  Friluftsliv - Skandinavian way of deep connection to nature: Article on National Geographic on Friluftsliv  The frameworks, Eva talks about are: Planetary boundaries framework at the Stockholm Resilience Centre Donot Economics at Donot Econo mics Action Lab (also mentioned in Episod 2 by Dutch Climate Envoy, Marcel Beukeboom) Deep Ecology on intrinsic value of nature, founded by Nils Faarlund, Sigmund Kva løy Setreng, and Arne Næss. Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

Jeroen hosts a live panel as part of the official COP26 EU programme. Three inspiring leaders explore the question: What leadershop qualities are needed now?    This is part 1 of this special episode around Climate Conference COP26, please also join us for a deep dive with panelist Eva Karlsson, CEO of Houdini, in part 2 of this episode.  About our panelists Christine Wamsler is Professor at Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies in Sweden. You can find more on her work here: Contemplative Sustainable Futures program at Lund University  Recent article on inner qualities and inner-outer transformation for sustainability via sciencedirect.com Recent article on inner dimensions of climate change based on lessons from the COP  via sciencedirect.com Clara de la Torre is the Deputy Director-General for the DG for Climate Action in the European Commission.  About the policy of the European Commission and the work of DG CLIMA please use this link to the website of the European Commission  Eva Karlsson is the CEO of Houdini, a Swedish outdoor brand. She has led Houdini since 2001 and is a recognised and award winning leader in sustainability and the circular economy.  CEO Houdini wins sustainable leadership award  Houdini Manifesto  About the Inner Green Deal: The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a di alogue with us, please reach out to us here.  Reflective questions for this episode: We would like to share the intriguing question that Mark Aink raised during the COP26 event in the session chat but which did not make it into the life stream due to time constraints: "If transformation means we will have to change our culture, and we change the paradigm of separation to inter-being, what is the no.1 value that is the most important to you ?" Resources: Eva Karlsson mentions the planetary boundaries framework. You can find more on it at the site of the Stockholm Resilience Centre.  You can find the video version of the panel via this link.  Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Collage in the beginning made from source material from the UN youtube climate channel and material kindly published by the EU commission. Speakers in the collage include: UK PM Boris Johnson, Sir David  Attenborough, Vanessa Nakate, President Barak Obama, First VP of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, President of COP26 Alok Sharma and Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast. 

We welcome Marcel Beukeboom and explore the world of climate diplomacy, looking back on Marcel's 5 year term as the Dutch Climate Envoy. With COP26 unfolding, Marcel gives us context and helps us understand what really goes on inside the halls of the UN Climate Conferences but also to how this relates to our actions and daily lifes as citizens, and how we all can be climate diplomats. About Marcel Beukeboom: You can find out more about Marcel on his linkedin profile.   About the Inner Green Deal: The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  Reflective questions for this episode: If you were touched by what Marcel shared and if you would like to put your inspiration into practice, we invite you to reflect on these questions over the course of this week: How do our daily habits, the way we consume and the way we communicate on social media, shape the context in which politicians are embolded to take pro-environmental decisions - or actually hesitate to do so, believing that this does not reflect "the will of the people"? What is it in our daily life or in our leadership role that we can do to become a climate diplomate and speak up for the environment? Resources: If you are curious about the extent to which citizens support climate policy, you may find the following EU surveys helpful: Survey for the whole EU  Survey for the Netherlands  Doughnut Economics co-founded by Kate Raworth: https://doughnuteconomics.org  Credits Intro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

