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    <title>Post-Growth Australia Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Charlie Mgee”</title>
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    <description>The podcast where better is definitely better than bigger. Do you think growing infinitely on a finite planet is an oxymoron? If the answer is yes, then this podcast is for you. In each episode of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), host Michael Bayliss talks to experts to unpack the notion of post-growth societies and what this means for us, for future generations and for the planet. Each episode will also play an environmental themed song from local artists. PGAP is made possible by the support of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).</description>
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    <itunes:summary>The podcast where better is definitely better than bigger. Do you think growing infinitely on a finite planet is an oxymoron? If the answer is yes, then this podcast is for you. In each episode of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), host Michael Bayliss talks to experts to unpack the notion of post-growth societies and what this means for us, for future generations and for the planet. Each episode will also play an environmental themed song from local artists. PGAP is made possible by the support of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).</itunes:summary>
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  <title>Season 3 Finale with Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>From the very beginning, PGAP has delighted in playing music from Formidable Vegetable on our permaculture themed episodes.  So, for the final episode of Season 3, host Michael Bayliss is especially thrilled to meet with Formidable Vegetable mastermind Charlie Mgee at his new eco village home at Living Waters, Denmark WA.  An engaging storyteller as well as musician and performer, Charlie shares the incredible history of forming the permaculture themed band and their mission statement from the get go.  We also explore the role that music place in activism and societal change and we cap it off with Charlie’s vision for a Post-Growth future.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;From the very beginning, PGAP has delighted in playing music from &lt;a href="https://formidablevegetable.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Formidable Vegetable&lt;/a&gt; on our permaculture themed episodes.  So, for the final episode of Season 3, host Michael Bayliss is especially thrilled to meet with Formidable Vegetable mastermind Charlie Mgee at his new eco village home at Living Waters, Denmark WA.  An engaging storyteller as well as musician and performer, Charlie shares the incredible history of forming the permaculture themed band and their mission statement from the get go.  We also explore the role that music place in activism and societal change and we cap it off with Charlie’s vision for a Post-Growth future.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/orPiUDBt.jpg" alt="Charlie mgee"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Want to explore more of the Formidable Vegetable discography?  The video for ‘No Such Thing as Waste’, the featured song for this episode, can be seen &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7AbD-RuxM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. We also play brand new track 'Short Attention Span'  from brand new album 'In Real Life'  at the end of the interview.  Bandcamp is the best place to go to hear all the back catalogue.  &lt;a href="https://formidablevegetable.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Link here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/l4UB8yp-.jpg" alt="formidable band"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/OYNhoXCX.jpg" alt="no such thing as waste"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PGAP will be taking a – hopefully – short break before rejuvenating with Season 4 later this year.  Just because we’re on pause doesn’t mean you have to be!  Share this and other episodes of PGAP with your friends, family, colleagues and networks.  Rate and review us on &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Apple Podcast&lt;/a&gt;.  Contact us &lt;a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to give us your feedback and especially what topics and guests you’d like to see for season 4.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, if you enjoy the permaculture theme  you may also like PGAP’s interview with &lt;a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/holmgren" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;David Holmgren&lt;/a&gt; (who Charlie lived with back in 2020) or Meg and Patrick from &lt;a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Artist as Family&lt;/a&gt;.  Or you may be interested in the &lt;a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Tasmanian Perspectives&lt;/a&gt; series of interviews in season 2, including the quiet &lt;a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;permaculture revolutio&lt;/a&gt;n of Tassie’s northern shores, or&lt;a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/fenner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt; Charles Massy&lt;/a&gt;,  regenerative farmer, from Season 3.  Most of these episodes have Formidable Vegetable providing the music.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to find out more about host Michael Bayliss, please head to my website &lt;a href="https://michaelbayliss.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, episode timestamp below and see you all in a few months!  Until then, until then….&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Timestamp!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;0:00:00 -  0:08:13    Introduction with Michael Bayliss&lt;br&gt;
0:08:13 -  0:10:59    'No Such Thing As Waste'  - Formidable Vegetable,  reproduced with permission.  All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;
0:11:00 -  1:03:11    Interview with Charlie Mgee&lt;br&gt;
1:03:11 -  1:04:05    'Short Attention Span' - Formidable Vegetable, reproduced with permission.  All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;
1:04:06  - 1:06:31    Outro with Michael Bayliss&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Special Guest: Charlie Mgee.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>From the very beginning, PGAP has delighted in playing music from <a href="https://formidablevegetable.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Formidable Vegetable</a> on our permaculture themed episodes.  So, for the final episode of Season 3, host Michael Bayliss is especially thrilled to meet with Formidable Vegetable mastermind Charlie Mgee at his new eco village home at Living Waters, Denmark WA.  An engaging storyteller as well as musician and performer, Charlie shares the incredible history of forming the permaculture themed band and their mission statement from the get go.  We also explore the role that music place in activism and societal change and we cap it off with Charlie’s vision for a Post-Growth future.</p>

<p><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/orPiUDBt.jpg" alt="Charlie mgee"></p>

