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

February 19th, 2026  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 2 mins

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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.

Change the World through Changing Economics with Marcus Champ

January 27th, 2026  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 56 secs

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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.

Last Episode for Season Seven

November 20th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  21 mins 41 secs

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In this final episode for Season Seven, co-hosts Mark Allen and Michael Bayliss catch up for a short, freewheeling conversation to wrap up a busy year.

Building a circular solar future with Darren Johannesen

November 5th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  45 mins 13 secs

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Did you know that in 2024/2025, 3.4 million solar panels were decommissioned? Did you also know that up to 99% of solar panel material is recyclable? In this episode, we welcome Darren Johannesen, Executive General Manager of Sustainability at Smart Energy Council. We discuss the recent success of Smart Energy Council’s Solar PV Recycling and Products Stewardship Program as an example of urban mining and go on to examine how this could be rolled out on a national scale.

Save our Soils: Regenerative Farming with Louis De Jaeger

September 29th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 7 mins

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The clock is ticking as we face an imminent agricultural crisis. It is likely that we only have around sixty global harvests left until the world's top soils are depleted. Regenerative agriculture offers many potential and practical solutions toward a more sustainable relationship between food production and environmental stewardship. However, sustainable farming is a broad church with many different and sometimes contradictory methodologies, from mob cattle grazing to veganic farming practices to precision fermentation. Which ones do we choose?

Louis De Jaeger, author of “SOS: Save Our Soils”, asked this question as he travelled the world to explore the whole gamut of regenerative farms and land management practices. Louis’ holistic, non-judgemental and open-minded approach is very refreshing. As far as we’re aware, he is the only person who has managed to endorse veganic farming while also enjoying an enthusiastic introduction to his book by Allan Savory, figurehead of the holistic grazing movement. Louis concludes that all regenerative farming methods have their place, depending on context, so long as the soil is kept healthy with its precious microbiome intact.

Conversations with CASSE NSW Inc with Matthew Washington

September 8th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  43 mins 34 secs

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For part two of our conversations with the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) we welcome special guest Matthew Washington, co-director of CASSE NSW INC. This episode is a freewheeling conversation across a variety of post-growth issues, most pertinently how we can advocate for Steady State Economies in a time of global instability and tension. This episode refers to an honours the past legacy of both the late Herman Daly and the late Haydn Washington, two leading figureheads of the steady state movement.

Working Toward a Circular Economy Future in Australia with Phil Jones

August 25th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  42 mins 14 secs

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World Population Day 2025 with Valorie Allen

July 10th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  15 mins 14 secs

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In the lead up to World Population Day (WPD) 2025, we welcome back Val Allen, who was previously a panel guest for the PGAP episode “3 Women 2 Countries 1 Message: World Population Day 2022.” Three years later, Val has a new book out – “HOW MANY IS ENOUGH?” -just in time for World Population Day 25. She is also in the process of finalising a new documentary “TICK TOCK BOOM BANG” due later this month, which has produced along with Nick Bohle of HatChap productions.
In this mini episode, Val shares here recent a very busy journey in creating content across multiple media and her reflections on a world that has changed immensely in the three years since Val was last guest on PGAP.

Techno Dystopia and the Age of Humachines with Michael D.B. Harvey

July 1st, 2025  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 26 mins

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In this episode of PGAP, we’re joined by Michael D.B. Harvey, author of The Age of Humachines: Big Tech and the Battle for Humanity’s Future. Harvey offers a sobering perspective on the trajectory of modern technology - not towards a Star Trek-style utopia but into a hyper-neoliberal, corporate-driven dystopia shaped by Big Tech. His analysis strikes a chord with the Post-Growth community, which has long challenged the illusion that technology alone can rescue us from our social and ecological crises.

Beyond the Petri Dish with George Tsakraklides

May 8th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  47 mins 35 secs

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In this latest episode we speak with scientist, researcher, and author George Tsakraklides about the deeper roots of humanity’s many crises. Drawing on his rich scientific background and corporate insight, George explores how our evolutionary wiring, societal structures and cultural narratives hinder meaningful change. We unpack the psychological forces driving self-destruction, the limitations of rational thought and the need to reconnect with a deeper sense of being. From the inherited challenges of activism in a world of algorithms to the quiet strength of grounded action and grief, this conversation offers a powerful lens on navigating despair and cultivating meaning in a collapsing world.