Episode Archive

90 episodes of Post-Growth Australia Podcast since the first episode, which aired on July 2nd, 2020.

  • The Post Fossil-Fuel Era with Scott Witheridge

    March 12th, 2026  |  Season 8  |  42 mins 23 secs
    abundant energy, degrowth, joe cell, post fossil fuel era, post growth, post-growth, scott witheridge, sustainable population australia

    Recent events have brought to the surface how vulnerable Australia is to energy shortages with only 30 days of stockpiled oil reserves. Within the context of these tentative times, it is important that we re-explore alternative options. Scott Witheridge is an Environmental Engineer and Author of the book "The Post Fossil Fuel Era". The book is a deep investigation into the next frontier of energy—exploring decentralised power, hydrogen innovation, and the intersection of conventional and emerging technologies. In this interview, Scott discusses the possibilities of abundant, perpetual and non-conventional energy.

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    By Disaster or Design: A Degrowth Answer to Finance with Matt Orsagh

    February 19th, 2026  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 2 mins
    arketa institute, degrowth is the answer, economics, environment, finance, matt orsagh, planned degrowth, post-growth, sustainability

    In this episode of Post Growth Australia Podcast, we welcome special guest Matt Orsagh, from the Arketa Institute for Post Growth Finance, and author of the blog ‘Degrowth is The Answer’. Matt and his colleagues at Arketa have been working to align to financial sector with environmental and wellbeing needs, culminating in the 2025 research paper: “By Disaster or Design: How finance can evolve to avoid the worst of the ecological challenges we face and enable the transition to a better economic mode.” The paper proposes many degrowth solutions to the finance sector, to which Matt explores further in this interview.

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    Change the World through Changing Economics with Marcus Champ

    January 27th, 2026  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 56 secs
    degrowth, economics, marcus champ, post-growth, public money public good, sustainable population australia

    Our first special guest to open Season 8 of PGAP is Marcus Champ, a founding member of the economics advocacy group ‘Public Money Public Good’. In this episode, Marcus draws from his presentation at the 2025 NENA conference, which compared the economics during crises and war time and what we can learn from these past experiences as we face the coming social, economic and environmental polycrisis.