Campfire Podcast
The Campfire Podcast features conversations hosted by documentary filmmaker Mattias Olsson of Campfire Stories. He speaks with activists, thinkers, artists, farmers, and others about the roots of ecological and social problems. The show explores how people are finding their own ways forward and what the beginnings of a better direction might look like.
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Maria Westerberg | The Involuntary Activist
Support the Campfire Podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/mattiasolssonMaria Westerberg | The Involuntary ActivistMaria Westerberg never set out to become an activist. She became one because she saw forests disappearing — places she loved, places that were part of her home and her sense of belonging. Their destruction felt like a physical loss.Maria is an artist, a twig poet, and a forest
Vandana Shiva | On Cultivating Fearlessness
Support the Campfire Podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/mattiasolssonVandana Shiva | On Cultivating FearlessnessHow do we find the courage to stand up for what we believe in, even when the forces we face seem overwhelming? And how do we keep working towards a different world without falling into despair?Dr. Vandana Shiva has spent decades challenging powerful corporations and defending f
Stephen Jenkinson | From the Ruins of a Greenhouse | Part 2
In the second part of this special podcast edition of the live event "From the Ruins of a Greenhouse", Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson continues his interview with activist, farmer and author Stephen Jenkinson. The set finishes with Stephen Jenkinson and Gregory Hoskins performing two pieces from their "Nights of Grief and Mystery"-show. This event was recorded live at the farming collecti
Stephen Jenkinson | From the Ruins of a Greenhouse | Part 1
In this special podcast edition of the live event "From the Ruins of a Greenhouse", Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson interviews activist, farmer and author Stephen Jenkinson. The evening opens with a song by Petronella Sjöö, followed by part one of the interview, where the topics range from farming to village mindedness to animism. The set is closed out by a live performance from Stephen Je
Dougald Hine – On Regrowing a Living Culture
Dougald Hine is a writer and social thinker, and one of the founders of the Dark Mountain Project. He and his partner Anna Björkman have recently bought an old shoe factory in a small community in Sweden, and are in the process of turning it into a home and a teaching house. In this interview with Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson, he speaks of what the Dark Mountain Project is, why it came
Rune Hjarno-Rasmussen | Animism in the Modern World
Rune Hjarno-Rasmussen is a historian of religion and a specialist on Nordic animism and shamanism. He doesn't believe that animism belongs in the dusty cabinets of the "ancient history museum of humanity", but rather wants to explore how we can merge an animistic worldview with modernity to move forward into planetary healing.Visit Campfire Stories to watch our films.Become a Patron here or suppor
Stephen Jenkinson | Origins of an Orphaned Culture
With author, poet and grief counsellor Stephen Jenkinson, this episode revolves around the topics of Grief, Soil and the Origins of an Orphaned Culture – our culture. Our elder-bereft, drunk-on-efficiency, consumerist, clearcutting-of-forests, fracking-of-mountains, bottom-trawling-of-the-oceans culture. The unfortunate inheritance of Our Day. Some of the questions in this conversat
Stephen Jenkinson | Origins of an Orphaned Culture
This podcast episode features author, poet and grief counsellor Stephen Jenkinson, and it revolves around the topics of Grief, Soil and the Origins of an Orphaned Culture – our culture. Our elder-bereft, drunk-on-efficiency, consumerist, clearcutting-of-forests, fracking-of-mountains, bottom-trawling-of-the-oceans culture. The unfortunate inheritance of Our Day. Some of the question
Brigid LeFevre – On Life, Soil and Kimchi
Brigid LeFevre runs the community supported agriculture operation ”Förädlad” (roughly ”Enhanced”) in Järna, Sweden. It’s a biodynamic vegetable garden that focuses on fermenting the harvest in order to enrich it with lactic acid bacteria and to make it keep for a long time.Brigid grew up in an anthroposophically inspired Camphill community in Northern Ireland where volunteers lived and worked toge
Kristina Turner – On Home Birth
Kristina Turner is the author of the book "Natural Birth – A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding". She describes herself as a birth activist, and was one of the leaders during the occupation of Sweden's last midwife-led maternity ward when it was being shut down in 2016.This episode is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories. To watch our documentaries visit: htt
Charles Eisenstein – On the Corona Crisis
A conversation with author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein about negative interest, universal basic income, nature’s rights and a reimagined school system. And of course about the Corona virus. This show is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories. The music in this episode is As if we remember by Ben Bushill.There's a film at Campfire Stories about Ben Bushill titled One Poem to Ca
Stephen Jenkinson – On the Corona Crisis
The entry point for this conversation is the corona pandemic. But we'll also get to some other pretty interesting topics, including some phenomenon that made books fall out of the shelves in my living room recently. Plus we'll treat you to one of the tracks from Stephen Jenkinson's and Gregory Hoskins' album Dark Roads.This podcast brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories. Hosted on Ac
Stephen Jenkinson – Brushes with Death
Stephen Jenkinson interviewed at his farm in Canada on topics like burial practices, the meat industry and touring with Brother Blue. We’ll also hear Stephen describe some of his brushes with death, and what they’ve done to his relationship with life. This show is brought to you ad-free by the film platform Campfire Stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happen Films – On Inspiring Change Through Film
What’s the role of filmmakers in times of ecological and social collapse? Can they in fact contribute to positive change through inspirational and solutions-focused films? Happen Films is a production company based in New Zealand that produces films on topics like permaculture, regenerative farming and waste-free living. Check out their work at https://happenfilms.com/ The films of Campf
Rob Hopkins – On the Transition Movement
Rob Hopkins of the Transition Movement in Totnes, UK. On how transitioning is done there and why it matters, both globally and locally. Interview by Mattias Olsson.This podcast is brought to you by the film platform Campfire Stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Charles Eisenstein – On Interbeing
Charles Eisenstein is an author, philosopher and speaker. In his book "The Ascent of Humanity" he seeks to answer the question "How did we end up here – at the tipping point between an alive Earth, and a dead one?". His search for answers goes all the way to the root of the human existence, as he dissects the story which underwrites that which we call "normal". The myth of our time, if you will.Th
Stephen Jenkinson – On Death and Dying
Stephen is an activist, teacher, author and farmer. He has a master’s degree in theology from Harvard University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Toronto. He worked for many years in what he refers to as the “death trade” (palliative care) at a hospital in Canada, and has guided hundreds, maybe thousands of people through their dying times.When I heard Stephen was coming