In this first episode of season 2, Tom welcomes Dianne Dain, Chief Innovation Officer of the World Humanitarian Forum and founder of COPxx. The episode is our first out of 3 covering the UN Climate Change Conference COP26. With her impressive track record in technology,  innovation and humanitarian efforts, Dianne gives us insights on how important a deep connection to nature, reciprocity and hopeful action are when negotiating climate action on an international level. She also gives us guidadance on the question: How can we listen to all the voices? Including those of women, children and indigenous people. About Dianne: You can find out more about Dianne on her website here. More on how to listen to the nurturing qualities on the website of COPXX,  the initiative founded by Dianne. About the Inner Green deal: The Inner Green Deal podcast, a podcast for exploring compassionate and sustainable leadership is an effort of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal initiative. If you would like to support or start a dialogue with us, please reach out to us here.  Reflective questions for this episode: If you have been touched by what Dianne had to say and you would like to put your inspiration into practice, we invite you to reflect on theses questions over the course of this week: How can we hear all the voices when we come together? At conferences of the parties like COP26 in Glasgow, when we gather within companies and also at home. How can we hear all the voices within our selves? Especially the quiter ones, the ones that will stand in for caring, nurturing, preserving, restoring what is around us? And if we hear those voices: what are they telling us and how can that guide our actions and decisions? Resources: In the course of our conversation we also mentioned a couple of resources. Here are the direct links for your convenience: The Economics of Biodiversity: Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta. Dianne referred to one of the UN competitions winners:  Grow your own cloud Dianne and Tom are both inspired by the book "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer CreditsIntro song "the Inner Green Deal" by WayUpNorth. Made with compassion and active hope. From Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg, your team of the Inner Green Deal podcast.

In the second episode of From Brussels to Berlin, Associate Director at Rud Pedersen Brussels discusses the EU Commission's vaccine procurement programme, Ursula von der Leyen's reputation in Germany and Josep Borrell's recent visit to Moscow.

Episode 9 of #CreativityWillSaveUs, the project thought, written and produced by Tommaso Cartia and Daniela Pavan, Artistic Directors of Creative Pois-On, where prominent figures from the world of art, culture, and entertainment come together to reflect on the central value that art brings to humanity during the challenging times of the global pandemic emergency. And, in support of the global community of artists who are seeing all of their venues temporarily shutting down to safely prevent the spreading of the Corona Virus. From Brussels, Belgium, to Brooklyn, NYC. This new episode unifies the artistic inspiration of three exceptional creative minds experiencing the quarantine. From Brussels, Conceptual Digital Artist Peter M. Friess presents a visionary interpretation of the COVID-19 phenomenon, orchestrating a concerto of images and sounds, mixed up with real media reports. The video was realized with a Brussels-based group of artists and it is based on their improvisations on the Corona Virus theme. To know more about Peter M. Friess: http://www.petermfriess.com/#info From Brooklyn, New York, Award-Winning Author Andrew Cotto and a regular contributor of newspapers like The New York Times; The Huffington Post; Condé Nast Traveler; Maxim; shares his thoughts and feelings on how he is living the quarantine, reflecting on the center value of art and creativity. Also, the author delights us with a passage from his latest book "Cucina Tipica - An Italian Adventure" - through which we can travel to Italy with our imagination and with the dreamy power of literature. To know more about Andrew Cotto: https://andrewcotto.com Back to Brussels, with Concert Pianist and Art Researcher Giusy Caruso who reflects on the importance of art, music creativity, introspection, and healing that a time like the quarantine allows us to dive in and experience even more intensely than before. Her didactic aims, combined with the yogic principle of mind-body interaction, to transfer enthusiasm, determination, and grit to young musicians by highlighting and enhancing the individuality of the students while respecting the philological aspect of the musical text. To know more about Giusy Caruso: http://www.giusycaruso.com/eng/ Narrator: artist, storyteller, writer Sabrina Wirth. Soundtrack - 'Faith Within Your Hands' written and performed by Alessandra Salerno Artwork by Giada Joys Ready, Set, Imagine

From Brussels, Patrick Smyth on how the EU views Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals, where the problems lie, and what EU insiders think is going to happen next. From Washington, Suzanne Lynch with the latest on the accelerating scandal concerning President Donald Trump's efforts to uncover evidence of Joe Biden's corruption, a mess from which neither man is likely to emerge unscathed.

From Brussels, Zeinab Badawi speaks to Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his first major interview since being elected leader of Greece's main conservative opposition party, New Democracy. European Union leaders are demanding Greece do more to tackle the migrant crisis, and insist Athens pass tough economic reforms if it wants more bailout funds. Does the party he now leads share responsibility for the economic mess that Greece finds itself in?(Photo: Main opposition New Democracy party leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Credit: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)