<p>Want to explore more of the Formidable Vegetable discography?  The video for ‘No Such Thing as Waste’, the featured song for this episode, can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7AbD-RuxM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. We also play brand new track 'Short Attention Span'  from brand new album 'In Real Life'  at the end of the interview.  Bandcamp is the best place to go to hear all the back catalogue.  <a href="https://formidablevegetable.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Link here.</a> </p>

<p><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/l4UB8yp-.jpg" alt="formidable band"></p>

<p><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/OYNhoXCX.jpg" alt="no such thing as waste"></p>

<p>PGAP will be taking a – hopefully – short break before rejuvenating with Season 4 later this year.  Just because we’re on pause doesn’t mean you have to be!  Share this and other episodes of PGAP with your friends, family, colleagues and networks.  Rate and review us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Podcast</a>.  Contact us <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> to give us your feedback and especially what topics and guests you’d like to see for season 4.</p>

<p>In the meantime, if you enjoy the permaculture theme  you may also like PGAP’s interview with <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/holmgren" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Holmgren</a> (who Charlie lived with back in 2020) or Meg and Patrick from <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Artist as Family</a>.  Or you may be interested in the <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tasmanian Perspectives</a> series of interviews in season 2, including the quiet <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">permaculture revolutio</a>n of Tassie’s northern shores, or<a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/fenner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> Charles Massy</a>,  regenerative farmer, from Season 3.  Most of these episodes have Formidable Vegetable providing the music.</p>

<p>If you want to find out more about host Michael Bayliss, please head to my website <a href="https://michaelbayliss.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</p>

<p>Otherwise, episode timestamp below and see you all in a few months!  Until then, until then….</p>

<p>Timestamp!</p>

<p>0:00:00 -  0:08:13    Introduction with Michael Bayliss<br>
0:08:13 -  0:10:59    'No Such Thing As Waste'  - Formidable Vegetable,  reproduced with permission.  All rights reserved.<br>
0:11:00 -  1:03:11    Interview with Charlie Mgee<br>
1:03:11 -  1:04:05    'Short Attention Span' - Formidable Vegetable, reproduced with permission.  All rights reserved.<br>
1:04:06  - 1:06:31    Outro with Michael Bayliss</p><p>Special Guest: Charlie Mgee.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>From the very beginning, PGAP has delighted in playing music from <a href="https://formidablevegetable.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Formidable Vegetable</a> on our permaculture themed episodes.  So, for the final episode of Season 3, host Michael Bayliss is especially thrilled to meet with Formidable Vegetable mastermind Charlie Mgee at his new eco village home at Living Waters, Denmark WA.  An engaging storyteller as well as musician and performer, Charlie shares the incredible history of forming the permaculture themed band and their mission statement from the get go.  We also explore the role that music place in activism and societal change and we cap it off with Charlie’s vision for a Post-Growth future.</p>

<p><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/orPiUDBt.jpg" alt="Charlie mgee"></p>

<p>Want to explore more of the Formidable Vegetable discography?  The video for ‘No Such Thing as Waste’, the featured song for this episode, can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7AbD-RuxM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. We also play brand new track 'Short Attention Span'  from brand new album 'In Real Life'  at the end of the interview.  Bandcamp is the best place to go to hear all the back catalogue.  <a href="https://formidablevegetable.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Link here.</a> </p>

<p><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/l4UB8yp-.jpg" alt="formidable band"></p>

<p><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/OYNhoXCX.jpg" alt="no such thing as waste"></p>

<p>PGAP will be taking a – hopefully – short break before rejuvenating with Season 4 later this year.  Just because we’re on pause doesn’t mean you have to be!  Share this and other episodes of PGAP with your friends, family, colleagues and networks.  Rate and review us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Podcast</a>.  Contact us <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> to give us your feedback and especially what topics and guests you’d like to see for season 4.</p>

<p>In the meantime, if you enjoy the permaculture theme  you may also like PGAP’s interview with <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/holmgren" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Holmgren</a> (who Charlie lived with back in 2020) or Meg and Patrick from <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Artist as Family</a>.  Or you may be interested in the <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tasmanian Perspectives</a> series of interviews in season 2, including the quiet <a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">permaculture revolutio</a>n of Tassie’s northern shores, or<a href="https://pgap.fireside.fm/fenner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> Charles Massy</a>,  regenerative farmer, from Season 3.  Most of these episodes have Formidable Vegetable providing the music.</p>

<p>If you want to find out more about host Michael Bayliss, please head to my website <a href="https://michaelbayliss.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</p>

<p>Otherwise, episode timestamp below and see you all in a few months!  Until then, until then….</p>

<p>Timestamp!</p>

<p>0:00:00 -  0:08:13    Introduction with Michael Bayliss<br>
0:08:13 -  0:10:59    'No Such Thing As Waste'  - Formidable Vegetable,  reproduced with permission.  All rights reserved.<br>
0:11:00 -  1:03:11    Interview with Charlie Mgee<br>
1:03:11 -  1:04:05    'Short Attention Span' - Formidable Vegetable, reproduced with permission.  All rights reserved.<br>
1:04:06  - 1:06:31    Outro with Michael Bayliss</p><p>Special Guest: Charlie Mgee.</p>]]>
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